2009 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts was the third staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 14 to 22 November 2009 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4 and highlights on ITV1.

2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	14–22 November 2009
Venue	Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Location	Wolverhampton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£400,000
Winner's share	£100,000
High checkout	170 Phil Taylor 170 Kevin McDine
Champion(s)
Phil Taylor
«2008 2010»

Despite being beaten by Vincent van der Voort in the group stages, Phil Taylor won a third consecutive Grand Slam with a 16–2 victory over Scott Waites, who became the first BDO player to reach the final of this tournament.

Prize money

The prize fund increased to £400,000 for the 2009 edition of the tournament, an increase of £44,000 from the 2008 edition, £10,000 more for the runner up, £5,000 more for the semi-finalists and £2,500 more for the quarter-finalists. Players who failed to make it past the group stage in the last tournament got £4,000. However, players who finished 3rd would earn £1,000 more but players who finished bottom of a group would get £1,500 less. Also the player with the highest checkout would not be rewarded. Instead, the group winners would earn £2,500.^[1]

Position (num. of players)		Prize money (Total: £400,000)
Winner	(1)	£100,000
Runner-up	(1)	£50,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£25,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	£15,000
Last 16 (second round)	(8)	£7,500
Third in group	(8)	£5,000
Fourth in group	(8)	£2,500
Group 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 offers a place in the tournament to all semi-finalists. There are also various other ways of qualifying for overseas players, including those from Australia and the United States, as well as a wildcard qualifying event open to any darts player. Some minor changes were made to the qualifying criteria from 2008. The winner and the runner-up of the 2009 Championship League Darts would be invited, whilst it was announced that only the winner of the 2008 World Masters would be invited (though runner-up Scott Waites was invited anyway due to the withdrawal of Martin Adams). It was also announced that the winner of the 2009 US Open would be invited, though this was later withdrawn from the qualification criteria.

Qualifying tournaments

PDC

Tournament	Year	Position	Player		Qualifiers
Grand Slam of Darts	2007	Winner	Phil Taylor		Phil Taylor Andy Hamilton Kevin McDine Gary Anderson Terry Jenkins Mervyn King John Part Kirk Shepherd Kevin Painter Wayne Mardle Raymond van Barneveld James Wade Gary Mawson Colin Osborne Colin Lloyd Denis Ovens Co Stompé Adrian Lewis Steve Beaton Robert Thornton
		Runner-Up	Andy Hamilton
		Semi-finalists	Kevin McDine Gary Anderson
	2008	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Terry Jenkins
		Semi-finalists	Mervyn King Gary Anderson
PDC World Darts Championship	2008	Winner	John Part
		Runner-Up	Kirk Shepherd
		Semi-finalists	Kevin Painter Wayne Mardle
	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Raymond van Barneveld
		Semi-finalists	Mervyn King James Wade
World Matchplay	2008	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	James Wade
	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Terry Jenkins
World Grand Prix	2008	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Raymond van Barneveld
	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Raymond van Barneveld
Las Vegas Desert Classic	2008	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	James Wade
	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Raymond van Barneveld
UK Open	2008	Winner	James Wade
		Runner-Up	Gary Mawson
	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Colin Osborne
US Open	2008	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Colin Lloyd
Premier League Darts	2008	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	James Wade
	2009	Winner	James Wade
		Runner-Up	Mervyn King
German Darts Championship	2007	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Denis Ovens
	2008	Winner	Co Stompé
		Runner-Up	Phil Taylor
European Championship	2008	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Adrian Lewis
	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Steve Beaton
Championship League Darts	2008	Winner	Phil Taylor
	2009	Winner	Colin Osborne
		Runner-Up	Phil Taylor
Players Championship Finals	2009	Winner	Phil Taylor
		Runner-Up	Robert Thornton
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

