2015 World Grand Prix (darts)

Darts 2015 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix 4–10 October 2015 Citywest Hotel Dublin, Ireland Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Sets"double in, double out" £400,000 £100,000 170 Mensur Suljović Robert Thornton SCO 2014 2016 The 2015 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the eighteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 4 to 10 October 2015 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, after beating James Wade 5–3 in sets in the previous year's final, but he was beaten 5–4 in the final by Robert Thornton. Prize money The total prize money remained at £400,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:http://www.pdc.tv/world-grand-prix/article/x8j56hdz8y961h0jdoq3fx4h4/title/pdc-prize-fund-increases-confirmed PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed PDC 18 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141019094531/http://www.pdc.tv/world-grand-prix/article/x8j56hdz8y961h0jdoq3fx4h4/title/pdc-prize-fund-increases-confirmed 2014-10-19 dead Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £400,000)Winner (1) £100,000Runner-Up (1) £45,000Semi-finalists (2) £23,500Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000Second round losers (8) £8,500First round losers (16) £5,000 Qualification The field of 32 players is made up from the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit on September 14. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit and then to the top two non-qualified residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from the 2015 ProTour Order of Merit. The top eight players are seeded in the tournament. PDC Top 16 NED Michael van Gerwen (runner-up) SCO Gary Anderson (second round) ENG Phil Taylor (first round) SCO Peter Wright (first round) ENG Adrian Lewis (second round) ENG James Wade (first round) SCO Robert Thornton (winner) ENG Michael Smith (second round) ENG Dave Chisnall (second round) ENG Ian White (quarter-finals) AUS Simon Whitlock (second round) NIR Brendan Dolan (first round) ENG Terry Jenkins (second round) ENG Mervyn King (first round) BEL Kim Huybrechts (second round) NED Raymond van Barneveld (first round)PDPA Players Championship qualifiers NED Jelle Klaasen (quarter-finals) ENG Justin Pipe (second round) NED Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals) NED Benito van de Pas (first round) AUT Mensur Suljović (semi-finals) ENG Stephen Bunting (first round) WAL Gerwyn Price (first round) ENG Steve Beaton (first round) SCO John Henderson (first round) ENG Andrew Gilding (first round) WAL Mark Webster (semi-finals) ENG Keegan Brown (first round) ENG Jamie Caven (first round) WAL Jamie Lewis (quarter-finals)Irish qualifiers NIR Daryl Gurney (first round) IRL William O'Connor (first round) Draw The draw was made on 27 September 2015.http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1w3l6cv0t1l8j1fd799qluiqza/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-draw partypoker.com World Grand Prix Draw PDC 27 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928094020/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1w3l6cv0t1l8j1fd799qluiqza/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-draw 2015-09-28 dead http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/FixtureList.aspx?EventKey=6181 2015 World Grand Prix Fixtures Darts Database 29 September 2015 First round (best of 3 sets) 4–5 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1eqmgxpdjdjgf122bw0ep8wdpm/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix---sunday https://web.archive.org/web/20151006044921/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1eqmgxpdjdjgf122bw0ep8wdpm/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix---sunday dead October 6, 2015 partypoker.com World Grand Prix - Sunday PDC 4 October 2015http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ceuf7tmeb0q316d1jlivpanxg/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-monday partypoker.com World Grand Prix - Monday PDC 6 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151006204613/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ceuf7tmeb0q316d1jlivpanxg/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-monday 2015-10-06 dead Second round (best of 5 sets) 6–7 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/n59e3h511jfu1471p7m9pr74g/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix---tuesday partypoker.com World Grand Prix - Tuesday PDC 6 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151007082435/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/n59e3h511jfu1471p7m9pr74g/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix---tuesday 2015-10-07 dead Quarter-finals (best of 5 sets) 8 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/15zu84bxt0l91hj0nz5wa04gf/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-qf partypoker.com World Grand Prix - QF PDC 10 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151010225100/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/15zu84bxt0l91hj0nz5wa04gf/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-qf 2015-10-10 dead Semi-finals (best of 7 sets) 9 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/2u2hdwqxgxoq10t6z517xj219/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-sf partypoker.com World Grand Prix - SF PDC 10 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151011202624/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/2u2hdwqxgxoq10t6z517xj219/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-sf 2015-10-11 dead Final (best of 9 sets) 10 Octoberhttp://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1nnj9cig6swxr1dw6jo42w18ro/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-final Thrilling Thornton's Dublin Delight! PDC 11 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074901/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1nnj9cig6swxr1dw6jo42w18ro/title/partypokercom-world-grand-prix-final 2016-03-04 dead 200 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 92.84 2 ENG Keegan Brown 77.32 1   BEL Kim Huybrechts 82.08 2 NED Benito van de Pas 78.37 1 8 ENG Michael Smith 84.11 2 WAL Gerwyn Price 74.85 1   WAL Jamie Lewis 87.75 2 IRL William O'Connor 87.39 1 5 ENG Adrian Lewis 91.13 2 NED Raymond van Barneveld 77.14 0   ENG Stephen Bunting 83.01 1 WAL Mark Webster 87.88 2 4 SCO Peter Wright 88.77 1 ENG Dave Chisnall 89.11 2   NIR Brendan Dolan 79.81 1 NED Jelle Klaasen 82.26 2 2 SCO Gary Anderson 97.89 2 SCO John Henderson 86.07 0   ENG Ian White 89.20 2 ENG Jamie Caven 80.50 0 7 SCO Robert Thornton 96.98 2 NIR Daryl Gurney 89.76 0   ENG Justin Pipe 84.97 2 ENG Steve Beaton 75.35 1 6 ENG James Wade 94.41 1 AUT Mensur Suljović 93.23 2   AUS Simon Whitlock 85.65 2 ENG Andrew Gilding 79.92 0 3 ENG Phil Taylor 97.03 0 NED Vincent van der Voort 90.14 2   ENG Terry Jenkins 86.01 2 ENG Mervyn King 84.40 1 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 91.87 3 BEL Kim Huybrechts 92.48 1 8 ENG Michael Smith 86.14 2 WAL Jamie Lewis 83.64 3 5 ENG Adrian Lewis 78.85 0 WAL Mark Webster 91.41 3   ENG Dave Chisnall 88.53 2 NED Jelle Klaasen 91.43 3 2 SCO Gary Anderson 97.20 1 ENG Ian White 97.96 3 7 SCO Robert Thornton 83.96 3 ENG Justin Pipe 80.10 0   AUT Mensur Suljović 91.34 3 AUS Simon Whitlock 88.19 0   NED Vincent van der Voort 86.23 3 ENG Terry Jenkins 76.19 0 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 95.66 3 WAL Jamie Lewis 79.36 0   WAL Mark Webster 85.67 3 NED Jelle Klaasen 88.67 2 ENG Ian White 79.83 2 7 SCO Robert Thornton 90.06 3   AUT Mensur Suljović 85.09 3 NED Vincent van der Voort 81.60 1 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 93.25 4 WAL Mark Webster 83.24 1 7 SCO Robert Thornton 90.03 4 AUT Mensur Suljović 86.49 2 1 NED Michael van Gerwen 96.79 4 7 SCO Robert Thornton 90.79 5 References Category:World Grand Prix (darts) Category:International sports competitions in Dublin (city) World Grand Prix World Grand Prix (darts) World Grand Prix (darts), 2015