2014 Grand Slam of Darts

2014 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates8–16 November 2014
VenueWolverhampton Civic Hall
LocationWolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£100,000
Nine-dart finishBelgium Kim Huybrechts
High checkout170 England Robbie Green
170 England James Wade
170 England Dave Chisnall
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
«2013 2015»
Darts tournament

The 2014 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the eighth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 8–16 November 2014 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion and won the title for the a sixth and final time by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the final.[1][2]

In his quarter-final victory over Michael van Gerwen, Belgian player Kim Huybrechts threw a nine-dart finish, only the second in the event's history, and the first ever nine-darter on TV by a Belgian player.[3]

Prize money

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £400,000)[4]
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

Qualifying

Qualifying tournaments

For the first time, winners of the European Tour events were invited to the Grand Slam of Darts.[5]

PDC

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts 2013 Winner England Phil Taylor England Phil Taylor
Scotland Robert Thornton
England Adrian Lewis
England Scott Waites
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
England Andy Hamilton
England Dean Winstanley
Scotland Peter Wright
Australia Simon Whitlock
England James Wade
England Dave Chisnall
England Terry Jenkins
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
England Mervyn King
England Keegan Brown
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
Runner-Up Scotland Robert Thornton
Semi-finalists England Adrian Lewis
England Scott Waites
2012 Winner Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Semi-finalists England Andy Hamilton
England Dean Winstanley
PDC World Darts Championship 2014 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up Scotland Peter Wright
Semi-finalists Australia Simon Whitlock
England Adrian Lewis
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Semi-finalists Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
England James Wade
2012 Winner England Adrian Lewis
2011 Winner England Adrian Lewis
2010 Winner England Phil Taylor
World Matchplay 2014 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
World Grand Prix 2014 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England James Wade
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Dave Chisnall
UK Open 2014 Winner England Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up England Terry Jenkins
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Andy Hamilton
Premier League Darts 2014 Winner Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
2013 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
Championship League Darts 2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals 2013 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England Phil Taylor
2012 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up Belgium Kim Huybrechts
European Championship 2014 Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Runner-Up England Terry Jenkins
2013 Winner England Adrian Lewis
Runner-Up Australia Simon Whitlock
PDC World Cup of Darts 2014 Winners Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Runners-Up England Phil Taylor
England Adrian Lewis
2013 Winners England Phil Taylor
England Adrian Lewis
Runners-Up Belgium Kim Huybrechts
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
Masters 2014 Winner England James Wade
Runner-Up England Mervyn King
2013 Winner England Phil Taylor
Runner-Up England Adrian Lewis
PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Winner England Keegan Brown
Runner-Up Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2014 European Tour 2014 German Darts Championship Winner Scotland Gary Anderson Scotland Gary Anderson
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
England Michael Smith
2014 Dutch Darts Masters Winner Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
2014 German Darts Masters Winner England Phil Taylor
2014 Austrian Darts Open Winner Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
2014 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner England James Wade
2014 European Darts Open Winner Scotland Peter Wright
2014 European Darts Grand Prix Winner England Mervyn King
2014 European Darts Trophy Winner England Michael Smith
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO

Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship 2014 Winner England Stephen Bunting England Stephen Bunting
England Alan Norris
England Robbie Green
Netherlands Jan Dekker
England Tony O'Shea
Netherlands Wesley Harms
England Richie George
Netherlands Christian Kist
Runner-Up England Alan Norris
Semi-finalists England Robbie Green
Netherlands Jan Dekker
2013 Winner England Scott Waites
Runner-Up England Tony O'Shea
Semi-finalists Netherlands Wesley Harms
England Richie George
2012 Winner Netherlands Christian Kist
2011 Winner England Martin Adams
2010 Winner England Martin Adams
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other qualifiers

Criteria Player
Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Jamie Caven
England Darren Webster

Pools

[6]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(Seeded Players) (qualifiers)

Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (1)
England Phil Taylor (2)
England Stephen Bunting (3)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4)
England Adrian Lewis (5)
England James Wade (6)
Scotland Peter Wright (7)
England Alan Norris (8)

Scotland Gary Anderson
England Dave Chisnall
England Andy Hamilton
Belgium Kim Huybrechts
England Mervyn King
Scotland Robert Thornton
England Scott Waites
Australia Simon Whitlock

England Keegan Brown
Netherlands Jan Dekker
England Terry Jenkins
Netherlands Christian Kist
England Tony O'Shea
England Michael Smith
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
England Dean Winstanley

Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
England Jamie Caven
England Richie George
England Robbie Green
Netherlands Wesley Harms
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez
England Darren Webster

Draw

Group stage

[7][8][9][10][11]

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 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (1) 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Q
2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 3 2 1 12 8 +4 4
3 Netherlands Jan Dekker (BDO) 3 1 2 7 12 −5 2 Eliminated
4 England Darren Webster (Q) 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0

8 November

91.54 Kim Huybrechts Belgium 5 – 2 Netherlands Jan Dekker 85.47
90.33 Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 5 – 4 England Darren Webster 94.64

