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2010 Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	13–21 November 2010
Venue	Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Location	Wolverhampton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£400,000
Winner's share	£100,000
High checkout	170 Colin Lloyd 170 Gary Anderson
Champion(s)
Scott Waites
«2009 2011»

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

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
		Semi-finalists	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
		Semi-finalists	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 = 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

Group A POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Robert Thornton 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Colin Osborne 3 2 1 12 12 0 4 3 Dave Chisnall (BDO) 3 1 2 10 11 −1 2 Eliminated 4 Simon Whitlock (3) 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0 13 November 86.16 Colin Osborne 2 – 5 Robert Thornton 90.50 87.61 Simon Whitlock 1 – 5 Dave Chisnall 91.83 14 November 99.46 Colin Osborne 5 – 4 Simon Whitlock 101.00 96.60 Robert Thornton 5 – 2 Dave Chisnall 94.91 16 November 95.25 Robert Thornton 5 – 2 Simon Whitlock 93.98 93.78 Dave Chisnall 3 – 5 Colin Osborne 101.73

Group B POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Gary Anderson (6) 3 2 1 13 7 +6 4 Advance to the last 16 2 Wayne Jones 3 2 1 12 10 +2 4 3 Mark Webster 3 2 1 12 11 +1 4 Eliminated 4 Mark Hylton (Q) 3 0 3 6 15 −9 0 13 November 98.88 Gary Anderson 5 – 0 Mark Hylton 90.52 93.79 Wayne Jones 5 – 2 Mark Webster 88.08 14 November 87.98 Mark Hylton 3 – 5 Mark Webster 92.57 93.70 Gary Anderson 5 – 2 Wayne Jones 89.57 16 November 86.21 Mark Hylton 3 – 5 Wayne Jones 88.87 95.75 Mark Webster 5 – 3 Gary Anderson 91.45

Group C POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Mervyn King (7) 3 3 0 15 8 +7 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Terry Jenkins 3 2 1 13 7 +6 4 3 John Henderson (BDO, Q) 3 1 2 11 12 −1 2 Eliminated 4 Stacy Bromberg 3 0 3 3 15 −12 0 13 November 81.76 Mervyn King 5 – 1 Stacy Bromberg 61.64 89.97 Terry Jenkins 5 – 2 John Henderson 89.82 14 November 68.83 Stacy Bromberg 2 – 5 John Henderson 82.45 90.99 Mervyn King 5 – 3 Terry Jenkins 90.97 16 November 70.96 Stacy Bromberg 0 – 5 Terry Jenkins 87.38 92.16 John Henderson 4 – 5 Mervyn King 87.69

Group D POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Tony O'Shea (BDO) 3 3 0 15 6 +9 6 Advance to the last 16 2 James Wade (2) 3 2 1 11 11 0 4 3 Vincent van der Voort (RQ) 3 1 2 10 11 −1 2 Eliminated 4 Justin Pipe (Q) 3 0 3 7 15 −8 0 13 November 102.63 Tony O'Shea 5 – 1 Vincent van der Voort 100.92 88.61 James Wade 5 – 2 Justin Pipe 87.55 14 November 85.58 Vincent van der Voort 5 – 1 Justin Pipe 87.72 82.65 James Wade 1 – 5 Tony O'Shea 93.48 16 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 POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Scott Waites (BDO) 3 3 0 15 8 +7 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Co Stompé 3 2 1 14 12 +2 4 3 Martin Phillips (BDO) 3 1 2 10 12 −2 2 Eliminated 4 Adrian Lewis (5) 3 0 3 8 15 −7 0 14 November 91.66 Adrian Lewis 2 – 5 Martin Phillips 96.79 91.74 Co Stompé 4 – 5 Scott Waites 93.13 15 November 94.25 Adrian Lewis 3 – 5 Co Stompé 90.15 103.28 Martin Phillips 1 – 5 Scott Waites 103.38 17 November 98.53 Scott Waites 5 – 3 Adrian Lewis 93.91 94.30 Co Stompé 5 – 4 Martin Phillips 95.30

