2015 European Darts Grand Prix

2015 European Darts Grand Prix 16–18 October 2015 Glaspalast Sindelfingen, Germany Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Legs £115,000 £25,000 161 Alan Norris Peter Wright Kim Huybrechts BEL 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 from 16 to 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.http://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/10034540/kim-huybrechts-beats-peter-wright-in-singelfinden-thriller Kim Huybrechts beats Peter Wright in Singelfinden thriller Sky Sports 19 October 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 17 September automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/2p4nymk9d5op1xivo2f1af53b/title/european-darts-grand-prix-entries European Darts Grand Prix Entries PDC 17 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150920041149/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/2p4nymk9d5op1xivo2f1af53b/title/european-darts-grand-prix-entries 20 September 2015 dead dmy-all The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Barnsley on 25 September),http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1x3vdoxqupfkj1oeq3c2bt692p/title/et9-uk-qualifier-updates ET9 UK Qualifier Updates PDC 25 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150926035806/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1x3vdoxqupfkj1oeq3c2bt692p/title/et9-uk-qualifier-updates 26 September 2015 dead dmy-all eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started).http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/k6twkpqqc7na11m57uun0jazu/title/barney--suljovic-seal-et9-spots Barney & Suljovic Seal ET9 Spots PDC 16 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151016235728/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/k6twkpqqc7na11m57uun0jazu/title/barney--suljovic-seal-et9-spots 16 October 2015 dead dmy-all The following players are taking part in the tournament: Top 16 NED Michael van Gerwen (second round) ENG Michael Smith (quarter-finals) ENG James Wade (semi-finals) SCO Peter Wright (runner-up) ENG Ian White (quarter-finals) SCO Robert Thornton (third round) BEL Kim Huybrechts (winner) NIR Brendan Dolan (second round) ENG Dave Chisnall (second round) ENG Justin Pipe (second round) NED Jelle Klaasen (quarter-finals) ENG Terry Jenkins (second round) NED Vincent van der Voort (second round) AUS Simon Whitlock (third round) NED Benito van de Pas (second round) ENG Mervyn King (third round) UK Qualifier WAL Gerwyn Price (third round) ENG Stephen Bunting (third round) ENG Steve Beaton (third round) SCO Mark Barilli (first round) ENG Robbie Green (first round) ENG Johnny Haines (first round) WAL Johnny Clayton (second round) WAL Mark Webster (second round) ENG Jamie Caven (second round) NIR Mickey Mansell (second round) ENG Dave Ladley (second round) ENG Mark Walsh (first round) ENG Alan Norris (first round) ENG Stephen Willard (first round) ENG Dean Winstanley (second round) RSA Devon Petersen (first round) ENG Joe Cullen (quarter-finals) ENG David Pallett (second round) ENG Ricky Evans (first round) ENG Lee Evans (third round) European Qualifier NED Jermaine Wattimena (second round) ESP Antonio Alcinas (first round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (third round) AUT Mensur Suljović (semi-finals) NED Jeffrey de Zwaan (second round) CRO Robert Marijanović (first round) AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez (first round) SWE Magnus Caris (first round) Host Nation Qualifier GER Kevin Münch (first round) GER Jyhan Artut (first round) GER Stefan Stoyke (first round) GER Max Hopp (first round) Draw http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=6245 2015 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Results Darts Database 19 October 2015 First round(best of 11 legs)16 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/xh1w8h9ih0941pxd686rntas6/title/european-darts-grand-prix-day-one