9 November

89.70 Jan Dekker Netherlands 5 – 2 England Darren Webster 88.32
101.23 Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 5 – 2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 96.50

10 November

90.69 Kim Huybrechts Belgium 5 – 1 England Darren Webster 83.70
95.13 Michael van Gerwen Netherlands 5 – 0 Netherlands Jan Dekker 76.68

Group B

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status
1 England Alan Norris (BDO,8) 3 2 1 13 8 +5 4 Q
2 England Terry Jenkins 3 2 1 11 8 +3 4
3 England Scott Waites (BDO) 3 1 2 11 13 −2 2 Eliminated
4 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 3 1 2 8 14 −6 2

8 November

85.78 Scott Waites England 2 – 5 England Terry Jenkins 94.83
85.63 Alan Norris England 5 – 2 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 89.35

9 November

94.25 Scott Waites England 4 – 5 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 86.83
99.13 Alan Norris England 5 – 1 England Terry Jenkins 88.88

10 November

89.07 Terry Jenkins England 5 – 1 Belgium Ronny Huybrechts 89.73
92.83 Alan Norris England 3 – 5 England Scott Waites 89.48

Group C

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status
1 England Dave Chisnall 3 2 1 12 7 +5 4 Q
2 England Keegan Brown 3 2 1 11 9 +2 4
3 Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 3 1 2 9 12 −3 2 Eliminated
4 England Adrian Lewis (5) 3 1 2 8 12 −4 2

8 November

100.84 Dave Chisnall England 5 – 1 England Keegan Brown 93.04
91.37 Adrian Lewis England 2 – 5 Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.22

9 November

100.46 Dave Chisnall England 5 – 1 Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.46
95.85 Adrian Lewis England 1 – 5 England Keegan Brown 100.66

10 November

86.86 Adrian Lewis England 5 – 2 England Dave Chisnall 93.64
95.22 Keegan Brown England 5 – 3 Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 91.75


Group D

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status
1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 3 3 0 15 9 +6 6 Q
2 England Robbie Green (BDO) 3 2 1 13 11 +2 4
3 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 3 1 2 13 12 +1 2 Eliminated
4 Scotland Robert Thornton 3 0 3 6 15 −9 0

8 November

97.19 Robert Thornton Scotland 2 – 5 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 99.26
91.53 Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 5 – 3 England Robbie Green 85.31

9 November

92.35 Robert Thornton Scotland 2 – 5 England Robbie Green 99.61
90.38 Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 5 – 4 Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 86.40

10 November

90.69 Vincent van der Voort Netherlands 4 – 5 England Robbie Green 96.72
92.97 Raymond van Barneveld Netherlands 5 – 2 Scotland Robert Thornton 90.12

Group E

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status
1 England Phil Taylor (2) 3 3 0 15 4 +11 6 Q
2 Netherlands Christian Kist 3 2 1 11 8 +3 4
3 England Andy Hamilton 3 1 2 10 12 −2 2 Eliminated
4 England Richie George (BDO) 3 0 3 3 15 −12 0

8 November

95.69 Andy Hamilton England 2 – 5 Netherlands Christian Kist 95.52
100.20 Phil Taylor England 5 – 0 England Richie George 80.09

9 November

114.65 Phil Taylor England 5 – 1 Netherlands Christian Kist 99.46
94.79 Andy Hamilton England 5 – 2 England Richie George 84.30

11 November

106.47 Phil Taylor England 5 – 3 England Andy Hamilton 98.81
95.49 Christian Kist Netherlands 5 – 1 England Richie George 80.03

Group F

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status
1 England Michael Smith 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Q
2 Scotland Peter Wright (7) 3 2 1 14 10 +4 4
3 Australia Simon Whitlock 3 1 2 10 13 −3 2 Eliminated
4 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (Q) 3 0 3 6 15 −9 0

8 November

91.96 Peter Wright Scotland 5 – 2 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 92.28
92.84 Simon Whitlock Australia 2 – 5 England Michael Smith 104.91

9 November

90.65 Peter Wright Scotland 4 – 5 England Michael Smith 86.32
97.45 Simon Whitlock Australia 5 – 3 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 87.54

11 November

100.16 Peter Wright Scotland 5 – 3 Australia Simon Whitlock 100.84
102.71 Michael Smith England 5 – 1 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 90.72

Group G

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status
1 England Mervyn King 3 3 0 15 12 +3 6 Q
2 England James Wade (6) 3 2 1 14 7 +7 4
3 England Tony O'Shea (BDO) 3 1 2 10 13 −3 2 Eliminated
4 England Jamie Caven (Q) 3 0 3 8 15 −7 0

