The 2011 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the fifth staging of the darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 12–20 November 2011 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

For the first time, Sky Sports was given the television coverage of the Grand Slam after taking over from ITV Sport as the event's broadcaster.

Scott Waites was the defending champion, but he was eliminated in the group stages. The title was won for the fourth time by Phil Taylor, who defeated Gary Anderson 16–4 in the final.

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 offered a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offered 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. The qualifying criteria were changed this year, extending the dates back 5 years for respective World Champions to receive an invite.

Qualifying tournaments

PDC Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers Grand Slam of Darts 2009 Winner Phil Taylor Phil Taylor Scott Waites Terry Jenkins Raymond van Barneveld James Wade Steve Beaton Wayne Jones John Part Mark Webster Adrian Lewis Gary Anderson Brendan Dolan Wes Newton Paul Nicholson Mervyn King Co Stompé Barrie Bates Arron Monk Michael van Gerwen James Hubbard Runner-Up Scott Waites Terry Jenkins Raymond van Barneveld 2010 Winner Scott Waites Runner-Up James Wade Semi-finalists Steve Beaton Wayne Jones PDC World Darts Championship 2007 Winner Raymond van Barneveld 2008 Winner John Part 2009 Winner Phil Taylor 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Simon Whitlock Third Place Mark Webster Fourth Place Raymond van Barneveld 2011 Winner Adrian Lewis Runner-Up Gary Anderson Semi-finalists Terry Jenkins Mark Webster World Matchplay 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade World Grand Prix 2010 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Adrian Lewis 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Brendan Dolan UK Open 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Gary Anderson 2011 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Wes Newton Premier League Darts 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade 2011 Winner Gary Anderson Runner-Up Adrian Lewis European Championship 2010 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Wayne Jones 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Adrian Lewis Championship League Darts 2010 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Phil Taylor 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Paul Nicholson Players Championship Finals 2010 Winner Paul Nicholson Runner-Up Mervyn King 2011 (1) Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Gary Anderson PDC World Cup of Darts 2010 Winners Raymond van Barneveld Co Stompé Runners-Up Mark Webster Barrie Bates PDC World Youth Championship 2011 Winner Arron Monk 2012 Finalists Michael van Gerwen James Hubbard Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers BDO World Darts Championship 2007 Winner Martin Adams Ted Hankey Dave Chisnall Tony O'Shea Martin Phillips Dean Winstanley Jan Dekker 2008 Winner Mark Webster 2009 Winner Ted Hankey 2010 Winner Martin Adams Runner-Up Dave Chisnall Tony O'Shea Martin Phillips 2011 Winner Martin Adams Runner-Up Dean Winstanley Semi-finalists Jan Dekker Martin Phillips Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other qualifiers Criteria Player Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards Nigel Heydon Magnus Caris Ian White Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On PDC Order of Merit Mark Walsh Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On Players Championship Order Of Merit Justin Pipe European Order of Merit Leader Vincent van der Voort

Pools

Pool APool BPool CPool D(Seeded Players)(qualifiers) Scott Waites (1) Phil Taylor (2) Adrian Lewis (3) James Wade (4) Gary Anderson (5) Mark Webster (6) Wes Newton (7) Raymond van Barneveld (8) Paul Nicholson Terry Jenkins Mervyn King Mark Walsh Wayne Jones Vincent van der Voort Dean Winstanley Jan Dekker Co Stompé Brendan Dolan John Part Justin Pipe Steve Beaton Barrie Bates Tony O'Shea Ted Hankey Michael van Gerwen Dave Chisnall Nigel Heydon Ian White Magnus Caris Arron Monk Martin Phillips James Hubbard

Draw and results

Group stages all matches first-to-5/best of 9.

NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking qualifier; 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

Group A POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Michael van Gerwen3211310+34Advance to the last 162 Mark Walsh (RQ)3211210+243312121202Eliminated4 Tony O'Shea (BDO)312914−52

12 November 85.24 Mark Walsh 5 – 2 Tony O'Shea 85.10 94.06 Scott Waites 3 – 5 Michael van Gerwen 101.84

13 November 84.65 Scott Waites 4 – 5 Tony O'Shea 92.09 90.86 Mark Walsh 5 – 3 Michael van Gerwen 85.98

15 November 100.73 Scott Waites 5 – 2 Mark Walsh 94.99 90.06 Tony O'Shea 2 – 5 Michael van Gerwen 96.06

Group B POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Dean Winstanley (BDO)330156+96Advance to the last 162 Ted Hankey (BDO)321109+143 Ian White (Q)3121112−12Eliminated4303815−70

12 November 85.40 Dean Winstanley 5 – 0 Ted Hankey 79.96 86.16 Raymond van Barneveld 4 – 5 Ian White 86.11

13 November 90.74 Dean Winstanley 5 – 4 Ian White 91.52 89.19 Raymond van Barneveld 2 – 5 Ted Hankey 88.94

15 November 85.12 Raymond van Barneveld 2 – 5 Dean Winstanley 92.68 100.05 Ted Hankey 5 – 2 Ian White 88.92

Group C POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Gary Anderson (5)321137+64Advance to the last 162 Wayne Jones3211110+143 Nigel Heydon (Q)3121113−22Eliminated4 Brendan Dolan312813−52

