The 2010 Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts was the fourth staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 13–21 November 2010 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4. It would prove to be the final time a Grand Slam tournament would be broadcast on ITV Sport, as Sky Sports took over broadcasting rights the following year.
Although 8–0 down at one stage, Scott Waites made a remarkable comeback to defeat James Wade 16–12 in the final, becoming the first and only member of the British Darts Organisation to win this event.
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) £2,500
Qualifying There were numerous tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offering 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 were also various other ways of qualifying for overseas players, including those from Europe and the United States, as well as a wildcard qualifying event open to any darts player.
Qualifying tournaments
PDC Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers Grand Slam of Darts 2008 Winner Phil Taylor Phil Taylor Terry Jenkins Mervyn King Gary Anderson Scott Waites Raymond van Barneveld James Wade Simon Whitlock Mark Webster Adrian Lewis Colin Osborne Co Stompé Steve Beaton Wayne Jones Denis Ovens Robert Thornton Paul Nicholson Stacy Bromberg Tricia Wright Arron Monk Michael van Gerwen Runner-Up Terry Jenkins Mervyn King Gary Anderson 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Scott Waites Semi-finalists Terry Jenkins Raymond van Barneveld PDC World Darts Championship 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld Semi-finalists Mervyn King James Wade 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Simon Whitlock Third Place Mark Webster Fourth Place Raymond van Barneveld World Matchplay 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Terry Jenkins 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld World Grand Prix 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld 2010 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Adrian Lewis Las Vegas Desert Classic 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld UK Open 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Colin Osborne 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Gary Anderson Premier League Darts 2009 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Mervyn King 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade German Darts Championship 2008 Winner Co Stompé Runner-Up Phil Taylor 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Mervyn King European Championship 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Steve Beaton 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Wayne Jones Championship League Darts 2009 Winner Colin Osborne Runner-Up Phil Taylor 2010 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Phil Taylor Players Championship Finals 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Robert Thornton 2010 Winner Paul Nicholson Runner-Up Mervyn King PDC Women's World Championship 2010 Winner Stacy Bromberg Runner-Up Tricia Wright PDC Under-21 World Championship 2011 Finalists Arron Monk Michael van Gerwen Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
BDO Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers BDO World Darts Championship 2009 Winner Ted Hankey Ted Hankey Tony O'Shea Darryl Fitton Dave Chisnall Martin Phillips Runner-Up Tony O'Shea Darryl Fitton Martin Adams 2010 Winner Martin Adams Runner-Up Dave Chisnall Semi-finalists Tony O'Shea Martin Phillips Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. The PDC decided to no longer invite Martin Adams to the Grand Slam due to his decision to turn down three consecutive invitations in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Other Qualifiers Criteria Player ITV Wildcard Wes Newton John Henderson Mark Hylton Justin Pipe Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On PDC Order of Merit Ronnie Baxter Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On Players Championship Order Of Merit Colin Lloyd European Order of Merit Leader Vincent van der Voort
Draw
Group stages all matches first-to-5/best of 9.NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking qualifier; 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 Robert Thornton330156+96Advance to the last 162 Colin Osborne3211212043 Dave Chisnall (BDO)3121011−12Eliminated4 Simon Whitlock (3)303715−80
13 November 86.16 Colin Osborne 2 – 5 Robert Thornton 90.50 87.61 Simon Whitlock 1 – 5 Dave Chisnall 91.83