BDO

Tournament	Year	Position	Player		Qualifiers
BDO World Darts Championship	2008	Winner	Mark Webster		Mark Webster Simon Whitlock Brian Woods Ted Hankey Tony O'Shea Darryl Fitton Anastasia Dobromyslova Francis Hoenselaar Scott Waites
		Runner-Up	Simon Whitlock
		Semi-finalists	Martin Adams Brian Woods
	2009	Winner	Ted Hankey
		Runner-Up	Tony O'Shea
		Semi-finalists	Darryl Fitton Martin Adams
Women's World Championship	2008	Winner	Anastasia Dobromyslova
	2009	Winner	Francis Hoenselaar
World Masters	2007	Winner	Robert Thornton
	2008	Winner	Martin Adams
		Runner-Up	Scott Waites*
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Other Qualifiers

^[2]

Criteria	Player
DPA Order of Merit Leader	Simon Whitlock
PDC North America Order of Merit Leader	Darin Young
European Order of Merit Leader	Vincent van der Voort
ITV Wildcard Qualifier	Steve Maish
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Pools

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Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
(Seeded Players)	(qualifiers)
Phil Taylor (1) Ted Hankey (2) James Wade (3) Raymond van Barneveld (4) Mervyn King (5) Terry Jenkins (6) Gary Anderson (7) Tony O'Shea (8)	Steve Beaton Darryl Fitton Adrian Lewis Colin Osborne John Part Robert Thornton Mark Webster Simon Whitlock	Andy Hamilton Colin Lloyd Wayne Mardle Kevin Painter Co Stompé Vincent van der Voort Darin Young Steve Maish	Anastasia Dobromyslova Francis Hoenselaar Kevin McDine Gary Mawson Denis Ovens Kirk Shepherd Scott Waites Brian Woods

Draw

Group stages

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

Group A POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Phil Taylor (1) 3 2 1 11 5 +6 4 Advance to the last 16 2 Mark Webster 3 2 1 10 10 0 4 3 Vincent van der Voort (Q) 3 1 2 12 11 +1 2 Eliminated 4 Anastasia Dobromyslova 3 1 2 7 14 −7 2 14 November 105.85 Phil Taylor 5 – 0 Anastasia Dobromyslova 81.30 99.93 Mark Webster 5 – 3 Vincent van der Voort 91.42 15 November 87.20 Anastasia Dobromyslova 5 – 4 Vincent van der Voort 81.35 105.85 Phil Taylor 5 – 0 Mark Webster 83.00 17 November 82.93 Anastasia Dobromyslova 2 – 5 Mark Webster 90.65 93.61 Vincent van der Voort 5 – 1 Phil Taylor 90.20

Group B POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Tony O'Shea (BDO, 8) 3 3 0 15 7 +8 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Colin Lloyd 3 1 2 10 10 0 2 3 Colin Osborne 3 1 2 11 13 −2 2 Eliminated 4 Brian Woods (BDO) 3 1 2 8 14 −6 2 14 November 91.11 Tony O'Shea 5 – 3 Brian Woods 87.29 82.07 Colin Osborne 5 – 3 Colin Lloyd 85.69 15 November 96.30 Brian Woods 0 – 5 Colin Lloyd 101.55 98.91 Tony O'Shea 5 – 2 Colin Osborne 89.50 17 November 84.86 Colin Lloyd 2 – 5 Tony O'Shea 90.55 85.03 Brian Woods 5 – 4 Colin Osborne 87.00

Group C POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Mervyn King (5) 3 2 1 14 9 +5 4 Advance to the last 16 2 Kirk Shepherd 3 2 1 10 11 −1 4 3 Steve Maish (Q) 3 1 2 12 11 +1 2 Eliminated 4 Darryl Fitton (BDO) 3 1 2 9 14 −5 2 14 November 98.88 Mervyn King 5 – 0 Kirk Shepherd 87.38 87.99 Darryl Fitton 1 – 5 Steve Maish 89.70 15 November 94.13 Kirk Shepherd 5 – 3 Darryl Fitton 93.51 86.12 Mervyn King 5 – 4 Steve Maish 86.35 17 November 85.36 Steve Maish 3 – 5 Kirk Shepherd 92.06 96.98 Darryl Fitton 5 – 4 Mervyn King 96.14

