The 2012 William Hill Grand Slam of Darts, was the sixth staging of the tournament, organised by the

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. The event took place from 10–18 November 2012 at the

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. Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but was beaten in the Last 16 by Michael van Gerwen, who went on to make the final, but lost 16–14 to

Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player. Nicknamed Barney, although originally known as The Man, he is one of the most successful darts players in history. Van Barneveld is a five-time World Darts Champ ...

Prize money

Qualifying

Qualifying tournaments

PDC

BDO

Other qualifiers

Pools

Draw

Group stage

''All matches first-to-5/best of 9'' NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking Qualifier NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs for; LA = Legs against; +/- = Plus/minus record, in relation to legs; Average – 3-dart average; Pts = Points; Q = Qualified for K.O. phase

Group A

10 November 11 November 13 November

Group B

10 November 11 November 13 November

Group C

10 November 11 November 13 November

Group D

10 November 11 November 13 November

Group E

11 November 12 November 14 November

Group F

11 November 12 November 14 November

Group G

11 November 12 November 14 November

Group H

11 November 12 November 14 November

Knockout stage

Scores after player's names are three-dart averages (total points scored divided by darts thrown and multiplied by 3)

Statistics

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: right" , - ! Player ! Eliminated ! Played ! Legs Won ! Legs Lost ! 100+ ! 140+ ! 180s ! High Checkout ! 3-dart Average , - , align="left",

, Winner , 7 , , , , , , 156 , 96.29 , - , align="left", Michael van Gerwen , Final , 7 , , , , , , 170 , 100.12 , - , align="left", Andy Hamilton , Semi-finals , 6 , , , , , , 152 , 94.14 , - , align="left", Dean Winstanley , Semi-finals , 6 , , , , , , 142 , 94.00 , - , align="left", Scott Waites , Quarter-finals , 5 , , , , , , 148 , 100.12 , - , align="left", Christian Kist , Quarter-finals , 5 , , , , , , 128 , 90.66 , - , align="left", Kevin Painter , Quarter-finals , 5 , , , , , , 121 , 90.38 , - , align="left", John Part , Quarter-finals , 5 , , , , , , 121 , 84.73 , - , align="left", Phil Taylor , Second round , 4 , , , , , , 164 , 98.93 , - , align="left", Gary Anderson , Second round , 4 , , , , , , 130 , 96.94 , - , align="left",

Wes Newton Wesley Newton (born 27 August 1977) is an English professional darts player. Darts career Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Op ...

, Second round , 4 , , , , , , 164 , 94.85 , - , align="left", Mervyn King , Second round , 4 , , , , , , 126 , 94.68 , - , align="left", Wesley Harms , Second round , 4 , , , , , , 170 , 93.38 , - , align="left", Robert Thornton , Second round , 4 , , , , , , 90 , 93.16 , - , align="left", Brendan Dolan , Second round , 4 , , , , , , 123 , 87.78 , - , align="left",

Arron Monk Arron Monk (born 15 April 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the son of fellow former professional darts player and the 1996 Winmau World Masters winner Colin Monk. ...

, Second round , 4 , , , , , , 126 , 86.25 , - , align="left", Simon Whitlock , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 96 , 91.81 , - , align="left", Mark Walsh , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 164 , 85.84 , - , align="left", Co Stompé , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 67 , 91.00 , - , align="left", Mark Webster , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 131 , 90.13 , - , align="left", Paul Nicholson , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 88 , 90.75 , - , align="left",

Terry Jenkins Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professional darts player who was nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches. He reached number three in the world rankings and was a runner-up in nin ...

, Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 78 , 90.49 , - , align="left",

James Wade James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...

, Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 116 , 89.73 , - , align="left", Tony O'Shea , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 100 , 88.54 , - , align="left", Adrian Lewis , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 147 , 87.34 , - , align="left", Ted Hankey , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 161 , 78.35 , - , align="left", Steve Beaton , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 124 , 92.00 , - , align="left", Wayne Jones , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 116 , 88.69 , - , align="left", James Hubbard , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 100 , 88.14 , - , align="left", Martin Phillips , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 61 , 85.62 , - , align="left", Jan Dekker , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 72 , 76.43 , - , align="left", Barrie Bates , Group stage , 3 , , , , , , 59 , 75.31 , -

Broadcasting

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provided television coverage of the event in the United Kingdom, Fox Sports in Australia, OSN across the Middle East and it was available online and partially televised on RTL7 in the Netherlands.

References

External links

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