2010 Grand Slam of Darts
Introduction The '''2010 Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts''' was the fourth staging of the darts tournament, the Grand Slam of Darts organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 13–21 November 2010 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England. Television coverage of the tournament was covered by ITV Sport, with live coverage on ITV4.It would prove to be the final time a Grand Slam tournament would be broadcast on ITV Sport, as Sky Sports took over broadcasting rights the following year.Although 8–0 down at one stage, Scott Waites made a remarkable comeback to defeat James Wade 16–12 in the final, becoming the first and only member of the British Darts Organisation to win this event.
Prize money  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 offering 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 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.===Qualifying tournaments=======PDC==== Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers '''Grand Slam of Darts''' 2008 Winner  '''Phil Taylor'''   Phil Taylor Terry Jenkins Mervyn King Gary Anderson Scott Waites Raymond van Barneveld James Wade Simon Whitlock Mark Webster Adrian Lewis Colin Osborne Co Stompé Steve Beaton Wayne Jones Denis Ovens Robert Thornton Paul Nicholson Stacy Bromberg Tricia Wright Arron Monk Michael van Gerwen Runner-Up  '''Terry Jenkins'''   '''Mervyn King''' '''Gary Anderson''' 2009 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  '''Scott Waites''' Semi-finalists  ''Terry Jenkins'' '''Raymond van Barneveld''' '''PDC World Darts Championship''' 2009 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  ''Raymond van Barneveld'' Semi-finalists  ''Mervyn King'' '''James Wade''' 2010 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  '''Simon Whitlock''' Third Place  '''Mark Webster''' Fourth Place  ''Raymond van Barneveld'' '''World Matchplay''' 2009 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  ''Terry Jenkins'' 2010 Winner   ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up   ''Raymond van Barneveld'' '''World Grand Prix''' 2009 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  ''Raymond van Barneveld'' 2010 Winner   ''James Wade'' Runner-Up   '''Adrian Lewis''' '''Las Vegas Desert Classic''' 2009 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  ''Raymond van Barneveld'' '''UK Open''' 2009 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  '''Colin Osborne''' 2010 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  ''Gary Anderson'' '''Premier League Darts''' 2009 Winner  ''James Wade'' Runner-Up  ''Mervyn King'' 2010 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  ''James Wade'' '''German Darts Championship'''  2008 Winner   '''Co Stompé''' Runner-Up   ''Phil Taylor'' 2009 Winner   ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up   ''Mervyn King'' '''European Championship''' 2009 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  '''Steve Beaton''' 2010 Winner   ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up   '''Wayne Jones''' '''Championship League Darts''' 2009 Winner  ''Colin Osborne'' Runner-Up  ''Phil Taylor'' 2010 Winner  ''James Wade'' Runner-Up  ''Phil Taylor'' '''Players Championship Finals''' 2009 Winner  ''Phil Taylor'' Runner-Up  '''Robert Thornton''' 2010 Winner   '''Paul Nicholson''' Runner-Up   ''Mervyn King'' '''PDC Women's World Championship''' 2010 Winner   '''Stacy Bromberg''' Runner-Up   '''Tricia Wright''' '''PDC Under-21 World Championship''' 2011 Finalists   '''Arron Monk'''   '''Michael van Gerwen''' '''Note:''' Players in ''italics'' had already qualified for the tournament.