2015 Dutch Darts Masters

The 2015 Dutch Darts Masters was the fourth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Evenementenhal, Venray, between 5–7 June 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

2015 Dutch Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates5–7 June 2015
VenueEvenementenhal
LocationVenray
Country Netherlands
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£115,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 3 Event 5»

Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for the second year in a row after beating Justin Pipe 6–0 in the final.[1]

Prize money

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The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[2]

Stage (num. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £25,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £5,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £3,500
Third round losers (8) £2,000
Second round losers (16) £1,500
First round losers (16) £1,000
Total £115,000

Qualification and format

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The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 8 March 2015 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 13 March),[4] eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started.[5] The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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[6]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
5 June
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Second round
(best of 11 legs)
6 June
[8]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
7 June
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
7 June
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
7 June
Final
(best of 11 legs)
7 June
1  Michael van Gerwen 103.096
  Mensur Suljović 98.146  Mensur Suljović 95.212
1  van Gerwen 114.706
  Jonny Clayton 96.604
16  Chisnall 103.813
16  Dave Chisnall 100.346
  Jelle Klaasen 94.726  Jelle Klaasen 98.515
1  van Gerwen 101.966
  Alan Norris 91.164
9  King 89.774
8  Simon Whitlock 95.306
  Gerwyn Price 89.015  Max Hopp 93.903
8  Whitlock 87.845
  Max Hopp 88.216
9  King 89.936
9  Mervyn King 97.406
  Darren Webster 97.293  Ricky Evans 97.601
1  van Gerwen 104.906
  Ricky Evans 103.066
12  Jenkins 105.865
5  Brendan Dolan 84.966
  Christian Kist 95.256  Christian Kist 82.431
5  Dolan 94.114
  Cristo Reyes 90.004
12  Jenkins 88.506
12  Terry Jenkins 89.086
  Wes Newton 90.453  Jerry Hendriks 85.193
12  Jenkins 91.576
  Jerry Hendriks 92.836
  Anderson 98.345
4  Peter Wright 89.562
  Kyle Anderson 89.316  Kyle Anderson 87.456
  Anderson 100.366
  Kenny Neyens 89.492
13  Beaton 95.941
13  Steve Beaton 96.506
  Dean Winstanley 92.153  Gary Stone 96.635
1  van Gerwen 100.206
  Gary Stone 99.866
10  Pipe 87.620
2  Michael Smith 96.866
  Daryl Gurney 89.525  John Michael 85.031
2  Smith 100.534
  John Michael 83.546
  Payne 95.426
15  Stephen Bunting 90.004
  Wayne Jones 93.863  Josh Payne 89.016
  Payne 91.474
  Josh Payne 94.736
10  Pipe 92.906
7  Vincent van der Voort 82.945
  Nathan Aspinall 82.826  Nathan Aspinall 83.606
  Aspinall 88.454
  Jamie Robinson 80.435
10  Pipe 83.176
10  Justin Pipe 90.836
  Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.576  Rowby-John Rodriguez 87.565
10  Pipe 87.466
  Davyd Venken 87.502
14  Caven 90.104
6  Ian White 92.716
  Joe Cullen 84.513  Jeffrey de Zwaan 86.764
6  White 102.393
  Jeffrey de Zwaan 95.486
11  Huybrechts 106.026
11  Kim Huybrechts 97.326
  William O'Connor 87.006  William O'Connor 98.445
11  Huybrechts 88.852
  Brett Claydon 73.732
14  Caven 86.016
3  James Wade 88.824
  David Pallett 95.386  David Pallett 91.526
  Pallett 93.115
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.334
14  Caven 89.156
14  Jamie Caven 87.556
  John Henderson 91.016  John Henderson 83.910
  Prakash Jiwa 86.644

References

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  1. ^ "Michael van Gerwen continues hot streak on European tour by taking Dutch Masters title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  2. ^ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ^ "European Tour Event 3/4 Entries". PDC. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ^ "European Tour 3/4 UK Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Dutch Darts Masters Final Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 PDC Dutch Darts Masters Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Dutch Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Dutch Darts Masters Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-06. Retrieved 6 June 2015.