12 November 96.51 Wayne Jones 5 – 2 Brendan Dolan 86.39 88.55 Gary Anderson 3 – 5 Nigel Heydon 84.67

13 November 104.60 Gary Anderson 5 – 1 Brendan Dolan 90.49 98.03 Wayne Jones 5 – 3 Nigel Heydon 93.51

15 November 93.91 Brendan Dolan 5 – 3 Nigel Heydon 90.25 90.61 Gary Anderson 5 – 1 Wayne Jones 76.34

Group D POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Terry Jenkins321111104Advance to the last 162 James Wade (4)3211313043 Justin Pipe (RQ)3121311+22Eliminated4 Dave Chisnall3121214−22

12 November 100.63 James Wade 5 – 4 Dave Chisnall 96.42 85.32 Terry Jenkins 1 – 5 Justin Pipe 85.79

13 November 96.74 Terry Jenkins 5 – 3 Dave Chisnall 95.17 88.68 James Wade 5 – 4 Justin Pipe 93.34

15 November 92.18 Justin Pipe 4 – 5 Dave Chisnall 88.66 93.80 James Wade 3 – 5 Terry Jenkins 94.77

Group E POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Phil Taylor (2)330157+86Advance to the last 162 Steve Beaton3211310+343 Mervyn King3121113−22Eliminated4 James Hubbard303615−90

13 November 85.88 Mervyn King 3 – 5 Steve Beaton 86.65 94.67 Phil Taylor 5 – 1 James Hubbard 83.13

14 November 90.09 Mervyn King 5 – 3 James Hubbard 76.59 99.72 Phil Taylor 5 – 3 Steve Beaton 92.22

16 November 91.55 Steve Beaton 5 – 2 James Hubbard 85.98 100.93 Phil Taylor 5 – 3 Mervyn King 98.10

Group F POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Paul Nicholson330158+76Advance to the last 162 Wes Newton (7)321148+643 Magnus Caris (Q)312111102Eliminated4 Barrie Bates303215−130

13 November 92.78 Paul Nicholson 5 – 0 Barrie Bates 71.30 85.07 Wes Newton 5 – 2 Magnus Caris 87.86

14 November 83.29 Barrie Bates 1 – 5 Magnus Caris 94.86 87.20 Wes Newton 4 – 5 Paul Nicholson 96.50

16 November 94.31 Wes Newton 5 – 1 Barrie Bates 80.21 99.37 Paul Nicholson 5 – 4 Magnus Caris 101.52

Group G POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Mark Webster (6)330158+76Advance to the last 162 John Part3211110+143 Jan Dekker (BDO)3121011−12Eliminated4 Arron Monk303815−70

13 November 95.42 Mark Webster 5 – 4 Arron Monk 84.40 73.23 Jan Dekker 2 – 5 John Part 80.90

14 November 92.00 Jan Dekker 5 – 1 Arron Monk 87.93 95.30 Mark Webster 5 – 1 John Part 83.52

16 November 90.79 John Part 5 – 3 Arron Monk 86.01 101.43 Mark Webster 5 – 3 Jan Dekker 91.21

Group H POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Adrian Lewis (3)330157+86Advance to the last 162 Martin Phillips (BDO)321149+543 Co Stompé312813−52Eliminated4303715−80

13 November 98.00 Vincent van der Voort 3 – 5 Co Stompé 91.63 89.75 Adrian Lewis 5 – 4 Martin Phillips 97.11

14 November 74.86 Vincent van der Voort 2 – 5 Martin Phillips 88.38 109.39 Adrian Lewis 5 – 1 Co Stompé 98.96

16 November 91.57 Adrian Lewis 5 – 2 Vincent van der Voort 88.73 89.07 Co Stompé 2 – 5 Martin Phillips 91.47

Knockout stages

Statistics

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average Phil Taylor Winner 7 124 103.32 Gary Anderson Final 7 140 96.49 Adrian Lewis Semi-finals 6 152 97.42 Mark Walsh Semi-finals 6 138 91.67 Paul Nicholson Quarter-finals 5 144 96.06 Mark Webster Quarter-finals 5 111 95.27 Terry Jenkins Quarter-finals 5 126 93.27 Ted Hankey Quarter-finals 5 161 89.94 John Part Second round 4 118 86.91 James Wade Second round 4 161 94.99 Michael van Gerwen Second round 4 144 93.58 Dean Winstanley Second round 4 138 93.34 Steve Beaton Second round 4 141 91.37 Wayne Jones Second round 4 122 90.69 Martin Phillips Second round 4 100 90.47 Wes Newton Second round 4 100 90.18 Raymond van Barneveld Group stage 3 80 86.82 Arron Monk Group stage 3 60 86.11 Jan Dekker Group stage 3 104 85.48 James Hubbard Group stage 3 40 81.90 Magnus Caris Group stage 3 81 94.75 Dave Chisnall Group stage 3 86 93.42 Justin Pipe Group stage 3 160 90.44 Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 101 90.26 Mervyn King Group stage 3 101 91.36 Co Stompé Group stage 3 121 93.22 Scott Waites Group stage 3 125 93.15 Nigel Heydon Group stage 3 121 89.48 Ian White Group stage 3 112 88.85 Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 101 87.20 Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 64 92.78 Barrie Bates Group stage 3 72 78.27

References

External links PDC.tv Netzone, with results and news