The 2012 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 10–18 November 2012 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but was beaten in the Last 16 by Michael van Gerwen, who went on to make the final, but lost 16–14 to Raymond van Barneveld.
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
Qualifying tournaments
PDC Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers Grand Slam of Darts 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Phil Taylor Gary Anderson Adrian Lewis Mark Walsh Scott Waites James Wade Steve Beaton Wayne Jones Andy Hamilton Simon Whitlock Mark Webster Terry Jenkins John Part Michael van Gerwen Mervyn King Brendan Dolan Robert Thornton Wes Newton Paul Nicholson Kevin Painter Raymond van Barneveld Co Stompé Barrie Bates James Hubbard Runner-Up Gary Anderson Adrian Lewis Mark Walsh 2010 Winner Scott Waites Runner-Up James Wade Semi-finalists Steve Beaton Wayne Jones PDC World Darts Championship 2012 Winner Adrian Lewis Runner-Up Andy Hamilton Semi-finalists Simon Whitlock James Wade 2011 Winner Adrian Lewis Runner-Up Gary Anderson Semi-finalists Mark Webster Terry Jenkins 2010 Winner Phil Taylor 2009 Winner Phil Taylor 2008 Winner John Part World Matchplay 2012 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up James Wade World Grand Prix 2012 Winner Michael van Gerwen Runner-Up Mervyn King 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Brendan Dolan UK Open 2012 Winner Robert Thornton Runner-Up Phil Taylor 2011 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Wes Newton Premier League Darts 2012 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Simon Whitlock 2011 Winner Gary Anderson Runner-Up Adrian Lewis Championship League Darts 2012 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Simon Whitlock 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Paul Nicholson Players Championship Finals 2011 (2) Winner Kevin Painter Runner-Up Mark Webster 2011 (1) Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Gary Anderson European Championship 2012 Winner Simon Whitlock Runner-Up Wes Newton 2011 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Adrian Lewis PDC World Cup of Darts 2012 Winners Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis Runners-Up Simon Whitlock Paul Nicholson 2010 Winners Raymond van Barneveld Co Stompé Runners-Up Mark Webster Barrie Bates PDC World Youth Championship 2012 Winner James Hubbard Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
BDO Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers BDO World Darts Championship 2012 Winner Christian Kist Christian Kist Tony O'Shea Wesley Harms Ted Hankey Dean Winstanley Martin Phillips Jan Dekker Runner-Up Tony O'Shea Semi-finalists Wesley Harms Ted Hankey 2011 Winner Martin Adams Runner-Up Dean Winstanley Semi-finalists Martin Phillips Jan Dekker 2010 Winner Martin Adams 2009 Winner Ted Hankey 2008 Winner Mark Webster Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
Other qualifiers Criteria Player PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit Leader Arron Monk
Pools Pool APool BPool CPool D(Seeded Players)(qualifiers) Phil Taylor (1) Adrian Lewis (2) Christian Kist (3) James Wade (4) Simon Whitlock (5) Wes Newton (6) Andy Hamilton (7) Michael van Gerwen (8) Gary Anderson Jan Dekker Terry Jenkins Paul Nicholson Kevin Painter Robert Thornton Raymond van Barneveld Scott Waites Brendan Dolan Ted Hankey Wesley Harms Mervyn King John Part Mark Walsh Mark Webster Dean Winstanley Barrie Bates Steve Beaton James Hubbard Wayne Jones Arron Monk Tony O'Shea Martin Phillips Co Stompé
Draw
Group stage
All matches first-to-5/best of 9
NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking 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 (BDO)321138+54Q2 Phil Taylor (1)321128+443312913−42Eliminated4 Co Stompé312712−52 10 November 92.35 Scott Waites 3 – 5 Mark Webster 94.32 100.38 Phil Taylor 5 – 1 Co Stompé 88.18
11 November 103.79 Scott Waites 5 – 1 Co Stompé 97.54 94.81 Phil Taylor 5 – 2 Mark Webster 92.30
13 November 83.78 Mark Webster 2 – 5 Co Stompé 87.29 95.63 Phil Taylor 2 – 5 Scott Waites 102.77
Group B Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1330155+106Q2 Robert Thornton321139+443 Ted Hankey 312513−82Eliminated4 Steve Beaton303915−60
10 November 84.44 Robert Thornton 5 – 0 Ted Hankey 84.57 103.42 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 2 Steve Beaton 92.71
11 November 91.28 Steve Beaton 3 – 5 Ted Hankey 90.82 91.49 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 3 Robert Thornton 91.91
13 November 93.44 Robert Thornton 5 – 4 Steve Beaton 97.60 90.54 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 0 Ted Hankey 59.67
Group C Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1321148+64Q23211412+243 (5)321111104Eliminated4303715−80
10 November 88.18 Kevin Painter 5 – 4 Dean Winstanley 89.77 96.50 Simon Whitlock 5 – 2 James Hubbard 91.42
11 November 89.45 Dean Winstanley 5 – 2 James Hubbard 91.36 85.98 Simon Whitlock 5 – 4 Kevin Painter 88.32
