2024 Grand Slam of Darts

The 2024 Grand Slam of Darts (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts) was the eighteenth staging of the Grand Slam of Darts, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The event was held at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton from 9–17 November 2024.[1]

2024 Grand Slam of Darts
Tournament information
Dates9–17 November 2024
VenueAldersley Leisure Village
LocationWolverhampton, England
Organisation(s)Professional Darts Corporation (PDC)
FormatLegs
Prize fund£650,000
Winner's share£150,000
High checkout
Champion(s)
 Luke Littler
«2023 2025»

Luke Humphries was the defending champion, having defeated Rob Cross 16–8 in the 2023 final.[2] He was eliminated in the group stage, after losing his first two matches. Michael van Gerwen was eliminated in the group stages, for the first time since 2010, losing 5–4 to Ryan Joyce in a last leg decider. Michael Smith was also eliminated in the group stage, which meant that a new name would be on the trophy.

This was the first time in tournament history when the top three seeded players were eliminated in the group stage.[3]

Luke Littler won the tournament, defeating Martin Lukeman 16–3 in the final, and only losing 33 legs in the whole tournament, for his first ranking major title.[4]

Prize money

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The quarter finals of the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts at Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton

The prize fund for the Grand Slam remains the same as last year at £650,000.

Position (num. of players) Prize money
(Total: £650,000)
Winner (1) £150,000
Runner-up (1) £70,000
Semi-finalists (2) £50,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £25,000
Last 16 (8) £12,250
Third in group (8) £8,000
Fourth in group (8) £5,000
Group winner bonus (8) £3,500
Nine Dart Finish n/a £10,000

Qualification

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The qualifying criteria for the Grand Slam are as follows:[5]

  • Finalists from PDC televised events over the previous twelve months (up to a maximum of 16 players),
  • Additional qualifiers (up to a maximum of 8 players),
  • European Tour events winners (to fill up to 24 players),
  • Players Championship event winners (to fill up to 24 players)

As of 3 Nov 2024, the qualifiers are:[6]

PDC Televised Event Finalists

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Tournament Year Position Player Qualifiers
PDC World Darts Championship 2024 Winner   Luke Humphries   Luke Humphries
  Luke Littler
  Mike De Decker
  Stephen Bunting
  Dimitri Van den Bergh
  Ritchie Edhouse
  Michael Smith
  Rob Cross
  Michael van Gerwen
  Jermaine Wattimena
  Rowby-John Rodriguez
  Mensur Suljović

Grand Slam of Darts 2023 Winner   Luke Humphries
Premier League Darts 2024 Winner   Luke Littler
World Matchplay 2024 Winner   Luke Humphries
World Grand Prix 2024 Winner   Mike De Decker
Masters 2024 Winner   Stephen Bunting
UK Open 2024 Winner   Dimitri Van den Bergh
European Championship 2024 Winner   Ritchie Edhouse
Players Championship Finals 2023 Winner   Luke Humphries
World Series of Darts Finals 2024 Winner   Luke Littler
PDC World Cup of Darts 2024 Winners   Luke Humphries
  Michael Smith
PDC World Darts Championship 2024 Runner-up   Luke Littler
Grand Slam of Darts 2023 Runner-up   Rob Cross
Premier League Darts 2024 Runner-up   Luke Humphries
World Matchplay 2024 Runner-up   Michael van Gerwen
World Grand Prix 2024 Runner-up   Luke Humphries
Masters 2024 Runner-up   Michael van Gerwen
UK Open 2024 Runner-up   Luke Humphries
European Championship 2024 Runner-up   Jermaine Wattimena
Players Championship Finals 2023 Runner-up   Michael van Gerwen
World Series of Darts Finals 2024 Runner-up   Michael Smith
PDC World Cup of Darts 2024 Runners-up   Rowby-John Rodriguez
  Mensur Suljović

Additional Qualifiers

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Tournament Year Position Player
PDC World Youth Championship 2023 Winner   Luke Littler
Runner-up   Gian van Veen
PDC Challenge Tour 2024 Order of Merit Winner   Connor Scutt
PDC Development Tour 2024 Order of Merit Winner   Wessel Nijman
Women's World Matchplay 2024 Winner   Beau Greaves
PDC Women's Series 2024 Order of Merit Runner-up   Noa-Lynn van Leuven
PDC Asian Championship 2024 Winner   Lourence Ilagan
CDC Continental Cup 2024 Winner   Leonard Gates

European Tour

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If the list of qualifiers has not yet filled twenty-four places, any remaining places will be filled with winners from 2024 European Tour events, in which the winners were ordered firstly by number of wins, then Order of Merit position order at the cut-off date.

Event Player Qualifiers
Belgian Darts Open   Luke Littler   Dave Chisnall
  Martin Schindler
  Peter Wright
  Josh Rock
  Gary Anderson
German Darts Grand Prix   Luke Humphries
International Darts Open   Martin Schindler
European Darts Grand Prix   Gary Anderson
Austrian Darts Open   Luke Littler (2)
Baltic Sea Darts Open   Rob Cross
Dutch Darts Championship   Josh Rock
European Darts Open   Dave Chisnall
German Darts Championship   Peter Wright
Flanders Darts Trophy   Dave Chisnall (2)
Hungarian Darts Trophy   Michael van Gerwen
Swiss Darts Trophy   Martin Schindler (2)
Czech Darts Open   Luke Humphries (2)

Players Championship

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As the field filled to twenty-four players following the addition of European Tour winners, no Players Championship winners were added.

PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifying Event

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A further eight places were filled by qualifiers from a PDC Tour Card Holder qualifier held on 1 November in Leicester.

These are the qualifiers:

Pools

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Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
(Seeded Players) (Qualifiers)

  Luke Humphries (1)   Michael Smith (2)   Michael van Gerwen (3)   Rob Cross (4)   Dave Chisnall (5)   Stephen Bunting (6)   Dimitri Van den Bergh (7)   Danny Noppert (8)

  Peter Wright
  Josh Rock
  James Wade
  Luke Littler   Gary Anderson   Ross Smith   Martin Schindler   Mike De Decker

  Ritchie Edhouse   Gian van Veen   Ryan Joyce   Jermaine Wattimena   Cameron Menzies   Martin Lukeman   Keane Barry   Mickey Mansell

  Mensur Suljović   Wessel Nijman   Rowby-John Rodriguez   Connor Scutt   Leonard Gates   Beau Greaves   Lourence Ilagan   Noa-Lynn van Leuven

Group stage

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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

Knockout stage

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Second round (best of 19 legs)
13–14 November[7][8]
Quarter-finals (best of 31 legs)
15–16 November[7][9]
Semi-finals (best of 31 legs)
17 November
Final (best of 31 legs)
17 November[4]
            
A1   James Wade 95.92 9
B2   Cameron Menzies 93.50 10
B2   Cameron Menzies 88.21 15
A2   Mickey Mansell 91.19 16
B1   Danny Noppert 95.71 (8) 7
A2   Mickey Mansell 99.05 10
A2   Mickey Mansell 92.28 12
C1   Martin Lukeman 99.66 16
C1   Martin Lukeman 95.75 10
D2   Ross Smith 94.85 5
C1   Martin Lukeman 98.34 16
C2   Rob Cross 94.63 (4) 11
D1   Ritchie Edhouse 94.13 4
C2   Rob Cross 98.68 (4) 10
C1   Martin Lukeman 93.42 3
F1   Luke Littler 107.08 16
E1   Jermaine Wattimena 91.19 10
F2   Dimitri Van den Bergh 91.90 (7) 9
E1   Jermaine Wattimena 92.69 2
F1   Luke Littler 105.11 16
F1   Luke Littler 103.48 10
E2   Mike De Decker 104.49 9
F1   Luke Littler 103.81 16
G1   Gary Anderson 100.17 15
G1   Gary Anderson 99.95 10
H2   Stephen Bunting 98.96 (6) 6
G1   Gary Anderson 99.13 16
H1   Gian van Veen 97.38 14
H1   Gian van Veen 106.45 10
G2   Ryan Joyce 93.84 2

Top averages

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The table lists all players who achieved an average of at least 100 in a match.[10][7] If any player has multiple records, this is indicated by the number in brackets.

# Player Round Average Result
1   Gian van Veen Group Stage 114.71 Won
2   Gary Anderson 113.20 Won
3   Luke Littler 112.16 Won
4   Wessel Nijman 111.10 Lost
5   Gian van Veen (2) 110.39 Won
6   Martin Schindler 109.15 Lost
7   Luke Littler (2) Final 107.08 Won
8   Luke Littler (3) Group Stage 106.98 Won
9   Stephen Bunting 106.66 Won
10   Wessel Nijman (2) 106.51 Lost
11   Gian van Veen (3) Second Round 106.45 Won
12   Danny Noppert Group Stage 106.28 Won
13   Josh Rock 105.83 Lost
14   Wessel Nijman (3) 105.39 Lost
15   Gary Anderson (2) 105.19 Won
16   Luke Littler (4) Quarter final 105.11 Won
17   Ritchie Edhouse Group Stage 105.00 Won
18   Dimitri Van den Bergh 104.58 Won
19   Mike De Decker Second Round 104.49 Lost
20   Connor Scutt Group Stage 104.38 Won
21   Jermaine Wattimena 104.32 Won
22   Stephen Bunting (2) 104.17 Lost
23   Ritchie Edhouse (2) 103.99 Won
  Gian van Veen (4) 103.99 Won
24   Stephen Bunting (3) 103.82 Won
25   Luke Littler (5) Semi Final 103.81 Won
26   Luke Littler (6) Second Round 103.48 Won
27   James Wade Group Stage 103.12 Lost
28   Luke Littler (7) 102.05 Won
29   Luke Humphries 101.52 Won
30   Mickey Mansell 100.87 Won
31   Mike De Decker (2) 100.20 Won
32   Gary Anderson (3) Semi Final 100.17 Lost

References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Josh. "2024 PDC calendar unveiled: New destinations & all midweek PCs confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. ^ Allen, Dave (19 November 2023). "Unstoppable Humphries races to Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts title". PDC. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ^ "De Decker and Joyce stun Smith and van Gerwen at Grand Slam of Darts". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b Matthews, Callum (17 November 2024). "Littler wins Grand Slam to go fifth in world rankings". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  5. ^ "2024 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts qualification latest". www.pdc.tv. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 Aug 2024.
  6. ^ Gorton, Josh (3 November 2024). "2024 Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts field confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Results of Grand Slam of Darts 2024 - Mastercaller". Mastercaller. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. ^ Wellens, Megan (15 November 2024). "Grand Slam of Darts 2024: Luke Littler sensationally fights back against Mike De Decker to book quarter-final spot as Gary Anderson also progresses". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  9. ^ Wellens, Megan (16 November 2024). "Grand Slam of Darts 2024: Rob Cross suffers shock defeat to Martin Lukeman in quarter-finals as Mickey Mansell survives Cameron Menzies scare". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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