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
«Event 3 Event 5»

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

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 8 March 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[2] The remaining 32 places will go to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 13 March),[3] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Venray on 4 June) and four from the Home Nations Qualifier (to be held at the venue the day before the event starts. The following players will take part in the tournament:

1–16
  1. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
  2. England Michael Smith
  3. England James Wade
  4. Scotland Peter Wright
  5. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan
  6. England Ian White
  7. Netherlands Vincent van der Voort
  8. Australia Simon Whitlock
  9. England Mervyn King
  10. England Justin Pipe
  11. Belgium Kim Huybrechts
  12. England Terry Jenkins
  13. England Steve Beaton
  14. England Jamie Caven
  15. England Stephen Bunting
  16. England Dave Chisnall
UK Qualifier
European Qualifier
Host Nation Qualifier
  • Netherlands
  • Netherlands
  • Netherlands
  • Netherlands

Draw

  First round Second round Third round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                                         
      1  Netherlands Michael van Gerwen  
         
     
     
  16  England Dave Chisnall
         
     
     
      8  Australia Simon Whitlock  
         
   
     
  9  England Mervyn King
         
     
     
      5  Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan  
         
   
     
  12  England Terry Jenkins
         
   
     
      4  Scotland Peter Wright  
         
   
     
  13  England Steve Beaton
         
 
 
      2  England Michael Smith  
         
     
     
  15  England Stephen Bunting
         
     
     
      7  Netherlands Vincent van der Voort  
         
   
     
  10  England Justin Pipe
         
   
     
      6  England Ian White  
         
   
     
  11  Belgium Kim Huybrechts
         
   
     
      3  England James Wade  
         
   
     
  14  England Jamie Caven
         

References

  1. ↑ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "European Tour Event 3/4 Entries". PDC. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "European Tour 3/4 UK Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 13 March 2015.