2018 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts was the twelfth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 10–18 November 2018 in Wolverhampton, England, but for the first time in the event's history, it was not at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, as it is undergoing a two-year renovation. The 2018 tournament was held at Aldersley Leisure Village.[1] Beginning with this tournament, the winner of the title would receive "The Eric Bristow Trophy", named after the legendary player who died in April 2018.

2018 bwin Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates10–18 November 2018
VenueAldersley Leisure Village
LocationAldersley, Wolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£450,000
Winner's share£110,000
Nine-dart finish Dimitri Van den Bergh
High checkout170 Simon Whitlock (x2) (Group stage)
Stephen Bunting (Group stage)
Gerwyn Price
(Semi-final)
Champion(s)
Gerwyn Price
«2017 2019»

The tournament's defending champion was Michael van Gerwen, who won the tournament in 2017 by defeating Peter Wright 16–12 in the final to win it for a third straight year,[2] but lost in the semi-finals to Gary Anderson by the same scoreline 16–12.

Gerwyn Price won his first PDC major title by defeating Gary Anderson 16–13, in a highly controversial final.[3] Price also became the first Welsh player to win a PDC major title.

The DRA launched an investigation into the behaviour from both players in the final. Price was fined £21,500 for a combination of 'Bringing the sport into disrepute and gamesmanship' in the final and for his Quarter-Final clash with Simon Whitlock. Price was also given a three month ban, which was suspended for 6 months. Anderson was given a formal warning for pushing Price on the oche.[4] Price's fine was subsequently reduced on appeal to a total of £11,500.[5]

Dimitri Van den Bergh hit the fourth nine dart leg in Grand Slam of Darts history, in his second round match against Stephen Bunting, and for the first time in the tournament history no Englishman progressed into the quarter-final stage.[6]

Prize money

The prize fund for the Grand Slam was the same as in 2017, with the winner getting £110,000.[7]

Position (num. of players) Prize Money
(Total: £450,000)
Winner (1) £110,000
Runner-up (1) £55,000
Semi-finalists (2) £28,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £16,000
Last 16 (Second round) (8) £10,000
Third in group (8) £5,000
Fourth in group (8) £3,000
Group winner bonus (8) £2,500
Nine-dart finish (1) £25,000

Qualifying

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2018 Winner Rob Cross Rob Cross
Michael van Gerwen
Gary Anderson
Dimitri Van den Bergh
James Wade
Raymond van Barneveld
Peter Wright
Michael Smith
Mensur Suljović
Josh Payne
Simon Whitlock
Jonny Clayton
Grand Slam of Darts 2017 Winner Michael van Gerwen
Premier League Darts 2018 Winner Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay 2018 Winner Gary Anderson
World Grand Prix 2018 Winner Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship 2017 Winner Dimitri Van den Bergh
Masters 2018 Winner Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2018 Winner Gary Anderson
European Championship 2018 Winner James Wade
Players Championship Finals 2017 Winner Michael van Gerwen
Champions League of Darts 2018 Winner Gary Anderson
World Series of Darts Finals 2018 Winner James Wade
PDC World Cup of Darts 2018 Winners Michael van Gerwen
Raymond van Barneveld
PDC World Darts Championship 2018 Runner-Up Phil Taylor[lower-alpha 1]
Grand Slam of Darts 2017 Runner-Up Peter Wright
Premier League Darts 2018 Runner-Up Michael Smith
World Matchplay 2018 Runner-Up Mensur Suljović
World Grand Prix 2018 Runner-Up Peter Wright
PDC World Youth Championship 2017 Runner-Up Josh Payne
Masters 2018 Runner-Up Raymond van Barneveld
UK Open 2018 Runner-Up Corey Cadby[lower-alpha 2]
European Championship 2018 Runner-Up Simon Whitlock
Players Championship Finals 2017 Runner-Up Jonny Clayton
Champions League of Darts 2018 Runner-Up Peter Wright
World Series of Darts Finals 2018 Runner-Up Michael Smith
PDC World Cup of Darts 2018 Runners-Up Peter Wright
Gary Anderson
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

At most sixteen players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.

As the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than sixteen players, the field of sixteen players is filled from the reserve lists. The first list consists of the winners from 2018 European Tour events, in which the winners are ordered by number of event wins then in Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

PDC European Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2018 European Tour
European Darts Open Winner Michael van Gerwen Gerwyn Price
Ian White
Max Hopp
German Darts Grand Prix Winner Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Open Winner Max Hopp
Austrian Darts Open Winner Jonny Clayton
European Darts Grand Prix Winner Michael van Gerwen
Dutch Darts Masters Winner Michael van Gerwen
Gibraltar Darts Trophy Winner Michael van Gerwen
Danish Darts Open Winner Mensur Suljović
European Darts Matchplay Winner Michael van Gerwen
German Darts Championship Winner Michael van Gerwen
Dutch Darts Championship Winner Ian White
International Darts Open Winner Gerwyn Price
European Darts Trophy Winner Michael van Gerwen
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

If there are still less than sixteen qualified players after the winners of European Tour events are added, the winners of 2018 Players Championships events will be added, firstly by winners of multiple events followed by Order of Merit order.

