2015 Gibraltar Darts Trophy

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
Tournament information
Dates20–22 March 2015
VenueVictoria Stadium
LocationGibraltar
Country Gibraltar
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatLegs
Prize fund£115,000
Winner's share£25,000
High checkout170 England Nathan Derry
Champion(s)
Netherlands Michael van Gerwen
«Event 1 Event 3»

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

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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

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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:

Draw

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[7]

First round
(best of 11 legs)
20 March
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Second round
(best of 11 legs)
21 March
[9]
Third round
(best of 11 legs)
22 March
[10]
Quarter-finals
(best of 11 legs)
22 March
[11]
Semi-finals
(best of 11 legs)
22 March
[11]
Final
(best of 11 legs)
22 March
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1  Gary Anderson 105.226
  Devon Petersen 98.956  Devon Petersen 92.232
1  Anderson 90.064
  Kurt Parry 92.052
16  T. Jenkins 87.956
16  Terry Jenkins 98.376
  Tony Newell 90.246  Tony Newell 89.372
16  T. Jenkins 96.056
  Steve West 87.654
8  King 97.093
8  Mervyn King 95.946
  Antony Lopez 81.006  Antony Lopez 69.680
8  King 101.986
  John Duo 72.763
9  Pipe 92.121
9  Justin Pipe 88.976
  Joe Murnan 83.055  Mike Zuydwijk 85.604
16  T. Jenkins 101.226
  Mike Zuydwijk 84.656
5  Wade 91.852
5  James Wade 91.506
  Mark Webster 86.213  Cristo Reyes 91.583
5  Wade 104.686
  Cristo Reyes 89.986
12  van der Voort 100.852
12  Vincent van der Voort 92.016
  Ronny Huybrechts 80.742  Kevin McDine 87.843
5  Wade 106.546
  Kevin McDine 85.886
13  K. Huybrechts 92.414
4  Peter Wright 97.935
  Andrew Gilding 92.345  Wayne Jones 98.306
  Jones 98.534
  Wayne Jones 90.956
13  K. Huybrechts 102.336
13  Kim Huybrechts 81.326
  Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.745  Dimitri Van den Bergh 84.215
16  T. Jenkins 99.283
  Dimitri Van den Bergh 88.306
2  van Gerwen 107.046
2  Michael van Gerwen 85.026
  Kevin Painter 86.326  Kevin Painter 83.165
2  van Gerwen 103.196
  Rowby-John Rodriguez 86.983
  Woods 87.903
15  Steve Beaton 93.885
  Brian Woods 83.576  Brian Woods 100.806
2  van Gerwen 109.926
  Manuel Vilerio 74.292
  Klaasen 99.624
7  Brendan Dolan 90.162
  Jelle Klaasen 96.976  Jelle Klaasen 95.296
  Klaasen 93.906
  Daryl Gurney 92.620
  Derry 87.403
10  Ian White 91.791
  Andy Parsons 78.943  Nathan Derry 100.906
2  van Gerwen 104.476
  Nathan Derry 86.606
  Lewis 96.391
6  Robert Thornton 91.974
  Gerwyn Price 85.466  Gerwyn Price 90.126
  Price 94.026
  Dylan Duo 70.472
11  Whitlock 95.972
11  Simon Whitlock 89.966
  Wes Newton 93.430  Benito van de Pas 91.774
  Price 91.155
  Benito van de Pas 101.336
  Lewis 89.866
3  Michael Smith 99.045
  Jamie Lewis 84.496  Jamie Lewis 96.236
  Lewis 95.826
  Brett Claydon 81.753
  A. Smith 87.884
14  Stephen Bunting 103.023
  Andy Smith 95.176  Andy Smith 96.706
  Andy Jenkins 90.264

References

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  1. ^ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ "ET1 & ET2 Entries Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ^ "European Tour Event 1-2 UK Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Field". PDC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Tournament Calendar 2015". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Host Nation Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day One". PDC. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Third Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-03-24. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  11. ^ a b c "Rock Solid van Gerwen's Gibraltar Glory". PDC. Retrieved 22 March 2015.