2009 Grand Slam of Darts

2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates14–22 November 2009
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
High checkout170 England Phil Taylor
170 England Kevin McDine
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2008 2010»
Darts tournament

The 2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts was the third staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 14 to 22 November 2009 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4 and highlights on ITV1.

Despite being beaten by Vincent van der Voort in the group stages, Phil Taylor won a third consecutive Grand Slam with a 16–2 victory over Scott Waites, who became the first BDO player to reach the final of this tournament.

Prize money

The prize fund increased to £400,000 for the 2009 edition of the tournament, an increase of £44,000 from the 2008 edition, £10,000 more for the runner up, £5,000 more for the semi-finalists and £2,500 more for the quarter-finalists. Players who failed to make it past the group stage in the last tournament got £4,000. However, players who finished 3rd would earn £1,000 more but players who finished bottom of a group would get £1,500 less. Also the player with the highest checkout would not be rewarded. Instead, the group winners would earn £2,500.[1]

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £400,000)
Winner (1) £100,000
Runner-up (1) £50,000
Semi-finalists (2) £25,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000
Last 16 (second round) (8) £7,500
Third in group (8) £5,000
Fourth in group (8) £2,500
Group winner bonus (8) £2,500

Qualifying

There were numerous tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offered a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offers a place in the tournament to all semi-finalists. There are also various other ways of qualifying for overseas players, including those from Australia and the United States, as well as a wildcard qualifying event open to any darts player. Some minor changes were made to the qualifying criteria from 2008. The winner and the runner-up of the 2009 Championship League Darts would be invited, whilst it was announced that only the winner of the 2008 World Masters would be invited (though runner-up Scott Waites was invited anyway due to the withdrawal of Martin Adams). It was also announced that the winner of the 2009 US Open would be invited, though this was later withdrawn from the qualification criteria.

Qualifying tournaments

PDC

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts 2007 Winner England Phil Taylor England Phil Taylor
England Andy Hamilton
England Kevin McDine
Scotland Gary Anderson
England Terry Jenkins
England Mervyn King
Canada John Part
England Kirk Shepherd
England Kevin Painter
England Wayne Mardle
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
England James Wade
United States Gary Mawson
England Colin Osborne
England Colin Lloyd
England Denis Ovens
Netherlands Co Stompé
England Adrian Lewis
England Steve Beaton
Scotland Robert Thornton
Runner-Up England Andy Hamilton
Semi-finalists England Kevin McDine
Scotland Gary Anderson
2008 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Terry Jenkins
Semi-finalists England Mervyn King
Scotland Gary Anderson
PDC World Darts Championship 2008 Winner Canada John Part
Runner-Up England Kirk Shepherd
Semi-finalists England Kevin Painter
England Wayne Mardle
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Semi-finalists England Mervyn King
England James Wade
World Matchplay 2008 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Terry Jenkins
World Grand Prix 2008 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Las Vegas Desert Classic 2008 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
UK Open 2008 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up United States Gary Mawson
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Colin Osborne
US Open 2008 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Colin Lloyd
Premier League Darts 2008 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England James Wade
2009 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Mervyn King
German Darts Championship 2007 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Denis Ovens
2008 Winner Netherlands Co Stompé
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
European Championship 2008 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Steve Beaton
Championship League Darts 2008 Winner England Phil Taylor
2009 Winner England Colin Osborne
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
Players Championship Finals 2009 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Scotland Robert Thornton
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship 2008 Winner Wales Mark Webster Wales Mark Webster
Australia Simon Whitlock
England Brian Woods
England Ted Hankey
England Tony O'Shea
England Darryl Fitton
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar
England Scott Waites
Runner-Up Australia Simon Whitlock
Semi-finalists England Martin Adams
England Brian Woods
2009 Winner England Ted Hankey
Runner-Up England Tony O'Shea
Semi-finalists England Darryl Fitton
England Martin Adams
Women's World Championship 2008 Winner Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
2009 Winner Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar
World Masters 2007 Winner Scotland Robert Thornton
2008 Winner England Martin Adams
Runner-Up England Scott Waites*
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other Qualifiers

