[1] Beginning with this tournament, the winner of the title would receive "The Eric Bristow Trophy", named after the legendary player who died in April 2018.
Gerwyn Price won his first PDC major title by defeating Gary Anderson 16–13, in a highly controversial final.
Price was fined £21,500 for a combination of 'Bringing the sport into disrepute and gamesmanship' in the final and for his Quarter-final clash with Simon Whitlock.
[5] Dimitri Van den Bergh hit the fourth nine dart leg in Grand Slam of Darts history, in his second round match against Stephen Bunting, and for the first time in the tournament history no Englishman progressed into the quarter-final stage.
[10] Michael van Gerwen (1) Peter Wright (2) Rob Cross (3) Gary Anderson (4) James Wade (5) Mensur Suljović (6) Simon Whitlock (7) Michael Smith (8) Dimitri Van den Bergh Raymond van Barneveld Jonny Clayton Gerwyn Price Ian White Max Hopp Stephen Bunting Keegan Brown Josh Payne Krzysztof Ratajski Martin Schindler Andrew Gilding Steve Hine Mark Webster Joe Murnan Ryan Searle Glen Durrant Mark McGeeney Adam Smith-Neale Jim Williams Wesley Harms Michael Unterbuchner Scott Mitchell Gary Robson [11] [12] [13] [14] 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 10 November 11 November 13 November