2011 Grand Slam of Darts
| Grand Slam of Darts | |||
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| Dates | November 12–20 | ||
| Venue | Civic Hall | ||
| Location | Wolverhampton | ||
| Country | England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £400,000 | ||
| Winners share | £100,000 | ||
| High checkout |
161  James Wade Ted Hankey
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| Champion(s) | |||
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Phil Taylor
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The 2011 Grand Slam of Darts, the fifth staging of the darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation was known as the William Hill Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes. The event took place from 12–20 November 2011 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. For the first time, Sky Sports has given the television coverage of the Grand Slam after taking over from ITV Sport as the event's broadcaster. The title was won by Phil Taylor.
There were numerous tournaments that provided qualifying opportunities to players. Most tournaments offered a qualifying position for the winner and runner-up of the tournament, however the World Championships and the Grand Slams offered 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. The qualifying criteria was changed this year, extending the dates back 5 years for respective World Champions to receive an invite.
Players in italics have already qualified for the event.
Note: Players in italics have already qualified for the tournament.
The PDC have 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.
Additional invitations to compete in the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts were awarded on November 4 to:
The Grand Slam of Darts Wildcard qualifier was held at the K2 Cente in Crawley on November 4. Any darts player was able to enter and the two finalists received invitations to the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts. The qualifiers were Nigel Heydon and Magnus Caris. There were also two reserves. The first was Ian White and second was Keith Rooney.
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