The 2015 Gibraltar Darts Trophy was the second of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar, between 20 and 22 March 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
| 2015 Gibraltar Darts Trophy | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 20–22 March 2015 | ||
| Venue | Victoria Stadium | ||
| Location | Gibraltar | ||
| Country |  Gibraltar | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £115,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
| High checkout | 170  Nathan Derry | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Michael van Gerwen | |||
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The defending champion was James Wade, having beaten Steve Beaton 6–4 in the previous year's final, but he was defeated in the semi-finals after losing 6–2 to Terry Jenkins, who then lost the final 6–3 to Michael van Gerwen.
Prize money edit
The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.[1]
| 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 edit
The top 16 players from the PDC ProTour Order of Merit Archived 2013-11-27 at archive.today on the 16 January 2015 automatically qualified for the event.[2] The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in Wigan on 18 January),[3] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Bielefeld on 24 January) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (held at the venue the day before the event started).[4][5][6]
The following players took part in the tournament:
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Draw edit
References edit
- ^ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "ET1 & ET2 Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "European Tour Event 1-2 UK Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Field". PDC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2015". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Host Nation Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "2015 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day One". PDC. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Third Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-03-24. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ^ a b c "Rock Solid van Gerwen's Gibraltar Glory". PDC. Retrieved 22 March 2015.