2015 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

Gibraltar Darts Trophy 2015
Tournament information
Dates	20–22 March
Venue	Victoria Stadium
Country	Gibraltar
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winners share	£25,000
High checkout	170 Nathan Derry
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«Event 1 Event 3»

The Gibraltar Darts Trophy 2015 was the second of nine European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, between 20–22 March. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

The defending champion was James Wade, having beaten Steve Beaton 6–4 in previous year's final. This year however, he was defeated in the semi-finals after losing 6–2 to Terry Jenkins.

In this year's event Michael van Gerwen won the title by beating Jenkins 6–3 in the final.

Prize money

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	(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 the 16 January 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 Wigan on 18 January),^[3] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Bielefeld on 24 January) and four from the Home Nations Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).^[4][5][6]

The following players took part in the tournament:

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

UK Qualifier Kevin McDine (Second round) Andy Jenkins (First round) Nathan Derry (Third round) Brian Woods (Third round) Wes Newton (First round) Brett Claydon (First round) Andrew Gilding (First round) Kevin Painter (Second round) Joe Murnan (First round) Andy Smith (Third round) Jamie Lewis (Semi-finals) Mark Webster (First round) Steve West (First round) Gerwyn Price (Quarter-finals) Devon Petersen (Second round) Kurt Parry (First round) Daryl Gurney (First round) Wayne Jones (Third round) Tony Newell (Second round) Andy Parsons (First round)

European Qualifier Rowby-John Rodriguez (First round) Benito van de Pas (Second round) Dirk van Duijvenbode (First round) Ronny Huybrechts (First round) Cristo Reyes (Second round) Dimitri van den Bergh (Second round) Jelle Klaasen (Quarter-finals) Mike Zuydwijk (Second round) Host Nation Qualifier Manuel Vilerio (First round) Dylan Duo (First round) Antony Lopez (Second round) John Duo (First round)

Draw

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	First round [8]					Second round [9]					Third round [10]					Quarter-finals [11]					Semi-finals [11]					Final [11]
		Devon Petersen 98.95	6			1	Gary Anderson 105.22	6
		Kurt Parry 92.05	2				Devon Petersen 92.23	2
											1	Anderson 90.06	4
											16	T Jenkins 87.95	6
		Tony Newell 90.24	6	16	Terry Jenkins 98.37	6
		Steve West 87.65	4				Tony Newell 89.37	2
																16	T Jenkins 96.05	6
															8	King 97.09	3
		Antony Lopez 81.00	6			8	Mervyn King 95.94	6
		John Duo 72.76	3				Antony Lopez 69.68	0
											8	King 101.98	6
											9	Pipe 92.12	1
		Joe Murnan 83.05	5	9	Justin Pipe 88.97	6
		Mike Zuydwijk 84.65	6				Mike Zuydwijk 85.60	4
																					16	T Jenkins 101.22	6
																					5	Wade 91.85	2
		Mark Webster 86.21	3			5	James Wade 91.50	6
		Cristo Reyes 89.98	6				Cristo Reyes 91.58	3
											5	Wade 104.68	6
											12	van der Voort 100.85	2
		Ronny Huybrechts 80.74	2	12	Vincent van der Voort 92.01	6
		Kevin McDine 85.88	6				Kevin McDine 87.84	3
																5	Wade 106.54	6
															13	K Huybrechts 92.41	4
		Andrew Gilding 92.34	5			4	Peter Wright 97.93	5
		Wayne Jones 90.95	6				Wayne Jones 98.30	6
												Jones 98.53	4
											13	K Huybrechts 102.33	6
		Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.74	5	13	Kim Huybrechts 81.32	6
		Dimitri van den Bergh 88.30	6				Dimitri van den Bergh 84.21	5
																										16	T Jenkins 99.28	3
																										2	van Gerwen 107.04	6
		Kevin Painter 86.32	6			2	Michael van Gerwen 85.02	6
		Rowby-John Rodriguez 86.98	3				Kevin Painter 83.16	5
											2	van Gerwen 103.19	6
												Woods 87.90	3
		Brian Woods 83.57	6	15	Steve Beaton 93.88	5
		Manuel Vilerio 74.29	2				Brian Woods 100.80	6
																2	van Gerwen 109.92	6
																Klaasen 99.62	4
		Jelle Klaasen 96.97	6			7	Brendan Dolan 90.16	2
		Daryl Gurney 92.62	0				Jelle Klaasen 95.29	6
												Klaasen 93.90	6
												Derry 87.40	3
		Andy Parsons 78.94	3	10	Ian White 91.79	1
		Nathan Derry 86.60	6				Nathan Derry 100.90	6
																					2	van Gerwen 104.47	6
																						Lewis 96.39	1
		Gerwyn Price 85.46	6			6	Robert Thornton 91.97	4
		Dylan Duo 70.47	2				Gerwyn Price 90.12	6
												Price 94.02	6
											11	Whitlock 95.97	2
		Wes Newton 93.43	0	11	Simon Whitlock 89.96	6
		Benito van de Pas 101.33	6				Benito van de Pas 91.77	4
																	Price 91.15	5
																Lewis 89.86	6
		Jamie Lewis 84.49	6			3	Michael Smith 99.04	5
		Brett Claydon 81.75	3				Jamie Lewis 96.23	6
												Lewis 95.82	6
												A Smith 87.88	4
		Andy Smith 95.17	6	14	Stephen Bunting 103.02	3
		Andy Jenkins 90.26	4				Andy Smith 96.70	6

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