2015 Dutch Darts Masters

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

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

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 Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today 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 Host Nation 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) Jonny 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 (best of 11 legs) 5 June [7]					Second round (best of 11 legs) 6 June [8]					Third round (best of 11 legs) 7 June					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 7 June					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 7 June					Final (best of 11 legs) 7 June
						1	Michael van Gerwen 103.09	6
	Mensur Suljović 98.14		6				Mensur Suljović 95.21	2
											1	van Gerwen 114.70	6
	Jonny Clayton 96.60		4
											16	Chisnall 103.81	3
						16	Dave Chisnall 100.34	6
	Jelle Klaasen 94.72		6				Jelle Klaasen 98.51	5
																1	van Gerwen 101.96	6
	Alan Norris 91.16		4
																9	King 89.77	4
						8	Simon Whitlock 95.30	6
	Gerwyn Price 89.01		5				Max Hopp 93.90	3
											8	Whitlock 87.84	5
	Max Hopp 88.21		6
											9	King 89.93	6
						9	Mervyn King 97.40	6
	Darren Webster 97.29		3				Ricky Evans 97.60	1
																					1	van Gerwen 104.90	6
	Ricky Evans 103.06		6
																					12	Jenkins 105.86	5
						5	Brendan Dolan 84.96	6
	Christian Kist 95.25		6				Christian Kist 82.43	1
											5	Dolan 94.11	4
	Cristo Reyes 90.00		4
											12	Jenkins 88.50	6
						12	Terry Jenkins 89.08	6
	Wes Newton 90.45		3				Jerry Hendriks 85.19	3
																12	Jenkins 91.57	6
	Jerry Hendriks 92.83		6
																	Anderson 98.34	5
						4	Peter Wright 89.56	2
	Kyle Anderson 89.31		6				Kyle Anderson 87.45	6
												Anderson 100.36	6
	Kenny Neyens 89.49		2
											13	Beaton 95.94	1
						13	Steve Beaton 96.50	6
	Dean Winstanley 92.15		3				Gary Stone 96.63	5
																										1	van Gerwen 100.20	6
	Gary Stone 99.86		6
																										10	Pipe 87.62	0
						2	Michael Smith 96.86	6
	Daryl Gurney 89.52		5				John Michael 85.03	1
											2	Smith 100.53	4
	John Michael 83.54		6
												Payne 95.42	6
						15	Stephen Bunting 90.00	4
	Wayne Jones 93.86		3				Josh Payne 89.01	6
																	Payne 91.47	4
	Josh Payne 94.73		6
																10	Pipe 92.90	6
						7	Vincent van der Voort 82.94	5
	Nathan Aspinall 82.82		6				Nathan Aspinall 83.60	6
												Aspinall 88.45	4
	Jamie Robinson 80.43		5
											10	Pipe 83.17	6
						10	Justin Pipe 90.83	6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.57		6				Rowby-John Rodriguez 87.56	5
																					10	Pipe 87.46	6
	Davyd Venken 87.50		2
																					14	Caven 90.10	4
						6	Ian White 92.71	6
	Joe Cullen 84.51		3				Jeffrey de Zwaan 86.76	4
											6	White 102.39	3
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 95.48		6
											11	Huybrechts 106.02	6
						11	Kim Huybrechts 97.32	6
	William O'Connor 87.00		6				William O'Connor 98.44	5
																11	Huybrechts 88.85	2
	Brett Claydon 73.73		2
																14	Caven 86.01	6
						3	James Wade 88.82	4
	David Pallett 95.38		6				David Pallett 91.52	6
												Pallett 93.11	5
	Dimitri Van den Bergh 90.33		4
											14	Caven 89.15	6
						14	Jamie Caven 87.55	6
	John Henderson 91.01		6				John Henderson 83.91	0
	Prakash Jiwa 86.64		4