Grand Slam of Darts 2017

Grand Slam of Darts 2017
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Civic Hall , Wolverhampton
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Michael van Gerwen
Attendees	32
Opening game	November 11, 2017
Endgame	19th November 2017
Prize money (total)	£ 450,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 110,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
thrown maxima	283
highest average	111.79 points from Gary Anderson
highest finish	170 points from Peter Wright Rob Cross
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The Grand Slam of Darts 2017 is a major tournament in darts and was held from November 11th to 19th for the eleventh time this year by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). As in the previous year, the venue was the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton .

The tournament victory was secured by the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen , who prevailed in the final with 16: 12- legs against the Scot Peter Wright .

format

The Grand Slam of Darts is the only tournament of the year in which both PDC and BDO players take part. Of the 32 participating players, 24 come from the PDC and eight from the BDO.

The players were first drawn into eight groups of four, for which the players were divided into four different pots during the draw. In the groups, the players determined the placement of the group stage in the "everyone against everyone" mode. The best two in each group made it to the round of 16, from where the winner of the tournament was determined in the knockout system . The game mode increased from best of 9 legs in the group phase to best of 19 legs in the round of 16 to best of 31 legs in the quarter finals up to the final.

Prize money

The tournament paid out £ 50,000 more than last year. The total prize money of £ 450,000 was distributed as follows:

position	Prize money
winner	£ 110,000
finalist	£ 55,000
Semi-finalists	£ 28,500
Quarter finalists	£ 16,000
Round of 16 players	£ 10,000
3rd place group stage	£ 5,000
4th place group stage	£ 3,000
Bonus group win	£ 2,500

Attendees

In contrast to other tournaments, the qualification criteria were not based exclusively on rankings, but on victories and finals at all major PDC and BDO tournaments in the twelve months before.

Consequently, qualified for the Grand Slam of Darts 2017:

• The 16 winners and finalists of the PDC Major Finals (in chronological order) as well as the winners of the European Tour Events and the best placed winners of the Players Championship Events in the world , insofar as 16 players did not come together with the winners and finalists of the Major Finals
• The 8 winners of the PDC qualification tournament
• The total of 8 BDO qualifiers from the world champion to the World Cup finalist to the winners of the two TV major and the four best-placed players in the BDO rankings

Winners and finalists PDC major finals

• James Wade (Grand Slam of Darts Finalist 2016)
• Dave Chisnall (Players Championship Finals Finalist 2016)
• Corey Cadby (World Youth Championship Winner 2016)
• Berry van Peer (World Youth Championship Finalist 2016)
• Michael van Gerwen (World Champion 2017)
• Gary Anderson (World Cup finalist 2017)
• Peter Wright (UK Open Winner 2017)
• Gerwyn Price (UK Open Finalist 2017)
• Raymond van Barneveld (World Cup of Darts winner 2017)
• Mark Webster (World Cup of Darts Finalist 2017)
• Phil Taylor (World Matchplay Winner 2017)
• Mensur Suljović (Champions League of Darts winner 2017)
• Daryl Gurney (World Grand Prix winner 2017)
• Simon Whitlock (World Grand Prix Finalist 2017)
• Rob Cross (European Darts Championship Finalist 2017)
• Michael Smith (Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner 2017)

Winner of the PDC qualification tournament

• James Wilson
• Robbie Green
• Joe Murnan
• Alan Norris
• Jeffrey de Zwaan
• Darren Webster
• Steve Lennon
• Stephen Bunting

BDO qualifiers

• Glen Durrant (BDO World Champion 2017)
• Danny Noppert (BDO World Championship finalist 2017)
• Peter Machin (BDO World Trophy Winner 2017)
• Mark McGeeney (BDO World Ranking)
• Jamie Hughes (BDO World Ranking)
• Scott Mitchell (BDO World Ranking)
• Ross Montgomery (BDO World Ranking)
• Cameron Menzies ¹ (BDO world rankings)

¹ Because BDO world champion Glen Durrant also won one of the other two BDO TV tournaments, Cameron Menzies became a fifth player in the BDO rankings.

Seeding list

The top 8 qualified players of the PDC Order of Merit in the run-up to the Grand Slam of Darts were set as group heads and formed the first lottery pot.

No. player Round reached 01. Michael van Gerwen victory 02. Peter Wright final 03. Gary Anderson Semifinals 04th Daryl Gurney Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05. Phil Taylor Semifinals 06th Scale length Suljović Quarter finals 07th Dave Chisnall Round of 16 08th. Raymond van Barneveld Round of 16

Results

Group stage

On the first day of the match, the group heads met the BDO qualifiers and the players seeded in position two met the players seeded in position three. On the second match day, the winners of the first games played against each other, as did the losers. On the third day of play, those players who had not played against each other before competed. All games were played in the best of 9 legs mode .