[2]

Criteria Player
DPA Order of Merit Leader Australia Simon Whitlock
PDC North America Order of Merit Leader United States Darin Young
European Order of Merit Leader Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
ITV Wildcard Qualifier England Steve Maish
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Pools

[3]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(Seeded Players) (qualifiers)

England Phil Taylor (1)
England Ted Hankey (2)
England James Wade (3)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4)
England Mervyn King (5)
England Terry Jenkins (6)
Scotland Gary Anderson (7)
England Tony O'Shea (8)

England Steve Beaton
England Darryl Fitton
England Adrian Lewis
England Colin Osborne
Canada John Part
Scotland Robert Thornton
Wales Mark Webster
Australia Simon Whitlock

England Andy Hamilton
England Colin Lloyd
England Wayne Mardle
England Kevin Painter
Netherlands Co Stompé
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
United States Darin Young
England Steve Maish

Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova
Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar
England Kevin McDine
United States Gary Mawson
England Denis Ovens
England Kirk Shepherd
England Scott Waites
England Brian Woods

Draw

Group stages

all matches first-to-5/best of 9.
NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = Qualifier
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

Group A

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Phil Taylor (1) 3 2 1 11 5 +6 4 Advance to the last 16
2 Wales Mark Webster 3 2 1 10 10 0 4
3 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort (Q) 3 1 2 12 11 +1 2 Eliminated
4 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 3 1 2 7 14 −7 2

14 November

105.85 Phil Taylor England 5 – 0 Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 81.30
99.93 Mark Webster Wales 5 – 3 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 91.42

15 November

87.20 Anastasia Dobromyslova Russia 5 – 4 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 81.35
105.85 Phil Taylor England 5 – 0 Wales Mark Webster 83.00

17 November

82.93 Anastasia Dobromyslova Russia 2 – 5 Wales Mark Webster 90.65
93.61 Vincent van der Voort Netherlands 5 – 1 England Phil Taylor 90.20

Group B

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Tony O'Shea (BDO, 8) 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Advance to the last 16
2 England Colin Lloyd 3 1 2 10 10 0 2
3 England Colin Osborne 3 1 2 11 13 −2 2 Eliminated
4 England Brian Woods (BDO) 3 1 2 8 14 −6 2

14 November

91.11 Tony O'Shea England 5 – 3 England Brian Woods 87.29
82.07 Colin Osborne England 5 – 3 England Colin Lloyd 85.69

15 November

96.30 Brian Woods England 0 – 5 England Colin Lloyd 101.55
98.91 Tony O'Shea England 5 – 2 England Colin Osborne 89.50

17 November

84.86 Colin Lloyd England 2 – 5 England Tony O'Shea 90.55
85.03 Brian Woods England 5 – 4 England Colin Osborne 87.00

Group C

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Mervyn King (5) 3 2 1 14 9 +5 4 Advance to the last 16
2 England Kirk Shepherd 3 2 1 10 11 −1 4
3 England Steve Maish (Q) 3 1 2 12 11 +1 2 Eliminated
4 England Darryl Fitton (BDO) 3 1 2 9 14 −5 2

14 November

98.88 Mervyn King England 5 – 0 England Kirk Shepherd 87.38
87.99 Darryl Fitton England 1 – 5 England Steve Maish 89.70

15 November

94.13 Kirk Shepherd England 5 – 3 England Darryl Fitton 93.51
86.12 Mervyn King England 5 – 4 England Steve Maish 86.35

17 November

85.36 Steve Maish England 3 – 5 England Kirk Shepherd 92.06
96.98 Darryl Fitton England 5 – 4 England Mervyn King 96.14

Group D

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Kevin Painter 3 2 1 14 8 +6 4 Advance to the last 16
2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 3 2 1 14 10 +4 4
3 Canada John Part 3 2 1 13 12 +1 4 Eliminated
4 Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar (BDO) 3 0 3 4 15 −11 0

14 November

91.14 Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 5 – 1 Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar 77.02
93.29 John Part Canada 3 – 5 England Kevin Painter 100.74

