The 2014 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the eighth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 8–16 November 2014 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion and won the title for the a sixth and final time by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the final.

In his quarter-final victory over Michael van Gerwen, Belgian player Kim Huybrechts threw a nine-dart finish, only the second in the event's history, and the first ever nine-darter on TV by a Belgian player.

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 For the first time, winners of the European Tour events were invited to the Grand Slam of Darts.

PDC Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers Grand Slam of Darts 2013 Winner Phil Taylor Phil Taylor Robert Thornton Adrian Lewis Scott Waites Raymond van Barneveld Michael van Gerwen Andy Hamilton Dean Winstanley Peter Wright Simon Whitlock James Wade Dave Chisnall Terry Jenkins Kim Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts Mervyn King Keegan Brown Rowby-John Rodriguez Runner-Up Robert Thornton Adrian Lewis Scott Waites 2012 Winner Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen Semi-finalists Andy Hamilton Dean Winstanley PDC World Darts Championship 2014 Winner Michael van Gerwen Runner-Up Peter Wright Simon Whitlock Adrian Lewis 2013 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld James Wade 2012 Winner Adrian Lewis 2011 Winner Adrian Lewis 2010 Winner Phil Taylor World Matchplay 2014 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen 2013 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Adrian Lewis World Grand Prix 2014 Winner Michael van Gerwen Runner-Up James Wade 2013 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Dave Chisnall UK Open 2014 Winner Adrian Lewis Runner-Up Terry Jenkins 2013 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Andy Hamilton Premier League Darts 2014 Winner Raymond van Barneveld Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen 2013 Winner Michael van Gerwen Runner-Up Phil Taylor Championship League Darts 2013 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Michael van Gerwen Players Championship Finals 2013 Winner Michael van Gerwen Runner-Up Phil Taylor 2012 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Kim Huybrechts European Championship 2014 Winner Michael van Gerwen Runner-Up Terry Jenkins 2013 Winner Adrian Lewis Runner-Up Simon Whitlock PDC World Cup of Darts 2014 Winners Michael van Gerwen Raymond van Barneveld Runners-Up Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis 2013 Winners Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis Runners-Up Kim Huybrechts Ronny Huybrechts Masters 2014 Winner James Wade Runner-Up Mervyn King 2013 Winner Phil Taylor Runner-Up Adrian Lewis PDC World Youth Championship 2014 Winner Keegan Brown Runner-Up Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC European Tour Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers 2014 European Tour 2014 German Darts Championship Winner Gary Anderson Gary Anderson Vincent van der Voort Michael Smith 2014 Dutch Darts Masters Winner Michael van Gerwen 2014 German Darts Masters Winner Phil Taylor 2014 Austrian Darts Open Winner Vincent van der Voort 2014 Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner James Wade 2014 European Darts Open Winner Peter Wright 2014 European Darts Grand Prix Winner Mervyn King 2014 European Darts Trophy Winner Michael Smith Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers BDO World Darts Championship 2014 Winner Stephen Bunting Stephen Bunting Alan Norris Robbie Green Jan Dekker Tony O'Shea Wesley Harms Richie George Christian Kist Runner-Up Alan Norris Robbie Green Jan Dekker 2013 Winner Scott Waites Runner-Up Tony O'Shea Semi-finalists Wesley Harms Richie George 2012 Winner Christian Kist 2011 Winner Martin Adams 2010 Winner Martin Adams Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other qualifiers Criteria Player Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards Brendan Dolan Jamie Caven Darren Webster

Pools

Pool APool BPool CPool D(Seeded Players)(qualifiers) Michael van Gerwen (1) Phil Taylor (2) Stephen Bunting (3) Raymond van Barneveld (4) Adrian Lewis (5) James Wade (6) Peter Wright (7) Alan Norris (8) Gary Anderson Dave Chisnall Andy Hamilton Kim Huybrechts Mervyn King Robert Thornton Scott Waites Simon Whitlock Keegan Brown Jan Dekker Terry Jenkins Christian Kist Tony O'Shea Michael Smith Vincent van der Voort Dean Winstanley Brendan Dolan Jamie Caven Richie George Robbie Green Wesley Harms Ronny Huybrechts Rowby-John Rodriguez Darren Webster

