German Darts Masters 2015

German Darts Masters 2015
Tournament status
Tournament type	Ranking tournament
organizer	PDC
venue	Ballhausforum , Unterschleißheim
Tournament dates
Defending champion	Phil Taylor
Attendees	48
Opening game	April 4, 2015
Endgame	April 6, 2015
Prize money (total)	£ 115,000
Prize money (winner)	£ 25,000
winner	Michael van Gerwen
statistics
highest finish	158 points from Vincent van der Voort
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The German Darts Masters was a ranking tournament in darts and was organized for the fourth time by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from April 4 to 6, 2015 . It was the third event of the European Tour , which was carried out as part of the Pro Tour 2015 . The venue for the first time was the Ballhausforum in Unterschleißheim .

The defending champion was Phil Taylor . The winner was Michael van Gerwen , who won the tournament for the first time.

format

The tournament was played in a knockout system . Game mode in all rounds was a best of 11 legs . Each leg was played in double-out mode.

Prize money

The tournament totaled £ 115,000 in prize money. The prize money was distributed among the participants as follows:

Position (number of players)		Prize money
winner	(1)	£ 25,000
finalist	(1)	£ 10,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	£ 5,000
Quarter finalists	(4)	£ 3,500
Round of 16 players	(8th)	£ 2,000
2nd round loser	(16)	£ 1,500
Loser of the preliminary round	(16)	£ 1,000
		£ 115,000

Attendees

The following 48 players were qualified for the German Darts Masters 2015:

• The first 16 players in the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit - as of March 8, 2015 -, all of whom were seeded
• The 20 winners of the German Darts Masters UK Qualifier on March 13, 2015
• The 8 winners of the German Darts Masters European Qualifier on April 3rd, 2015
• The 4 ¹ winners of the German Darts Masters German Qualifier on April 3, 2015

PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit

1. Michael van Gerwen
2. Michael Smith
3. James Wade
4. Peter Wright
5. Robert Thornton
6. Adrian Lewis
7. Brendan Dolan
8. Ian White
9. Vincent van der Voort
10. Simon Whitlock
11. Mervyn King
12. Justin Pipe
13. Kim Huybrechts
14. Terry Jenkins
15. Steve Beaton
16. Jamie Caven

German Darts Masters UK Qualifier

• Ken MacNeil
• Michael Mansell
• Andy Boulton
• Andrew Gilding
• David Pallett
• Daryl Gurney
• Darren Webster
• Andy Smith
• Wes Newton
• William O'Connor
• Dennis Smith
• John Henderson
• Kurt Parry
• Gary Stone
• Josh Payne
• Lee Palfreyman
• Keegan Brown
• Jamie Bain
• Jamie Lewis

German Darts Masters European Qualifier

• Rowby-John Rodriguez
• Jan Dekker
• Ronny Huybrechts
• Benito van de Pas
• Jeffrey de Zwaan
• Armin Glanzer
• Scale length Suljović
• Cristo Reyes

German Darts Masters German Qualifier

• Tomas Seyler
• Andree Welge
• Jyhan Artut
• Daniel Zygla
• Stefan Stoyke

¹ Phil Taylor did not take part due to illness. Jamie Caven , the best UK qualifier , moved up into the ranks of seeded players. The free starting place was given to another German Qualifier .

Results

Preliminary round

All unset players started in the 1st round (preliminary round). It was held on April 4, 2015.

game Player 1 Result Player 2 1 Rowby-John Rodriguez 83.15 4: 6 Gary Stone 80.58 2 Ronny Huybrechts 82.46 6  : 4 Dennis Smith 80.38 3 William O'Connor 3/86 6  : 3 Armin Glanzer 78.10 4th Andy Smith 12/94 6  : 3 Daniel Zygla 88.52 5 Darren Webster 95.83 6  : 3 Jeffrey de Zwaan 87.09 6th Scale length Suljović 91.08 6  : 5 Jyhan Artut 87.71 7th Keegan Brown 89.98 6  : 2 Josh Payne 7/84 8th Jamie Bain 90.43 6  : 2 Andree Welge 88.81

