2015 Grand Slam of Darts

2015 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	7–15 November 2015
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	Dave Chisnall
High checkout	170 Robbie Green 170 Dave Chisnall 170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2014 2016»

The 2015 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the ninth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took take place from 7–15 November 2015 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.^[1]

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won his sixth Grand Slam title by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the 2014 final.^[2]

The 2015 edition saw several changes in the qualification criteria due to the Grand Slam of Darts being a PDC Order of Merit ranking tournament for the first time. As a result of this, at most 20 places were filled by invitations and the remaining 12 places were open for qualification.^[3]

The tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen, who had a tournament average over 100, and with this title won every current PDC major tournament at least once.^[4]

Other notable things that happened in the tournament included Dave Chisnall hitting a nine-dart finish against Peter Wright in their group match, and BDO veteran Martin Adams making his first appearance at the event, after declining his invite every year since the tournament's inception in 2007.

Prize money

Position (num. of players)		Prize money (Total: £400,000)[5]
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
Nine-dart finish	(1)	£30,000

Qualifying

^[6]

Qualifying tournaments

PDC main tournaments

Players in italics had already qualified for the event. At most 16 players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament	Year	Position	Player		Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship	2015	Winner	Gary Anderson		Gary Anderson Phil Taylor Michael van Gerwen Robert Thornton Keegan Brown Adrian Lewis Dave Chisnall James Wade Peter Wright Raymond van Barneveld Rowby-John Rodriguez
Grand Slam of Darts	2014	Winner	Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts	2015	Winner	Gary Anderson
World Matchplay	2015	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix	2015	Winner	Robert Thornton
Players Championship Finals	2014	Winner	Gary Anderson
UK Open	2015	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
European Championship	2015	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
Masters	2015	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship	2014	Winner	Keegan Brown
World Series of Darts	2015	Ranking List Leader	Phil Taylor
PDC World Cup of Darts	2015	Winners	Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis
PDC World Darts Championship	2015	Runner-Up	Phil Taylor
Grand Slam of Darts	2014	Runner-Up	Dave Chisnall
Premier League Darts	2015	Runner-Up	Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay	2015	Runner-Up	James Wade
World Grand Prix	2015	Runner-Up	Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals	2014	Runner-Up	Adrian Lewis
UK Open	2015	Runner-Up	Peter Wright
European Championship	2015	Runner-Up	Gary Anderson
Masters	2015	Runner-Up	Raymond van Barneveld
PDC World Youth Championship	2014	Runner-Up	Rowby-John Rodriguez
World Series of Darts	2015	Ranking List Runner-Up	Adrian Lewis
PDC World Cup of Darts	2015	Runners-Up	Gary Anderson Peter Wright
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC European Tour

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2015 European Tour events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC European Tour
Tournament	Event	Position	Player		Qualifiers
2015 European Tour	2015 German Darts Championship	Winner	Michael van Gerwen		Michael Smith Kim Huybrechts
	2015 Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	2015 German Darts Masters	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	2015 Dutch Darts Masters	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	2015 International Darts Open	Winner	Michael Smith
	2015 European Darts Open	Winner	Robert Thornton
	2015 European Darts Trophy	Winner	Michael Smith
	2015 European Darts Matchplay	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	2015 European Darts Grand Prix	Winner	Kim Huybrechts
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC Players Championships

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The second list consists of the winners from 2015 Players Championship events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC Players Championships
Tournament	Event	Position	Player		Qualifiers
2015 Players Championships	Players Championship 1	Winner	Gary Anderson		Ian White Jelle Klaasen Terry Jenkins
	Players Championship 2	Winner	James Wade
	Players Championship 3	Winner	Adrian Lewis
	Players Championship 4	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Players Championship 5	Winner	Adrian Lewis
	Players Championship 6	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Players Championship 7	Winner	Peter Wright
	Players Championship 8	Winner	Keegan Brown
	Players Championship 9	Winner	Phil Taylor
	Players Championship 10	Winner	Joe Murnan
	Players Championship 11	Winner	Dave Chisnall
	Players Championship 12	Winner	Peter Wright
	Players Championship 13	Winner	James Wade
	Players Championship 14	Winner	Jelle Klaasen
	Players Championship 15	Winner	Terry Jenkins
	Players Championship 16	Winner	Jelle Klaasen
	Players Championship 17	Winner	Ian White
	Players Championship 18	Winner	Alan Norris
	Players Championship 19	Winner	Peter Wright
	Players Championship 20	Winner	Gary Anderson
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC qualifier

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Coventry on 23 October 2015.

