The 2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts was the third staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 14 to 22 November 2009 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4 and highlights on ITV1.

Despite being beaten by Vincent van der Voort in the group stages, Phil Taylor won a third consecutive Grand Slam with a 16–2 victory over Scott Waites, who became the first BDO player to reach the final of this tournament.

Prize money The prize fund increased to £400,000 for the 2009 edition of the tournament, an increase of £44,000 from the 2008 edition, £10,000 more for the runner up, £5,000 more for the semi-finalists and £2,500 more for the quarter-finalists. Players who failed to make it past the group stage in the last tournament got £4,000. However, players who finished 3rd would earn £1,000 more but players who finished bottom of a group would get £1,500 less. Also the player with the highest checkout would not be rewarded. Instead, the group winners would earn £2,500.

Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £400,000)Winner (1) £100,000Runner-up (1) £50,000Semi-finalists (2) £25,000Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000Last 16 (second round) (8) £7,500Third in group (8) £5,000Fourth in group (8) £2,500Group winner bonus (8) £2,500

Qualifying There were numerous tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offered a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offers a place in the tournament to all semi-finalists. There are also various other ways of qualifying for overseas players, including those from Australia and the United States, as well as a wildcard qualifying event open to any darts player. Some minor changes were made to the qualifying criteria from 2008. The winner and the runner-up of the 2009 Championship League Darts would be invited, whilst it was announced that only the winner of the 2008 World Masters would be invited (though runner-up Scott Waites was invited anyway due to the withdrawal of Martin Adams). It was also announced that the winner of the 2009 US Open would be invited, though this was later withdrawn from the qualification criteria.

Qualifying tournaments PDC Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers Grand Slam of Darts 2007 Winner Phil Taylor Phil Taylor Andy Hamilton Kevin McDine Gary Anderson Terry Jenkins Mervyn King John Part Kirk Shepherd Kevin Painter Wayne Mardle Raymond van Barneveld James Wade Gary Mawson Colin Osborne Colin Lloyd Denis Ovens Co Stompé Adrian Lewis Steve Beaton Robert Thornton Runner-Up Andy Hamilton Kevin McDine Gary Anderson 2008 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Terry Jenkins Semi-finalists Mervyn King Gary Anderson PDC World Darts Championship 2008 Winner John Part Runner-Up Kirk Shepherd Semi-finalists Kevin Painter Wayne Mardle 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld Semi-finalists Mervyn King James Wade World Matchplay 2008 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Terry Jenkins World Grand Prix 2008 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld Las Vegas Desert Classic 2008 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld UK Open 2008 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Gary Mawson 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Colin Osborne US Open 2008 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Colin Lloyd Premier League Darts 2008 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade 2009 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Mervyn King German Darts Championship 2007 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Denis Ovens 2008 Winner Co Stompé Runner-Up Phil Taylor European Championship 2008 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Adrian Lewis 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Steve Beaton Championship League Darts 2008 Winner Phil Taylor 2009 Winner Colin Osborne Runner-Up Phil Taylor Players Championship Finals 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Robert Thornton Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers BDO World Darts Championship 2008 Winner Mark Webster Mark Webster Simon Whitlock Brian Woods Ted Hankey Tony O'Shea Darryl Fitton Anastasia Dobromyslova Francis Hoenselaar Scott Waites Runner-Up Simon Whitlock Martin Adams Brian Woods 2009 Winner Ted Hankey Runner-Up Tony O'Shea Semi-finalists Darryl Fitton Martin Adams Women's World Championship 2008 Winner Anastasia Dobromyslova 2009 Winner Francis Hoenselaar World Masters 2007 Winner Robert Thornton 2008 Winner Martin Adams Runner-Up Scott Waites* Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other Qualifiers PDC announce ITV Wildcard Qualifiers Planet Darts Criteria Player DPA Order of Merit Leader Simon Whitlock PDC North America Order of Merit Leader Darin Young European Order of Merit Leader Vincent van der Voort ITV Wildcard Qualifier Steve Maish Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Pools

