2021 Grand Slam of Darts

2021 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts
2021 Cazoo Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates	13–21 November 2021
Venue	Aldersley Leisure Village
Location	Aldersley, Wolverhampton
Country	England
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£550,000
Winner's share	£125,000
High checkout	170 Fallon Sherrock ; 170 Rowby-John Rodriguez ; 170 Michael van Gerwen ; 170 Michael Smith ; 170 Peter Wright
Champion(s)
	Gerwyn Price
«2020	»

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.

José de Sousa was the defending champion, after defeating James Wade 16–12 in the 2020 final,^[1] but he was eliminated in the second round, losing 10–9 to Peter Wright.

Gerwyn Price won the tournament for the third time in four years, defeating Peter Wright 16–8 in the final.^[2]

Due to the dissolution of the British Darts Organisation in 2020, there was no BDO/WDF representation for the first time in the event's history.^[3]

During her 5–0 victory over Mike De Decker in the group stage, Fallon Sherrock averaged 101.55, setting a new record for the highest televised average by a woman.^[4] She then went on to become the first woman to advance to the knockout stage, where she defeated Mensur Suljović in the second round, before losing to Peter Wright in the quarterfinals.

Michael van Gerwen set a new Grand Slam record average of 115.19 during his 5–2 victory over Joe Cullen,^[4] surpassing the record set by Dimitri Van den Bergh the previous year.

Prize money[]

The prize fund for the Grand Slam was the same as 2019 and 2020, with the winner receiving £125,000.^[5]

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 changed again for the 2021 tournament, as there were no Summer, Autumn or Winter Series events, as well as no Home Tour, and no events organized by the BDO, which dissolved in 2020. The addition of qualifiers from the PDC Challenge and Development Tours replaced BDO representation.^[3]

On 11 November, it was announced that Dimitri Van den Bergh had tested positive for COVID-19, ruling him out of the tournament. He was replaced by Chris Dobey, who was next on the list of qualifying criteria.^[6]

The qualifiers were:

Qualifying Tournaments[]

PDC Main Tournaments
Tournament	Year	Position	Player	Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship	2021	Winner	Gerwyn Price	Gerwyn Price José de Sousa Jonny Clayton Peter Wright James Wade Rob Cross Michael van Gerwen John Henderson Gary Anderson ~~Dimitri Van den Bergh~~ Mervyn King Luke Humphries Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez
Grand Slam of Darts	2020	Winner	José de Sousa
Premier League Darts	2021	Winner	Jonny Clayton
World Matchplay	2021	Winner	Peter Wright
World Grand Prix	2021	Winner	Jonny Clayton
Masters	2021	Winner	Jonny Clayton
UK Open	2021	Winner	James Wade
European Championship	2021	Winner	Rob Cross
Players Championship Finals	2020	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals	2021	Winner	Jonny Clayton
PDC World Cup of Darts	2021	Winners	Peter Wright John Henderson
PDC World Darts Championship	2021	Runner-up	Gary Anderson
Grand Slam of Darts	2020	Runner-up	James Wade
Premier League Darts	2021	Runner-up	José de Sousa
World Matchplay	2021	Runner-up	~~Dimitri Van den Bergh~~
World Grand Prix	2021	Runner-up	Gerwyn Price
Masters	2021	Runner-up	Mervyn King
UK Open	2021	Runner-up	Luke Humphries
European Championship	2021	Runner-up	Michael van Gerwen
Players Championship Finals	2020	Runner-up	Mervyn King
World Series of Darts Finals	2021	Runner-up	~~Dimitri Van den Bergh~~
PDC World Cup of Darts	2021	Runners-up	Mensur Suljović Rowby-John Rodriguez
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Since the list of qualifiers from the main tournaments produced fewer than the required number of 16 players, the field was to be filled from the reserve lists. The first list consisted of the winners from 2021 European Tour events, with the winners ordered based on Order of Merit position at the cut-off date. However, Gerwyn Price, who had already qualified, won both European Tour events, and thus this list produced no new competitors.

PDC European Tour
Tournament	Event	Position	Player	Qualifiers
2021 European Tour
	Hungarian Darts Trophy	Winner	Gerwyn Price
	Gibraltar Darts Trophy	Winner	Gerwyn Price
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Since there were still fewer than 16 qualifiers after European Tour champions were included, the players with the most 2021 Players Championship titles were added. Order of Merit position served as a tiebreaker.