• Mark Webster
• Jonny Clayton
• Mervyn King
• Steve West
• Wayne Jones
• Andy Boulton
• Robbie Green
• Steve Beaton

BDO qualifying tournaments

^[7]

Tournament	Year	Position	Player
BDO World Darts Championship	2015	Winner	Scott Mitchell
		Runner-Up	Martin Adams
World Masters	2014	Winner	Martin Phillips
BDO World Trophy	2015	Winner	Geert De Vos

BDO qualifiers

A further four places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from two BDO qualifiers. The first of which was in Hull on 6 October 2015 and was open for all players outside of mainland Europe. The other one was in Europe on 18 October 2015 and was open for all players in mainland Europe.

UK qualifiers

• Larry Butler
• Andy Fordham

European qualifiers

• Mark Oosterhuis
• Michel van der Horst

Pools

^[8]

Pool A (Seeded Players)	Pool B (PDC Automatic Qualifiers)	Pool C (PDC Qualifiers)	Pool D (BDO Qualifiers)
Michael van Gerwen (1) Gary Anderson (2) Phil Taylor (3) Peter Wright (4) Adrian Lewis (5) Robert Thornton (6) James Wade (7) Ian White (8)	Raymond van Barneveld Keegan Brown Dave Chisnall Kim Huybrechts Terry Jenkins Jelle Klaasen Michael Smith Rowby-John Rodriguez	Steve Beaton Andy Boulton Jonny Clayton Robbie Green Wayne Jones Mervyn King Mark Webster Steve West	Martin Adams Larry Butler Andy Fordham Michel van der Horst Scott Mitchell Mark Oosterhuis Martin Phillips Geert De Vos

Draw

Group stage

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All matches first-to-5/best of 9 legs
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; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase

Group A Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Pts Status 1 Michael van Gerwen (1) 3 3 0 15 4 +11 6 Q 2 Kim Huybrechts 3 2 1 11 9 +2 4 3 Steve West (Q) 3 1 2 10 10 0 2 Eliminated 4 Mark Oosterhuis (BDO, Q) 3 0 3 2 15 –13 0 7 November 105.92 Kim Huybrechts 5 – 2 Steve West 94.88 102.95 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 0 Mark Oosterhuis 67.63 8 November 93.94 Steve West 5 – 0 Mark Oosterhuis 74.54 106.23 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 1 Kim Huybrechts 106.50 10 November 96.20 Kim Huybrechts 5 – 2 Mark Oosterhuis 86.38 105.38 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 3 Steve West 92.31

Group B Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1 Martin Adams (BDO) 3 3 0 15 10 +5 6 Q 2 Steve Beaton (Q) 3 1 2 13 12 +1 2 3 Ian White (8) 3 1 2 9 11 –2 2 Eliminated 4 Jelle Klaasen 3 1 2 10 14 –4 2 7 November 92.62 Jelle Klaasen 5 – 4 Steve Beaton 96.52 99.67 Ian White 2 – 5 Martin Adams 104.82 8 November 91.07 Ian White 2 – 5 Steve Beaton 90.68 104.69 Jelle Klaasen 4 – 5 Martin Adams 93.47 10 November 97.96 Ian White 5 – 1 Jelle Klaasen 86.56 96.78 Steve Beaton 4 – 5 Martin Adams 95.63

Group C Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1 Michael Smith 3 3 0 15 8 +7 6 Q 2 Adrian Lewis (5) 3 2 1 13 10 +3 4 3 Andy Fordham (BDO, Q) 3 1 2 9 13 –4 2 Eliminated 4 Wayne Jones (Q) 3 0 3 9 15 –6 0 7 November 94.77 Michael Smith 5 – 3 Wayne Jones 88.17 103.34 Adrian Lewis 5 – 2 Andy Fordham 99.26 8 November 82.95 Wayne Jones 3 – 5 Andy Fordham 79.44 94.90 Adrian Lewis 3 – 5 Michael Smith 95.88 10 November 92.36 Michael Smith 5 – 2 Andy Fordham 84.11 96.30 Adrian Lewis 5 – 3 Wayne Jones 93.77

Group D Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1 Peter Wright (4) 3 2 1 12 10 +2 4 Q 2 Dave Chisnall 3 2 1 11 10 +1 4 3 Mervyn King (Q) 3 1 2 11 12 –1 2 Eliminated 4 Scott Mitchell (BDO) 3 1 2 9 11 –2 2 7 November 96.52 Dave Chisnall 5 – 3 Mervyn King 88.13 96.86 Peter Wright 5 – 2 Scott Mitchell 104.49 8 November 104.31 Mervyn King 5 – 2 Scott Mitchell 93.18 98.62 Peter Wright 2 – 5 Dave Chisnall 109.84 10 November 98.41 Dave Chisnall 1 – 5 Scott Mitchell 93.60 94.02 Peter Wright 5 – 3 Mervyn King 81.50

