Grand Slam of Darts 2019

Grand Slam of Darts 2019
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Aldersley Leisure Village, Aldersley , Wolverhampton
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Gerwyn Price
Attendees	32
Opening game	9th November 2019
Endgame	17th November 2019
Prize money (total)	£ 550,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 125,000
winner	Gerwyn Price
statistics
highest finish	167 points from Steve Lennon
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The Grand Slam of Darts 2019 was a major tournament in darts and was held for the thirteenth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from November 9th to 17th, 2019 . The venue was the Aldersley Leisure Village for the second time .

The Welshman Gerwyn Price was able to successfully defend his title from the previous year with a 16: 6 final win over 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 qualified for the round of 16, from which 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 second round to best of 31 legs from the quarter finals.

Prize money

The prize money increased by £ 100,000 compared to the previous year.The total prize money of £ 550,000 was distributed as follows:

position	Prize money
winner	£ 125,000
finalist	£ 65,000
Semi-finalists	£ 40,000
Quarter finalists	£ 20,000
Round of 16 players	£ 10,000
3rd place group stage	£ 7,500
4th place group stage	£ 4,000
Bonus group win	£ 3,500

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, the following qualified for the Grand Slam of Darts 2019:

• The 16 winners and finalists of the PDC Major Finals (in chronological order) as well as the player who was able to achieve the most tournament victories at the European Darts Tour 2018 , 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, world champions, world champions, the winners of the World Trophy and the four best-placed players and the best-placed player in the BDO ranking list

Winners and finalists PDC major finals

• Michael van Gerwen ( PDC World Darts Championship 2019 winner)
• Gerwyn Price ( Grand Slam of Darts 2018 winner)
• Rob Cross ( World Matchplay 2019 winner)
• Dimitri Van den Bergh ( PDC World Youth Championship 2018 winner)
• Nathan Aspinall ( UK Open 2019 winner)
• Daryl Gurney ( Players Championship Finals 2018 winner)
• Gary Anderson ( World Cup of Darts 2019 winner)
• Peter Wright ( World Cup of Darts 2019 winner)
• Michael Smith ( PDC World Darts Championship 2019 finalist)
• Dave Chisnall ( World Grand Prix 2019 finalist)
• Martin Schindler ( PDC World Youth Championship 2018 finalist)
• James Wade ( The Masters 2019 Finalist)
• Danny Noppert ( World Series of Darts Finals 2019 finalist)
• Steve Lennon ( World Cup of Darts 2019 finalist)
• William O'Connor ( World Cup of Darts 2019 finalist)
• Ian White (Most tournament victories at the European Darts Tour 2019 )

Winner of the PDC qualification tournament

• Gabriel Clemens
• Ryan Harrington
• Robert Thornton
• Brendan Dolan
• Jamie Hughes
• Darren Webster
• Ross Smith
• Adrian Lewis

BDO qualifiers

• Glen Durrant ( BDO World Champion 2019 )
• Mikuru Suzuki ( BDO World Champion 2019 )
• Jim Williams ( BDO World Trophy 2019 winner)
• Wesley Harms (BDO world rankings)
• Richard Veenstra (BDO world rankings)
• Dave Parletti (BDO World Ranking)
• Wayne Warren (BDO World Ranking)
• Lisa Ashton (BDO world rankings)

Seeding list

The top 8 of the PDC Order of Merit of the qualified players 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 Semifinals 02. Rob Cross Round of 16 03. Michael Smith Quarter finals 04th Gary Anderson Quarter finals

No. player Round reached 05. Gerwyn Price victory 06th Daryl Gurney Round of 16 07th Peter Wright final 08th. James Wade 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.	Points
1.	Michael van Gerwen (1)	3	3	0	15: 6	+9	6th
1.	Adrian Lewis	3	2	1	12:10	+2	4th
3.	Jim Williams	3	1	2	10:11	−1	2
3.	Ross Smith	3	0	3	5:15	−10	0

1st matchday 9 November 2019

Michael van Gerwen 97.89	5  : 2	Jim Williams 83.34
Adrian Lewis 87.48	5  : 2	Ross Smith 86.11