https://web.archive.org/web/20151018172943/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/xh1w8h9ih0941pxd686rntas6/title/european-darts-grand-prix-day-one dead October 18, 2015 European Darts Grand Prix Day One PDC 16 October 2015 Second round(best of 11 legs)17 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/rv28h5xn5qjq1bnfohnlr9rwc/title/european-darts-grand-prix-day-two https://web.archive.org/web/20151019184932/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/rv28h5xn5qjq1bnfohnlr9rwc/title/european-darts-grand-prix-day-two dead October 19, 2015 European Darts Grand Prix Day Two PDC 18 October 2015 Third round(best of 11 legs)18 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/654t4z80dzhd1cahmhkdtlqt6/title/european-darts-grand-prix-third-round European Darts Grand Prix Third Round PDC 18 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151019184911/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/654t4z80dzhd1cahmhkdtlqt6/title/european-darts-grand-prix-third-round 2015-10-19 dead Quarter-finals(best of 11 legs)18 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/goy91lk582091loegz9hml40m/title/european-darts-grand-prix-final-session https://web.archive.org/web/20151019184926/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/goy91lk582091loegz9hml40m/title/european-darts-grand-prix-final-session dead October 19, 2015 Gutsy Huybrechts' Sindelfingen Glory PDC 18 October 2015 Semi-finals(best of 11 legs)18 October Final(best of 11 legs)18 October 220 AUT Mensur Suljović 88.63 6 SCO Mark Barilli 86.08 4 AUT Rowby-John Rodriguez 85.83 3 NED Jeffrey de Zwaan 93.19 6 NED Raymond van Barneveld 100.76 6 ENG Johnny Haines 91.95 3 ENG Joe Cullen 95.12 6 ESP Antonio Alcinas 83.77 3 NIR Mickey Mansell 92.58 6 ENG Robbie Green 82.59 1 GER Jyhan Artut 91.66 3 ENG Lee Evans 92.94 6 NED Jermaine Wattimena 84.86 6 CRO Robert Marijanović 85.30 5 ENG Stephen Bunting 94.22 6 ENG Alan Norris 95.13 4 ENG Dean Winstanley 83.58 6 RSA Devon Petersen 82.52 5 WAL Gerwyn Price 87.13 6 GER Max Hopp 88.31 5 ENG Dave Ladley 87.10 6 SWE Magnus Caris 84.70 5 ENG Steve Beaton 86.08 6 ENG Mark Walsh 88.22 3 WAL Johnny Clayton 78.42 6 GER Kevin Münch 74.95 0 ENG David Pallett 90.63 6 ENG Ricky Evans 85.45 4 WAL Mark Webster 89.71 6 ENG Stephen Willard 86.34 3 ENG Jamie Caven 91.64 6 GER Stefan Stoyke 85.31 4 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 111.37 4 AUT Mensur Suljović 109.70 6 16 ENG Mervyn King 94.74 6 NED Jeffrey de Zwaan 92.61 2 8 NIR Brendan Dolan 90.59 1 NED Raymond van Barneveld 95.97 6 9 ENG Dave Chisnall 90.14 2 ENG Joe Cullen 103.58 6 5 ENG Ian White 97.10 6 NIR Mickey Mansell 94.02 3 12 ENG Terry Jenkins 95.49 4 ENG Lee Evans 95.92 6 4 SCO Peter Wright 90.43 6 NED Jermaine Wattimena 88.59 3 13 NED Vincent van der Voort 95.01 4 ENG Stephen Bunting 100.72 6 2 ENG Michael Smith 96.32 6 ENG Dean Winstanley 87.50 3 15 NED Benito van de Pas 92.08 3 WAL Gerwyn Price 88.44 6 7 BEL Kim Huybrechts 105.71 6 ENG Dave Ladley 89.23 4 10 ENG Justin Pipe 91.84 5 ENG Steve Beaton 95.54 6 6 SCO Robert Thornton 92.04 6 WAL Johnny Clayton 90.42 5 11 NED Jelle Klaasen 104.78 6 ENG David Pallett 94.07 4 3 ENG James Wade 95.32 6 WAL Mark Webster 90.09 3 14 AUS Simon Whitlock 100.72 6 ENG Jamie Caven 95.57 4 AUT Suljović 97.24 6 16 ENG King 98.92 5 NED van Barneveld 111.06 2 ENG Cullen 110.16 6 5 ENG White 102.69 6 ENG L. Evans 96.90 3 4 SCO Wright 99.21 6 ENG Bunting 103.30 2 2 ENG Smith 93.10 6 WAL Price 87.36 3 7 BEL Huybrechts 104.70 6 ENG Beaton 100.25 5 6 SCO Thornton 93.45 4 11 NED Klaasen 91.05 6 3 ENG Wade 96.83 6 14 AUS Whitlock 93.94 5 AUT Suljović 91.66 6 ENG Cullen 89.88 4 5 ENG White 98.10 5 4 SCO Wright 99.12 6 2 ENG Smith 92.08 5 7 BEL Huybrechts 97.51 6 11 NED Klaasen 94.90 4 3 ENG Wade 103.52 6 AUT Suljović 96.44 5 4 SCO Wright 94.58 6 7 BEL Huybrechts 96.59 6 3 ENG Wade 89.08 4 4 SCO Wright 99.95 5 7 BEL Huybrechts 99.30 6 References 2 Category:2015 PDC European Tour Category:October 2015 sports events in Germany Category:European Darts Grand Prix