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2014 Grand Slam of Darts

Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates November 8–16
Venue Civic Hall
Location Wolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
Nine dart finish Belgium Kim Huybrechts
High checkout 170 England Robbie Green
170 England James Wade
170 England Dave Chisnall
Champion(s)
England Phil Taylor
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The 2014 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the eighth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took place from 8–16 November 2014 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion and won the title for the a sixth time by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the final. In his quarter-final victory over Michael van Gerwen, Belgian player Kim Huybrechts threw a nine-dart finish.

Players in italics had already qualified for the event. For the first time, winners of the European Tour events were invited to the Grand Slam of Darts.

Note: Players in italics had 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.

To fill the field to 32 contestants, a Grand Slam Qualifier was held on 3 November.

These are the players who qualified for the event:

Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (1)
England Phil Taylor (2)
England Stephen Bunting (3)
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (4)
England Adrian Lewis (5)
England James Wade (6)
Scotland Peter Wright (7)
England Alan Norris (8)


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