Group E Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Pts Status 1 Gary Anderson (2) 3 3 0 15 4 +11 6 Q 2 Raymond van Barneveld 3 2 1 13 8 +5 4 3 Larry Butler (BDO, Q) 3 1 2 8 14 –6 2 Eliminated 4 Andy Boulton (Q) 3 0 3 5 15 –10 0 7 November 101.55 Gary Anderson 5 – 0 Larry Butler 83.00 98.88 Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 0 Andy Boulton 87.42 8 November 90.37 Andy Boulton 4 – 5 Larry Butler 88.31 103.36 Gary Anderson 5 – 3 Raymond van Barneveld 105.93 9 November 95.26 Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 3 Larry Butler 97.32 102.79 Gary Anderson 5 – 1 Andy Boulton 89.46

Group F Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status 1 James Wade (7) 3 3 0 15 5 +10 6 Q 2 Mark Webster (Q) 3 2 1 11 11 0 4 3 Keegan Brown 3 1 2 10 14 –4 2 Eliminated 4 Michel van der Horst (BDO, Q) 3 0 3 9 15 –6 0 7 November 94.72 James Wade 5 – 2 Michel van der Horst 87.73 81.68 Keegan Brown 3 – 5 Mark Webster 93.90 8 November 85.25 Keegan Brown 5 – 4 Michel van der Horst 81.59 105.83 James Wade 5 – 1 Mark Webster 96.11 9 November 92.67 Mark Webster 5 – 3 Michel van der Horst 89.69 103.68 James Wade 5 – 2 Keegan Brown 94.47

Group G Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Pts Status 1 Robert Thornton (6) 3 3 0 15 10 +5 6 Q 2 Terry Jenkins 3 1 2 12 10 +2 2 3 Geert De Vos (BDO) 3 1 2 9 10 –1 2 Eliminated 4 Jonny Clayton (Q) 3 1 2 7 13 –6 2 7 November 89.66 Terry Jenkins 3 – 5 Jonny Clayton 93.18 93.71 Robert Thornton 5 – 4 Geert De Vos 91.85 8 November 89.46 Terry Jenkins 5 – 0 Geert De Vos 87.15 96.08 Robert Thornton 5 – 2 Jonny Clayton 88.49 9 November 98.15 Jonny Clayton 0 – 5 Geert De Vos 113.86 100.05 Robert Thornton 5 – 4 Terry Jenkins 99.87

Group H Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/– Pts Status 1 Phil Taylor (3) 3 3 0 15 4 +11 6 Q 2 Robbie Green (Q) 3 2 1 12 9 +3 4 3 Rowby-John Rodriguez 3 1 2 10 12 –2 2 Eliminated 4 Martin Phillips (BDO) 3 0 3 3 15 –12 0 7 November 94.60 Rowby-John Rodriguez 3 – 5 Robbie Green 95.00 102.95 Phil Taylor 5 – 0 Martin Phillips 97.04 8 November 94.06 Rowby-John Rodriguez 5 – 2 Martin Phillips 87.43 108.42 Phil Taylor 5 – 2 Robbie Green 88.67 9 November 94.57 Robbie Green 5 – 1 Martin Phillips 81.00 94.19 Phil Taylor 5 – 2 Rowby-John Rodriguez 96.06

Knockout stage

Second round (best of 19 legs) 11–12 November [10][11]

Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 13–14 November [12][13]

Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 15 November [14]

Final (best of 31 legs) 15 November [15]

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 109.18

10

B2

Steve Beaton (Q) 99.56

2

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 111.05

16

A2

Kim Huybrechts 93.99

4

B1

Martin Adams (BDO) 98.47

9

A2

Kim Huybrechts 100.87

10

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 102.19

16

C1

Michael Smith 93.08

6

C1

Michael Smith 104.59

10

D2

Dave Chisnall 99.82

7

C1

Michael Smith 98.03

16

C2

Adrian Lewis (5) 98.63

11

D1

Peter Wright (4) 101.36

7

C2

Adrian Lewis (5) 104.71

10

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 100.94

16

H1

Phil Taylor (3) 102.53

13

E1

Gary Anderson (2) 104.22

6

F2

Mark Webster (Q) 94.89

10

F2

Mark Webster (Q) 96.86

12

E2

Raymond van Barneveld 95.37

16

F1

James Wade (7) 100.05

7

E2

Raymond van Barneveld 96.96

10

E2

Raymond van Barneveld 97.07

12

H1

Phil Taylor (3) 100.84

16

G1

Robert Thornton (6) 93.09

10

H2

Robbie Green (Q) 96.61

8

G1

Robert Thornton (6) 93.48

7

H1

Phil Taylor (3) 104.18

16

H1

Phil Taylor (3) 91.67

10

G2

Terry Jenkins 95.16

6

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External links

• PDC netzone, Schedule, results