The 2015 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the ninth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took take place from 7–15 November 2015 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won his sixth Grand Slam title by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the 2014 final.
The 2015 edition saw several changes in the qualification criteria due to the Grand Slam of Darts being a PDC Order of Merit ranking tournament for the first time. As a result of this, at most 20 places were filled by invitations and the remaining 12 places were open for qualification.
The tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen, who had a tournament average over 100, and with this title won every current PDC major tournament at least once.
Other notable things that happened in the tournament included Dave Chisnall hitting a nine-dart finish against Peter Wright in their group match, and BDO veteran Martin Adams making his first appearance at the event, after declining his invite every year since the tournament's inception in 2007.
Prize money 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) £2,500Nine-dart finish (1) £30,000
Qualifying
Qualifying tournaments
PDC main tournaments Players in italics had already qualified for the event. At most 16 players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
PDC Main Tournaments Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers PDC World Darts Championship 2015 Winner Gary Anderson Gary Anderson Phil Taylor Michael van Gerwen Robert Thornton Keegan Brown Adrian Lewis Dave Chisnall James Wade Peter Wright Raymond van Barneveld Rowby-John Rodriguez Grand Slam of Darts 2014 Winner Phil Taylor Premier League Darts 2015 Winner Gary Anderson World Matchplay 2015 Winner Michael van Gerwen World Grand Prix 2015 Winner Robert Thornton Players Championship Finals 2014 Winner Gary Anderson UK Open 2015 Winner Michael van Gerwen European Championship 2015 Winner Michael van Gerwen Masters 2015 Winner Michael van Gerwen PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Winner Keegan Brown World Series of Darts 2015 Ranking List Leader Phil Taylor PDC World Cup of Darts 2015 Winners Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis PDC World Darts Championship 2015 Runner-Up Phil Taylor Grand Slam of Darts 2014 Runner-Up Dave Chisnall Premier League Darts 2015 Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen World Matchplay 2015 Runner-Up James Wade World Grand Prix 2015 Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen Players Championship Finals 2014 Runner-Up Adrian Lewis UK Open 2015 Runner-Up Peter Wright European Championship 2015 Runner-Up Gary Anderson Masters 2015 Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Runner-Up Rowby-John Rodriguez World Series of Darts 2015 Ranking List Runner-Up Adrian Lewis PDC World Cup of Darts 2015 Runners-Up Gary Anderson Peter Wright Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
PDC European Tour In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2015 European Tour events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
PDC European Tour Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers 2015 European Tour 2015 German Darts Championship Winner Michael van Gerwen Michael Smith Kim Huybrechts 2015 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner Michael van Gerwen 2015 German Darts Masters Winner Michael van Gerwen 2015 Dutch Darts Masters Winner Michael van Gerwen 2015 International Darts Open Winner Michael Smith 2015 European Darts Open Winner Robert Thornton 2015 European Darts Trophy Winner Michael Smith 2015 European Darts Matchplay Winner Michael van Gerwen 2015 European Darts Grand Prix Winner Kim Huybrechts Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
PDC Players Championships In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The second list consists of the winners from 2015 Players Championship events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
PDC Players Championships Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers 2015 Players Championships Players Championship 1 Winner Gary Anderson Ian White Jelle Klaasen Terry Jenkins Players Championship 2 Winner James Wade Players Championship 3 Winner Adrian Lewis Players Championship 4 Winner Michael van Gerwen Players Championship 5 Winner Adrian Lewis Players Championship 6 Winner Michael van Gerwen Players Championship 7 Winner Peter Wright Players Championship 8 Winner Keegan Brown Players Championship 9 Winner Phil Taylor Players Championship 10 Winner Joe Murnan Players Championship 11 Winner Dave Chisnall Players Championship 12 Winner Peter Wright Players Championship 13 Winner James Wade Players Championship 14 Winner Jelle Klaasen Players Championship 15 Winner Terry Jenkins Players Championship 16 Winner Jelle Klaasen Players Championship 17 Winner Ian White Players Championship 18 Winner Alan Norris Players Championship 19 Winner Peter Wright Players Championship 20 Winner Gary Anderson Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
PDC qualifier A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Coventry on 23 October 2015.
Mark Webster Jonny Clayton Mervyn King Steve West Wayne Jones Andy Boulton Robbie Green Steve Beaton
BDO qualifying tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player BDO World Darts Championship 2015 Winner Scott Mitchell Runner-Up Martin Adams World Masters 2014 Winner Martin Phillips BDO World Trophy 2015 Winner Geert De Vos
BDO qualifiers A further four places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from two BDO qualifiers. The first of which was in Hull on 6 October 2015 and was open for all players outside of mainland Europe. The other one was in Europe on 18 October 2015 and was open for all players in mainland Europe.