2nd matchday 10 November 2019

Michael van Gerwen 104.53	5  : 2	Adrian Lewis 96.29
Ross Smith 85.63	1: 5	Jim Williams 92.35

3rd matchday 12 November 2019

Michael van Gerwen 111.38	5  : 2	Ross Smith 101.1
Adrian Lewis 96.69	5  : 3	Jim Williams 91.38

Group B

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	James Wade (8)	3	2	1	14:11	+3	4th
1.	Ian White	3	2	1	14:11	+3	4th
3.	Steve Lennon	3	2	1	12:13	−1	4th
3.	Wesley Harms	3	0	3	10:15	−5	0

1st matchday 9 November 2019

James Wade 93.72	5  : 2	Wesley Harms 86.78
Ian White 88.94	5  : 2	Steve Lennon 90.42

2nd matchday 10 November 2019

James Wade 99.84	5  : 4	Ian White 98.17
Steve Lennon 88.31	5  : 4	Wesley Harms 82.78

3rd matchday 12 November 2019

James Wade 86.66	4: 5	Steve Lennon 91.73
Ian White 97.09	5  : 4	Wesley Harms 97.66

Group C

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	Gerwyn Price (5)	3	3	0	15: 9	+6	6th
2.	Robert Thornton	3	2	1	14:12	+2	4th
3.	Dimitri Van den Bergh	3	1	2	11:11	± 0	2
4th	Mikuru Suzuki	3	0	3	7:15	−8	0

1st matchday 9 November 2019

Gerwyn Price 88.21	5  : 3	Mikuru Suzuki 84.24
Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.44	4: 5	Robert Thornton 91.46

2nd matchday 10 November 2019

Gerwyn Price 92.12	5  : 4	Robert Thornton 93.26
Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.8	5  : 1	Mikuru Suzuki 84.65

3rd matchday 12 November 2019

Gerwyn Price 97.14	5  : 2	Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.59
Robert Thornton 94.25	5  : 3	Mikuru Suzuki 85.6

Group D

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	Gary Anderson (4)	3	2	1	14: 9	+5	4th
2.	Darren Webster	3	2	1	13:11	+2	4th
3.	William O'Connor	3	1	2	10:13	−3	2
4th	Dave Parletti	3	1	2	8:12	−4	2

1st matchday 9 November 2019

Gary Anderson 94.75	5  : 1	Dave Parletti 86.2
Darren Webster 96.7	3: 5	William O'Connor 98.87

2nd matchday 10 November 2019

Gary Anderson 105.08	5  : 3	William O'Connor 92.21
Darren Webster 91.61	5  : 2	Dave Parletti 85.05

3rd matchday 12 November 2019

Gary Anderson 97.17	4: 5	Darren Webster 100.86
William O'Connor 88.87	2: 5	Dave Parletti 83.97

Group E

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	Dave Chisnall	3	3	0	15: 7	+8	6th
2.	Rob Cross (2)	3	2	1	13:11	+2	4th
3.	Jamie Hughes	3	1	2	12:11	+1	2
4th	Lisa Ashton	3	0	3	4:15	−11	0

1st matchday 9 November 2019

Rob Cross 93.19	5  : 2	Lisa Ashton 80.7
Dave Chisnall 97.19	5  : 3	Jamie Hughes 95.75

2nd matchday 10 November 2019

Rob Cross 95.19	3: 5	Dave Chisnall 94.61
Jamie Hughes 94.42	5  : 1	Lisa Ashton 86.8

3rd matchday 11 November 2019

Rob Cross 92.1	5  : 4	Jamie Hughes 85.65
Dave Chisnall 94.61	5  : 1	Lisa Ashton 82.5

Group F.