PDC Pro Tour
Tournament	Event	Position	Player	Qualifiers
2021 PDC Pro Tour
	Players Championship 1	Winner	Joe Cullen	Michael Smith Joe Cullen Chris Dobey
	Players Championship 2	Winner	Callan Rydz
	Players Championship 3	Winner	Raymond van Barneveld
	Players Championship 4	Winner	Jonny Clayton
	Players Championship 5	Winner	Brendan Dolan
	Players Championship 6	Winner	Gerwyn Price
	Players Championship 7	Winner	Jonny Clayton (2)
	Players Championship 8	Winner	Peter Wright
	Players Championship 9	Winner	José de Sousa
	Players Championship 10	Winner	Michael Smith
	Players Championship 11	Winner	Dirk van Duijvenbode
	Players Championship 12	Winner	Dimitri Van den Bergh
	Players Championship 13	Winner	Joe Cullen (2)
	Players Championship 14	Winner	José de Sousa (2)
	Players Championship 15	Winner	José de Sousa (3)
	Players Championship 16	Winner	Peter Wright (2)
	Players Championship 17	Winner	Stephen Bunting
	Players Championship 18	Winner	Chris Dobey
	Players Championship 19	Winner	Ross Smith
	Players Championship 20	Winner	Peter Wright (3)
	Players Championship 21	Winner	Gerwyn Price (2)
	Players Championship 22	Winner	Ryan Searle
	Players Championship 23	Winner	Peter Wright (4)
	Players Championship 24	Winner	Dimitri Van den Bergh (2)
	Players Championship 25	Winner	Callan Rydz (2)
	Players Championship 26	Winner	Rob Cross
	Players Championship 27	Winner	Michael Smith (2)
	Players Championship 28	Winner	Chris Dobey (2)
	Players Championship 29	Winner	Michael van Gerwen
	Players Championship 30	Winner	Krzysztof Ratajski
Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

PDC Qualifying Event[]

A further eight places in the Grand Slam of Darts were filled by winners of a qualifying event on 5 November.

These are the qualifiers:

Additional Qualifiers[]

The winners of these tournaments and tours also qualified for the tournament, in place of BDO/WDF representation.

Tournament	Year	Position	Player
PDC World Youth Championship	2020	Winner	Bradley Brooks
PDC World Youth Championship	2020	Runner-up	Joe Davis
PDC UK Challenge Tour	2021	Winner	Jim Williams
PDC European Challenge Tour	2021	Winner	Matt Campbell
PDC UK Development Tour	2021	Winner	Nathan Rafferty ^[a]
PDC European Development Tour	2021	Winner	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
PDC Women's Series	2021	Events 1–6 Winner	Fallon Sherrock
PDC Women's Series	2021	Events 7–12 Winner	Lisa Ashton ^[b]

^ Rafferty qualified as 2nd of the Development Tour Order of Merit after Bradley Brooks was already qualified.
^ Ashton qualified as 2nd of the Women's Series 7–12 Order of Merit after Fallon Sherrock was already qualified.

Draw[]

The draw was made on 5 November, with the players split into 4 pools based on their current world ranking.^[7]

Pools[]

One player from each non-seeded pool was drawn into a group with a seeded player. The players are listed with their world ranking at the time of the draw.^[8]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
(PDC Seeded Players)	(PDC Tournament Finalists & Qualifiers)
Gerwyn Price (1) Peter Wright (2) Michael van Gerwen (3) James Wade (4) Chris Dobey (Alt)^[a] Gary Anderson (6) José de Sousa (7) Jonny Clayton (8)	Michael Smith (10) Rob Cross (11) Krzysztof Ratajski (13) Joe Cullen (14) Stephen Bunting (15) Mervyn King (20) Gabriel Clemens (22) Luke Humphries (24)	Mensur Suljović (28) Ryan Joyce (42) John Henderson (46) Boris Krčmar (67) Mike De Decker (71) Martin Schindler (78) Raymond van Barneveld (79) Bradley Brooks (80)	Lisa Ashton (85) Rowby-John Rodriguez (95) Jim Williams (171) Matt Campbell (N/A) Joe Davis (N/A) Nathan Rafferty (N/A) Fallon Sherrock (N/A) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez (102)^[b]