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+/−PtsStatus1330156+96Q2 Kim Huybrechts321128+443 Jan Dekker (BDO)312712−52Eliminated4 Darren Webster (Q)303715−80

8 November 91.54 Kim Huybrechts 5 – 2 Jan Dekker 85.47 90.33 5 – 4 Darren Webster 94.64

9 November 89.70 Jan Dekker 5 – 2 Darren Webster 88.32 101.23 5 – 2 Kim Huybrechts 96.50

10 November 90.69 Kim Huybrechts 5 – 1 Darren Webster 83.70 95.13 Michael van Gerwen 5 – 0 Jan Dekker 76.68

Group B Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1321138+54Q2 Terry Jenkins321118+343 Scott Waites (BDO)3121113−22Eliminated4 Ronny Huybrechts312814−62

8 November 85.78 Scott Waites 2 – 5 Terry Jenkins 94.83 85.63 Alan Norris 5 – 2 Ronny Huybrechts 89.35

9 November 94.25 Scott Waites 4 – 5 Ronny Huybrechts 86.83 99.13 Alan Norris 5 – 1 Terry Jenkins 88.88

10 November 89.07 Terry Jenkins 5 – 1 Ronny Huybrechts 89.73 92.83 Alan Norris 3 – 5 Scott Waites 89.48

Group C Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1 Dave Chisnall321127+54Q2 Keegan Brown321119+243312912−32Eliminated4 Adrian Lewis (5)312812−42

8 November 100.84 Dave Chisnall 5 – 1 Keegan Brown 93.04 91.37 Adrian Lewis 2 – 5 Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.22

9 November 100.46 Dave Chisnall 5 – 1 Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.46 95.85 Adrian Lewis 1 – 5 Keegan Brown 100.66

10 November 86.86 Adrian Lewis 5 – 2 Dave Chisnall 93.64 95.22 Keegan Brown 5 – 3 Rowby-John Rodriguez 91.75

Group D Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1330159+66Q2 Robbie Green (BDO)3211311+243 Vincent van der Voort3121312+12Eliminated4 Robert Thornton303615−90

8 November 97.19 Robert Thornton 2 – 5 Vincent van der Voort 99.26 91.53 5 – 3 Robbie Green 85.31

9 November 92.35 Robert Thornton 2 – 5 Robbie Green 99.61 90.38 Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 4 Vincent van der Voort 86.40

10 November 90.69 Vincent van der Voort 4 – 5 Robbie Green 96.72 92.97 Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 2 Robert Thornton 90.12

Group E Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1 Phil Taylor (2)330154+116Q2 Christian Kist321118+343 Andy Hamilton3121012−22Eliminated4303315−120

8 November 95.69 Andy Hamilton 2 – 5 Christian Kist 95.52 100.20 Phil Taylor 5 – 0 Richie George 80.09

9 November 114.65 Phil Taylor 5 – 1 Christian Kist 99.46 94.79 Andy Hamilton 5 – 2 Richie George 84.30

11 November 106.47 Phil Taylor 5 – 3 Andy Hamilton 98.81 95.49 Christian Kist 5 – 1 Richie George 80.03

Group F Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1 Michael Smith330157+86Q2 Peter Wright (7)3211410+443 Simon Whitlock3121013−32Eliminated4303615−90

