Tournament Name: | 2015 Dutch Darts Masters |
Dates: | 5–7 June 2015 |
Venue: | Evenementenhal |
Location: | Venray |
Organisation: | PDC |
Format: | Legs |
Prize Fund: | £115,000 |
Winners Share: | £25,000 |
Winner: | Michael van Gerwen |
Prev: | Event 3 |
Next: | Event 5 |
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.
Michael van Gerwen won the tournament for the second year in a row after beating Justin Pipe 6–0 in the final.[1]
The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[2]
Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
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Winner | align=center | (1) | align=center | £25,000 |
Runner-up | align=center | (1) | align=center | £10,000 |
Semi-finalists | align=center | (2) | align=center | £5,000 |
Quarter-finalists | align=center | (4) | align=center | £3,500 |
Third round losers | align=center | (8) | align=center | £2,000 |
Second round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,500 |
First round losers | align=center | (16) | align=center | £1,000 |
Total | align=center colspan=2 | £115,000 |
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit 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:
Top 16
UK Qualifier
European Qualifier
Host Nation Qualifier