8 November

80.37 Mervyn King England 5 – 4 England Tony O'Shea 89.45
99.48 James Wade England 5 – 1 England Jamie Caven 98.43

9 November

85.32 Tony O'Shea England 5 – 3 England Jamie Caven 93.96
84.96 James Wade England 4 – 5 England Mervyn King 83.76

11 November

98.55 Mervyn King England 5 – 4 England Jamie Caven 90.99
99.95 James Wade England 5 – 1 England Tony O'Shea 90.35


Group H

Pos. Player P W L LF LA +/− Pts Status
1 England Stephen Bunting (3) 3 3 0 15 5 +10 6 Q
2 Scotland Gary Anderson 3 2 1 12 6 +6 4
3 Netherlands Wesley Harms (BDO) 3 1 2 6 13 −7 2 Eliminated
4 England Dean Winstanley 3 0 3 6 15 −9 0

8 November

103.84 Stephen Bunting England 5 – 1 Netherlands Wesley Harms 91.54
96.32 Gary Anderson Scotland 5 – 1 England Dean Winstanley 78.40

9 November

102.73 Stephen Bunting England 5 – 2 Scotland Gary Anderson 96.76
81.77 Dean Winstanley England 3 – 5 Netherlands Wesley Harms 87.16

11 November

89.70 Stephen Bunting England 5 – 2 England Dean Winstanley 86.20
102.95 Gary Anderson Scotland 5 – 0 Netherlands Wesley Harms 90.43

Knockout stage

Second round (best of 19 legs)
12–13 November
[12][13] 		Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
14–15 November
[3][14] 		Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
16 November
[15] 		Final (best of 31 legs)
16 November
[16]
            
A1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (1) 88.64 10
B2 England Terry Jenkins 85.66 4
A1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (1) 103.87 10
A2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 104.83 16
B1 England Alan Norris (BDO,8) 90.39 5
A2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 97.92 10
A2 Belgium Kim Huybrechts 97.36 15
C1 England Dave Chisnall 96.64 16
C1 England Dave Chisnall 91.55 10
D2 England Robbie Green (BDO) 84.13 3
C1 England Dave Chisnall 96.64 16
C2 England Keegan Brown 97.68 14
D1 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4) 91.46 7
C2 England Keegan Brown 97.95 10
C1 England Dave Chisnall 98.02 13
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 102.45 16
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 101.70 10
F2 Scotland Peter Wright (7) 99.05 4
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 107.28 16
F1 England Michael Smith 86.45 3
F1 England Michael Smith 99.97 10
E2 Netherlands Christian Kist 89.12 5
E1 England Phil Taylor (2) 101.61 16
G1 England Mervyn King 94.84 9
G1 England Mervyn King 94.12 10
H2 Scotland Gary Anderson 96.32 4
G1 England Mervyn King 96.01 16
H1 England Stephen Bunting (BDO,3) 96.54 9
H1 England Stephen Bunting (BDO,3) 98.24 10
G2 England James Wade (6) 95.45 8

Statistics

[17]

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average
England Phil Taylor Winner 7 73 33 160 70 28 140 103.82
England Dave Chisnall Runner-up 7 67 55 151 81 39 170 96.57
England Mervyn King Semi-finals 6 50 41 129 54 24 164 92.68
Belgium Kim Huybrechts Semi-finals 6 53 39 105 70 33 155 98.38
England Stephen Bunting Quarter-finals 5 34 29 77 52 12 145 97.55
England Keegan Brown Quarter-finals 5 35 32 95 53 17 130 97.30
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen Quarter-finals 5 35 26 70 40 17 141 96.74
England Michael Smith Quarter-finals 5 28 28 55 35 18 127 94.04
Scotland Gary Anderson Second round 4 16 16 43 26 10 106 97.44
Scotland Peter Wright Second round 4 18 20 56 26 10 135 95.78
England James Wade Second round 4 22 17 70 24 5 170 94.02
Netherlands Christian Kist Second round 4 16 18 39 25 6 85 93.30
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld Second round 4 22 19 54 31 7 136 91.50
England Alan Norris Second round 4 18 22 35 31 6 164 91.35
England Robbie Green Second round 4 16 21 40 28 9 170 90.24
England Terry Jenkins Second round 4 15 18 52 17 5 116 88.76
Australia Simon Whitlock Group stage 3 10 13 34 14 7 86 97.24
England Andy Hamilton Group stage 3 10 12 24 19 4 96 96.45
England Jamie Caven Group stage 3 8 15 25 29 3 129 93.93
Scotland Robert Thornton Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 5 161 93.12
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez Group stage 3 9 12 24 8 7 127 92.76
Netherlands Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 13 12 29 15 8 158 91.20
England Adrian Lewis Group stage 3 8 12 20 12 4 80 90.97
England Scott Waites Group stage 3 11 13 33 9 5 126 90.21
Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 2 106 90.04
England Darren Webster Group stage 3 7 15 30 20 3 64 89.62
Netherlands Wesley Harms Group stage 3 6 13 25 14 2 156 89.27
Belgium Ronny Huybrechts Group stage 3 8 14 28 15 3 81 88.43
England Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 10 13 32 11 8 104 88.19
Netherlands Jan Dekker Group stage 3 7 12 21 8 3 124 84.83
England Dean Winstanley Group stage 3 6 15 29 11 2 116 82.29
England Richie George Group stage 3 3 15 20 8 3 72 81.76

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