2015 Masters (darts)

The Masters
Tournament information
Dates 31 January–1 February
Venue Arena:MK
Location Milton Keynes
Country England, UK
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Final: best of 21 legs
Prize fund £200,000
Winners share £60,000
High checkout 167 Australia Simon Whitlock
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«2014 2016»

The 2015 Unibet Masters was the third staging of the non-ranking Masters darts tournament, held by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). It was played between 31 January–1 February 2015 at the Arena:MK in Milton Keynes, England.

James Wade was the defending champion, having beaten Mervyn King 11–10 in the 2014 tournament's final, but he lost in the quarter-finals. Michael van Gerwen won his first Masters title by defeating Raymond van Barneveld 11–6 in the final.

Qualifiers

The Masters only features the top 16 Players in the PDC Order of Merit.[1] These were:

  1. Netherlands Michael van Gerwen (Winner)
  2. England Phil Taylor (First round)
  3. Scotland Gary Anderson (Semi-finals)
  4. England Adrian Lewis (Semi-finals)
  5. Scotland Peter Wright (Quarter-finals)
  6. England James Wade (Quarter-finals)
  7. Australia Simon Whitlock (First round)
  8. Scotland Robert Thornton (First round)
  9. England Dave Chisnall (Quarter-finals)
  10. Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld (Runner-up)
  11. England Mervyn King (First round)
  12. Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan (First round)
  13. England Ian White (First round)
  14. England Andy Hamilton (First round)
  15. England Terry Jenkins (Quarter-finals)
  16. England Wes Newton (First round)

Prize money

The total prize fund was £200,000.[2]

Stage (no. of players) Prize money
Winner (1) £60,000
Runner-up (1) £25,000
Semi-finalists (2) £17,500
Quarter-finalists (4) £10,000
First round losers (8) £5,000

Draw

The draw was made on 7 January 2015.[1]

Round 1 (best of 19 legs)
31 January
[3] 		Quarter-finals (best of 19 legs)
1 February
[4] 		Semi-finals (best of 21 legs)
1 February
[5] 		Final (best of 21 legs)
1 February
[5]
            
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 93.89 10
16 England Wes Newton 91.26 5
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 110.28 10
9 England Dave Chisnall 108.09 9
8 Scotland Robert Thornton 94.43 5
9 England Dave Chisnall 106.30 10
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 97.90 11
4 England Adrian Lewis 96.11 6
5 Scotland Peter Wright 94.33 10
12 Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 89.05 1
5 Scotland Peter Wright 93.98 8
4 England Adrian Lewis 96.48 10
4 England Adrian Lewis 94.42 10
13 England Ian White 91.72 4
1 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 112.49 11
10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 96.13 6
2 England Phil Taylor 93.74 7
15 England Terry Jenkins 91.84 10
15 England Terry Jenkins 99.61 3
10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 102.49 10
7 Australia Simon Whitlock 89.73 7
10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 92.63 10
10 Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 95.25 11
3 Scotland Gary Anderson 94.67 6
6 England James Wade 96.85 10
11 England Mervyn King 80.46 3
6 England James Wade 96.83 5
3 Scotland Gary Anderson 105.34 10
3 Scotland Gary Anderson 89.75 10
14 England Andy Hamilton 83.17 2

References

  1. 1 2 "2015 Unibet Masters Draw/Schedule". PDC. 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Three More Prize Funds Increased!". PDC. 29 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 Unibet Masters First Round". PDC. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "2015 Unibet Masters Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Mighty Mike is The Unibet Master!". PDC. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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