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2015 Grand Slam of Darts

Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates 7–15 November 2015
Venue Civic Hall
Location Wolverhampton
Country England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £400,000
Winners share £100,000
Nine dart finish England Dave Chisnall
High checkout 170 England Robbie Green
170 England Dave Chisnall
170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
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The 2015 Grand Slam of Darts, also known as the Singha Beer Grand Slam of Darts for sponsorship purposes, was the ninth staging of the tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event took take place from 7–15 November 2015 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

Phil Taylor was the defending champion, having won his sixth Grand Slam title by defeating Dave Chisnall 16–13 in the 2014 final.

The 2015 edition saw several changes in the qualification criteria due to the Grand Slam of Darts being a PDC Order of Merit ranking tournament for the first time. As a result of this, at most 20 places were filled by invitations and the remaining 12 places were open for qualification.

The tournament was won by Michael van Gerwen, who had a tournament average over 100, and with this title won every current PDC major tournament at least once.

Players in italics had already qualified for the event. At most 16 players could qualify through this method, where the position in the list depicts the priority of the qualification.

Note: Players in italics had already qualified for the tournament.

Scotland Gary Anderson
England Phil Taylor
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Scotland Robert Thornton
England Keegan Brown
England Adrian Lewis
England Dave Chisnall
England James Wade
Scotland Peter Wright
Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez


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