15 November

78.13 Francis Hoenselaar Netherlands 3 – 5 Canada John Part 87.07
91.01 Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 5 – 4 England Kevin Painter 90.26

17 November

79.95 Kevin Painter England 5 – 0 Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar 74.13
100.38 John Part Canada 5 – 4 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 99.33

Group E

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 Australia Simon Whitlock 3 3 0 15 9 +6 6 Advance to the last 16
2 England Scott Waites (BDO) 3 2 1 14 8 +6 4
3 England Ted Hankey (BDO, 2) 3 1 2 12 14 −2 2 Eliminated
4 England Wayne Mardle 3 0 3 5 15 −10 0

15 November

97.76 Simon Whitlock Australia 5 – 1 England Wayne Mardle 90.64
74.89 Ted Hankey England 3 – 5 England Scott Waites 79.49

16 November

79.12 Wayne Mardle England 4 – 5 England Ted Hankey 81.40
96.53 Simon Whitlock Australia 5 – 4 England Scott Waites 95.69

18 November

100.20 Scott Waites England 5 – 0 England Wayne Mardle 90.64
94.14 Ted Hankey England 4 – 5 Australia Simon Whitlock 102.94

Group F

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 Scotland Gary Anderson (7) 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Advance to the last 16
2 England Steve Beaton 3 2 1 12 11 +1 4
3 England Kevin McDine 3 1 2 11 14 −3 2 Eliminated
4 Netherlands Co Stompé 3 0 3 8 15 −7 0

15 November

97.80 Steve Beaton Netherlands 5 – 2 Netherlands Co Stompé 97.06
100.05 Gary Anderson Scotland 5 – 2 England Kevin McDine 88.99

16 November

103.44 Co Stompé Netherlands 4 – 5 England Kevin McDine 92.68
82.25 Steve Beaton England 2 – 5 Scotland Gary Anderson 96.42

18 November

89.73 Co Stompé Netherlands 2 – 5 Scotland Gary Anderson 99.06
84.02 Kevin McDine England 4 – 5 England Steve Beaton 84.57

Group G

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 England Terry Jenkins (6) 3 2 1 14 9 +5 4 Advance to the last 16
2 United States Darin Young (Q) 3 2 1 13 10 +3 4
3 England Denis Ovens 3 1 2 9 13 −4 2 Eliminated
4 England Adrian Lewis 3 1 2 10 14 −4 2

15 November

91.21 Adrian Lewis England 2 – 5 United States Darin Young 92.71
103.09 Terry Jenkins England 5 – 1 England Denis Ovens 91.00

16 November

80.91 Adrian Lewis England 3 – 5 England Denis Ovens 91.80
84.43 Darin Young United States 3 – 5 England Terry Jenkins 88.27

18 November

90.58 Terry Jenkins England 4 – 5 England Adrian Lewis 94.48
90.67 Denis Ovens England 3 – 5 United States Darin Young 88.34

Group H

POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status
1 Scotland Robert Thornton 3 2 1 13 9 +4 4 Advance to the last 16
2 England Andy Hamilton 3 2 1 12 10 +2 4 Nine-dart shootout
2 England James Wade (3) 3 2 1 13 11 +2 4
4 United States Gary Mawson 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0 Eliminated

15 November

79.57 James Wade England 5 – 3 United States Gary Mawson 82.15
94.88 Robert Thornton Scotland 5 – 2 England Andy Hamilton 91.63

16 November

87.41 Andy Hamilton England 5 – 2 United States Gary Mawson 83.92
100.95 Robert Thornton Scotland 3 – 5 England James Wade 108.90

18 November

103.25 Andy Hamilton England 5 – 3 England James Wade 102.62
81.95 Gary Mawson United States 2 – 5 Scotland Robert Thornton 90.13

Nine-dart shootout

With Andy Hamilton and James Wade finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place, to see who would play Terry Jenkins in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of the group stages. The shootout occurred exactly one year to the day after a similar situation at the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts where Hamilton beat Alan Tabern.

