2015 European Darts Open

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.

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 5Event 7»

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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[7]

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