Grand Slam of Darts
| UK Open | |
|---|---|
| sport | darts |
| organizer | PDC |
| Tournament type | Ranking tournament |
| venue |
Aldersley Leisure Village , Wolverhampton
|
| Competition period | November |
| Record winner |
Phil Taylor (6 ×)
|
| reigning winner |
 Gerwyn Price
|
| Last event | Grand Slam of Darts 2019 |
| Next event | Grand Slam of Darts 2020 |
The Grand Slam of Darts is a darts tournament organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) since 2007. The venue is the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton .
It is the only major tournament in which players from the two competing darts associations PDC and BDO start together. It is played in legs.
After record world champion Phil Taylor prevailed in the first three years, Scott Waites succeeded for the first time in 2010 for a BDO player to win the tournament. In 2015 Michael van Gerwen won the Grand Slam of Darts for the first time, becoming the second player after Phil Taylor to win all major tournaments at least once.
The English team captain and three-time BDO world champion Martin Adams always canceled his participation in the Grand Slam of Darts, whereupon the PDC decided not to invite him anymore. However, in 2015 he was invited again and also competed for the first time. In the last sixteen he failed just 9:10 to Kim Huybrechts .
format
The Grand Slam of Darts takes place at the end of each year and lasts about a week. You can fight for one of the 32 starting places to be awarded through qualifying tournaments in both associations as well as reaching a major final of the PDC.
At the beginning of the tournament, the 32 players are divided into eight groups of four, in which everyone plays once against each other. This group stage already takes up more than half of the tournament time. The respective group first and second then compete in knockout games from the round of 16 to determine the winner of the tournament.
The group games are played in best of 9 legs. In the round of 16 you play in a maximum of 19 legs on 10 competitions, the quarter-finals to the finals are played in the best of 31 legs mode.
Prize money
The total prize money of £ 400,000 is distributed among the 32 participants as follows (as of 2016):
| position | Prize money |
|---|---|
| winner | £ 100,000 |
| finalist | £ 50,000 |
| Semi-finalists | £ 25,000 |
| Quarter finalists | £ 15,000 |
| Round of 16 players | £ 7,500 |
| 3rd place group stage | £ 5,000 |
| 4th place group stage | £ 2,500 |
| Bonus group win | £ 2,500 |
Final results
| year | winner | Result | finalist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |
Phil Taylor
|
18: 11 |
Andy Hamilton
|
| 2008 |
Phil Taylor
|
18: 9 |
Terry Jenkins
|
| 2009 |
Phil Taylor
|
16: 2 |
Scott Waites
|
| 2010 |
Scott Waites
|
16:12 |
James Wade
|
| 2011 |
Phil Taylor
|
16: 4 |
 Gary Anderson
|
| 2012 |
 Raymond van Barneveld
|
16:14 |
Michael van Gerwen
|
| 2013 |
Phil Taylor
|
16: 6 |
Robert Thornton
|
| 2014 |
Phil Taylor
|
16: 13 |
Dave Chisnall
|
| 2015 |
Michael van Gerwen
|
16: 13 |
Phil Taylor
|
| 2016 |
Michael van Gerwen
|
16: 8 |
James Wade
|
| 2017 |
Michael van Gerwen
|
16:12 |
Peter Wright
|
| 2018 |
Gerwyn Price
|
16: 13 |
Gary Anderson
|
| 2019 |
Gerwyn Price
|
16: 6 |
Peter Wright
|
Others
In honor of the former dart professional Eric Bristow , who died in 2018 , the PDC will award the winner the Eric Bristow Trophy from the Grand Slam of Darts 2018 .
transmission
Since 2013, parts of the tournament in Germany have been broadcast by Sport1 on free TV. In addition, there were broadcasts on pay TV at Sport1 + and on the Internet via live stream on the Sport1.de homepage.