PDC Pro Tour
Tournament Event Position Player Qualifiers
2018 PDC Pro Tour
Players Championship 1 Winner Michael van Gerwen Krzysztof Ratajski
Players Championship 2 Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 3 Winner Gary Anderson
Players Championship 4 Winner Gary Anderson
Players Championship 5 Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 6 Winner Ian White
Players Championship 7 Winner Michael Smith
Players Championship 8 Winner Mickey Mansell
Players Championship 9 Winner Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 10 Winner Jeffrey de Zwaan
Players Championship 11 Winner Gary Anderson
Players Championship 12 Winner Josh Payne
Players Championship 13 Winner Rob Cross
Players Championship 14 Winner Peter Wright
Players Championship 15 Winner Mervyn King
Players Championship 16 Winner Ian White
Players Championship 17 Winner Peter Wright
Players Championship 18 Winner Nathan Aspinall
Players Championship 19 Winner Max Hopp
Players Championship 20 Winner Danny Noppert
Players Championship 21 Winner Krzysztof Ratajski
Players Championship 22 Winner Krzysztof Ratajski
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
  1. Phil Taylor retired following the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship.
  2. Corey Cadby withdrew from the Grand Slam,[8] due to an arm injury.[9]

PDC Qualifying Event

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier that took place in Wigan on 5 November. These are the qualifiers:

BDO Qualifying Tournaments

Tournament Year Position Player
BDO World Darts Championship 2018 Winner Glen Durrant
Runner-Up Mark McGeeney
World Masters 2018 Winner Adam Smith-Neale
BDO World Trophy 2018 Winner Glen Durrant

    BDO Ranking Qualifiers

    The remaining 5 BDO places were determined via the BDO Invitational Rankings at the end of September 2018.[10]

    1. Jim Williams
    2. Wesley Harms
    3. Michael Unterbuchner
    4. Scott Mitchell
    5. Gary Robson

    Pools

    Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
    (PDC Seeded Players) (PDC Qualifiers) (BDO Qualifiers)

    Michael van Gerwen (1)
    Peter Wright (2)
    Rob Cross (3)
    Gary Anderson (4)
    James Wade (5)
    Mensur Suljović (6)
    Simon Whitlock (7)
    Michael Smith (8)

    Dimitri Van den Bergh
    Raymond van Barneveld
    Jonny Clayton
    Gerwyn Price
    Ian White
    Max Hopp
    Stephen Bunting
    Keegan Brown

    Josh Payne
    Krzysztof Ratajski
    Martin Schindler
    Andrew Gilding
    Steve Hine
    Mark Webster
    Joe Murnan
    Ryan Searle

    Glen Durrant
    Mark McGeeney
    Adam Smith-Neale
    Jim Williams
    Wesley Harms
    Michael Unterbuchner
    Scott Mitchell
    Gary Robson

    Draw

    Group stage

    [11] [12] [13] [14]
    All group matches are best of nine legs
    After three games, the top two in each group qualify for the knock-out stage

    NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/− = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Pts = Points; Status = Qualified to Knockout Stage

    Knockout stage

    Second round (best of 19 legs)
    14–15 November[15][16]
    Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
    16–17 November[17]
    Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
    18 November
    Final (best of 31 legs)
    18 November
                
    A1 Jonny Clayton 103.65 10
    B2 Krzysztof Ratajski 94.08 3
    A1 Jonny Clayton 95.88 12
    A2 Michael van Gerwen (1) 101.65 16
    B1 Michael Smith (8) 100.69 8
    A2 Michael van Gerwen (1) 108.32 10
    A2 Michael van Gerwen (1) 99.05 12
    D1 Gary Anderson (4) 102.97 16
    C1 James Wade (5) 93.76 6
    D2 Michael Unterbuchner (BDO) 93.57 10
    D2 Michael Unterbuchner (BDO) 88.52 6
    D1 Gary Anderson (4) 100.48 16
    D1 Gary Anderson (4) 101.22 10
    C2 Wesley Harms (BDO) 87.97 2
    D1 Gary Anderson (4) 97.25 13
    F1 Gerwyn Price 96.70 16
    E1 Peter Wright (2) 93.86 6
    F2 Simon Whitlock (7) 94.95 10
    F2 Simon Whitlock (7) 95.03 15
    F1 Gerwyn Price 95.86 16
    F1 Gerwyn Price 93.37 10
    E2 Josh Payne 84.10 5
    F1 Gerwyn Price 97.06 16
    G2 Mensur Suljović (6) 98.08 12
    G1 Stephen Bunting 88.14 6
    H2 Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.16 10
    H2 Dimitri Van den Bergh 94.28 9
    G2 Mensur Suljović (6) 98.58 16
    H1 Rob Cross (3) 92.23 7
    G2 Mensur Suljović (6) 93.63 10

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