game Player 1 Result Player 2 9 John Henderson 90.50 6  : 3 Cristo Reyes 86.70 10 Andrew Gilding 94.73 6  : 1 Lee Palfreyman 84.11 11 Michael Mansell 79.85 6  : 1 Tomas Seyler 71.95 12 David Pallett 93.16 6  : 5 Ken MacNeil 82.92 13 Daryl Gurney 90.66 5: 6 Kurt Parry 97.38 14th Wes Newton 86.39 6  : 2 Stefan Stoyke 83.70 15th Benito van de Pas 95.54 6  : 2 Jan Dekker 89.07 16 Jamie Lewis 88.25 6  : 3 Andy Boulton 84.95

Final round

In round 2, the seeded players met the winners of the first round. The final round was held on April 5th and 6th.

Round 2 April 5, 2015 best of 11 legs

Round of 16 April 6, 2015 best of 11 legs

Quarterfinals April 6th, 2015 best of 11 legs

Semi-finals April 6, 2015 best of 11 legs

Final April 6th, 2015 best of 11 legs

1

Michael van Gerwen 100.78

6th

Gary Stone 87.77

2

1

Michael van Gerwen 107.13

6th

16

Jamie Caven 97.14

5

16

Jamie Caven 95.57

6th

Ronny Huybrechts 90.97

4th

1

Michael van Gerwen 100.33

6th

William O'Connor 92.70

4th

8th

Ian White April 89

1

William O'Connor 89.60

6th

William O'Connor 97.41

6th

9

Vincent van der Voort 94.56

3

9

Vincent van der Voort 93.54

6th

Andy Smith 91.71

3

1

Michael van Gerwen 113.63

6th

4th

Peter Wright 100.25

1

5

Robert Thornton 91.03

6th

Darren Webster 80.86

3

5

Robert Thornton 95.76

6th

Scale length Suljović 93.75

3

12

Justin Pipe 101.28

4th

Scale length Suljović 102.02

6th

5

Robert Thornton 12/90

5

4th

Peter Wright 89.72

6th

4th

Peter Wright 99.64

6th

Keegan Brown April 97

2

4th

Peter Wright 100.25

6th

Jamie Bain 92.71

3

13

Kim Huybrechts 91.87

5

Jamie Bain 90.21

6th

1

Michael van Gerwen 102.30

6th

John Henderson 89.59

5

2

Michael Smith 93.13

4th

John Henderson 96.21

6th

John Henderson 102.48

6th

Andrew Gilding 11/90

0

15th

Steve Beaton 94.73

4th

Andrew Gilding 96.00

6th

John Henderson 107.72

6th

7th

Brendan Dolan 90.71

1

7th

Brendan Dolan 93.98

6th

Michael Mansell 91.05

3

7th

Brendan Dolan 86.66

6th

10

Simon Whitlock 98.37

3

10

Simon Whitlock 94.20

6th

David Pallett 99.97

4th

John Henderson 08/94

6th

6th

Adrian Lewis 89.51

4th

6th

Adrian Lewis 102.73

6th

Kurt Parry 98.30

3

6th

Adrian Lewis 93.91

6th

Wes Newton 100.39

5

11

Mervyn King 92.98

2

Wes Newton 89.66

6th

6th

Adrian Lewis 102.48

6th

3

James Wade 78.71

0

3

James Wade 103.66

6th

Benito van de Pas 89.00

0

3

James Wade 90.52

6th

14th

Terry Jenkins 87.27

3

14th

Terry Jenkins 94.32

6th

Jamie Lewis 89.86

4th

transmission

In German-speaking countries, the event was not broadcast on TV.

Internationally, all games were broadcast directly on pdc.tv by the PDC.

Web links

• Report on darts1.de
• Tournament progress on dartn.de
• German Darts Masters 2015 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview of the prize money in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
2. ↑ German Darts Masters 2015 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
3. ↑ German Darts Masters 2015 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
4. ↑ German Darts Masters 2015 in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
5. ↑ European Tour Set For Munich Debut. (No longer available online.) In: pdc.tv. April 3, 2015, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on February 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.