====BDO==== Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers '''BDO World Darts Championship''' 2009 Winner  '''Ted Hankey'''   Ted Hankey Tony O'Shea Darryl Fitton Dave Chisnall Martin Phillips Runner-Up  '''Tony O'Shea'''   '''Darryl Fitton''' ''Martin Adams'' 2010 Winner  ''Martin Adams'' Runner-Up  '''Dave Chisnall''' Semi-finalists  ''Tony O'Shea'' '''Martin Phillips''' '''Note:''' Players in ''italics'' had already qualified for the tournament.The PDC 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 Qualifiers==== Criteria Player '''ITV Wildcard'''  '''Wes Newton''' '''John Henderson''' '''Mark Hylton''' '''Justin Pipe''' '''Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On PDC Order of Merit'''  '''Ronnie Baxter''' '''Highest Ranked Non-Qualifier On Players Championship Order Of Merit'''  '''Colin Lloyd''' '''European Order of Merit Leader'''  '''Vincent van der Voort'''
Draw ===Group stages===''all matches first-to-5/best of 9.NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking qualifier; Q = QualifierNB: 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====POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Robert Thornton330156+96Advance to the last 162 Colin Osborne3211212043 Dave Chisnall (BDO)3121011−12Eliminated4 Simon Whitlock (3)303715−8013 November 86.16 Colin Osborne 2 – '''5'''  '''Robert Thornton''' 90.50 87.61 Simon Whitlock 1 – '''5'''  '''Dave Chisnall''' 91.8314 November 99.46 '''Colin Osborne''' '''5''' – 4  Simon Whitlock 101.00 96.60 '''Robert Thornton''' '''5''' – 2  Dave Chisnall 94.9116 November 95.25 '''Robert Thornton''' '''5''' – 2  Simon Whitlock 93.98 93.78 Dave Chisnall 3 – '''5'''  '''Colin Osborne''' 101.73====Group B====POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Gary Anderson (6)321137+64Advance to the last 162 Wayne Jones3211210+243 Mark Webster3211211+14Eliminated4 Mark Hylton (Q)303615−9013 November 98.88 '''Gary Anderson''' '''5''' – 0  Mark Hylton 90.52 93.79 '''Wayne Jones''' '''5''' – 2  Mark Webster 88.0814 November 87.98 Mark Hylton 3 – '''5'''  '''Mark Webster''' 92.57 93.70 '''Gary Anderson''' '''5''' – 2  Wayne Jones 89.5716 November 86.21 Mark Hylton 3 – '''5'''  '''Wayne Jones''' 88.87 95.75 '''Mark Webster''' '''5''' – 3  Gary Anderson 91.45====Group C====POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Mervyn King (7)330158+76Advance to the last 162 Terry Jenkins321137+6433121112−12Eliminated4 Stacy Bromberg 303315−12013 November 81.76 '''Mervyn King''' '''5''' – 1  Stacy Bromberg 61.64 89.97 '''Terry Jenkins''' '''5''' – 2  John Henderson 89.8214 November 68.83 Stacy Bromberg 2 – '''5'''  '''John Henderson''' 82.45 90.99 '''Mervyn King''' '''5''' – 3  Terry Jenkins 90.9716 November 70.96 Stacy Bromberg 0 – '''5'''  '''Terry Jenkins''' 87.38 92.16 John Henderson 4 – '''5'''  '''Mervyn King''' 87.69====Group D====POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Tony O'Shea (BDO)330156+96Advance to the last 162 James Wade (2)32111110433121011−12Eliminated4 Justin Pipe (Q)303715−8013 November 102.63 '''Tony O'Shea''' '''5''' – 1  Vincent van der Voort 100.92 88.61 '''James Wade''' '''5''' – 2  Justin Pipe 87.5514 November 85.58 '''Vincent van der Voort''' '''5''' – 1  Justin Pipe 87.72 82.65 James Wade 1 – '''5'''  '''Tony O'Shea''' 