Group D POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Kevin Painter 3 2 1 14 8 +6 4 Advance to the last 16 2 Raymond van Barneveld (4) 3 2 1 14 10 +4 4 3 John Part 3 2 1 13 12 +1 4 Eliminated 4 Francis Hoenselaar (BDO) 3 0 3 4 15 −11 0 14 November 91.14 Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 1 Francis Hoenselaar 77.02 93.29 John Part 3 – 5 Kevin Painter 100.74 15 November 78.13 Francis Hoenselaar 3 – 5 John Part 87.07 91.01 Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 4 Kevin Painter 90.26 17 November 79.95 Kevin Painter 5 – 0 Francis Hoenselaar 74.13 100.38 John Part 5 – 4 Raymond van Barneveld 99.33

Group E POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Simon Whitlock 3 3 0 15 9 +6 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Scott Waites (BDO) 3 2 1 14 8 +6 4 3 Ted Hankey (BDO, 2) 3 1 2 12 14 −2 2 Eliminated 4 Wayne Mardle 3 0 3 5 15 −10 0 15 November 97.76 Simon Whitlock 5 – 1 Wayne Mardle 90.64 74.89 Ted Hankey 3 – 5 Scott Waites 79.49 16 November 79.12 Wayne Mardle 4 – 5 Ted Hankey 81.40 96.53 Simon Whitlock 5 – 4 Scott Waites 95.69 18 November 100.20 Scott Waites 5 – 0 Wayne Mardle 90.64 94.14 Ted Hankey 4 – 5 Simon Whitlock 102.94

Group F POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Gary Anderson (7) 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Steve Beaton 3 2 1 12 11 +1 4 3 Kevin McDine 3 1 2 11 14 −3 2 Eliminated 4 Co Stompé 3 0 3 8 15 −7 0 15 November 97.80 Steve Beaton 5 – 2 Co Stompé 97.06 100.05 Gary Anderson 5 – 2 Kevin McDine 88.99 16 November 103.44 Co Stompé 4 – 5 Kevin McDine 92.68 82.25 Steve Beaton 2 – 5 Gary Anderson 96.42 18 November 89.73 Co Stompé 2 – 5 Gary Anderson 99.06 84.02 Kevin McDine 4 – 5 Steve Beaton 84.57

Group G POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Terry Jenkins (6) 3 2 1 14 9 +5 4 Advance to the last 16 2 Darin Young (Q) 3 2 1 13 10 +3 4 3 Denis Ovens 3 1 2 9 13 −4 2 Eliminated 4 Adrian Lewis 3 1 2 10 14 −4 2 15 November 91.21 Adrian Lewis 2 – 5 Darin Young 92.71 103.09 Terry Jenkins 5 – 1 Denis Ovens 91.00 16 November 80.91 Adrian Lewis 3 – 5 Denis Ovens 91.80 84.43 Darin Young 3 – 5 Terry Jenkins 88.27 18 November 90.58 Terry Jenkins 4 – 5 Adrian Lewis 94.48 90.67 Denis Ovens 3 – 5 Darin Young 88.34

Group H POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Robert Thornton 3 2 1 13 9 +4 4 Advance to the last 16 2 Andy Hamilton 3 2 1 12 10 +2 4 Nine-dart shootout 2 James Wade (3) 3 2 1 13 11 +2 4 4 Gary Mawson 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0 Eliminated 15 November 79.57 James Wade 5 – 3 Gary Mawson 82.15 94.88 Robert Thornton 5 – 2 Andy Hamilton 91.63 16 November 87.41 Andy Hamilton 5 – 2 Gary Mawson 83.92 100.95 Robert Thornton 3 – 5 James Wade 108.90 18 November 103.25 Andy Hamilton 5 – 3 James Wade 102.62 81.95 Gary Mawson 2 – 5 Robert Thornton 90.13

Nine-dart shootout

With Andy Hamilton and James Wade finishing level on points and leg difference, a nine-dart shootout between the two took place, to see who would play Terry Jenkins in the second round. The match took place after the conclusion of the group stages. The shootout occurred exactly one year to the day after a similar situation at the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts where Hamilton beat Alan Tabern.

