2015 International Darts Open

Tournament information

Dates

19–21 June

Venue

Sachsen Arena

Location

Riesa

Country

Germany

Organisation(s)

PDC

Format

Legs

Prize fund

£115,000

Winners share

£25,000

High checkout

167

Benito van de Pas

Champion(s)

Michael Smith

«Event 4

Event 6»

The 2015 International Darts Open was the fifth of nine European Tour events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Sachsen Arena, Riesa, between 19–21 June. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

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

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

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 Home Nation Qualifier (also held on 18 June).^[4] The following players took part in the tournament:

Top 16

Michael van Gerwen (Third round)
Peter Wright (Third round)
Michael Smith (Winner)
Brendan Dolan (Third round)
Simon Whitlock (Second round)
Vincent van der Voort (Second round)
Ian White (Semi-finals)
Mervyn King (Second round)
Justin Pipe (Quarter-finals)
Robert Thornton (Third round)
Terry Jenkins (Quarter-finals)
Kim Huybrechts (Semi-finals)
Dave Chisnall (Quarter-finals)
Steve Beaton (Third round)
Jamie Caven (Second round)
Benito van de Pas (Runner-up)

UK Qualifier

Stephen Bunting (Quarter-finals)
Ken MacNeil (First round)
John Henderson (First round)
Jamie Robinson (First round)
Matt Clark (Second round)
Dean Winstanley (First round)
Matthew Edgar (Second round)
Jamie Lewis (Second round)
Mark Barilli (Second round)
Mark Webster (First round)
Mark Walsh (First round)
Darren Webster (First round)
William O'Connor (Second round)
James Wilson (Second round)
Daryl Gurney (Third round)
Eddie Dootson (First round)
Kevin McDine (First round)
Adam Hunt (First round)
Michael Mansell (Second round)
Jonny Clayton (Second round)

European Qualifier

Christian Kist (First round)
Mensur Suljović (Second round)
Cristo Reyes (Second round)
Mike de Decker (First round)
Rowby-John Rodriguez (Third round)
Antonio Alcinas (First round)
Robert Marijanović (Second round)
Jeffrey de Zwaan (First round)

Host Nation Qualifier

Max Hopp (Third round)
Jyhan Artut (First round)
Daniel Zygla (First round)
Tomas Seyler (Second round)

Draw

^[5]

First round ^[6]					Second round ^[7]			Third round ^[8]			Quarter-finals ^[9]			Semi-finals ^[9]			Final ^[9]

	William O'Connor 89.39	6			1	Michael van Gerwen 101.42	6
	Mike de Decker 82.94	2				William O'Connor 94.10	5
								1	van Gerwen 97.68	4

								16	van de Pas 92.61	6
	Mensur Suljović 93.10	6	16	Benito van de Pas 95.89	6

	Mark Walsh 82.76	2				Mensur Suljović 88.84	5
											16	van de Pas 89.28	6

											9	Pipe 91.13	4
	Max Hopp 87.43	6			8	Mervyn King 85.77	3

	Kevin McDine 87.76	2				Max Hopp 88.19	6
									Hopp 86.83	2

								9	Pipe 89.63	6
	James Wilson 91.83	6	9	Justin Pipe 98.20	6

	Eddie Dootson 85.84	2				James Wilson 93.00	5
														16	van de Pas 95.41	6

														12	Huybrechts 95.18	3
	Daryl Gurney 96.86	6			5	Simon Whitlock 95.67	5

	Ken MacNeil 91.02	4				Daryl Gurney 94.54	6
									Gurney 93.18	4

								12	Huybrechts 92.22	6
	Dean Winstanley 88.82	1	12	Kim Huybrechts 91.53	6

	Cristo Reyes 100.63	6				Cristo Reyes 94.66	5
											12	Huybrechts 95.55	6

											13	Chisnall 97.73	4
	Christian Kist 80.24	0			4	Brendan Dolan 88.47	6

	Robert Marijanović 87.55	6				Robert Marijanović 83.12	5
								4	Dolan 92.78	2

								13	Chisnall 104.97	6
	Darren Webster 81.87	5	13	Dave Chisnall 101.33	6

	Matthew Edgar 88.25	6				Matthew Edgar 87.21	0
																	16	van de Pas 81.41	3

																	3	Smith 88.23	6
	John Henderson 91.28	5			2	Peter Wright 103.66	6

	Matt Clark 95.06	6				Matt Clark 81.11	0
								2	Wright 100.10	5

									Bunting 104.11	6
	Stephen Bunting 93.05	6	15	Jamie Caven 88.68	3

	Jamie Robinson 91.71	2				Stephen Bunting 91.63	6
												Bunting 99.96	5

											7	White 105.12	6
	Michael Mansell 91.31	6			7	Ian White 92.68	6

	Jeffrey de Zwaan 80.97	1				Michael Mansell 89.37	4
								7	White 103.01	6

								10	Thornton 92.96	4
	Tomas Seyler 85.96	6	10	Robert Thornton 83.57	6

	Antonio Alcinas 80.03	1				Tomas Seyler 82.84	5
														7	White 88.95	3

														3	Smith 92.46	6
	Rowby-John Rodriguez 90.76	6			6	Vincent van der Voort 91.72	4

	Adam Hunt 90.16	4				Rowby-John Rodriguez 88.72	6
									Rodriguez 89.43	2

								11	Jenkins 98.62	6
	Mark Webster 86.61	3	11	Terry Jenkins 94.60	6

	Jamie Lewis 92.75	6				Jamie Lewis 90.16	4
											11	Jenkins 93.52	5

											3	Smith 101.35	6
	Jyhan Artut 85.21	4			3	Michael Smith 85.19	6

	Jonny Clayton 83.06	6				Jonny Clayton 75.35	4
								3	Smith 96.33	6

								14	Beaton 92.72	3
	Mark Barilli 74.57	6	14	Steve Beaton 88.90	6

	Daniel Zygla 71.24	4				Mark Barilli 70.59	1

References

↑ "ProTour Prize Funds Increased". PDC. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
↑ "European Tour Events 5&6 Entries". PDC. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
↑ "ET5&6 UK Qualifier Round-Up". PDC. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
↑ "Nine-Dart Hopp Heads Riesa Qualifiers". PDC. 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. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
↑ "International Darts Open Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
↑ "Van Gerwen Dominance Ended In Riesa". PDC. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
1 2 3 "International Darts Open Final Session". PDC. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

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