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	Peter Wright (7)	3	3	0	15: 6	+9	6th
2.	Ryan Harrington	3	2	1	12:10	+2	4th
3.	Danny Noppert	3	1	2	11:11	± 0	2
4th	Wayne Warren	3	0	3	4:15	−11	0

1st matchday 9 November 2019

Peter Wright 98.16	5  : 2	Wayne Warren 88.65
Danny Noppert 95.34	4: 5	Ryan Harrington 93.65

2nd matchday 10 November 2019

Peter Wright 101.11	5  : 2	Ryan Harrington 86.34
Danny Noppert 97.5	5  : 1	Wayne Warren 92.46

3rd matchday 11 November 2019

Peter Wright 99.77	5  : 2	Danny Noppert 98.58
Ryan Harrington 78.58	5  : 1	Wayne Warren 74.72

Group G

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	Gabriel Clemens	3	3	0	15: 7	+8	6th
2.	Daryl Gurney (6)	3	2	1	14: 7	+7	4th
3.	Brendan Dolan	3	1	2	8:11	−3	2
4th	Richard Veenstra	3	0	3	3:15	−12	0

1st matchday 9 November 2019

Daryl Gurney 91.65	5  : 0	Richard Veenstra 75.69
Brendan Dolan 92.55	1: 5	Gabriel Clemens 99.4

2nd matchday 10 November 2019

Daryl Gurney 100.8	4: 5	Gabriel Clemens 97.43
Brendan Dolan 91.56	5  : 1	Richard Veenstra 79.76

3rd matchday 11 November 2019

Daryl Gurney 95.03	5  : 2	Brendan Dolan 92.34
Gabriel Clemens 110.27	5  : 2	Richard Veenstra 90.26

Group H.

Pl.	player	Sp.	S.	N	Legs	Diff.	Points
1.	Michael Smith (3)	3	3	0	15: 8	+7	6th
2.	Glen Durrant	3	2	1	13: 9	+4	4th
3.	Nathan Aspinall	3	1	2	6:10	−4	2
4th	Martin Schindler	3	0	3	8:15	−7	0

1st matchday 9 November 2019

Michael Smith 99.28	5  : 3	Glen Durrant 93.08
Nathan Aspinall 98.88	5  : 0	Martin Schindler 91.54

2nd matchday 10 November 2019

Michael Smith 113.62	5  : 1	Nathan Aspinall 104.65
Martin Schindler 88.74	4: 5	Glen Durrant 89.52

3rd matchday 11 November 2019

Michael Smith 91.38	5  : 4	Martin Schindler 86.18
Nathan Aspinall 86.26	0: 5	Glen Durrant 86.38

Main round

	Round of 16 November 13-14, 2018 best of 19 legs					Quarterfinals November 15-16, 2018 best of 31 legs					Semi-finals 11/17/2018 best of 31 legs					Final 11/17/2018 best of 31 legs
	1	Michael van Gerwen 101.41	10
		Ian White 97.5	7th
						1	Michael van Gerwen 103.05	16
							Adrian Lewis 86.28	6th
	8th	James Wade 93.23	9
		Adrian Lewis 95.99	10
											1	Michael van Gerwen 101.91	12
											5	Gerwyn Price 100.73	16
	5	Gerwyn Price 98.75	10
		Darren Webster 90.56	1
						5	Gerwyn Price 95.69	16
						4th	Gary Anderson 91.37	9
	4th	Gary Anderson 90.97	10
		Robert Thornton 87.36	8th
																5	Gerwyn Price 107.86	16
																7th	Peter Wright 96.28	6th
		Dave Chisnall 102.02	10
		Ryan Harrington 96.47	3
							Dave Chisnall 98.64	12
						7th	Peter Wright 101.25	16
	7th	Peter Wright 98.59	10
	2	Rob Cross 89.06	3
											7th	Peter Wright 97.34	16
												Glen Durrant 94.28	11
		Gabriel Clemens 98.34	9
		Glen Durrant 96.47	10
							Glen Durrant 98.15	16
						3	Michael Smith 97.95	12
	3	Michael Smith 101.56	10
	6th	Daryl Gurney 100.49	7th

transmission

The tournament was broadcast live by Sport1 in German-speaking countries . The paid streaming service DAZN also broadcast the tournament. Internationally, all games are broadcast directly by the PDC on livepdc.tv.

Web links

• Report at darts1.de
• Report at dartn.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)