2015 Dutch Darts Masters

Dutch Darts Masters 2015
Tournament information
Dates	5–7 June
Venue	Evenementenhal
Location	Venray
Country	Netherlands
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winners share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Michael van Gerwen
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 3 Event 5»

The Dutch Darts Masters 2015 was the fourth of nine European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Evenementenhal, Venray, between 5–7 June. 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]

Prize money

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

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 Home Nations Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started.^[5] The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16 Michael van Gerwen (Winner) Michael Smith (Third round) James Wade (Second round) Peter Wright (Second round) Brendan Dolan (Third round) Ian White (Third round) Vincent van der Voort (Second round) Simon Whitlock (Third round) Mervyn King (Quarter-finals) Justin Pipe (Runner-up) Kim Huybrechts (Quarter-finals) Terry Jenkins (Semi-finals) Steve Beaton (Third round) Jamie Caven (Semi-finals) Stephen Bunting (Second round) Dave Chisnall (Third round)

UK Qualifier Dean Winstanley (First round) Gary Stone (Second round) William O'Connor (Second round) Alan Norris (First round) Darren Webster (First round) Prakash Jiwa First round) Wes Newton (First round) Johnny Clayton (First round) Ricky Evans (Second round) John Henderson (Second round) Gerwyn Price (First round) Kyle Anderson (Quarter-finals) Joe Cullen (First round) Nathan Aspinall (Third round) Jamie Robinson (First round) Josh Payne (Quarter-finals) Daryl Gurney (First round) Wayne Jones (First round) Brett Claydon (First round) David Pallett (Third round)

European Qualifier Davyd Venken (First round) Cristo Reyes (First round) Mensur Suljović (Second round) Dimitri van den Bergh (First round) Rowby-John Rodriguez (Second round) John Michael (Second round) Kenny Neyens (First round) Max Hopp (Second round) Host Nation Qualifier Christian Kist (Second round) Jerry Hendriks (Second round) Jeffrey de Zwaan (Second round) Jelle Klaasen (Second round)

Draw

^[6]

	First round [7]					Second round [8]					Third round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
		Mensur Suljović 98.14	6			1	Michael van Gerwen 103.09	6
		Johnny Clayton 96.60	4				Mensur Suljović 95.21	2
											1	van Gerwen 114.70	6
											16	Chisnall 103.81	3
		Jelle Klaasen 94.72	6	16	Dave Chisnall 100.34	6
		Alan Norris 91.16	4				Jelle Klaasen 98.51	5
																1	van Gerwen 101.96	6
															9	King 89.77	4
		Gerwyn Price 89.01	5			8	Simon Whitlock 95.30	6
		Max Hopp 88.21	6				Max Hopp 93.90	3
											8	Whitlock 87.84	5
											9	King 89.93	6
		Darren Webster 97.29	3	9	Mervyn King 97.40	6
		Ricky Evans 103.06	6				Ricky Evans 97.60	1
																					1	van Gerwen 104.90	6
																					12	Jenkins 105.86	5
		Christian Kist 95.25	6			5	Brendan Dolan 84.96	6
		Cristo Reyes 90.00	4				Christian Kist 82.43	1
											5	Dolan 94.11	4
											12	Jenkins 88.50	6
		Wes Newton 90.45	3	12	Terry Jenkins 89.08	6
		Jerry Hendriks 92.83	6				Jerry Hendriks 85.19	3
																12	Jenkins 91.57	6
																Anderson 98.34	5
		Kyle Anderson 89.31	6			4	Peter Wright 89.56	2
		Kenny Neyens 89.49	2				Kyle Anderson 87.45	6
												Anderson 100.36	6
											13	Beaton 95.94	1
		Dean Winstanley 92.15	3	13	Steve Beaton 96.50	6
		Gary Stone 99.86	6				Gary Stone 96.63	5
																										1	van Gerwen 100.20	6
																										10	Pipe 87.62	0
		Daryl Gurney 89.52	5			2	Michael Smith 96.86	6
		John Michael 83.54	6				John Michael 85.03	1
											2	Smith 100.53	4
												Payne 95.42	6
		Wayne Jones 93.86	3	15	Stephen Bunting 90.00	4
		Josh Payne 94.73	6				Josh Payne 89.01	6
																	Payne 91.47	4
															10	Pipe 92.90	6
		Nathan Aspinall 82.82	6			7	Vincent van der Voort 82.94	5
		Jamie Robinson 80.43	5				Nathan Aspinall 83.60	6
												Aspinall 88.45	4
											10	Pipe 83.17	6
		Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.57	6	10	Justin Pipe 90.83	6
		Davyd Venken 87.50	2				Rowby-John Rodriguez 87.56	5
																					10	Pipe 87.46	6
																					14	Caven 90.10	4
		Joe Cullen 84.51	3			6	Ian White 92.71	6
		Jeffrey de Zwaan 95.48	6				Jeffrey de Zwaan 86.76	4
											6	White 102.39	3
											11	Huybrechts 106.02	6
		William O'Connor 87.00	6	11	Kim Huybrechts 97.32	6
		Brett Claydon 73.73	2				William O'Connor 98.44	5
																11	Huybrechts 88.85	2
															14	Caven 86.01	6
		David Pallett 95.38	6			3	James Wade 88.82	4
		Dimitri van den Bergh 90.33	4				David Pallett 91.52	6
												Pallett 93.11	5
											14	Caven 89.15	6
		John Henderson 91.01	6	14	Jamie Caven 87.55	6
		Prakash Jiwa 86.64	4				John Henderson 83.91	0

References

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. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
5. "Dutch Darts Masters Final Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
6. "2015 PDC Dutch Darts Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
7. "Dutch Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
8. "Dutch Darts Masters Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 6 June 2015.