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2009 Grand Slam of Darts

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.

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»

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

PDC edit

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

BDO edit

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

Other Qualifiers edit

[2]

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

Pools edit

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

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

  Steve Beaton
  Darryl Fitton
  Adrian Lewis
  Colin Osborne
  John Part
  Robert Thornton
  Mark Webster
  Simon Whitlock

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

  Anastasia Dobromyslova
  Francis Hoenselaar
  Kevin McDine
  Gary Mawson
  Denis Ovens
  Kirk Shepherd
  Scott Waites
  Brian Woods

Draw edit

Group stages edit

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

Nine-dart shootout edit

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   James Wade 20 57 19 5 60 20 60 60 60 361 Advance to the last 16
3   Andy Hamilton 20 20 60 1 57 19 20 60 20 277 Eliminated

Knockout stages edit

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

Statistics edit

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

References edit

  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.

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