POS	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts	Status
2	James Wade	20	57	19	5	60	20	60	60	60	361	Advance to the last 16
3	Andy Hamilton	20	20	60	1	57	19	20	60	20	277	Eliminated

Knockout stages

Second round (best of 19 legs) 19–20 November

Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 21 November

Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 22 November

Final (best of 31 legs) 22 November

A1

Phil Taylor (1) 107.53

10

B2

Colin Lloyd 97.18

4

A1

Phil Taylor (1) 104.34

16

B1

Tony O'Shea (BDO, 8) 95.75

7

B1

Tony O'Shea (BDO, 8) 89.68

10

A2

Mark Webster 87.08

9

A1

Phil Taylor (1) 106.11

16

D2

Raymond van Barneveld (4) 95.21

6

C1

Mervyn King (5) 97.20

6

D2

Raymond van Barneveld (4) 95.56

10

D2

Raymond van Barneveld (4) 98.84

16

D1

Kevin Painter 91.03

6

D1

Kevin Painter 90.44

10

C2

Kirk Shepherd 86.33

5

A1

Phil Taylor (1) 103.94

16

E2

Scott Waites (BDO) 94.16

2

E1

Simon Whitlock 94.98

10

F2

Steve Beaton 84.63

1

E1

Simon Whitlock 95.75

13

E2

Scott Waites (BDO) 96.72

16

F1

Gary Anderson (7) 100.70

9

E2

Scott Waites (BDO) 97.67

10

E2

Scott Waites (BDO) 91.87

16

G1

Terry Jenkins (6) 92.02

11

G1

Terry Jenkins (6) 94.08

10

H2

James Wade (3) 99.53

9

G1

Terry Jenkins (6) 93.66

16

H1

Robert Thornton 93.46

9

H1

Robert Thornton 88.40

10

G2

Darin Young (Q) 87.38

9

Statistics

Player	Played	Legs Won	Legs Lost	100+	140+	180s	High Checkout	3-dart Average
Phil Taylor	7	69	24	111	87	28	170	104.33
Gary Anderson	4	24	16	47	32	20	140	99.48
Co Stompé	3	8	15	32	11	4	96	97.12
James Wade	4	22	21	51	30	16	102	97.07
Simon Whitlock	5	38	26	81	57	15	146	96.87
Raymond van Barneveld	6	46	38	95	63	23	161	95.85
Mervyn King	4	20	19	43	40	9	121	94.42
Andy Hamilton	3	12	10	29	11	8	132	93.99
Scott Waites	7	58	57	143	98	24	144	93.92
John Part	3	13	12	34	9	5	102	93.40
Darryl Fitton	3	9	14	31	17	7	55	93.32
Terry Jenkins	6	51	43	142	61	22	160	93.05
Tony O'Shea	5	32	32	67	59	21	106	92.97
Robert Thornton	5	32	34	87	51	12	116	92.51
Colin Lloyd	4	14	20	43	26	9	130	92.09
Denis Ovens	3	9	13	27	19	1	120	91.19
Kevin Painter	5	30	29	59	31	20	148	90.83
Mark Webster	4	19	20	55	22	6	117	89.79
Kirk Shepherd	4	15	21	46	17	5	145	89.46
Adrian Lewis	3	10	14	17	14	10	91	88.73
Brian Woods	3	8	14	36	13	2	111	88.16
Kevin McDine	3	11	14	32	10	2	170	88.11
Darin Young	4	22	20	54	24	8	147	87.87
Vincent van der Voort	3	12	11	27	14	5	74	87.83
Steve Maish	3	12	11	38	16	2	161	86.91
Steve Beaton	4	13	21	44	17	4	121	86.71
Colin Osborne	3	11	13	17	12	7	84	85.90
Anastasia Dobromyslova	3	7	14	33	10	3	121	84.54
Wayne Mardle	3	5	15	22	9	3	55	83.80
Ted Hankey	3	12	14	41	15	3	141	83.03
Gary Mawson	3	7	15	30	13	0	40	82.65
Francis Hoenselaar	3	4	15	18	11	2	113	76.68