Dates 7–15 November 2015 Location Wolverhampton Organisation(s) PDC | Venue Civic Hall Country England Format Legs | |
The 2015 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, 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.
Contents
- PDC Main Tournaments
- PDC European Tour
- PDC Players Championships
- PDC Qualifier
- PDC Qualifiers
- BDO Qualifiers
- References
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.
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.
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
PDC Main Tournaments Qualifiers
Gary Anderson
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 consists of the winners from 2015 European Tour events, in which the winners shall be selected in ProTour Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
PDC European Tour Qualifiers
Michael Smith
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.
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 October 23, 2015.
PDC Qualifiers
Mark Webster
Jonny Clayton
Mervyn King
Steve West
Wayne Jones
Andy Boulton
Robbie Green
Steve Beaton
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 October 6, 2015 and was open for all players outside of mainland Europe. The other one was in Europe on October 18, 2015 and was open for all players in mainland Europe.
All matches first-to-5/best of 9 legs
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