Phil Taylor beat Terry Jenkins in the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts final

Phil Taylor will face former world champions Mark Webster and Anastasia Dobromyslova in the group stages of the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts.

Vincent van der Voort of Holland completes the line-up for Group A.

Stoke-on-Trent's Taylor has won the event, which is being staged in Wolverhampton, in the last two years.

Elsewhere, Adrian Lewis is in the same group as 2008 runner-up Terry Jenkins, while Andy Hamilton has been drawn with James Wade and Robert Thornton.

BDO world champion Ted Hankey, who will be competing at the Grand Slam for the first time, has been drawn against Simon Whitlock, Wayne Mardle and Scott Waites in Group E.

Dobromyslova, the former BDO women's world champion, is one of two ladies in the 32-player field, along with the current champion Francis Hoenselaar.

The 25-year-old Russian will be making her second appearance at the Grand Slam, having lost all three of her group matches in 2008.

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