2020 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts | |||
---|---|---|---|
Tournament information | |||
Dates | 16–24 November 2020 | ||
Venue | Ricoh Arena | ||
Location | Coventry | ||
Country | England | ||
Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
Format | Legs | ||
Prize fund | £550,000 | ||
Winner's share | £125,000 | ||
High checkout | 164 Joe Cullen (group stage) | ||
Champion(s) | |||
José de Sousa | |||
|
The 2020 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts was the fourteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place, behind closed doors, from 16 to 24 November 2020 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. [1]
The tournament's two-time defending champion was Gerwyn Price, who successfully defended his 2018 title by defeating Peter Wright 16–6 in 2019. [2] Price's title defence came to an end when, after surviving a match dart from Ryan Joyce to progress through the group stage, he eventually lost 10–8 to Nathan Aspinall in the last 16. [3]
José de Sousa became the first Portuguese darts player to win a televised title by beating James Wade 16–12 in the final; de Sousa also became the first debutant since the tournament's inception to win the title, as well as the first to win the title, without finishing top in the group phase. [4]
Dimitri Van den Bergh broke the record for the highest individual average for this tournament when he beat Ricky Evans 5–1 in the group stage, averaging 114.85, beating Phil Taylor's previous record of 114.65 set in the 2014 tournament. Additionally, Simon Whitlock broke Adrian Lewis' record of hitting the most 180s in a Grand Slam match by scoring 20 maximums in his quarter-final victory over Michael van Gerwen. [5]
The prize fund for the Grand Slam was the same as 2019, with the winner getting £125,000. [6]
Position (num. of players) | Prize money (Total: £550,000) | |
---|---|---|
Winner | (1) | £125,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | £65,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | £40,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | £20,000 |
Last 16 | (8) | £10,000 |
Third in group | (8) | £7,500 |
Fourth in group | (8) | £4,000 |
Group winner bonus | (8) | £3,500 |
The qualification criteria were changed from 2019, with the number of entrants from the British Darts Organisation being reduced from eight to two, with a corresponding increase in PDC players. The winner of the 2020 PDC Home Tour was invited, as were the top players from the PDC's Summer, Autumn and Winter Series events and the winner of the new women's qualifier. [7] The Champions League of Darts was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The qualifiers are:
At most twenty-two players could have qualified through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.
Since the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than twenty-two players, the field of twenty-two players was filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2020 European Tour events, in which the winners were ordered by Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.
PDC European Tour | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tournament | Event | Position | Player | Qualifiers | |
2020 European Tour | |||||
Belgian Darts Championship | Winner | Gerwyn Price | Joe Cullen Devon Petersen José de Sousa | ||
German Darts Championship | Winner | Devon Petersen | |||
European Darts Grand Prix | Winner | José de Sousa | |||
International Darts Open | Winner | Joe Cullen | |||
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament. | |||||
Since there were still less than twenty-two qualified players after the winners of European Tour events were added, the winners of 2020 Players Championships events were added, in Order of Merit order.
A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by qualifiers from a PDC qualifier on 9 November. [1] These are the qualifiers:
The two BDO world champions were invited.
Tournament | Year | Position | Player |
---|---|---|---|
BDO World Darts Championship | 2020 | Men's Winner | Wayne Warren |
Women's Winner | Mikuru Suzuki |
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
---|---|---|---|
(PDC Seeded Players) | (PDC Qualifiers & BDO Representatives) | ||
Michael van Gerwen (1) | Dave Chisnall | Jermaine Wattimena | Dirk van Duijvenbode |
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
Group A
16 November
17 November
19 November
| Group B
16 November
17 November
18 November
|
Group C
16 November
17 November
19 November
| Group D
16 November
17 November
18 November
|
Group E
16 November
17 November
19 November
| Group F
16 November
17 November
18 November
|
Group G
16 November
17 November
19 November
| Group H
16 November
17 November
18 November
|
Second round(best of 19 legs) 20–21 November | Quarter-finals(best of 31 legs) 22 November | Semi-finals(best of 31 legs) 23 November | Final(best of 31 legs) 24 November | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 101.81 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
B2 | Gary Anderson (8) 96.98 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Michael van Gerwen (1) 100.32 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | Simon Whitlock (Q) 95.97 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | Simon Whitlock (Q) 87.05 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Adam Hunt (Q) 86.68 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | Simon Whitlock (Q) 97.92 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | José de Sousa 97.53 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Michael Smith (4) 97.46 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
D2 | Rob Cross (5) 95.18 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Michael Smith (4) 95.74 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | José de Sousa 98.52 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | Dave Chisnall (Q) 91.28 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | José de Sousa 95.37 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | José de Sousa 99.95 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
F1 | James Wade (7) 94.26 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Devon Petersen 94.25 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
F2 | Damon Heta 93.75 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
F2 | Damon Heta 98.26 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
F1 | James Wade (7) 101.66 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
F1 | James Wade (7) 98.18 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
E2 | Ian White 99.44 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
F1 | James Wade (7) 98.61 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
H1 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.87 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
G1 | Gerwyn Price (3) 90.73 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
H2 | Nathan Aspinall (6) 96.86 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
H2 | Nathan Aspinall (6) 94.92 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
H1 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 97.80 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
H1 | Dimitri Van den Bergh 103.61 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
G2 | Jonny Clayton 88.53 | 3 |
Ross Smith is an English professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is the winner of the 2022 European Championship.
