2014 Grand Slam of Darts
2014 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts | |||
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Tournament information | |||
Dates | 8–16 November 2014 | ||
Venue | Wolverhampton Civic Hall | ||
Location | Wolverhampton | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £400,000 | ||
Winner's share | £100,000 | ||
Nine-dart finish | Kim Huybrechts | ||
High checkout | 170 Robbie Green James Wade Dave Chisnall | ||
Champion(s) | |||
Phil Taylor | |||
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The 2014 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the eighth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 8–16 November 2014 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion and won the title for the a sixth and final time by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the final.[1][2]
In his quarter-final victory over Michael van Gerwen, Belgian player Kim Huybrechts threw a nine-dart finish, only the second in the event's history, and the first ever nine-darter on TV by a Belgian player.[3]
Prize Money
Stage | Prize Money (Total: £400,000) |
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Winner | £100,000 |
Runner-up | £50,000 |
Semi-finalists | £25,000 |
Quarter-finalists | £15,000 |
Last 16 | £7,500 |
Third in group | £5,000 |
Fourth in group | £2,500 |
Group winner bonus | £2,500 |
Qualifying
Qualifying Tournaments
Players in italics had already qualified for the event. For the first time, winners of the European Tour events were invited to the Grand Slam of Darts. [5]
PDC
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BDO
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Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
The PDC have decided to no longer invite Martin Adams to the Grand Slam due to his decision to turn down three consecutive invitations in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Other Methods of Qualification
Wigan Qualifiers
To fill the field to 32 contestants, a Grand Slam Qualifier was held on 3 November.[6]
Qualified Players
These are the players who qualified for the event:
Pools
Draw
Group stage
All matches first-to-5/best of 9 legs
NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average – 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase
Group A
November 8
November 9
November 10
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Group B
November 8
November 9
November 10
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Group C
November 8
November 9
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Group D
November 8
November 9
November 10
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Group E
November 8
November 9
November 11
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Group F
November 8
November 9
November 11
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Group G
November 8
November 9
November 11
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Group H
November 8
November 9
November 11
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Knockout stage
Second round (best of 19 legs) 12–13 November [13][14] | Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 14–15 November [3][15] | Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 16 November [16] | Final (best of 31 legs) 16 November [17] | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 88.64 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
B2 | Terry Jenkins 85.66 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.87 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Kim Huybrechts 104.83 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | Alan Norris (8) 90.39 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Kim Huybrechts 97.92 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Kim Huybrechts 97.36 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Dave Chisnall 96.64 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Dave Chisnall 91.55 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
D2 | Robbie Green 84.13 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Dave Chisnall 96.64 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | Keegan Brown 97.68 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | Raymond van Barneveld (4) 91.46 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | Keegan Brown 97.95 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Dave Chisnall 98.02 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Phil Taylor (2) 102.45 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Phil Taylor (2) 101.70 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
F2 | Peter Wright (7) 99.05 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Phil Taylor (2) 107.28 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
F1 | Michael Smith 86.45 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
F1 | Michael Smith 99.97 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Christian Kist 89.12 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Phil Taylor (2) 101.61 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
G1 | Mervyn King 94.84 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
G1 | Mervyn King 94.12 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
H2 | Gary Anderson 96.32 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
G1 | Mervyn King 96.01 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
H1 | Stephen Bunting (3) 96.54 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
H1 | Stephen Bunting (3) 98.24 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
G2 | James Wade (6) 95.45 | 8 |
Statistics
Player | Eliminated | Played | Legs Won | Legs Lost | 100+ | 140+ | 180s | High Checkout | 3-dart Average |
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Phil Taylor | Winner | 7 | 73 | 33 | 160 | 70 | 28 | 140 | 103.82 |
Dave Chisnall | Runner-up | 7 | 67 | 55 | 151 | 81 | 39 | 170 | 96.57 |
Mervyn King | Semi-finals | 6 | 50 | 41 | 129 | 54 | 24 | 164 | 92.68 |
Kim Huybrechts | Semi-finals | 6 | 53 | 39 | 105 | 70 | 33 | 155 | 98.38 |
Stephen Bunting | Quarter-finals | 5 | 34 | 29 | 77 | 52 | 12 | 145 | 97.55 |
Keegan Brown | Quarter-finals | 5 | 35 | 32 | 95 | 53 | 17 | 130 | 97.30 |
Michael van Gerwen | Quarter-finals | 5 | 35 | 26 | 70 | 40 | 17 | 141 | 96.74 |
Michael Smith | Quarter-finals | 5 | 28 | 28 | 55 | 35 | 18 | 127 | 94.04 |
Gary Anderson | Second round | 4 | 16 | 16 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 106 | 97.44 |
Peter Wright | Second round | 4 | 18 | 20 | 56 | 26 | 10 | 135 | 95.78 |
James Wade | Second round | 4 | 22 | 17 | 70 | 24 | 5 | 170 | 94.02 |
Christian Kist | Second round | 4 | 16 | 18 | 39 | 25 | 6 | 85 | 93.30 |
Raymond van Barneveld | Second round | 4 | 22 | 19 | 54 | 31 | 7 | 136 | 91.50 |
Alan Norris | Second round | 4 | 18 | 22 | 35 | 31 | 6 | 164 | 91.35 |
Robbie Green | Second round | 4 | 16 | 21 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 170 | 90.24 |
Terry Jenkins | Second round | 4 | 15 | 18 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 116 | 88.76 |
Simon Whitlock | Group stage | 3 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 86 | 97.24 |
Andy Hamilton | Group stage | 3 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 96 | 96.45 |
Jamie Caven | Group stage | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 29 | 3 | 129 | 93.93 |
Robert Thornton | Group stage | 3 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 161 | 93.12 |
Rowby-John Rodriguez | Group stage | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 127 | 92.76 |
Vincent van der Voort | Group stage | 3 | 13 | 12 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 158 | 91.20 |
Adrian Lewis | Group stage | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 80 | 90.97 |
Scott Waites | Group stage | 3 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 126 | 90.21 |
Brendan Dolan | Group stage | 3 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 106 | 90.04 |
Darren Webster | Group stage | 3 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 64 | 89.62 |
Wesley Harms | Group stage | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 156 | 89.27 |
Ronny Huybrechts | Group stage | 3 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 81 | 88.43 |
Tony O'Shea | Group stage | 3 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 104 | 88.19 |
Jan Dekker | Group stage | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 124 | 84.83 |
Dean Winstanley | Group stage | 3 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 116 | 82.29 |
Richie George | Group stage | 3 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 81.76 |
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