2015 European Darts Open

2015 European Darts Open 10–12 July 2015 Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf, Germany Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs £115,000 £25,000 161 Justin Pipe Robert Thornton SCO 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 from 10 to 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.http://www1.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/9911675/robert-thornton-crowned-champion-at-european-darts-open Robert Thornton crowned champion at European Darts Open Sky Sports 13 July 2015 Prize money The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1g1n1id0pgd9j1hx61kt5aqp0c/title/protour-prize-funds-increased https://web.archive.org/web/20150115030459/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1g1n1id0pgd9j1hx61kt5aqp0c/title/protour-prize-funds-increased dead January 15, 2015 ProTour Prize Funds Increased PDC 20 January 2015 Stage (num. of players)Prize moneyWinner (1) £25,000Runner-up (1) £10,000Semi-finalists (2) £5,000Quarter-finalists (4) £3,500Third round losers (8) £2,000Second round losers (16) £1,500First round losers (16) £1,000Total £115,000 Qualification and format The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit https://archive.today/20131127155504/http://www.pdc.tv/pro-tour-order-of-merit 2013-11-27 on 9 May 2015 automatically qualified for the event.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/x8fwoedopa4i1hdvt84fguyml/title/european-tour-events-56-entries European Tour Events 5&6 Entries PDC 9 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150511004236/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/x8fwoedopa4i1hdvt84fguyml/title/european-tour-events-56-entries 11 May 2015 dead dmy-all The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Crawley on 15 May),http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1794yqkeqtsxx1p9te6bc4nsys/title/et56-uk-qualifier-updates ET5&6 UK Qualifier Round-Up PDC 15 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150517072014/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1794yqkeqtsxx1p9te6bc4nsys/title/et56-uk-qualifier-updates 17 May 2015 dead dmy-all 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).http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1h2ay87xgcpll15e53c38ir4xb/title/artut-tops-home-qualifiers-for-dusseldorf Artut Tops Home Qualifiers For Dusseldorf PDC 10 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150711001130/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1h2ay87xgcpll15e53c38ir4xb/title/artut-tops-home-qualifiers-for-dusseldorf 11 July 2015 dead dmy-all The number four seed Gary Anderson and Keegan Brown withdrew before the day before the event started due to illness.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9fufmchcwc36175fhqilk5ofx/title/european-tour-returns-to-dusseldorf European Tour Returns To Dusseldorf PDC 10 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150711012354/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9fufmchcwc36175fhqilk5ofx/title/european-tour-returns-to-dusseldorf 11 July 2015 dead dmy-all The following players took part in the tournament: Top 16 NED Michael van Gerwen (semi-finals) ENG James Wade (semi-finals) SCO Peter Wright (second round) ENG Michael Smith (third round) NIR Brendan Dolan (quarter-finals) AUS Simon Whitlock (third round) NED Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals) ENG Ian White (second round) ENG Mervyn King (third round) ENG Justin Pipe (third round) SCO Robert Thornton (winner) ENG Terry Jenkins (third round) BEL Kim Huybrechts (runner-up) ENG Dave Chisnall (second round) ENG Steve Beaton (second round) NED Benito van de Pas (second round) UK Qualifier ENG Mark Walsh (second round) ENG Stephen Bunting (first round) WAL Gerwyn Price (first round) SCO John Henderson (second round) ENG Eddie Dootson (first round) ENG Andrew Gilding (first round) WAL Barrie Bates (first round) WAL Jamie Lewis (second round) ENG Andy Smith (first round) WAL Mark Webster (third round) ENG Johnny Haines (third round) ENG Alan Norris (quarter-finals) ENG Wes Newton (second round) ENG Joe Cullen (second round) NIR Daryl Gurney (first round) ZAF Devon Petersen (third round) ENG Kevin McDine (second round) ENG Stuart Kellett (first round) ENG Nathan Aspinall (first round) European Qualifier AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez (second round) AUT Mensur Suljović (second round) BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh (second round) NED Jelle Klaasen (quarter-finals) NED Christian Kist (first round) NED Leo Hendriks (first round) NED Dirk van Duijvenbode (second round) BEL Mike De Decker (first round) Host Nation Qualifier GER Michael Rosenauer (first round) GER Jyhan Artut (second round) GER Tomas Seyler (first round) GER Christian Soethe (first round) AUT Maik Langendorf (first round) Draw http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/FixtureList.aspx?EventKey=6159 2015 PDC European Darts Open Fixtures Darts Database 10 July 2015 First round(best of 11 legs)10 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1x8rcfxywdfj41v9of6lyxlnkh/title/european-darts-open-day-one •Artut Keeps German Flag Flying In Dusseldorf PDC 10 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150711014242/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1x8rcfxywdfj41v9of6lyxlnkh/title/european-darts-open-day-one 2015-07-11 dead Second round(best of 11 legs)11 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/b8vd9w0plgok1iv73ptvts12u/title/european-darts-open-day-two Dancing Devon Dethrones Wright PDC 11 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150712151610/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/b8vd9w0plgok1iv73ptvts12u/title/european-darts-open-day-two 2015-07-12 dead Third round(best of 11 legs)12 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1kypplhnich8v1h49ff0cu2fek/title/e Klaasen Marches On In Dusseldorf PDC 12 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150712234011/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1kypplhnich8v1h49ff0cu2fek/title/e 12 July 2015 dead dmy-all Quarter-finals(best of 11 legs)12 Julyhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/7es7j0letwnw10xkbn51a1550/title/european-darts-open-final-session Super Thornton Takes First Euro Crown PDC 13 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150713223557/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/7es7j0letwnw10xkbn51a1550/title/european-darts-open-final-session 2015-07-13 dead Semi-finals(best of 11 legs)12 July Final(best of 11 legs)12 July 220 WAL Jamie Lewis 79.81 6 GER Michael Rosenauer 76.80 5 ENG Johnny Haines 84.58 6 GER Christian Soethe 81.91 4 ENG Andy Smith 86.63 2 ENG Alan Norris 96.56 6 ENG Wes Newton 95.94 6 WAL Gerwyn Price 85.43 0 ENG Mark Walsh 81.06 6 GER Tomas Seyler 76.32 2 ENG Andrew Gilding 90.36 5 SCO John Henderson 83.92 6 AUT Mensur Suljović 94.67 6 BEL Mike De Decker 90.20 5 ENG Stephen Bunting 93.35 3 GER Jyhan Artut 89.55 6 NED Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.94 6 NED Leo Hendriks 79.89 3 WAL Mark Webster 87.44 6 ENG Stuart Kellett 79.04 2 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.50 6 WAL Barrie Bates 78.85 1 NIR Daryl Gurney 93.92 5 ENG Kevin McDine 90.84 6 ENG Joe Cullen 96.85 6 AUT Maik Langendorf 85.55 3 NED Christian Kist 100.35 3 BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh 99.97 6 ZAF Devon Petersen 88.61 6 ENG Nathan Aspinall 92.70 5 NED Jelle Klaasen 100.70 6 ENG Eddie Dootson 91.25 3 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 92.59 6 WAL Jamie Lewis 87.89 1 16 NED Benito van de Pas 90.28 3 ENG Johnny Haines 88.66 6 8 ENG Ian White 90.85 5 ENG Alan Norris 84.21 6 9 ENG Mervyn King 95.78 6 ENG Wes Newton 97.23 3 5 NIR Brendan Dolan 90.86 6 ENG Mark Walsh 80.73 2 12 ENG Terry Jenkins 102.73 6 SCO John Henderson 94.72 1 4 ENG Michael Smith 99.41 6 AUT Mensur Suljović 104.82 4 13 BEL Kim Huybrechts 105.47 6 GER Jyhan Artut 104.14 4 2 ENG James Wade 100.20 6 NED Dirk van Duijvenbode 78.79 0 15 ENG Steve Beaton 93.89 1 WAL Mark Webster 101.56 6 7 NED Vincent van der Voort 96.43 6 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez 94.86 2 10 ENG Justin Pipe 93.21 6 ENG Kevin McDine 94.04 4 6 AUS Simon Whitlock 99.18 6 ENG Joe Cullen 101.28 5 11 SCO Robert Thornton 102.19 6 BEL Dimitri Van den Bergh 95.81 5 3 SCO Peter Wright 88.60 5 ZAF Devon Petersen 92.53 6 14 ENG Dave Chisnall 101.74 1 NED Jelle Klaasen 104.69 6 1 NED van Gerwen 101.47 6 ENG Haines 89.65 1 ENG Norris 96.51 6 9 ENG King 96.04 5 5 NIR Dolan 93.55 6 12 ENG Jenkins 99.41 4 4 ENG M. Smith 96.10 4 13 BEL Huybrechts 97.64 6 2 ENG Wade 98.86 6 WAL Webster 90.82 4 7 NED van der Voort 99.49 6 10 ENG Pipe 88.39 1 6 AUS Whitlock 89.75 3 11 SCO Thornton 100.24 6 ZAF Petersen 90.10 0 NED Klaasen 94.93 6 1 NED van Gerwen 105.33 6 ENG Norris 97.89 3 5 NIR Dolan 81.76 3 13 BEL Huybrechts 91.39 6 2 ENG Wade 99.64 6 7 NED van der Voort 93.21 3 11 SCO Thornton 96.36 6 NED Klaasen 88.26 4 1 NED van Gerwen 96.58 3 13 BEL Huybrechts 94.17 6 2 ENG Wade 98.12 1 11 SCO Thornton 111.77 6 13 BEL Huybrechts 100.69 2 11 SCO Thornton 106.18 6 References Category:2015 PDC European Tour Category:European Darts Open Category:July 2015 sports events in Germany Category:2010s in Düsseldorf Category:Sports competitions in Düsseldorf