2011 Grand Slam of Darts
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.
The title was won for the fourth time by Phil Taylor, who defeated Gary Anderson 16–4 in the final.
Prize Money
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 was changed this year, extending the dates back 5 years for respective World Champions to receive an invite.Qualifying tournaments
Players in italics have already qualified for the event.PDC
BDO
Note: Players in italics have already qualified for the tournament.The PDC have decided to no longer invite Martin Adams to the Grand Slam due to his decision to turn down three consecutive invitations in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Other Methods of Qualification
Additional invitations to compete in the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts were awarded on 4 November to:Grand Slam of Darts Wildcards
The Grand Slam of Darts Wildcard qualifier was held at the K2 Centre in Crawley on 4 November. Any darts player was able to enter and the two finalists received invitations to the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts. The qualifiers were Nigel Heydon and Magnus Caris. There were also two reserves. The first was Ian White and second was Keith Rooney.PDC Order of Merit
was the highest non-qualified player from the PDC Order of Merit.Players Championship Order of Merit
The Players Championship Order of Merit ranks all PDC players by their winnings in 2011 PDC Pro Tour Players Championships.Justin Pipe was the highest non-qualified player from the Players Championship Order of Merit.
European Order of Merit
The European Order of Merit ranks all the European dart players based on the amount of prize money that they have won from tournaments held in continental Europe.Vincent van der Voort was the highest non-qualified player from the European Order of Merit.
Qualified Players
Qualification changed from the 2010 event, with the finalists from the PDC Women's World Darts Championship no longer being invited. On 4 August, it was announced that the 2007–2011 winners of the PDC and BDO world championships, along with the 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts finalists, would receive invitations.Simon Whitlock withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Ian White from the wildcard qualifier.
The 32 qualifiers were:
Professional Darts Corporation
- Gary Anderson
- Raymond van Barneveld
- Barrie Bates
- Steve Beaton
- Magnus Caris
- Dave Chisnall
- Brendan Dolan
- Michael van Gerwen
- Nigel Heydon
- James Hubbard
- Terry Jenkins
- Wayne Jones
- Mervyn King
- Adrian Lewis
- Arron Monk
- Wes Newton
- Paul Nicholson
- John Part
- Justin Pipe
- Co Stompé
- Phil Taylor
- Vincent van der Voort
- James Wade
- Mark Walsh
- Mark Webster
- Ian White
British Darts Organisation
- Jan Dekker
- Ted Hankey
- Tony O'Shea
- Martin Phillips
- Scott Waites
- Dean Winstanley
Pools
| Seeded Players | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
 Scott Waites Phil Taylor Adrian Lewis James Wade  Gary Anderson  Mark Webster Wes Newton  Raymond van Barneveld |  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
12 November13 November
15 November
Group B
12 November13 November
15 November
Group C
12 November13 November
15 November
Group D
12 November13 November
15 November
Group E
13 November14 November
16 November
Group F
13 November14 November
16 November
Group G
13 November14 November
16 November
Group H
13 November14 November
16 November
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 |