2015 European Darts Grand Prix

2015 European Darts Grand Prix
Tournament information
Dates	16–18 October 2015
Venue	Glaspalast
Location	Sindelfingen
Country	Germany
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs
Prize fund	£115,000
Winner's share	£25,000
High checkout	161 Alan Norris 161 Peter Wright
Champion(s)
Kim Huybrechts
«Event 8

The 2015 European Darts Grand Prix was the ninth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place in Glaspalast in Sindelfingen, Germany between 16–18 October 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

Mervyn King was the defending champion, but he lost in the third round to Mensur Suljović. Kim Huybrechts defeated Peter Wright 6–5 in the final, coming back from 5–2 down in the process to win his second European title.

Prize money

The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.

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 17 September automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 25 September), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started). The following players are taking part in the tournament:

Top 16

1. Michael van Gerwen (second round)
2. Michael Smith (quarter-finals)
3. James Wade (semi-finals)
4. Peter Wright (runner-up)
5. Ian White (quarter-finals)
6. Robert Thornton (third round)
7. Kim Huybrechts (winner)
8. Brendan Dolan (second round)
9. Dave Chisnall (second round)
10. Justin Pipe (second round)
11. Jelle Klaasen (quarter-finals)
12. Terry Jenkins (second round)
13. Vincent van der Voort (second round)
14. Simon Whitlock (third round)
15. Benito van de Pas (second round)
16. Mervyn King (third round)

UK Qualifier

• Gerwyn Price (third round)
• Stephen Bunting (third round)
• Steve Beaton (third round)
• Mark Barilli (first round)
• Robbie Green (first round)
• Johnny Haines (first round)
• Johnny Clayton (second round)
• Mark Webster (second round)
• Jamie Caven (second round)
• Mickey Mansell (second round)
• Dave Ladley (second round)
• Mark Walsh (first round)
• Alan Norris (first round)
• Stephen Willard (first round)
• Dean Winstanley (second round)
• Devon Petersen (first round)
• Joe Cullen (quarter-finals)
• David Pallett (second round)
• Ricky Evans (first round)
• Lee Evans (third round)

European Qualifier

• Jermaine Wattimena (second round)
• Antonio Alcinas (first round)
• Raymond van Barneveld (third round)
• Mensur Suljović (semi-finals)
• Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round)
• Robert Marijanović (first round)
• Rowby-John Rodriguez (first round)
• Magnus Caris (first round)

Host Nation Qualifier

• Kevin Münch (first round)
• Jyhan Artut (first round)
• Stefan Stoyke (first round)
• Max Hopp (first round)

Draw

	First round (best of 11 legs) 16 October					Second round (best of 11 legs) 17 October					Third round (best of 11 legs) 18 October					Quarter-finals (best of 11 legs) 18 October					Semi-finals (best of 11 legs) 18 October					Final (best of 11 legs) 18 October
						1	Michael van Gerwen 111.37	4
	Mensur Suljović 88.63		6				Mensur Suljović 109.70	6
												Suljović 97.24	6
	Mark Barilli 86.08		4
											16	King 98.92	5
						16	Mervyn King 94.74	6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 85.83		3				Jeffrey de Zwaan 92.61	2
																Suljović 91.66		6
	Jeffrey de Zwaan 93.19		6
																Cullen 89.88		4
						8	Brendan Dolan 90.59	1
	Raymond van Barneveld 100.76		6				Raymond van Barneveld 95.97	6
											van Barneveld 111.06		2
	Johnny Haines 91.95		3
											Cullen 110.16		6
						9	Dave Chisnall 90.14	2
	Joe Cullen 95.12		6				Joe Cullen 103.58	6
																						Suljović 96.44	5
	Antonio Alcinas 83.77		3
																					4	Wright 94.58	6
						5	Ian White 97.10	6
	Mickey Mansell 92.58		6				Mickey Mansell 94.02	3
											5	White 102.69	6
	Robbie Green 82.59		1
												L. Evans 96.90	3
						12	Terry Jenkins 95.49	4
	Jyhan Artut 91.66		3				Lee Evans 95.92	6
																5	White 98.10	5
	Lee Evans 92.94		6
																4	Wright 99.12	6
						4	Peter Wright 90.43	6
	Jermaine Wattimena 84.86		6				Jermaine Wattimena 88.59	3
											4	Wright 99.21	6
	Robert Marijanović 85.30		5
												Bunting 103.30	2
						13	Vincent van der Voort 95.01	4
	Stephen Bunting 94.22		6				Stephen Bunting 100.72	6
																										4	Wright 99.95	5
	Alan Norris 95.13		4
																										7	Huybrechts 99.30	6
						2	Michael Smith 96.32	6
	Dean Winstanley 83.58		6				Dean Winstanley 87.50	3
											2	Smith 93.10	6
	Devon Petersen 82.52		5
												Price 87.36	3
						15	Benito van de Pas 92.08	3
	Gerwyn Price 87.13		6				Gerwyn Price 88.44	6
																2	Smith 92.08	5
	Max Hopp 88.31		5
																7	Huybrechts 97.51	6
						7	Kim Huybrechts 105.71	6
	Dave Ladley 87.10		6				Dave Ladley 89.23	4
											7	Huybrechts 104.70	6
	Magnus Caris 84.70		5
												Beaton 100.25	5
						10	Justin Pipe 91.84	5
	Steve Beaton 86.08		6				Steve Beaton 95.54	6
																					7	Huybrechts 96.59	6
	Mark Walsh 88.22		3
																					3	Wade 89.08	4
						6	Robert Thornton 92.04	6
	Johnny Clayton 78.42		6				Johnny Clayton 90.42	5
											6	Thornton 93.45	4
	Kevin Münch 74.95		0
											11	Klaasen 91.05	6
						11	Jelle Klaasen 104.78	6
	David Pallett 90.63		6				David Pallett 94.07	4
																11	Klaasen 94.90	4
	Ricky Evans 85.45		4
																3	Wade 103.52	6
						3	James Wade 95.32	6
	Mark Webster 89.71		6				Mark Webster 90.09	3
											3	Wade 96.83	6
	Stephen Willard 86.34		3
											14	Whitlock 93.94	5
						14	Simon Whitlock 100.72	6
	Jamie Caven 91.64		6				Jamie Caven 95.57	4
	Stefan Stoyke 85.31		4