Grand Slam of Darts 2024: Dates, schedule, results, prize money and how to follow as Luke Humphries out but Luke Littler eyes glory

The 2024 Grand Slam of Darts continues this week but Luke Humphries has failed to retain his title in Wolverhampton. Humphries won this nine-day tournament last year after beating Rob Cross in the final, but the World No.1 is already eliminated. Humphries has failed to defend his Grand Slam titleGetty ‘Cool Hand Luke’ suffered a shock opening defeat to Rowby-John Rodriguez on Saturday, before a second loss sent him home. In contrast, his namesake rival Luke Littler sent out a message by demolishing Keane Barry 5-0 inside six minutes and has since sailed through. This will be the penultimate major event of the season as the World Darts Championship nears, so picking up some form will be crucial ahead of the big one. Grand Slam of Darts: Date and how to follow The 2024 Grand Slam of Darts began on Saturday, November 9. It will run for just over a week and end on Sunday, November 17. The tournament is being held at WV Active Aldersley in Wolverhampton. There will be two sessions of play per day, with the afternoon sessions starting at 1pm and evening games being played from 7pm. Sky Sports will be broadcasting the Grand Slam of Darts. Full details on how to watch the action can be found here. talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will also keep you up to date with all the latest news and reaction. To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM. Littler is eyeing glory in WolverhamptonGetty Grand Slam of Darts: Format and groups There will be 32 players competing in the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts. The players will be split into eight groups of four and they will play each other, with a win awarding a player two points. Group matches will be best-of-nine legs and the top two players in each group (the ones with the most points) will progress through to the second round. Fixtures in the second round will be a winner of one group versus a runner-up from another. In the second round, the games become best-of-19 legs and knockout, with the loser being eliminated. The process is the same for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, with those matches being played as best-of-31 legs, which is also the case in the final. The groups are as follows: Group A: Luke Humphries, James Wade, Mickey Mansell, Rowby-John Rodriguez Group B: Danny Noppert, Martin Schindler, Cameron Menzies, Beau Greaves Group C: Rob Cross, Peter Wright, Martin Lukeman, Leonard Gates Group D: Dave Chisnall, Ross Smith, Ritchie Edhouse, Connor Scutt Group E: Michael Smith, Mike De Decker, Jermaine Wattimena, Mensur Suljovic Group F: Dimitri Van den Bergh, Luke Littler, Keane Barry, Lourence Ilagan Group G: Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Ryan Joyce, Noa-Lynn van Leuven Group H: Stephen Bunting, Josh Rock, Gian van Veen, Wessel Nijman Grand Slam of Darts past winners Tournament established in 2007 Phil Taylor – 2007 Phil Taylor – 2008 Phil Taylor – 2009 Scott Waites – 2010 Phil Taylor – 2011 Raymond van Barneveld – 2012 Phil Taylor – 2013 Phil Taylor – 2014 Michael van Gerwen – 2015 Michael van Gerwen – 2016 Michael van Gerwen – 2017 Gerwyn Price – 2018 Gerwyn Price – 2019 Jose de Sousa – 2020 Gerwyn Price – 2021 Michael Smith – 2022 Luke Humphries – 2023 Grand Slam of Darts: Prize money There will be a huge £650,000 prize pot available for this year’s Grand Slam of Darts. The winner of the tournament will pick up a whopping £150,000 of that pot while the runner-up is set to claim £70,000. Semi-finals will leave with £50,000 and quarter-finalists get £25,000. By making it through the group stage, players will secure themselves at least £12,250. The reward gets lower and lower if a player is eliminated in the groups, with third place getting £8,000 and bottom of the group only getting £5,000. Whichever player wins their group will claim an extra £3,500 on top of their prize. Van Gerwen is a three-time winner of this tournamentRex Grand Slam of Darts: Schedule and results Group stage Saturday, November 9 (Afternoon) Stephen Bunting 5-4 Wessel Nijman (H) Josh Rock 2-5 Gian van Veen (H) Dave Chisnall 0-5 Connor Scutt (D) Danny Noppert 5-2 Beau Greaves (B) Martin Schindler 2-5 Cameron Menzies (B) Rob Cross 5-2 Leonard Gates (C) Peter Wright 0-5 Martin Lukeman (C) Ross Smith 1-5 Ritchie Edhouse (D) Saturday, November 9 (Evening) James Wade 3-5 Mickey Mansell (A) Gary Anderson 5-1 Ryan Joyce (G) Dimitri Van den Bergh 5-1 Lourence Ilagan (F) Michael Smith 5-2 Mensur Suljovic (E) Michael van Gerwen 5-0 Noa-Lynn van Leuven (G) Luke Littler 5-0 Keane Barry (F) Luke Humphries 3-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez (A) Mike D

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Grand Slam of Darts 2024: Dates, schedule, results, prize money and how to follow as Luke Humphries out but Luke Littler eyes glory

The 2024 Grand Slam of Darts continues this week but Luke Humphries has failed to retain his title in Wolverhampton.

Humphries won this nine-day tournament last year after beating Rob Cross in the final, but the World No.1 is already eliminated.

Humphries has failed to defend his Grand Slam title

‘Cool Hand Luke’ suffered a shock opening defeat to Rowby-John Rodriguez on Saturday, before a second loss sent him home.

In contrast, his namesake rival Luke Littler sent out a message by demolishing Keane Barry 5-0 inside six minutes and has since sailed through.

This will be the penultimate major event of the season as the World Darts Championship nears, so picking up some form will be crucial ahead of the big one.

Grand Slam of Darts: Date and how to follow

The 2024 Grand Slam of Darts began on Saturday, November 9.

It will run for just over a week and end on Sunday, November 17.

The tournament is being held at WV Active Aldersley in Wolverhampton.

There will be two sessions of play per day, with the afternoon sessions starting at 1pm and evening games being played from 7pm.

Sky Sports will be broadcasting the Grand Slam of Darts. Full details on how to watch the action can be found here.

talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will also keep you up to date with all the latest news and reaction.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

Littler is eyeing glory in Wolverhampton

Grand Slam of Darts: Format and groups

There will be 32 players competing in the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts.

The players will be split into eight groups of four and they will play each other, with a win awarding a player two points.

Group matches will be best-of-nine legs and the top two players in each group (the ones with the most points) will progress through to the second round.

Fixtures in the second round will be a winner of one group versus a runner-up from another.

In the second round, the games become best-of-19 legs and knockout, with the loser being eliminated.

The process is the same for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, with those matches being played as best-of-31 legs, which is also the case in the final.

The groups are as follows: