2020 Grand Slam of Darts

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2020 BoyleSports Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates16–24 November 2020
Venue Ricoh Arena
Location Coventry
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£550,000
Winner's share£125,000
High checkout164 Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen
(group stage)
Champion(s)
Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa
«2019 2021»

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]

Contents

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]

Prize money

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

Qualifying

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:

PDC Qualifying Tournaments

PDC Main Tournaments
TournamentYearPositionPlayerQualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2020 Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh
Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jonny Clayton
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall
Flag of England.svg James Wade
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena
Flag of England.svg Lisa Ashton
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk van Duijvenbode
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Gawlas
Flag of England.svg Michael Smith
Flag of England.svg Rob Cross
Grand Slam of Darts 2019 Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Premier League Darts 2020 Winner Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant
World Matchplay 2020 Winner Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh
World Grand Prix 2020 Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
PDC World Youth Championship 2019 Winner Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries
Masters 2020 Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
UK Open 2020 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
European Championship 2020 Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Players Championship Finals 2019 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals 2020 Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
PDC World Cup of Darts 2020 Winners Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jonny Clayton
PDC Home Tour 2020 Winner Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall
PDC Summer Series 2020 Highest-placed [lower-roman 1] Flag of England.svg James Wade
PDC Autumn Series 2020 Highest-placed [lower-roman 1] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta
PDC Winter Series 2020 Highest-placed [lower-roman 1] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena
PDC Women's Qualifier2020Winner Flag of England.svg Lisa Ashton
PDC World Darts Championship 2020 Runner-up Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Grand Slam of Darts 2019 Runner-up Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Premier League Darts 2020 Runner-up Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall
World Matchplay 2020 Runner-up Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson
World Grand Prix 2020 Runner-up Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk van Duijvenbode
PDC World Youth Championship 2019 Runner-up Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Gawlas
Masters 2020 Runner-up Flag of England.svg Michael Smith
UK Open 2020 Runner-up Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
European Championship 2020 Runner-up Flag of England.svg James Wade
Players Championship Finals 2019 Runner-up Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
World Series of Darts Finals 2020 Runner-up Flag of England.svg Rob Cross
PDC World Cup of Darts 2020 Runners-Up Flag of England.svg Michael Smith
Flag of England.svg Rob Cross
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
  1. 1 2 3 The qualifiers for the Summer, Autumn and Winter Series were the highest-ranked five day Order of Merit, not already qualified at that time.

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
TournamentEventPositionPlayerQualifiers
2020 European Tour
Belgian Darts Championship Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen
Flag of South Africa.svg Devon Petersen
Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa
German Darts Championship Winner Flag of South Africa.svg Devon Petersen
European Darts Grand Prix Winner Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa
International Darts Open Winner Flag of England.svg 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.

PDC Pro Tour
TournamentEventPositionPlayerQualifiers
2020 PDC Pro Tour
Players Championship 1 Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson Flag of England.svg Ian White
Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle
Players Championship 2 Winner Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall
Players Championship 3 Winner Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle
Players Championship 4 Winner Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ratajski [lower-alpha 1]
Players Championship 5 Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Players Championship 6 Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 7 Winner Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall
Players Championship 8 Winner Flag of England.svg Ian White
Players Championship 9 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 10 Winner Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce [lower-alpha 2]
Players Championship 11 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 12 Winner Flag of England.svg James Wade
Players Championship 13 Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Players Championship 14 Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Players Championship 15 Winner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta
Players Championship 16 Winner Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship 17 Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 18 Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 19 Winner Flag of England.svg Michael Smith
Players Championship 20 Winner Flag of England.svg Michael Smith
Players Championship 21 Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price
Players Championship 22 Winner Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright
Players Championship 23 Winner Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.
  1. Ratajski qualified via the Grand Slam qualifier before the conclusion of the Players Championship events.
  2. Joyce qualified via the Grand Slam qualifier before the conclusion of the Players Championship events.

PDC Qualifying Event

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:

BDO Invitees

The two BDO world champions were invited.

TournamentYearPositionPlayer
BDO World Darts Championship 2020 Men's Winner Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wayne Warren
Women's Winner Flag of Japan.svg Mikuru Suzuki

Pools

Pool APool BPool CPool D
(PDC Seeded Players)(PDC Qualifiers & BDO Representatives)

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (1)
Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Wright (2)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price (3)
Flag of England.svg Michael Smith (4)
Flag of England.svg Rob Cross (5)
Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall (6)
Flag of England.svg James Wade (7)
Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (8)

Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh
Flag of England.svg Ian White
Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Ratajski
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jonny Clayton
Flag of England.svg Joe Cullen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jermaine Wattimena
Flag of England.svg Ricky Evans
Flag of Germany.svg Gabriel Clemens
Flag of South Africa.svg Devon Petersen
Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa
Flag of England.svg Luke Humphries
Flag of England.svg Ryan Joyce
Flag of England.svg Ryan Searle

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dirk van Duijvenbode
Flag of England.svg Justin Pipe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta
Flag of England.svg Adam Hunt
Flag of England.svg Lisa Ashton
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Gawlas
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wayne Warren (BDO)
Flag of Japan.svg Mikuru Suzuki (BDO)

Draw

Group stage

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

Knockout stage

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 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (1) 101.8110
B2 Flag of Scotland.svg Gary Anderson (8) 96.982
A1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van Gerwen (1) 100.3215
B1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock (Q) 95.9716
B1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock (Q) 87.0510
A2 Flag of England.svg Adam Hunt (Q) 86.686
B1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Whitlock (Q) 97.9212
C2 Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa 97.5316
C1 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith (4) 97.4610
D2 Flag of England.svg Rob Cross (5) 95.189
C1 Flag of England.svg Michael Smith (4) 95.7414
C2 Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa 98.5216
D1 Flag of England.svg Dave Chisnall (Q) 91.287
C2 Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa 95.3710
C2 Flag of Portugal.svg José de Sousa 99.9516
F1 Flag of England.svg James Wade (7) 94.2612
E1 Flag of South Africa.svg Devon Petersen 94.257
F2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta 93.7510
F2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon Heta 98.2613
F1 Flag of England.svg James Wade (7) 101.6616
F1 Flag of England.svg James Wade (7) 98.1810
E2 Flag of England.svg Ian White 99.444
F1 Flag of England.svg James Wade (7) 98.6116
H1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 96.8715
G1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price (3) 90.738
H2 Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall (6) 96.8610
H2 Flag of England.svg Nathan Aspinall (6) 94.9215
H1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 97.8016
H1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 103.6110
G2 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jonny Clayton 88.533

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