14 November 99.46 Colin Osborne 5 – 4 Simon Whitlock 101.00 96.60 Robert Thornton 5 – 2 Dave Chisnall 94.91
16 November 95.25 Robert Thornton 5 – 2 Simon Whitlock 93.98 93.78 Dave Chisnall 3 – 5 Colin Osborne 101.73
Group B POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Gary Anderson (6)321137+64Advance to the last 162 Wayne Jones3211210+243 Mark Webster3211211+14Eliminated4 Mark Hylton (Q)303615−90
13 November 98.88 Gary Anderson 5 – 0 Mark Hylton 90.52 93.79 Wayne Jones 5 – 2 Mark Webster 88.08
14 November 87.98 Mark Hylton 3 – 5 Mark Webster 92.57 93.70 Gary Anderson 5 – 2 Wayne Jones 89.57
16 November 86.21 Mark Hylton 3 – 5 Wayne Jones 88.87 95.75 Mark Webster 5 – 3 Gary Anderson 91.45
Group C POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Mervyn King (7)330158+76Advance to the last 162 Terry Jenkins321137+6433121112−12Eliminated4 Stacy Bromberg 303315−120
13 November 81.76 Mervyn King 5 – 1 Stacy Bromberg 61.64 89.97 Terry Jenkins 5 – 2 John Henderson 89.82
14 November 68.83 Stacy Bromberg 2 – 5 John Henderson 82.45 90.99 Mervyn King 5 – 3 Terry Jenkins 90.97
16 November 70.96 Stacy Bromberg 0 – 5 Terry Jenkins 87.38 92.16 John Henderson 4 – 5 Mervyn King 87.69
Group D POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Tony O'Shea (BDO)330156+96Advance to the last 162 James Wade (2)32111110433121011−12Eliminated4 Justin Pipe (Q)303715−80
13 November 102.63 Tony O'Shea 5 – 1 Vincent van der Voort 100.92 88.61 James Wade 5 – 2 Justin Pipe 87.55
14 November 85.58 Vincent van der Voort 5 – 1 Justin Pipe 87.72 82.65 James Wade 1 – 5 Tony O'Shea 93.48
16 November 82.10 Justin Pipe 4 – 5 Tony O'Shea 92.15 94.17 Vincent van der Voort 4 – 5 James Wade 90.02
Group E POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Scott Waites (BDO)330158+76Advance to the last 162 Co Stompé3211412+243 Martin Phillips (BDO)3121012−22Eliminated4 Adrian Lewis (5)303815−70
14 November 91.66 Adrian Lewis 2 – 5 Martin Phillips 96.79 91.74 Co Stompé 4 – 5 Scott Waites 93.13
15 November 94.25 Adrian Lewis 3 – 5 Co Stompé 90.15 103.28 Martin Phillips 1 – 5 Scott Waites 103.38
17 November 98.53 Scott Waites 5 – 3 Adrian Lewis 93.91 94.30 Co Stompé 5 – 4 Martin Phillips 95.30
Group F POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Colin Lloyd (RQ)330158+76Advance to the last 162321136+743 Darryl Fitton (BDO)3121013−32Eliminated4 Tricia Wright303415−110
14 November 5 – 0 Tricia Wright 65.07 91.86 Colin Lloyd 5 – 4 Darryl Fitton 90.43
15 November 87.86 Darryl Fitton 5 – 3 Tricia Wright 76.47 94.34 Colin Lloyd 5 – 3
17 November 82.36 Tricia Wright 1 – 5 Colin Lloyd 91.93 78.85 Darryl Fitton 1 – 5
Group G POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Ronnie Baxter (RQ)321138+54Advance to the last 162 Steve Beaton321127+543 Paul Nicholson (8)3211112−14Eliminated4 Arron Monk303615−90
14 November 95.43 Paul Nicholson 5 – 4 Arron Monk 92.47 89.92 Ronnie Baxter 5 – 2 Steve Beaton 88.29
15 November 94.73 Arron Monk 1 – 5 Steve Beaton 100.48 89.86 Paul Nicholson 5 – 3 Ronnie Baxter 87.28
17 November 95.44 Arron Monk 1 – 5 Ronnie Baxter 98.87 97.25 Steve Beaton 5 – 1 Paul Nicholson 90.80
Group H POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Ted Hankey (BDO)3301511+46Advance to the last 162 Phil Taylor (1)321149+543 Wes Newton (Q)3121114−32Eliminated4 Michael van Gerwen303915−60
14 November 89.88 Phil Taylor 5 – 1 Michael van Gerwen 76.01 86.77 Wes Newton 3 – 5 Ted Hankey 93.02
15 November 90.12 Michael van Gerwen 4 – 5 Wes Newton 88.10 97.22 Phil Taylor 4 – 5 Ted Hankey 103.75
17 November 92.09 Ted Hankey 5 – 4 Michael van Gerwen 89.17 93.82 Wes Newton 3 – 5 Phil Taylor 108.25
Knockout stages
Statistics Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average Phil Taylor 5 99.05 Martin Phillips 3 98.46 Tony O'Shea 4 97.38 Scott Waites 7 96.81 Steve Beaton 6 96.44 Gary Anderson 5 95.67 Ted Hankey 4 94.78 Arron Monk 3 94.21 Simon Whitlock 3 94.20 Co Stompé 5 94.16 Colin Lloyd 4 93.67 Vincent van der Voort 3 93.56 Dave Chisnall 3 93.51 Robert Thornton 4 93.27 Adrian Lewis 3 93.23 Colin Osborne 4 92.89 Mark Webster 3 92.13 Paul Nicholson 3 92.03 Ronnie Baxter 4 91.98 Terry Jenkins 5 91.91 Wayne Jones 6 91.86 James Wade 7 91.25 Raymond van Barneveld 4 90.99 Wes Newton 3 89.96 Mervyn King 4 88.96 Mark Hylton 3 88.24 John Henderson 3 88.14 Justin Pipe 3 85.79 Darryl Fitton 3 85.71 Michael van Gerwen 3 85.10 Tricia Wright 3 74.83 Stacy Bromberg 3 67.14
References
External links Netzone, with results and news ITV's coverage of the event