8 November 91.96 Peter Wright 5 – 2 Brendan Dolan 92.28 92.84 Simon Whitlock 2 – 5 Michael Smith 104.91

9 November 90.65 Peter Wright 4 – 5 Michael Smith 86.32 97.45 Simon Whitlock 5 – 3 Brendan Dolan 87.54

11 November 100.16 Peter Wright 5 – 3 Simon Whitlock 100.84 102.71 Michael Smith 5 – 1 Brendan Dolan 90.72

Group G Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1 Mervyn King3301512+36Q2 James Wade (6)321147+7433121013−32Eliminated4 Jamie Caven (Q)303815−70

8 November 80.37 Mervyn King 5 – 4 Tony O'Shea 89.45 99.48 James Wade 5 – 1 Jamie Caven 98.43

9 November 85.32 Tony O'Shea 5 – 3 Jamie Caven 93.96 84.96 James Wade 4 – 5 Mervyn King 83.76

11 November 98.55 Mervyn King 5 – 4 Jamie Caven 90.99 99.95 James Wade 5 – 1 Tony O'Shea 90.35

Group H Pos.PlayerPWLLFLA+/−PtsStatus1 Stephen Bunting (3)330155+106Q2 Gary Anderson321126+643312613−72Eliminated4 Dean Winstanley303615−90

8 November 103.84 Stephen Bunting 5 – 1 Wesley Harms 91.54 96.32 Gary Anderson 5 – 1 Dean Winstanley 78.40

9 November 102.73 Stephen Bunting 5 – 2 Gary Anderson 96.76 81.77 Dean Winstanley 3 – 5 Wesley Harms 87.16

11 November 89.70 Stephen Bunting 5 – 2 Dean Winstanley 86.20 102.95 Gary Anderson 5 – 0 Wesley Harms 90.43

Knockout stage

Statistics

Player Eliminated Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High checkout 3-dart average Phil Taylor Winner 7 160 70 28 140 103.82 Dave Chisnall Runner-up 7 151 81 39 170 96.57 Mervyn King Semi-finals 6 129 54 24 164 92.68 Kim Huybrechts Semi-finals 6 105 70 33 155 98.38 Stephen Bunting Quarter-finals 5 77 52 12 145 97.55 Keegan Brown Quarter-finals 5 95 53 17 130 97.30 Michael van Gerwen Quarter-finals 5 70 40 17 141 96.74 Michael Smith Quarter-finals 5 55 35 18 127 94.04 Gary Anderson Second round 4 43 26 10 106 97.44 Peter Wright Second round 4 56 26 10 135 95.78 James Wade Second round 4 70 24 5 170 94.02 Christian Kist Second round 4 39 25 6 85 93.30 Raymond van Barneveld Second round 4 54 31 7 136 91.50 Alan Norris Second round 4 35 31 6 164 91.35 Robbie Green Second round 4 40 28 9 170 90.24 Terry Jenkins Second round 4 52 17 5 116 88.76 Simon Whitlock Group stage 3 10 13 34 14 7 86 97.24 Andy Hamilton Group stage 3 10 12 24 19 4 96 96.45 Jamie Caven Group stage 3 8 15 25 29 3 129 93.93 Robert Thornton Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 5 161 93.12 Rowby-John Rodriguez Group stage 3 9 12 24 8 7 127 92.76 Vincent van der Voort Group stage 3 13 12 29 15 8 158 91.20 Adrian Lewis Group stage 3 8 12 20 12 4 80 90.97 Scott Waites Group stage 3 11 13 33 9 5 126 90.21 Brendan Dolan Group stage 3 6 15 31 12 2 106 90.04 Darren Webster Group stage 3 7 15 30 20 3 64 89.62 Wesley Harms Group stage 3 6 13 25 14 2 156 89.27 Ronny Huybrechts Group stage 3 8 14 28 15 3 81 88.43 Tony O'Shea Group stage 3 10 13 32 11 8 104 88.19 Jan Dekker Group stage 3 7 12 21 8 3 124 84.83 Dean Winstanley Group stage 3 6 15 29 11 2 116 82.29 Richie George Group stage 3 3 15 20 8 3 72 81.76

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