Pool APool BPool CPool D(Seeded Players)(qualifiers) Phil Taylor (1) Ted Hankey (2) James Wade (3) Raymond van Barneveld (4) Mervyn King (5) Terry Jenkins (6) Gary Anderson (7) Tony O'Shea (8) Steve Beaton Darryl Fitton Adrian Lewis Colin Osborne John Part Robert Thornton Mark Webster Simon Whitlock Andy Hamilton Colin Lloyd Wayne Mardle Kevin Painter Co Stompé Vincent van der Voort Darin Young Steve Maish Anastasia Dobromyslova Francis Hoenselaar Kevin McDine Gary Mawson Denis Ovens Kirk Shepherd Scott Waites Brian Woods

Draw

Group stages all matches first-to-5/best of 9.NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; Q = QualifierNB: 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

Group A POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Phil Taylor (1)321115+64Advance to the last 162 Mark Webster32110100433121211+12Eliminated4312714−72

14 November 105.85 Phil Taylor 5 – 0 Anastasia Dobromyslova 81.30 99.93 Mark Webster 5 – 3 Vincent van der Voort 91.42

15 November 87.20 Anastasia Dobromyslova 5 – 4 Vincent van der Voort 81.35 105.85 Phil Taylor 5 – 0 Mark Webster 83.00

17 November 82.93 Anastasia Dobromyslova 2 – 5 Mark Webster 90.65 93.61 Vincent van der Voort 5 – 1 Phil Taylor 90.20

Group B POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1330157+86Advance to the last 162 Colin Lloyd3121010023 Colin Osborne3121113−22Eliminated4 Brian Woods (BDO)312814−62

14 November 91.11 Tony O'Shea 5 – 3 Brian Woods 87.29 82.07 Colin Osborne 5 – 3 Colin Lloyd 85.69

15 November 96.30 Brian Woods 0 – 5 Colin Lloyd 101.55 98.91 Tony O'Shea 5 – 2 Colin Osborne 89.50

17 November 84.86 Colin Lloyd 2 – 5 Tony O'Shea 90.55 85.03 Brian Woods 5 – 4 Colin Osborne 87.00

Group C POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Mervyn King (5)321149+54Advance to the last 162 Kirk Shepherd3211011−143 Steve Maish (Q)3121211+12Eliminated4 Darryl Fitton (BDO)312914−52

14 November 98.88 Mervyn King 5 – 0 Kirk Shepherd 87.38 87.99 Darryl Fitton 1 – 5 Steve Maish 89.70

15 November 94.13 Kirk Shepherd 5 – 3 Darryl Fitton 93.51 86.12 Mervyn King 5 – 4 Steve Maish 86.35

17 November 85.36 Steve Maish 3 – 5 Kirk Shepherd 92.06 96.98 Darryl Fitton 5 – 4 Mervyn King 96.14

Group D POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Kevin Painter321148+64Advance to the last 1623211410+443 John Part3211312+14Eliminated4 Francis Hoenselaar (BDO)303415−110

14 November 91.14 Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 1 Francis Hoenselaar 77.02 93.29 John Part 3 – 5 Kevin Painter 100.74

15 November 78.13 Francis Hoenselaar 3 – 5 John Part 87.07 91.01 Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 4 Kevin Painter 90.26

17 November 79.95 Kevin Painter 5 – 0 Francis Hoenselaar 74.13 100.38 John Part 5 – 4 Raymond van Barneveld 99.33

Group E POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Simon Whitlock330159+66Advance to the last 162 Scott Waites (BDO)321148+6433121214−22Eliminated4 Wayne Mardle303515−100

15 November 97.76 Simon Whitlock 5 – 1 Wayne Mardle 90.64 74.89 Ted Hankey 3 – 5 Scott Waites 79.49

16 November 79.12 Wayne Mardle 4 – 5 Ted Hankey 81.40 96.53 Simon Whitlock 5 – 4 Scott Waites 95.69

18 November 100.20 Scott Waites 5 – 0 Wayne Mardle 90.64 94.14 Ted Hankey 4 – 5 Simon Whitlock 102.94

Group F POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Gary Anderson (7)330156+96Advance to the last 162 Steve Beaton3211211+143 Kevin McDine3121114−32Eliminated4 Co Stompé303815−70