93.4816 November 82.10 Justin Pipe 4 – '''5'''  '''Tony O'Shea''' 92.15 94.17 Vincent van der Voort 4 – '''5'''  '''James Wade''' 90.02====Group E====POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Scott Waites (BDO)330158+76Advance to the last 162 Co Stompé3211412+243 Martin Phillips (BDO)3121012−22Eliminated4 Adrian Lewis (5)303815−7014 November 91.66 Adrian Lewis 2 – '''5'''  '''Martin Phillips''' 96.79 91.74 Co Stompé 4 – '''5'''  '''Scott Waites''' 93.1315 November 94.25 Adrian Lewis 3 – '''5'''  '''Co Stompé''' 90.15 103.28 Martin Phillips 1 – '''5'''  '''Scott Waites''' 103.3817 November 98.53 '''Scott Waites''' '''5''' – 3  Adrian Lewis 93.91 94.30 '''Co Stompé''' '''5''' – 4  Martin Phillips 95.30====Group F====POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Colin Lloyd (RQ)330158+76Advance to the last 162321136+743 Darryl Fitton (BDO)3121013−32Eliminated4 Tricia Wright303415−11014 November '''5''' – 0  Tricia Wright 65.07 91.86 '''Colin Lloyd''' '''5''' – 4  Darryl Fitton 90.4315 November 87.86 '''Darryl Fitton''' '''5''' – 3  Tricia Wright 76.47 94.34 '''Colin Lloyd''' '''5''' – 3 17 November 82.36 Tricia Wright 1 – '''5'''  '''Colin Lloyd''' 91.93 78.85 Darryl Fitton 1 – '''5''' ====Group G====POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Ronnie Baxter (RQ)321138+54Advance to the last 162 Steve Beaton321127+543 Paul Nicholson (8)3211112−14Eliminated4 Arron Monk303615−9014 November 95.43 '''Paul Nicholson''' '''5''' – 4  Arron Monk 92.47 89.92 '''Ronnie Baxter''' '''5''' – 2  Steve Beaton 88.2915 November 94.73 Arron Monk 1 – '''5'''  '''Steve Beaton''' 100.48 89.86 '''Paul Nicholson''' '''5''' – 3  Ronnie Baxter 87.2817 November 95.44 Arron Monk 1 – '''5'''  '''Ronnie Baxter''' 98.87 97.25 '''Steve Beaton''' '''5''' – 1  Paul Nicholson 90.80====Group H====POSPlayerPWLLFLA+/-PtsStatus1 Ted Hankey (BDO)3301511+46Advance to the last 162 Phil Taylor (1)321149+543 Wes Newton (Q)3121114−32Eliminated4 Michael van Gerwen303915−6014 November 89.88 '''Phil Taylor''' '''5''' – 1  Michael van Gerwen 76.01 86.77 Wes Newton 3 – '''5'''  '''Ted Hankey''' 93.0215 November 90.12 Michael van Gerwen 4 – '''5'''  '''Wes Newton''' 88.10 97.22 Phil Taylor 4 – '''5'''  '''Ted Hankey''' 103.7517 November 92.09 '''Ted Hankey''' '''5''' – 4  Michael van Gerwen 89.17 93.82 Wes Newton 3 – '''5'''  '''Phil Taylor''' 108.25===Knockout stages===
Statistics  Player Played Legs Won Legs Lost 100+ 140+ 180s High Checkout 3-dart Average  Phil Taylor 5       99.05  Martin Phillips 3       98.46  Tony O'Shea 4       97.38  '''Scott Waites''' 7       '''96.81'''  Steve Beaton 6      96.44  Gary Anderson 5       95.67  Ted Hankey 4       94.78  Arron Monk 3       94.21  Simon Whitlock 3       94.20  Co Stompé 5       94.16  Colin Lloyd 4       93.67  Vincent van der Voort 3       93.56  Dave Chisnall 3       93.51  Robert Thornton 4       93.27  Adrian Lewis 3       93.23  Colin Osborne 4       92.89  Mark Webster 3       92.13 Paul Nicholson 3       92.03  Ronnie Baxter 4       91.98  Terry Jenkins 5       91.91  Wayne Jones 6       91.86  James Wade 7       91.25  Raymond van Barneveld 4       90.99 Wes Newton 3       89.96  Mervyn King 4       88.96  Mark Hylton 3       88.24  John Henderson 3       88.14 Justin Pipe 3       85.79  Darryl Fitton 3       85.71  Michael van Gerwen 3       85.10  Tricia Wright 3       74.83  Stacy Bromberg 3       67.14
References
External links * Netzone, with results and news* ITV's coverage of the event