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2015 European Darts Open

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2015 European Darts Open
Tournament information
Dates10–12 July 2015
VenueMaritim Hotel
LocationDüsseldorf
Country Germany
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£115,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout161 England Justin Pipe
Champion(s)
Scotland Robert Thornton
«Event 5 Event 7»

The 2015 European Darts Open was the sixth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Maritim Hotel in Düsseldorf, Germany between 10 and 12 July 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Robert Thornton won his first European title after beating Kim Huybrechts 6–2 in the final.[1]

Prize money

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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

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The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on 9 May 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[3] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Crawley on 15 May),[4] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Düsseldorf on 9 July) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).[5] The number four seed Gary Anderson and Keegan Brown withdrew before the day before the event started due to illness.[6] The following players took part in the tournament:

Draw

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First round
(best of 11 legs)
10 July
[8]
Second round
(best of 11 legs)
11 July
[9]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
12 July
[10]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
12 July
[11]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
12 July
[11]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
12 July
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1Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 92.596
Wales Jamie Lewis 79.816Wales Jamie Lewis 87.891
1Netherlands van Gerwen 101.476
Germany Michael Rosenauer 76.805
England Haines 89.651
16Netherlands Benito van de Pas 90.283
England Johnny Haines 84.586England Johnny Haines 88.666
1Netherlands van Gerwen 105.336
Germany Christian Soethe 81.914
England Norris 97.893
8England Ian White 90.855
England Andy Smith 86.632England Alan Norris 84.216
England Norris 96.516
England Alan Norris 96.566
9England King 96.045
9England Mervyn King 95.786
England Wes Newton 95.946England Wes Newton 97.233
1Netherlands van Gerwen 96.583
Wales Gerwyn Price 85.430
13Belgium Huybrechts 94.176
5Northern Ireland Brendan Dolan 90.866
England Mark Walsh 81.066England Mark Walsh 80.732
5Northern Ireland Dolan 93.556
Germany Tomas Seyler 76.322
12England Jenkins 99.414
12England Terry Jenkins 102.736
England Andrew Gilding 90.365Scotland John Henderson 94.721
5Northern Ireland Dolan 81.763
Scotland John Henderson 83.926
13Belgium Huybrechts 91.396
4England Michael Smith 99.416
Austria Mensur Suljović 94.676Austria Mensur Suljović 104.824
4England M. Smith 96.104
Belgium Mike De Decker 90.205
13Belgium Huybrechts 97.646
13Belgium Kim Huybrechts 105.476
England Stephen Bunting 93.353Germany Jyhan Artut 104.144
13Belgium Huybrechts 100.692
Germany Jyhan Artut 89.556
11Scotland Thornton 106.186
2England James Wade 100.206
Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.946Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 78.790
2England Wade 98.866
Netherlands Leo Hendriks 79.893
Wales Webster 90.824
15England Steve Beaton 93.891
Wales Mark Webster 87.446Wales Mark Webster 101.566
2England Wade 99.646
England Stuart Kellett 79.042
7Netherlands van der Voort 93.213
7Netherlands Vincent van der Voort 96.436
Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.506Austria Rowby-John Rodriguez 94.862
7Netherlands van der Voort 99.496
Wales Barrie Bates 78.851
10England Pipe 88.391
10England Justin Pipe 93.216
Northern Ireland Daryl Gurney 93.925England Kevin McDine 94.044
2England Wade 98.121
England Kevin McDine 90.846
11Scotland Thornton 111.776
6Australia Simon Whitlock 99.186
England Joe Cullen 96.856England Joe Cullen 101.285
6Australia Whitlock 89.753
Austria Maik Langendorf 85.553
11Scotland Thornton 100.246
11Scotland Robert Thornton 102.196
Netherlands Christian Kist 100.353Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.815
11Scotland Thornton 96.366
Belgium Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.976
Netherlands Klaasen 88.264
3Scotland Peter Wright 88.605
South Africa Devon Petersen 88.616South Africa Devon Petersen 92.536
South Africa Petersen 90.100
England Nathan Aspinall 92.705
Netherlands Klaasen 94.936
14England Dave Chisnall 101.741
Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 100.706Netherlands Jelle Klaasen 104.696
England Eddie Dootson 91.253

References

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  1. ^ "Robert Thornton crowned champion at European Darts Open". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ^ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ^ "European Tour Events 5&6 Entries". PDC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. ^ "ET5&6 UK Qualifier Round-Up". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Artut Tops Home Qualifiers For Dusseldorf". PDC. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ^ "European Tour Returns To Dusseldorf". PDC. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 PDC European Darts Open Fixtures". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  8. ^ "•Artut Keeps German Flag Flying In Dusseldorf". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Dancing Devon Dethrones Wright". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Klaasen Marches On In Dusseldorf". PDC. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  11. ^ a b c "Super Thornton Takes First Euro Crown". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 13 July 2015.