15 November 97.80 Steve Beaton 5 – 2 Co Stompé 97.06 100.05 Gary Anderson 5 – 2 Kevin McDine 88.99

16 November 103.44 Co Stompé 4 – 5 Kevin McDine 92.68 82.25 Steve Beaton 2 – 5 Gary Anderson 96.42

18 November 89.73 Co Stompé 2 – 5 Gary Anderson 99.06 84.02 Kevin McDine 4 – 5 Steve Beaton 84.57

Group G POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Terry Jenkins (6)321149+54Advance to the last 162 Darin Young (Q)3211310+343 Denis Ovens312913−42Eliminated4 Adrian Lewis3121014−42

15 November 91.21 Adrian Lewis 2 – 5 Darin Young 92.71 103.09 Terry Jenkins 5 – 1 Denis Ovens 91.00

16 November 80.91 Adrian Lewis 3 – 5 Denis Ovens 91.80 84.43 Darin Young 3 – 5 Terry Jenkins 88.27

18 November 90.58 Terry Jenkins 4 – 5 Adrian Lewis 94.48 90.67 Denis Ovens 3 – 5 Darin Young 88.34

Group H POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Robert Thornton321139+44Advance to the last 162 Andy Hamilton3211210+24Nine-dart shootout2 James Wade (3)3211311+244 Gary Mawson303715−80Eliminated

15 November 79.57 James Wade 5 – 3 Gary Mawson 82.15 94.88 Robert Thornton 5 – 2 Andy Hamilton 91.63

16 November 87.41 Andy Hamilton 5 – 2 Gary Mawson 83.92 100.95 Robert Thornton 3 – 5 James Wade 108.90

18 November 103.25 Andy Hamilton 5 – 3 James Wade 102.62 81.95 Gary Mawson 2 – 5 Robert Thornton 90.13

Nine-dart shootout With Andy Hamilton and James Wade finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place, to see who would play Terry Jenkins in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of the group stages. The shootout occurred exactly one year to the day after a similar situation at the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts where Hamilton beat Alan Tabern.

POSPlayer123456789PtsStatus2 James Wade20571956020606060361Advance to the last 163 Andy Hamilton20206015719206020277Eliminated

Knockout stages

Statistics Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average Phil Taylor 7 69 24 111 87 28 170 104.33 Gary Anderson 4 24 16 47 32 20 140 99.48 Co Stompé 3 8 15 32 11 4 96 97.12 James Wade 4 22 21 51 30 16 102 97.07 Simon Whitlock 5 38 26 81 57 15 146 96.87 Raymond van Barneveld 6 46 38 95 63 23 161 95.85 Mervyn King 4 20 19 43 40 9 121 94.42 Andy Hamilton 3 12 10 29 11 8 132 93.99 Scott Waites 7 58 57 143 98 24 144 93.92 John Part 3 13 12 34 9 5 102 93.40 Darryl Fitton 3 9 14 31 17 7 55 93.32 Terry Jenkins 6 51 43 142 61 22 160 93.05 Tony O'Shea 5 32 32 67 59 21 106 92.97 Robert Thornton 5 32 34 87 51 12 116 92.51 Colin Lloyd 4 14 20 43 26 9 130 92.09 Denis Ovens 3 9 13 27 19 1 120 91.19 Kevin Painter 5 30 29 59 31 20 148 90.83 Mark Webster 4 19 20 55 22 6 117 89.79 Kirk Shepherd 4 15 21 46 17 5 145 89.46 Adrian Lewis 3 10 14 17 14 10 91 88.73 Brian Woods 3 8 14 36 13 2 111 88.16 Kevin McDine 3 11 14 32 10 2 170 88.11 Darin Young 4 22 20 54 24 8 147 87.87 Vincent van der Voort 3 12 11 27 14 5 74 87.83 Steve Maish 3 12 11 38 16 2 161 86.91 Steve Beaton 4 13 21 44 17 4 121 86.71 Colin Osborne 3 11 13 17 12 7 84 85.90 Anastasia Dobromyslova 3 7 14 33 10 3 121 84.54 Wayne Mardle 3 5 15 22 9 3 55 83.80 Ted Hankey 3 12 14 41 15 3 141 83.03 Gary Mawson 3 7 15 30 13 0 40 82.65 Francis Hoenselaar 3 4 15 18 11 2 113 76.68

References

External links PDC.tv Netzone, with results and news ITV's coverage of the event