^ Chris Dobey replaced Dimitri Van den Bergh, who was previously the Number 5 seed.
^ Rusty-Jake Rodriguez was not confirmed to qualify as the European Development Tour winner until after the group stage 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

Group A[]

Standings Table
Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Gerwyn Price (1)	3	2	1	14	9	+5	4	Q
2	Nathan Rafferty	3	2	1	14	11	+3	4	Q
3	Krzysztof Ratajski (Q)	3	1	2	9	11	–2	2	Eliminated
4	Martin Schindler (Q)	3	1	2	8	14	–6	2	Eliminated

13 November


94.91 Krzysztof Ratajski	5–1	Martin Schindler 81.49
99.05 Gerwyn Price	5–4	Nathan Rafferty 95.18

14 November


90.22 Martin Schindler	2–5	Nathan Rafferty 89.32
96.35 Gerwyn Price	5–0	Krzysztof Ratajski 93.78

15 November


95.39 Gerwyn Price	4–5	Martin Schindler 101.66
88.12 Krzysztof Ratajski	4–5	Nathan Rafferty 86.37

Group B[]

Standings Table
Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Jonny Clayton (8)	3	3	0	15	10	+5	6	Q
2	Bradley Brooks	3	2	1	13	9	+4	4	Q
3	Mervyn King	3	1	2	10	14	–4	2	Eliminated
4	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	3	0	3	10	15	–5	0	Eliminated

13 November


82.76 Mervyn King	1–5	Bradley Brooks 88.98
101.50 Jonny Clayton	5–3	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 94.38

14 November


99.95 Mervyn King	5–4	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 89.93
103.43 Jonny Clayton	5–3	Bradley Brooks 95.72

15 November


89.32 Bradley Brooks	5–3	Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 86.47
99.40 Jonny Clayton	5–4	Mervyn King 101.73

Group C[]

Standings Table
Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	James Wade (4)	3	2	1	14	9	+5	4	Q
2	Rob Cross	3	2	1	12	8	+4	4	Q
3	Jim Williams	3	2	1	13	10	+3	4	Eliminated
4	Boris Krčmar (Q)	3	0	3	3	15	–12	0	Eliminated

13 November


90.02 James Wade	4–5	Jim Williams 90.97
96.35 Rob Cross	5–0	Boris Krčmar 87.27

14 November


95.31 James Wade	5–2	Boris Krčmar 90.81
97.10 Rob Cross	5–3	Jim Williams 93.79

15 November


87.59 Boris Krčmar	1–5	Jim Williams 88.95
111.71 James Wade	5–2	Rob Cross 101.00

Group D[]

Standings Table
Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Ryan Joyce (Q)	3	2	1	13	10	+3	4	Q
2	Rowby-John Rodriguez	3	2	1	11	9	+2	4	Q
3	Chris Dobey (Alt)	3	1	2	11	13	–2	2	Eliminated
4	Stephen Bunting (Q)	3	1	2	10	13	–3	2	Eliminated

13 November


106.70 Stephen Bunting	4–5	Ryan Joyce 98.41
90.05 Chris Dobey	3–5	Rowby-John Rodriguez 93.63

14 November


87.72 Chris Dobey	3–5	Stephen Bunting 92.40
108.11 Ryan Joyce	5–1	Rowby-John Rodriguez 101.08

15 November


97.89 Chris Dobey	5–3	Ryan Joyce 89.03
98.44 Stephen Bunting	1–5	Rowby-John Rodriguez 104.82

Group E[]

Standings Table
Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Peter Wright (2)	3	2	1	14	6	+8	4	Q
2	Fallon Sherrock	3	2	1	11	8	+3	4	Q
3	Gabriel Clemens (Q)	3	2	1	13	10	+3	4	Eliminated
4	Mike De Decker (Q)	3	0	3	1	15	–14	0	Eliminated

13 November


96.45 Gabriel Clemens	5–1	Mike De Decker 94.09
96.45 Peter Wright	5–1	Fallon Sherrock 90.55

14 November


75.83 Mike De Decker	0–5	Fallon Sherrock 101.55
91.62 Peter Wright	4–5	Gabriel Clemens 98.29

16 November


88.41 Peter Wright	5–0	Mike De Decker 78.07
93.33 Gabriel Clemens	3–5	Fallon Sherrock 93.53

Group F[]

