2015 Grand Slam of Darts


The 2015 Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts, was the ninth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took take place from 7–15 November 2015 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England.
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won his sixth Grand Slam title by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the 2014 final.
The 2015 edition saw several changes in the qualification criteria due to the Grand Slam of Darts being a PDC Order of Merit ranking tournament for the first time. As a result of this, at most 20 places were filled by invitations and the remaining 12 places were open for qualification.
The tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen, who had a tournament average over 100, and with this title won every current PDC major tournament at least once.
Other notable things that happened in the tournament included Dave Chisnall hitting a nine-dart finish against Peter Wright in their group match, and BDO veteran Martin Adams making his first appearance at the event, after declining his invite every year since the tournament's inception in 2007.

Prize Money

Qualifying

Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments

Players in italics had already qualified for the event. At most 16 players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
TournamentYearPositionPlayer
PDC World Darts Championship2015Winner Gary Anderson
Grand Slam of Darts2014Winner Phil Taylor
Premier League Darts2015Winner Gary Anderson
World Matchplay2015Winner Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix2015Winner Robert Thornton
Players Championship Finals2014Winner Gary Anderson
UK Open2015Winner Michael van Gerwen
European Championship2015Winner Michael van Gerwen
The Masters2015Winner Michael van Gerwen
PDC World Youth Championship2014Winner Keegan Brown
World Series of Darts2015Ranking List Leader Phil Taylor
PDC World Cup of Darts2015Winners Phil Taylor
Adrian Lewis
PDC World Darts Championship2015Runner-up Phil Taylor
Grand Slam of Darts2014Runner-up Dave Chisnall
Premier League Darts2015Runner-up Michael van Gerwen
World Matchplay2015Runner-up James Wade
World Grand Prix2015Runner-up Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals2014Runner-up Adrian Lewis
UK Open2015Runner-up Peter Wright
European Championship2015Runner-up Gary Anderson
The Masters2015Runner-up Raymond van Barneveld
PDC World Youth Championship2014Runner-up Rowby-John Rodriguez
World Series of Darts2015Ranking List Runner-up Adrian Lewis
PDC World Cup of Darts2015Runners-up Gary Anderson
Peter Wright

Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
PDC Main Tournaments Qualifiers


Phil Taylor

Michael van Gerwen

Robert Thornton

Keegan Brown

Adrian Lewis

Dave Chisnall

James Wade

Peter Wright

Raymond van Barneveld

Rowby-John Rodriguez

PDC European Tour

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2015 European Tour events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
TournamentEvent NumberPositionPlayer
2015 European Tour2015 German Darts ChampionshipWinner Michael van Gerwen
2015 European Tour2015 Gibraltar Darts TrophyWinner Michael van Gerwen
2015 European Tour2015 German Darts MastersWinner Michael van Gerwen
2015 European Tour2015 Dutch Darts MastersWinner Michael van Gerwen
2015 European Tour2015 International Darts OpenWinner Michael Smith
2015 European Tour2015 European Darts OpenWinner Robert Thornton
2015 European Tour2015 European Darts TrophyWinner Michael Smith
2015 European Tour2015 European Darts MatchplayWinner Michael van Gerwen
2015 European Tour2015 European Darts Grand PrixWinner Kim Huybrechts
PDC European Tour Qualifiers


Kim Huybrechts

PDC Players Championships

In case the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments and the European Tour produced fewer than 16 players, the field of 16 players was filled from the reserve lists. The second list consists of the winners from 2015 Players Championship events, in which the winners were selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
TournamentEvent NumberPositionPlayer
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 1Winner Gary Anderson
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 2Winner James Wade
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 3Winner Adrian Lewis
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 4Winner Michael van Gerwen
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 5Winner Adrian Lewis
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 6Winner Michael van Gerwen
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 7Winner Peter Wright
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 8Winner Keegan Brown
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 9Winner Phil Taylor
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 10Winner Joe Murnan
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 11Winner Dave Chisnall
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 12Winner Peter Wright
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 13Winner James Wade
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 14Winner Jelle Klaasen
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 15Winner Terry Jenkins
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 16Winner Jelle Klaasen
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 17Winner Ian White
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 18Winner Alan Norris
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 19Winner Peter Wright
2015 Players ChampionshipsPlayers Championship 20Winner Gary Anderson

Note: Players in italic had already qualified for the tournament.
Not all bold players in this list qualified for the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts. Best ranked on the ProTour Order of Merit were Ian White, followed by Jelle Klaassen, Terry Jenkins, Alan Norris and Joe Murnan.
PDC Players Championship Qualifiers
Three places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled in by Players Championship winners. The three highest ranked Players Championship winners were:

Ian White

Jelle Klaasen

Terry Jenkins

PDC Qualifier

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier in Coventry on 23 October 2015.

PDC Qualifiers



Jonny Clayton

Mervyn King

Steve West

Wayne Jones

Andy Boulton

Robbie Green

Steve Beaton

BDO Qualifying tournaments

TournamentYearPositionPlayer
BDO World Darts Championship2015Winner Scott Mitchell
BDO World Darts Championship2015Runner-up Martin Adams
World Masters2014Winner Martin Phillips
BDO World Trophy2015Winner Geert De Vos

BDO Qualifiers

A further four places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from two BDO qualifiers. The first of which was in Hull on 6 October 2015 and was open for all players outside of mainland Europe. The other one was in Europe on 18 October 2015 and was open for all players in mainland Europe.

UK Qualifiers



Andy Fordham

European Qualifiers



Michel van der Horst

Qualified Players

Professional Darts Corporation

British Darts Organisation

Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D

Michael van Gerwen

Gary Anderson

Phil Taylor

Peter Wright

Adrian Lewis

Robert Thornton

James Wade

Ian White
Raymond van Barneveld

Keegan Brown

Dave Chisnall

Kim Huybrechts

Terry Jenkins

Jelle Klaasen

Michael Smith

Rowby-John Rodriguez
Steve Beaton

Andy Boulton

Jonny Clayton

Robbie Green

Wayne Jones

Mervyn King

Mark Webster

Steve West
Martin Adams

Larry Butler

Andy Fordham

Michel van der Horst

Scott Mitchell

Mark Oosterhuis

Martin Phillips

Geert De Vos

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

7 November
8 November
10 November

Group B

7 November
8 November
10 November

Group C

7 November
8 November
10 November

Group D

7 November
8 November
10 November

Group E

7 November
8 November
9 November

Group F

7 November
8 November
9 November

Group G

7 November
8 November
9 November

Group H

7 November
8 November
9 November

Knockout stage