Group F POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Colin Lloyd (RQ) 3 3 0 15 8 +7 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Raymond van Barneveld (4) 3 2 1 13 6 +7 4 3 Darryl Fitton (BDO) 3 1 2 10 13 −3 2 Eliminated 4 Tricia Wright 3 0 3 4 15 −11 0 14 November 86.38 Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 0 Tricia Wright 65.07 91.86 Colin Lloyd 5 – 4 Darryl Fitton 90.43 15 November 87.86 Darryl Fitton 5 – 3 Tricia Wright 76.47 94.34 Colin Lloyd 5 – 3 Raymond van Barneveld 97.30 17 November 82.36 Tricia Wright 1 – 5 Colin Lloyd 91.93 78.85 Darryl Fitton 1 – 5 Raymond van Barneveld 91.26

Group G POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Ronnie Baxter (RQ) 3 2 1 13 8 +5 4 Advance to the last 16 2 Steve Beaton 3 2 1 12 7 +5 4 3 Paul Nicholson (8) 3 2 1 11 12 −1 4 Eliminated 4 Arron Monk 3 0 3 6 15 −9 0 14 November 95.43 Paul Nicholson 5 – 4 Arron Monk 92.47 89.92 Ronnie Baxter 5 – 2 Steve Beaton 88.29 15 November 94.73 Arron Monk 1 – 5 Steve Beaton 100.48 89.86 Paul Nicholson 5 – 3 Ronnie Baxter 87.28 17 November 95.44 Arron Monk 1 – 5 Ronnie Baxter 98.87 97.25 Steve Beaton 5 – 1 Paul Nicholson 90.80

Group H POS Player P W L LF LA +/- Pts Status 1 Ted Hankey (BDO) 3 3 0 15 11 +4 6 Advance to the last 16 2 Phil Taylor (1) 3 2 1 14 9 +5 4 3 Wes Newton (Q) 3 1 2 11 14 −3 2 Eliminated 4 Michael van Gerwen 3 0 3 9 15 −6 0 14 November 89.88 Phil Taylor 5 – 1 Michael van Gerwen 76.01 86.77 Wes Newton 3 – 5 Ted Hankey 93.02 15 November 90.12 Michael van Gerwen 4 – 5 Wes Newton 88.10 97.22 Phil Taylor 4 – 5 Ted Hankey 103.75 17 November 92.09 Ted Hankey 5 – 4 Michael van Gerwen 89.17 93.82 Wes Newton 3 – 5 Phil Taylor 108.25

Knockout stages

Second round (best of 19 legs) 18–19 November

Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs) 20 November

Semi-finals (best of 31 legs) 21 November

Final (best of 31 legs) 21 November

A1

Robert Thornton 90.41

6

B2

Wayne Jones 90.62

10

B2

Wayne Jones 94.65

16

B1

Gary Anderson (6) 95.78

15

B1

Gary Anderson (6) 98.54

10

A2

Colin Osborne 84.20

3

B2

Wayne Jones 94.06

6

D2

James Wade (2) 96.77

16

C1

Mervyn King (7) 95.39

9

D2

James Wade (2) 92.80

10

D2

James Wade (2) 94.41

16

C2

Terry Jenkins 95.10

15

D1

Tony O'Shea (BDO) 101.24

7

C2

Terry Jenkins 96.71

10

D2

James Wade (2) 92.79

12

E1

Scott Waites (BDO) 99.86

16

E1

Scott Waites (BDO) 91.35

10

F2

Raymond van Barneveld (4) 89.02

7

E1

Scott Waites (BDO) 93.69

16

E2

Co Stompé 93.15

10

F1

Colin Lloyd (RQ) 96.53

4

E2

Co Stompé 101.44

10

E1

Scott Waites (BDO) 97.41

16

G2

Steve Beaton 94.14

9

G1

Ronnie Baxter (RQ) 91.83

1

H2

Phil Taylor (1) 99.75

10

H2

Phil Taylor (1) 100.17

14

G2

Steve Beaton 97.14

16

H1

Ted Hankey (BDO) 90.26

6

G2

Steve Beaton 101.31

10

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

1. "Glory For Comeback Kid Waites". planetdarts.tv. 21 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
2. "Waites Takes Adams' Spot". planetdarts.tv. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009.

External links

• Netzone, with results and news
• ITV's coverage of the event

• 2010 in darts
• Grand Slam of Darts
• 2010 in English sport
• November 2010 sports events in the United Kingdom