| Tournament Name: | 2015 International Darts Open |
| Dates: | 19–21 June 2015 |
| Venue: | SACHSENarena |
| Location: | Riesa |
| Country: | Germany |
| Organisation: | PDC |
| Format: | Legs |
| Prize Fund: | £115,000 |
| Winners Share: | £25,000 |
| High Checkout: | 167 Benito van de Pas |
| Winner: | Michael Smith |
| Prev: | Event 4 |
| Next: | Event 6 |
The 2015 International Darts Open was the fifth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, between 19–21 June 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
Michael Smith won his second European title after defeating Benito van de Pas 6–3 in the final.
Van de Pas ended Michael van Gerwen's winning streak of 21 games on the 2015 European tour and hit the two best checkouts (167 and 158) of the tournament en route to the final.
The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[1]
| Stage (num. of players) | Prize money | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | £115,000 | |||
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit on 9 May 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[2] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Crawley on 15 May),[3] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Riesa on 18 June) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (also held on 18 June).[4] The following players took part in the tournament:
Top 16
Simon Whitlock (second round)
Kim Huybrechts (semi-finals)UK Qualifier
Ken MacNeil (first round)
William O'Connor (second round)European Qualifier
Mensur Suljović (second round)
Cristo Reyes (second round) Mike De Decker (first round) Rowby-John Rodriguez (third round) Antonio Alcinas (first round)Host Nation Qualifier