Grand Slam of Darts today: order of play and Littler vs Greaves start time

Grand Slam of Darts day one is here, and it is packed. Sixteen group matches will be played across two sessions in Wolverhampton on Saturday, with every seeded player in action and a heavyweight list of names to finish the night.

Luke Littler starts his title defence against Beau Greaves in the evening, where Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price and Gian van Veen also play.

What time is Luke Littler playing? Littler faces Beau Greaves in the sixth match of the evening session, which starts at 7pm. Their match is estimated for around 9.05pm, but could begin earlier or later depending on preceding games.

Grand Slam of Darts day one: start times

The afternoon session starts at 1pm UK time and the evening session at 7pm, both at WV Active Aldersley.

There are no fixed times for each match. Players go on in order, so later games depend on how long the earlier ones last. Every group game is the best of nine legs, so the first to five wins.

All of the action is live on Sky Sports and NOW. You can check the full week in our Grand Slam of Darts schedule.

Afternoon session order of play (from 1pm)

The afternoon has some tasty openers. Stephen Bunting, Josh Rock, Wessel Nijman, Nathan Aspinall and Jonny Clayton all play, and Lisa Ashton takes on Jermaine Wattimena in Group B.

Match	Group
Luke Woodhouse v Tom Sykes	J
Jermaine Wattimena v Lisa Ashton	B
Stephen Bunting v Raymond Smith	D
Ryan Searle v Charlie Manby	F
Josh Rock v Tommy Morris	C
Wessel Nijman v Adam Sevada	H
Nathan Aspinall v Maik Kuivenhoven	P
Jonny Clayton v Anton Ostlund	G

Josh Rock faces Tommy Morris, who beat Luke Humphries 8-5 to win Players Championship 34 earlier this month. Kevin Doets completes Group C.

Bunting starts Group D against Raymond Smith, with Cameron Menzies to come, as our Group D preview explains. Nijman faces Adam Sevada in Group H, where Niko Springer completes the line-up.

Clayton and Rob Cross share Group G, so Clayton’s opener against Anton Ostlund is one he will badly want to win.

Evening session order of play (from 7pm)

Price opens the evening against Joe Hunt, James Wade plays Cam Crabtree and van Gerwen meets 20-year-old Henry Coates.

Estimated time	Match	Group
7pm	Gerwyn Price v Joe Hunt	E
7.25pm (est.)	James Wade v Cam Crabtree	K
7.50pm (est.)	Ross Smith v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez	O
8.15pm (est.)	Michael van Gerwen v Henry Coates	L
8.40pm (est.)	Luke Humphries v Paolo Nebrida	I
9.05pm (est.)	Luke Littler v Beau Greaves	A
9.30pm (est.)	Gian van Veen v Carl Sneyd	M
9.55pm (est.)	Chris Dobey v Jan Schmidt	N

Only the 7pm session start is fixed. The other times are estimates, and matches could begin earlier or later depending on how long each game lasts.

Wade is in Group K with Ricky Evans, who beat him at last year’s World Championship, and we looked at that revenge mission earlier this week. Van Gerwen will also meet Jeffrey de Graaf in Group L.

Littler against Greaves is the sixth match of the night. They have met twice before and won once each, with Greaves winning their World Youth Championship semi-final last year. The three-time Women’s World Matchplay champion also set a record at this event last year, averaging 102.46, the highest by a woman at a televised PDC event. Our Beau Greaves preview has more. Niels Zonneveld completes Group A.

Why day one matters so much

The format is less forgiving this year. There are 48 players in 16 groups of three, so each player has just two group games, and only the group winner goes through to the last 16.

That means a defeat on Saturday leaves a player needing help. The group stage runs until Tuesday, the last 16 begins on Wednesday evening, and the final is on Sunday 22 November.

Littler is chasing a third straight title, having beaten Humphries in last year’s final. Humphries, the 2023 champion, opens against Paolo Nebrida, with Joe Cullen also in Group I. Every group is listed in our Grand Slam of Darts groups guide.

Results from both sessions will follow, and the full week’s fixtures are in our Grand Slam of Darts schedule.

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