Group A

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Michael van Gerwen (1)	3	3	0	15: 7	+8	105.84	6th
2.	Rob Cross	3	2	1	14: 8	+6	104.78	4th
3.	Ross Montgomery	3	1	2	8:13	−5	95.21	2
4th	Joe Murnan	3	0	3	6:15	−9	88.98	0

1st matchday 11 November 2017

Michael van Gerwen 100.95	5  : 1	Ross Montgomery 97.24
Rob Cross 103.87	5  : 1	Joe Murnan 87.26

2nd matchday 12 November 2017

Michael van Gerwen 108.28	5  : 4	Rob Cross 104.7
Ross Montgomery 100.96	5  : 3	Joe Murnan 86.29

3rd matchday 14 November 2017

Michael van Gerwen 108.29	5  : 2	Joe Murnan 93.4
Rob Cross 105.76	5  : 2	Ross Montgomery 87.43

Group B

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Raymond van Barneveld (8)	3	3	0	15: 7	+8	98.65	6th
2.	Steve Lennon	3	1	2	10:10	0	97.28	2
3.	Gerwyn Price	3	1	2	10:13	−3	97.79	2
4th	Jamie Hughes	3	1	2	6:11	−5	83.92	2

1st matchday 11 November 2017

Raymond van Barneveld 98.77	5  : 1	Jamie Hughes 85.13
Gerwyn Price 102.83	5  : 3	Steve Lennon 96.9

2nd matchday 12 November 2017

Raymond van Barneveld 98.81	5  : 4	Gerwyn Price 101.1
Jamie Hughes 74.29	0: 5	Steve Lennon 100.2

3rd matchday 14 November 2017

Raymond van Barneveld 98.37	5  : 2	Steve Lennon 94.74
Gerwyn Price 89.45	1: 5	Jamie Hughes 92.34

Group C

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Phil Taylor (5)	3	2	1	13:10	+3	94.47	4th
2.	James Wade	3	2	1	11: 9	+2	88.68	4th
3.	Robbie Green	3	1	2	12:11	+1	88.82	2
4th	Peter Machin	3	1	2	7:13	−6	83.49	2

1st matchday 11 November 2017

Phil Taylor 99.13	5  : 1	Peter Machin 85.82
James Wade 83.74	1: 5	Robbie Green 88.42

2nd matchday 12 November 2017

Phil Taylor 99.39	5  : 4	Robbie Green 98.98
James Wade 91.47	5  : 1	Peter Machin 85.12

3rd matchday 14 November 2017

Phil Taylor 84.88	3: 5	James Wade 90.84
Peter Machin 79.53	5  : 3	Robbie Green 6/79

Group D

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Daryl Gurney (4)	3	3	0	15: 5	+10	97.29	6th
2.	Darren Webster 2	3	1	2	9:12	−3	92.7	2
3.	Mark Webster 2	3	1	2	10:13	−3	91.19	2
4th	Danny Noppert	3	1	2	8:12	−4	93.76	2

²Because of the same number of points and leg difference, Darren and Mark Webster had to go into a nine-dart shootout. There Darren Webster prevailed with 301: 298 points against his namesake Mark Webster.

1st matchday 11 November 2017

Daryl Gurney 97.0	5  : 1	Danny Noppert 92.65
Darren Webster 86.07	3: 5	Mark Webster 90.51

2nd matchday 12 November 2017

Daryl Gurney 96.08	5  : 3	Mark Webster 90.55
Darren Webster 103.44	5  : 2	Danny Noppert 98.57

3rd matchday 14 November 2017

Daryl Gurney 98.80	5  : 1	Darren Webster 88:59
Danny Noppert 90.08	5  : 2	Mark Webster 92.52

Group E

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Glen Durrant	3	2	1	14:10	+4	102.12	4th
2.	Peter Wright (2)	3	2	1	12: 9	+3	100.36	4th
3.	Alan Norris	3	1	2	12:14	−2	90.7	2
4th	Corey Cadby	3	1	2	9:14	−5	91.01	2

1st matchday 11 November 2017

Peter Wright 102.84	2: 5	Glen Durrant 106.05
Alan Norris 86.82	5  : 4	Corey Cadby 85.33

2nd matchday 12 November 2017

Alan Norris 92.78	3: 5	Glen Durrant 103.5
Corey Cadby 90.21	0: 5	Peter Wright 98.88

3rd matchday 13 November 2017

Alan Norris 92.50	4: 5	Peter Wright 99.37
Glen Durrant 96.80	4: 5	Corey Cadby 97.49

Group F.

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Stephen Bunting	3	3	0	15:10	+5	94.95	6th
2.	Dave Chisnall (7)	3	1	2	11:12	−1	91.77	2
3.	Scott Mitchell	3	1	2	11:13	−2	93.49	2
4th	Jeffrey de Zwaan	3	1	2	12:14	−2	95.52	2

1st matchday 11 November 2017

Dave Chisnall 93.3	5  : 2	Scott Mitchell 100.02
Stephen Bunting 97.02	5  : 4	Jeffrey de Zwaan 96.69

2nd matchday 12 November 2017

Stephen Bunting 90.55	5  : 2	Dave Chisnall 85.43
Jeffrey de Zwaan 91.80	3: 5	Scott Mitchell 86.95

3rd matchday 13 November 2017

Stephen Bunting 97.28	5  : 4	Scott Mitchell 93.5
Jeffrey de Zwaan 98.08	5  : 4	Dave Chisnall 96.58

Group G

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Scale Suljović (6)	3	3	0	15:10	+5	98.38	6th
2.	Michael Smith	3	2	1	14:12	+2	100.94	4th
3.	James Wilson	3	1	2	12:12	0	94.29	2
4th	Mark McGeeney	3	0	3	8:15	−7	88.88	0

1st matchday 11 November 2017

Scale length Suljović 93.83	5  : 2	Mark McGeeney 81.03
Michael Smith 97.13	5  : 3	James Wilson 91.91

2nd matchday 12 November 2017

Michael Smith 100.79	4: 5	Scale length Suljović 102.84
James Wilson 92.47	5  : 2	Mark McGeeney 85.22

3rd matchday 13 November 2017

Michael Smith 104.90	5  : 4	Mark McGeeney 100.40
James Wilson 99.72	4: 5	Scale length Suljović 98.48

Group H.

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Avg.	Points
1.	Gary Anderson (3)	3	3	0	15: 6	+9	104.36	6th
2.	Berry van Peer	3	2	1	11:13	−2	78.95	4th
3.	Cameron Menzies	3	1	2	12:12	0	88.09	2
4th	Simon Whitlock	3	0	3	8:15	−7	91.07	0

1st matchday 11 November 2017

Gary Anderson 96.55	5  : 3	Cameron Menzies 91.98
Simon Whitlock 86.48	4: 5	Berry van Peer 87.0

2nd matchday 12 November 2017

Berry van Peer 68.65	1: 5	Gary Anderson 111.79
Simon Whitlock 90.31	2: 5	Cameron Menzies 90.79

3rd matchday 13 November 2017

Berry van Peer 81.19	5  : 4	Cameron Menzies 81.52
Simon Whitlock 96.43	2: 5	Gary Anderson 104.73

Final round

Round of 16 15. – 16. Nov. 2017 best of 19 legs

Quarter-finals 17-18 Nov. 2017 best of 31 legs

Semi-finals Nov. 19, 2017 best of 31 legs

Final November 19, 2017 best of 31 legs

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 104.98

10

B2

Steve Lennon 94.27

2

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 104.26

16

A2

Rob Cross 102.54

13

B1

Raymond van Barneveld (8) 98.30

7th

A2

Rob Cross 103.87

10

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 106.87

16

C1

Phil Taylor (5) 98.09

8th

C1

Phil Taylor (5) April 101

10

D2

Darren Webster 88.21

4th

C1

Phil Taylor (5) 103.97

16

D1

Daryl Gurney (4) 96.43

4th

D1

Daryl Gurney (4) 94.62

10

C2

James Wade 90.02

2

A1

Michael van Gerwen (1) 102.18

16

E2

Peter Wright (2) 97.71

12

E1

Glen Durrant 99.33

10

F2

Dave Chisnall (7) 96.01

8th

E1

Glen Durrant 92.58

10

E2

Peter Wright (2) 93.68

16

F1

Stephen Bunting 96.64

4th

E2

Peter Wright (2) 103.29

10

E2

Peter Wright (2) 100.69

16

H1

Gary Anderson (3) 98.81

15th

G1

Scale length Suljović (6) 105.84

10

H2

Berry van Peer 95.39

2

G1

Scale length Suljović (6) 94.56

12

H1

Gary Anderson (3) 101.79

16

H1

Gary Anderson (3) 106.91

10

G2

Michael Smith 98.18

6th

transmission

The broadcasters Sport1 and Sport1 + broadcast the event in German-speaking countries . The stations can also be received in Austria via cable and satellite.

Internationally, all games were also broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

• Report on pdc.tv
• Report on darts1.de
• Report on dartn.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Grand Slam of Darts 2017 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)