REIGNING champion Phil Taylor will take on former World Champions Mark Webster and Anastasia Dobromyslova in the group stage of the 2009 PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts.
This year's Grand Slam of Darts, featuring champions from both the Professional Darts Corporation and BDO/WDF systems, will be held from November 14-22 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall.
The 32 competitors are drawn into eight groups for the first round, playing each other once in a round-robin format.
Taylor, the two-time Grand Slam of Darts winner and number one seed, drew both the mens and womens 2008 BDO World Champions, Webster and Dobromyslova, as well as Holland's Vincent van der Voort in Group A.
Current BDO World Champion Ted Hankey, who is seeded second for the tournament, will take on Australia's Simon Whitlock, Wayne Mardle and Scott Waites in the group phase.
A total of eight World Championship titles will be on show in Group D, where Raymond van Barneveld, John Part and the incumbent Womens World Champion Francis Hoenselaar are drawn with Kevin Painter.
Number three seed James Wade will take on Robert Thornton, 2007 Grand Slam runner-up Andy Hamilton and Gary Mawson in Group H, while Terry Jenkins, Adrian Lewis, Darin Young and Denis Ovens complete Group G.
Tony O'Shea, the runner-up to Hankey in January's Lakeside event, drew Colin Osborne, Colin Lloyd and Brian Woods in Group B, while Mervyn King, Darryl Fitton and Kirk Shepherd will be joined by the ITV Wildcard Qualifier in Group C.
Gary Anderson, the number seven seed, will meet Steve Beaton - the European Championship runner-up last weekend who earned a Grand Slam debut with that display - as well as Co Stompe and Kevin McDine in Group F.
The draw was made by PDC Director and former world number one Rod Harrington, live on BRMB Radio's "Sports Bar" show on Thursday evening.
The group phase will be played from Saturday November 14-Wednesday November 18, with the top two players then progressing to the knockout phase.
The last 16 will play off on Thursday and Friday, with the quarter-finals on Saturday November 21 and the semi-finals and final played on Sunday November 22 in Wolverhampton.
Tickets for the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts are still available from the Wolves Civic Box Office on 0870 320 7000 or via www.wolvescivic.co.uk.
GROUP A
Phil Taylor (1)
Mark Webster
Vincent van der Voort
Anastasia Dobromyslova
GROUP B
Tony O'Shea (8)
Colin Osborne
Colin Lloyd
Brian Woods
GROUP C
Mervyn King (5)
Darryl Fitton
Steve Maish
Kirk Shepherd
GROUP D
Raymond van Barneveld (4)
John Part
Kevin Painter
Francis Hoenselaar
GROUP E
Ted Hankey (2)
Simon Whitlock
Wayne Mardle
Scott Waites
GROUP F
Gary Anderson (7)
Steve Beaton
Co Stompe
Kevin McDine
GROUP G
Terry Jenkins (6)
Adrian Lewis
Darin Young
Denis Ovens
GROUP H
James Wade (3)
Robert Thornton
Andy Hamilton
Gary Mawson
PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts - Schedule of Play
Saturday November 14 Evening Session
7.30pm Start
Groups A-D First Games
Mervyn King v Kirk Shepherd
Raymond van Barneveld v Francis Hoenselaar
Tony O'Shea v Brian Woods
Colin Osborne v Colin Lloyd
Phil Taylor v Anastasia Dobromyslova
John Part v Kevin Painter
Darryl Fitton v Steve Maish
Mark Webster v Vincent van der Voort
Sunday November 15 Afternoon Session
12pm Start
Groups E-H First Games
Steve Beaton v Co Stompe
Robert Thornton v Andy Hamilton
Adrian Lewis v Darin Young
Simon Whitlock v Wayne Mardle
Ted Hankey v Scott Waites
Gary Anderson v Kevin McDine
James Wade v Gary Mawson
Terry Jenkins v Denis Ovens
Sunday November 15 Evening Session
Groups A-D Second Games
The winners of Saturday's games will play each other and the losers will play each other
Monday November 16
6pm Start
Groups E-H Second Games
The winners of Sunday afternoon's games will play each other and the losers will play each other
Tuesday November 17
6pm Start
Groups A-D Final Games
Wednesday November 18
6pm Start
Groups E-H Final Games
Thursday November 19
6pm Start
Groups A-D Second Round
Friday November 20
6pm Start
Groups E-H Second Round
Saturday November 21
1pm and 7pm Starts
Quarter-Finals
Sunday November 22
1pm Start
Semi-Finals
Sunday November 22
7pm Start
Final
The order of play for all sessions from Sunday November 15 in the evening onwards will be confirmed by the close of play of the previous session.