POS Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pts Status
2 England James Wade 20 57 19 5 60 20 60 60 60 361 Advance to the last 16
3 England Andy Hamilton 20 20 60 1 57 19 20 60 20 277 Eliminated

Knockout stages

Second round (best of 19 legs)
19–20 November 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
21 November 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
22 November 		Final (best of 31 legs)
22 November
            
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 107.53 10
B2 England Colin Lloyd 97.18 4
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 104.34 16
B1 England Tony O'Shea (BDO, 8) 95.75 7
B1 England Tony O'Shea (BDO, 8) 89.68 10
A2 Wales Mark Webster 87.08 9
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 106.11 16
D2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 95.21 6
C1 England Mervyn King (5) 97.20 6
D2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 95.56 10
D2 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 98.84 16
D1 England Kevin Painter 91.03 6
D1 England Kevin Painter 90.44 10
C2 England Kirk Shepherd 86.33 5
A1 England Phil Taylor (1) 103.94 16
E2 England Scott Waites (BDO) 94.16 2
E1 Australia Simon Whitlock 94.98 10
F2 England Steve Beaton 84.63 1
E1 Australia Simon Whitlock 95.75 13
E2 England Scott Waites (BDO) 96.72 16
F1 Scotland Gary Anderson (7) 100.70 9
E2 England Scott Waites (BDO) 97.67 10
E2 England Scott Waites (BDO) 91.87 16
G1 England Terry Jenkins (6) 92.02 11
G1 England Terry Jenkins (6) 94.08 10
H2 England James Wade (3) 99.53 9
G1 England Terry Jenkins (6) 93.66 16
H1 Scotland Robert Thornton 93.46 9
H1 Scotland Robert Thornton 88.40 10
G2 United States Darin Young (Q) 87.38 9

Statistics

Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average
England Phil Taylor 7 69 24 111 87 28 170 104.33
Scotland Gary Anderson 4 24 16 47 32 20 140 99.48
Netherlands Co Stompé 3 8 15 32 11 4 96 97.12
England James Wade 4 22 21 51 30 16 102 97.07
Australia Simon Whitlock 5 38 26 81 57 15 146 96.87
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 6 46 38 95 63 23 161 95.85
England Mervyn King 4 20 19 43 40 9 121 94.42
England Andy Hamilton 3 12 10 29 11 8 132 93.99
England Scott Waites 7 58 57 143 98 24 144 93.92
Canada John Part 3 13 12 34 9 5 102 93.40
England Darryl Fitton 3 9 14 31 17 7 55 93.32
England Terry Jenkins 6 51 43 142 61 22 160 93.05
England Tony O'Shea 5 32 32 67 59 21 106 92.97
Scotland Robert Thornton 5 32 34 87 51 12 116 92.51
England Colin Lloyd 4 14 20 43 26 9 130 92.09
England Denis Ovens 3 9 13 27 19 1 120 91.19
England Kevin Painter 5 30 29 59 31 20 148 90.83
Wales Mark Webster 4 19 20 55 22 6 117 89.79
England Kirk Shepherd 4 15 21 46 17 5 145 89.46
England Adrian Lewis 3 10 14 17 14 10 91 88.73
England Brian Woods 3 8 14 36 13 2 111 88.16
England Kevin McDine 3 11 14 32 10 2 170 88.11
United States Darin Young 4 22 20 54 24 8 147 87.87
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 3 12 11 27 14 5 74 87.83
England Steve Maish 3 12 11 38 16 2 161 86.91
England Steve Beaton 4 13 21 44 17 4 121 86.71
England Colin Osborne 3 11 13 17 12 7 84 85.90
Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 3 7 14 33 10 3 121 84.54
England Wayne Mardle 3 5 15 22 9 3 55 83.80
England Ted Hankey 3 12 14 41 15 3 141 83.03
United States Gary Mawson 3 7 15 30 13 0 40 82.65
Netherlands Francis Hoenselaar 3 4 15 18 11 2 113 76.68

References

  1. ^ "2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts Update". Planet Darts. 26 November 2008. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  2. ^ PDC announce ITV Wildcard Qualifiers Archived 5 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine Planet Darts
  3. ^ "Grand Slam Draw Pools". Planet Darts. 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

External links

  • PDC.tv Netzone, with results and news
  • ITV's coverage of the event