Standings Table
Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Mensur Suljović	3	2	1	14	8	+6	4	Q
2	José de Sousa (7)	3	2	1	13	10	+3	4	Q
3	Luke Humphries	3	2	1	13	11	+2	4	Eliminated
4	Matt Campbell	3	0	3	4	15	–11	0	Eliminated

13 November


95.81 José de Sousa	5–1	Matt Campbell 83.58
101.25 Luke Humphries	3–5	Mensur Suljović 100.61

14 November


87.85 Luke Humphries	5–3	Matt Campbell 87.14
92.34 José de Sousa	5–4	Mensur Suljović 91.57

16 November


105.85 Mensur Suljović	5–0	Matt Campbell 85.39
90.02 José de Sousa	3–5	Luke Humphries 92.32

Group G[]

Standings Table
Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Michael van Gerwen (3)	3	3	0	15	3	+12	6	Q
2	Joe Cullen	3	2	1	12	7	+5	4	Q
3	John Henderson	3	1	2	6	12	–6	2	Eliminated
4	Lisa Ashton	3	0	3	4	15	–11	0	Eliminated

13 November


105.85 Michael van Gerwen	5–0	Lisa Ashton 87.96
98.88 Joe Cullen	5–0	John Henderson 87.88

14 November


91.59 John Henderson	5–2	Lisa Ashton 89.05
115.19 Michael van Gerwen	5–2	Joe Cullen 98.33

16 November


93.80 Joe Cullen	5–2	Lisa Ashton 89.29
93.94 Michael van Gerwen	5–1	John Henderson 86.83

Group H[]

Standings Table
Pos.	Player	P	W	L	LF	LA	+/−	Pts	Status
1	Michael Smith	3	3	0	15	9	+6	6	Q
2	Gary Anderson (6)	3	2	1	12	8	+4	4	Q
3	Raymond van Barneveld (Q)	3	1	2	11	10	+1	2	Eliminated
4	Joe Davis	3	0	3	4	15	–11	0	Eliminated

13 November


82.39 Gary Anderson	5–1	Joe Davis 66.95
100.43 Michael Smith	5–4	Raymond van Barneveld 96.48

14 November


93.94 Raymond van Barneveld	5–0	Joe Davis 73.04
94.49 Gary Anderson	2–5	Michael Smith 98.30

16 November


87.38 Michael Smith	5–3	Joe Davis 79.92
103.88 Gary Anderson	5–2	Raymond van Barneveld 98.31

Knockout stage[]

Second round (best of 19 legs)
17–18 November

Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
19–20 November

Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
21 November

Final (best of 31 legs)
21 November

A1

Gerwyn Price (1) 92.97

10

B2

Bradley Brooks 88.35

8

A1

Gerwyn Price (1) 98.11

16

B1

Jonny Clayton (8) 99.32

12

B1

Jonny Clayton (8) 104.30

10

A2

Nathan Rafferty 91.93

2

A1

Gerwyn Price (1) 102.58

16

C1

James Wade (4) 94.52

9

C1

James Wade (4) 98.09

10

D2

Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.37

2

C1

James Wade (4) 96.58

16

C2

Rob Cross 96.17

14

D1

Ryan Joyce 95.04 (Q)

4

C2

Rob Cross 102.91

10

A1

Gerwyn Price (1) 103.90

16

E1

Peter Wright (2) 91.51

8

E1

Peter Wright (2) 90.41

10

F2

José de Sousa (7) 93.21

9

E1

Peter Wright (2) 100.33

16

E2

Fallon Sherrock 98.90

13

F1

Mensur Suljović 84.18

5

E2

Fallon Sherrock 90.58

10

E1

Peter Wright (2) 100.70

16

H1

Michael Smith 97.34

12

G1

Michael van Gerwen (3) 100.43

10

H2

Gary Anderson (6) 100.68

8

G1

Michael van Gerwen (3) 97.44

13

H1

Michael Smith 98.70

16

H1

Michael Smith 95.13

10

G2

Joe Cullen 92.04

5

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[7] Rafferty qualified as 2nd of the Development Tour Order of Merit after Bradley Brooks was already qualified.

[8] Ashton qualified as 2nd of the Women's Series 7–12 Order of Merit after Fallon Sherrock was already qualified.

[11] Chris Dobey replaced Dimitri Van den Bergh, who was previously the Number 5 seed.

[12] Rusty-Jake Rodriguez was not confirmed to qualify as the European Development Tour winner until after the group stage draw.

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