2019 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2019 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts was the thirteenth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 9–17 November 2019 in Wolverhampton, England, and like in 2018, it took place at Aldersley Leisure Village.[1]

2019 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates9–17 November 2019
VenueAldersley Leisure Village
LocationAldersley, Wolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£550,000
Winner's share£125,000
High checkout167 Republic of Ireland Steve Lennon (group stage)
Champion(s)
Wales Gerwyn Price
«2018 2020»

The tournament's defending champion was Gerwyn Price, who won his first PDC major title by defeating Gary Anderson 16–13, in a highly controversial final in 2018.[2] Price successfully defended the title to win his second PDC major, beating Peter Wright 16–6 with the second highest average in a Grand Slam final.

Prize money

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The prize fund for the Grand Slam increased from £450,000 in 2018 to £550,000 this year, with the winner getting £125,000.[3]

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £550,000)
Winner (1) £125,000
Runner-up (1) £65,000
Semi-finalists (2) £40,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £20,000
Last 16 (second round) (8) £10,000
Third in group (8) £7,500
Fourth in group (8) £4,000
Group winner bonus (8) £3,500

Qualifying

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PDC Qualifying Tournaments

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PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2019 Winner   Michael van Gerwen   Michael van Gerwen
  Gerwyn Price
  Rob Cross
  Dimitri Van den Bergh
  Nathan Aspinall
  Daryl Gurney
  Gary Anderson
  Peter Wright
  Michael Smith
  Dave Chisnall
  Martin Schindler
  James Wade
  Danny Noppert
  Steve Lennon
  William O'Connor
Grand Slam of Darts 2018 Winner   Gerwyn Price
Premier League Darts 2019 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2019 Winner   Rob Cross
World Grand Prix 2019 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship 2018 Winner   Dimitri Van den Bergh
Masters 2019 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2019 Winner   Nathan Aspinall
European Championship 2019 Winner   Rob Cross
Players Championship Finals 2018 Winner   Daryl Gurney
Champions League of Darts 2019 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals 2019 Winner   Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Cup of Darts 2019 Winners   Gary Anderson
  Peter Wright
PDC World Darts Championship 2019 Runner-up   Michael Smith
Grand Slam of Darts 2018 Runner-up   Gary Anderson
Premier League Darts 2019 Runner-up   Rob Cross
World Matchplay 2019 Runner-up   Michael Smith
World Grand Prix 2019 Runner-up   Dave Chisnall
PDC World Youth Championship 2018 Runner-up   Martin Schindler
Masters 2019 Runner-up   James Wade
UK Open 2019 Runner-up   Rob Cross
European Championship 2019 Runner-up   Gerwyn Price
Players Championship Finals 2018 Runner-up   Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts 2019 Runner-up   Peter Wright
World Series of Darts Finals 2019 Runner-up   Danny Noppert
PDC World Cup of Darts 2019 Runners-Up   Steve Lennon
  William O'Connor
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.

As the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2019 European Tour events, in which the winners are ordered by number of event wins then in Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2019 European Tour
European Darts Open Winner   Michael van Gerwen   Ian White
German Darts Championship Winner   Daryl Gurney
German Darts Grand Prix Winner   Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Open Winner   Michael van Gerwen
Austrian Darts Open Winner   Michael van Gerwen
European Darts Grand Prix Winner   Ian White
Dutch Darts Masters Winner   Ian White
Danish Darts Open Winner   Dave Chisnall
Czech Darts Open Winner   Jamie Hughes
Austrian Darts Championship Winner   Mensur Suljović
European Darts Matchplay Winner   Joe Cullen
International Darts Open Winner   Gerwyn Price
Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner   Krzysztof Ratajski
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

If there were still less than sixteen qualified players after the winners of European Tour events are added, then the winners of 2019 Players Championships events would have been added, firstly by winners of multiple events followed by Order of Merit order, but that was not needed for this year's competition.

PDC Qualifying Event

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A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Wigan on 4 November. These are the qualifiers:

BDO Qualifying Tournaments

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The men's and women's champions from the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship were invited, as was the winner of the 2019 BDO World Trophy.[4]

Tournament Year Position Player
BDO World Darts Championship 2019 Men's Winner   Glen Durrant
Women's Winner   Mikuru Suzuki
BDO World Trophy 2019 Winner   Jim Williams

BDO Ranking qualifiers

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The top ranked male and female players were invited.

Three more invitations were given to the next highest ranked men's players:

Pools

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Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(PDC Seeded Players) (PDC Qualifiers) (BDO Representatives)

  Michael van Gerwen (1)
  Rob Cross (2)
  Michael Smith (3)
  Gary Anderson (4)
  Gerwyn Price (5)
  Daryl Gurney (6)
  Peter Wright (7)
  James Wade (8)

  Dave Chisnall
  Ian White
  Nathan Aspinall
  Adrian Lewis
  Darren Webster
  Dimitri Van den Bergh
  Danny Noppert
  Brendan Dolan

  Steve Lennon
  William O'Connor
  Gabriel Clemens
  Ross Smith
  Martin Schindler
  Jamie Hughes
  Robert Thornton
  Ryan Harrington

  Glen Durrant
  Mikuru Suzuki
  Jim Williams
  Wesley Harms
  Lisa Ashton
  Richard Veenstra
  Dave Parletti
  Wayne Warren

Draw

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Group stage

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All group matches are best of nine legs
After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/− = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to knockout stage

Knockout stage

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Second round (best of 19 legs)
13–14 November
Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
15–16 November
Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
17 November
Final (best of 31 legs)
17 November
            
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 101.41 10
B2   Ian White 97.50 7
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.05 16
A2   Adrian Lewis (Q) 86.28 6
B1   James Wade (8) 93.23 9
A2   Adrian Lewis (Q) 95.99 10
A1   Michael van Gerwen (1) 101.91 12
C1   Gerwyn Price (5) 100.73 16
C1   Gerwyn Price (5) 98.75 10
D2   Darren Webster (Q) 90.56 1
C1   Gerwyn Price (5) 95.69 16
D1   Gary Anderson (4) 91.37 9
D1   Gary Anderson (4) 90.97 10
C2   Robert Thornton (Q) 87.36 8
C1   Gerwyn Price (5) 107.86 16
F1   Peter Wright (7) 96.28 6
E1   Dave Chisnall 102.02 10
F2   Ryan Harrington (Q) 96.47 3
E1   Dave Chisnall 98.64 12
F1   Peter Wright (7) 101.25 16
F1   Peter Wright (7) 98.59 10
E2   Rob Cross (2) 89.06 3
F1   Peter Wright (7) 97.34 16
H2   Glen Durrant (BDO) 94.28 11
G1   Gabriel Clemens (Q) 98.34 9
H2   Glen Durrant (BDO) 96.47 10
H2   Glen Durrant (BDO) 98.15 16
H1   Michael Smith (3) 97.95 12
H1   Michael Smith (3) 101.56 10
G2   Daryl Gurney (6) 100.49 7

References

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  1. ^ "bwin Grand Slam Remains In Wolverhampton". PDC.
  2. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts: Gerwyn Price beats Gary Anderson in bad-tempered final". BBC Sport. 18 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Prize Money Soars Above £14m". PDC. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. ^ Phillips, Josh. "BDO representatives confirmed for 2019 Grand Slam". PDC. Retrieved 17 October 2019.