UK qualifiers Larry Butler Andy Fordham
European qualifiers Mark Oosterhuis Michel van der Horst
Pools
Pool A(Seeded Players)Pool B(PDC Automatic Qualifiers)Pool C(PDC Qualifiers)Pool D(BDO Qualifiers) Michael van Gerwen (1) Gary Anderson (2) Phil Taylor (3) Peter Wright (4) Adrian Lewis (5) Robert Thornton (6) James Wade (7) Ian White (8) Raymond van Barneveld Keegan Brown Dave Chisnall Kim Huybrechts Terry Jenkins Jelle Klaasen Michael Smith Rowby-John Rodriguez Steve Beaton Andy Boulton Jonny Clayton Robbie Green Wayne Jones Mervyn King Mark Webster Steve West Martin Adams Larry Butler Andy Fordham Michel van der Horst Scott Mitchell Mark Oosterhuis Martin Phillips Geert De Vos
Draw
Group stage
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.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus1 Michael van Gerwen (1)330154+116Q2 Kim Huybrechts321119+243 Steve West (Q)312101002 Eliminated4303215–130
7 November 105.92 Kim Huybrechts 5 – 2 Steve West 94.88 5 – 0 Mark Oosterhuis 67.63
8 November 93.94 Steve West 5 – 0 Mark Oosterhuis 74.54 5 – 1 Kim Huybrechts 106.50
10 November 96.20 Kim Huybrechts 5 – 2 Mark Oosterhuis 86.38 5 – 3 Steve West 92.31
Group B Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1 Martin Adams (BDO)3301510+56Q2 Steve Beaton (Q)3121312+123 Ian White (8)312911–22Eliminated4 Jelle Klaasen3121014–42
7 November 92.62 Jelle Klaasen 5 – 4 Steve Beaton 96.52 99.67 Ian White 2 – 5 Martin Adams 104.82
8 November 91.07 Ian White 2 – 5 Steve Beaton 90.68 104.69 Jelle Klaasen 4 – 5 Martin Adams 93.47
10 November 97.96 Ian White 5 – 1 Jelle Klaasen 86.56 96.78 Steve Beaton 4 – 5 Martin Adams 95.63
Group C Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1 Michael Smith330158+76Q2 Adrian Lewis (5)3211310+343312913–42Eliminated4 Wayne Jones (Q)303915–60
7 November 94.77 Michael Smith 5 – 3 Wayne Jones 88.17 103.34 Adrian Lewis 5 – 2 Andy Fordham 99.26
8 November 82.95 Wayne Jones 3 – 5 Andy Fordham 79.44 94.90 Adrian Lewis 3 – 5 Michael Smith 95.88
10 November 92.36 Michael Smith 5 – 2 Andy Fordham 84.11 96.30 Adrian Lewis 5 – 3 Wayne Jones 93.77
Group D Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1 Peter Wright (4)3211210+24Q2 Dave Chisnall3211110+143 Mervyn King (Q)3121112–12Eliminated4 Scott Mitchell (BDO)312911–22
7 November 96.52 Dave Chisnall 5 – 3 Mervyn King 88.13 96.86 Peter Wright 5 – 2 Scott Mitchell 104.49
8 November 104.31 Mervyn King 5 – 2 Scott Mitchell 93.18 98.62 Peter Wright 2 – 5 Dave Chisnall 109.84
10 November 98.41 Dave Chisnall 1 – 5 Scott Mitchell 93.60 94.02 Peter Wright 5 – 3 Mervyn King 81.50
Group E Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus1 Gary Anderson (2)330154+116Q2321138+543 Larry Butler (BDO, Q)312814–62Eliminated4 Andy Boulton (Q)303515–100
7 November 101.55 Gary Anderson 5 – 0 Larry Butler 83.00 5 – 0 Andy Boulton 87.42
8 November 90.37 Andy Boulton 4 – 5 Larry Butler 88.31 103.36 Gary Anderson 5 – 3
9 November 5 – 3 Larry Butler 97.32 102.79 Gary Anderson 5 – 1 Andy Boulton 89.46
Group F Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1 James Wade (7)330155+106 Q2 Mark Webster (Q)3211111043 Keegan Brown3121014–42 Eliminated4303915–60
7 November 94.72 James Wade 5 – 2 Michel van der Horst 87.73 81.68 Keegan Brown 3 – 5 Mark Webster 93.90
8 November 85.25 Keegan Brown 5 – 4 Michel van der Horst 81.59 105.83 James Wade 5 – 1 Mark Webster 96.11
9 November 92.67 Mark Webster 5 – 3 Michel van der Horst 89.69 103.68 James Wade 5 – 2 Keegan Brown 94.47
Group G Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus13301510+56 Q2 Terry Jenkins3121210+223 Geert De Vos (BDO)312910–12 Eliminated4 Jonny Clayton (Q)312713–62
7 November 89.66 Terry Jenkins 3 – 5 Jonny Clayton 93.18 93.71 Robert Thornton 5 – 4 Geert De Vos 91.85
8 November 89.46 Terry Jenkins 5 – 0 Geert De Vos 87.15 96.08 Robert Thornton 5 – 2 Jonny Clayton 88.49
9 November 98.15 Jonny Clayton 0 – 5 Geert De Vos 113.86 100.05 Robert Thornton 5 – 4 Terry Jenkins 99.87
Group H Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/–PtsStatus1 Phil Taylor (3)330154+116Q2 Robbie Green (Q)321129+3433121012–22Eliminated4 Martin Phillips (BDO)303315–120
7 November 94.60 Rowby-John Rodriguez 3 – 5 Robbie Green 95.00 102.95 Phil Taylor 5 – 0 Martin Phillips 97.04
8 November 5 – 2 Martin Phillips 87.43 108.42 Phil Taylor 5 – 2 Robbie Green 88.67
9 November 94.57 Robbie Green 5 – 1 Martin Phillips 81.00 94.19 Phil Taylor 5 – 2 Rowby-John Rodriguez 96.06
Knockout stage
References
External links PDC netzone, Schedule, results