The 2015 International Darts Open was the fifth of nine PDC European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the SACHSENarena, Riesa, between 19–21 June 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.
| 2015 International Darts Open | |||
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| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 19–21 June 2015 | ||
| Venue | SACHSENarena | ||
| Location | Riesa | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £115,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £25,000 | ||
| High checkout | 167  Benito van de Pas | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
 Michael Smith | |||
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Michael Smith won his second European title after defeating Benito van de Pas 6–3 in the final.
Van de Pas ended Michael van Gerwen's winning streak of 21 games on the 2015 European tour and hit the two best checkouts (167 and 158) of the tournament en route to the final.
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 | |
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| 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 on 9 May 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 Crawley on 15 May),[3] eight from the European Qualifier (held in Riesa on 18 June) and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (also held on 18 June).[4] 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.
- ^ "European Tour Events 5&6 Entries". PDC. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "ET5&6 UK Qualifier Round-Up". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Nine-Dart Hopp Heads Riesa Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "2015 PDC International Darts Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Home Delight For Hopp And Seyler In Riesa". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "International Darts Open Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Van Gerwen Dominance Ended In Riesa". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "International Darts Open Final Session". PDC. Retrieved 21 June 2015.