13 November 92.50 Kevin Painter 5 – 3 James Hubbard 81.65 92.96 Simon Whitlock 1 – 5 Dean Winstanley 100.63
Group D Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1330156+96Q2 (RQ)321137+643 (4)312811−32Eliminated4 (BDO)303315−120
10 November 73.45 Jan Dekker 1 – 5 Mervyn King 91.78 82.06 James Wade 1 – 5 Arron Monk 79.49
11 November 99.41 James Wade 5 – 1 Jan Dekker 84.67 99.53 Mervyn King 5 – 3 Arron Monk 88.20
13 November 71.17 Jan Dekker 1 – 5 Arron Monk 83.85 92.71 James Wade 2 – 5 Mervyn King 97.78
Group E Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 John Part3211411+34Q2 Gary Anderson3211413+143 Tony O'Shea (BDO)3121314−12Eliminated4 Adrian Lewis (2)3121114−32
11 November 88.41 Adrian Lewis 4 – 5 Tony O'Shea 90.71 95.22 Gary Anderson 5 – 4 John Part 85.50
12 November 78.35 Adrian Lewis 2 – 5 John Part 78.66 96.58 Gary Anderson 5 – 4 Tony O'Shea 89.96
14 November 95.26 Adrian Lewis 5 – 4 Gary Anderson 94.05 80.19 John Part 5 − 4 Tony O'Shea 84.95
Group F Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Andy Hamilton (7)330157+86Q2 Brendan Dolan321117+443 Paul Nicholson3121110+12Eliminated4 Barrie Bates303215−130
11 November 85.95 Paul Nicholson 2 – 5 Brendan Dolan 88.20 87.92 Andy Hamilton 5 – 2 Barrie Bates 78.19
12 November 91.65 Paul Nicholson 5 – 0 Barrie Bates 73.54 89.63 Andy Hamilton 5 – 1 Brendan Dolan 85.85
14 November 91.65 Brendan Dolan 5 – 0 Barrie Bates 74.19 97.31 Andy Hamilton 5 – 4 Paul Nicholson 94.65
Group G Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Wes Newton (6)330156+96Q2321129+343 Terry Jenkins312912−32Eliminated4 Martin Phillips (BDO)303615−90
11 November 97.13 Terry Jenkins 2 – 5 Wesley Harms 101.79 93.39 Wes Newton 5 – 2 Martin Phillips 87.66
12 November 86.39 Terry Jenkins 5 – 2 Martin Phillips 82.41 89.84 Wes Newton 5 – 2 Wesley Harms 81.08
14 November 93.16 Wesley Harms 5 – 2 Martin Phillips 86.80 102.46 Wes Newton 5 – 2 Terry Jenkins 87.95
Group H Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1321147+74Q2 Christian Kist (BDO,3)3211410+443 Mark Walsh3211013−34Eliminated4 Wayne Jones303715−80
11 November 96.35 Raymond van Barneveld5 – 0 Mark Walsh 85.00 97.21 Christian Kist 5 – 1 Wayne Jones 83.51
12 November 87.40 Mark Walsh 5 – 4 Wayne Jones 91.49 83.19 Christian Kist 5 – 4 Raymond van Barneveld 84.52
14 November 94.73 Raymond van Barneveld 5 − 2 Wayne Jones 91.06 90.09 Christian Kist 4 − 5 Mark Walsh 85.12
Knockout stage
Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)
Statistics {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: right" |- ! Player ! Eliminated ! Played ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High checkout ! 3-dart average |- |align="left"| Raymond van Barneveld | Winner | 7
| 156 | 96.29 |- |align="left"| Michael van Gerwen | Final | 7
| 170 | 100.12 |- |align="left"| Andy Hamilton | Semi-finals | 6
| 152 | 94.14 |- |align="left"| Dean Winstanley | Semi-finals | 6
| 142 | 94.00 |- |align="left"| Scott Waites | Quarter-finals | 5
| 148 | 100.12 |- |align="left"| Christian Kist | Quarter-finals | 5
| 128 | 90.66 |- |align="left"| Kevin Painter | Quarter-finals | 5
| 121 | 90.38 |- |align="left"| John Part | Quarter-finals | 5
| 121 | 84.73 |- |align="left"| Phil Taylor | Second round | 4
| 164 | 98.93 |- |align="left"| Gary Anderson | Second round | 4
| 130 | 96.94 |- |align="left"| Wes Newton | Second round | 4
| 164 | 94.85 |- |align="left"| Mervyn King | Second round | 4
| 126 | 94.68 |- |align="left"| Wesley Harms | Second round | 4
| 170 | 93.38 |- |align="left"| Robert Thornton | Second round | 4
| 90 | 93.16 |- |align="left"| Brendan Dolan | Second round | 4
| 123 | 87.78 |- |align="left"| Arron Monk | Second round | 4
| 126 | 86.25 |- |align="left"| Simon Whitlock | Group stage | 3
| 96 | 91.81 |- |align="left"| Mark Walsh | Group stage | 3
| 164 | 85.84 |- |align="left"| Co Stompé | Group stage | 3
| 67 | 91.00 |- |align="left"| Mark Webster | Group stage | 3
| 131 | 90.13 |- |align="left"| Paul Nicholson | Group stage | 3
| 88 | 90.75 |- |align="left"| Terry Jenkins | Group stage | 3
| 78 | 90.49 |- |align="left"| James Wade | Group stage | 3
| 116 | 89.73 |- |align="left"| Tony O'Shea | Group stage | 3
| 100 | 88.54 |- |align="left"| Adrian Lewis | Group stage | 3
| 147 | 87.34 |- |align="left"| Ted Hankey | Group stage | 3
| 161 | 78.35 |- |align="left"| Steve Beaton | Group stage | 3
| 124 | 92.00 |- |align="left"| Wayne Jones | Group stage | 3
| 116 | 88.69 |- |align="left"| James Hubbard | Group stage | 3
| 100 | 88.14 |- |align="left"| Martin Phillips | Group stage | 3
| 61 | 85.62 |- |align="left"| Jan Dekker | Group stage | 3
| 72 | 76.43 |- |align="left"| Barrie Bates | Group stage | 3
| 59 | 75.31
Broadcasting Sky Sports provided television coverage of the event in the United Kingdom, Fox Sports in Australia, OSN across the Middle East and it was available online and partially televised on RTL7 in the Netherlands.
References
External links 2012 Netzone