Dimitri Van den Bergh is a Belgian professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the 2020 World Matchplay champion, after beating Gary Anderson 18–10 in the final, in his first time competing in the Matchplay.
Jonny Clayton is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Events. Nicknamed The Ferret, he was half of the Welsh team that won the 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts before winning his first televised singles title, the 2021 Masters, which would lead him to qualifying for the 2021 Premier League Darts, which he would go on to win as well. He subsequently won his first ranked televised title at the 2021 World Grand Prix.
Martin Schindler is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
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. 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.
The 2019 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts was the thirteenth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 9–17 November 2019 in Wolverhampton, England, and like in 2018, it took place at Aldersley Leisure Village.
José Augusto Oliveira de Sousa is a Portuguese professional darts player. He is based in Tarragona and represented Spain at the 2011 WDF World Cup, but played for the Portuguese team afterwards at the PDC. He won his first televised major title at the 2020 Grand Slam of Darts. He is known among darts fans for his maverick-like scoring, relatively frequent miscounts and unorthodox checkouts in matches.
The 2020 PDC World Darts Championship was the 27th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 13 December 2019 to 1 January 2020.
The 2020 Ladbrokes UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the eighteenth year of the tournament where players compete in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held for the seventh time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 6–8 March 2020, and has the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw is staged after each round following the conclusion of the third round until the final.
The 2021 PDC World Darts Championship was the 28th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The collapse of the BDO in September 2020 and subsequent postponement of the World Darts Federation-sanctioned event meant that this edition was the first undisputed World Championship in the sport since John Lowe won the Embassy in 1993. The event took place at the Alexandra Palace in London from 15 December 2020 – 3 January 2021, and was played behind closed doors, except for the first day of the tournament, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals was the thirteenth edition of the PDC darts tournament, which saw the top 64 players from the Players Championship events of 2020 taking part. The tournament took place from 27–29 November 2020 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, behind closed doors, as it was announced on 23 September 2020 that the usual venue of Butlin's Resort in Minehead would be unavailable due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was a darts tournament and the 23rd staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 6–12 October 2020 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England, behind closed doors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was held away from the Citywest Hotel in Dublin for the first time since 2001.
The 2021 Ladbrokes Masters was the ninth staging of the non-ranking Masters darts tournament, held by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was held from 29 to 31 January 2021, behind closed doors at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.
The 2021 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts was the fifteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event returned to the Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton between 13–21 November 2021, after being held behind closed doors at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry in 2020.
The 2021 Cazoo European Championship was the fourteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which saw the top players from the two European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 14–17 October 2021 at the Salzburgarena in Salzburg, Austria.
The 2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix was the third of thirteen PDC European Tour events on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at Zenith, Munich from 16 to 18 April 2022. It featured a field of 48 players and £140,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
The 2022 Cazoo European Championship was the fifteenth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation's European Championship tournament, which saw the top players from the thirteen European tour events compete against each other. The tournament took place from 27–30 October 2022 at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany.
The 2022 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was a darts tournament and the 25th staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 3–9 October 2022 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was held away from the Citywest Hotel in Dublin for the third consecutive year.
The 2022 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place at the Aldersley Leisure Village, Aldersley, Wolverhampton, 12–20 November 2022.
The 2020 PDC Players Championship was to consist of 30 darts tournaments on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour. However, after only 8 events had taken place, the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the schedule.