2015 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters

2015 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters
Tournament information
Dates	28–29 May 2015
Venue	Dubai Tennis Centre
Location	Dubai
Country	United Arab Emirates
Organisation(s)	PDC
Format	Legs Final – best of 21 legs
Prize fund	AED750,000
Winner's share	AED220,000
High checkout	170 Gary Anderson
Champion(s)
Michael van Gerwen
«2014 2016»

The 2015 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters was the third staging of the tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first World Series of Darts event of 2015. The tournament featured the top six players according to the Order of Merit, plus two wildcards, competing in a knockout system. The tournament was held at the Dubai Tennis Centre in Dubai over 28–29 May 2015. ^[1]

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion after he retained his 2014 title last year by defeating Peter Wright 11–7 in the final. ^[2] He maintained his unbeaten run in the event to win it for the third time with an 11–8 victory over Phil Taylor in the final. ^[3]

Prize money

The total prize fund was AED750,000.

Position (no. of players)		Prize money (Total: AED750,000)
Winner	(1)	AED220,000
Runner-up	(1)	AED110,000
Semi-finalists	(2)	AED85,000
Quarter-finalists	(4)	AED62,500

Qualifiers

The top six players on the PDC Order of Merit after the 2015 World Championship qualified for the event (with the top 4 seeded). They were joined by two wildcards. These were:

1. Michael van Gerwen (winner)
2. Phil Taylor (runner-up)
3. Gary Anderson (semi-finals)
4. Adrian Lewis (semi-finals)
5. Peter Wright (quarter-finals)
6. James Wade (quarter-finals)

Wildcards:

• Stephen Bunting (quarter-finals)
• Raymond van Barneveld (quarter-finals)

Draw

^[4]

	Quarter-finals Best of 19 legs [5]					Semi-finals Best of 21 legs [6]					Final Best of 21 legs [6]
	1	Michael van Gerwen 106.80	10
		Raymond van Barneveld 90.79	8
						1	Michael van Gerwen 99.90	11
						4	Adrian Lewis 96.20	9
	4	Adrian Lewis 105.68	10
		Stephen Bunting 101.68	9
											1	Michael van Gerwen 106.86	11
											2	Phil Taylor 107.07	8
	2	Phil Taylor 101.30	10
		Peter Wright 95.10	5
						2	Phil Taylor 99.39	11
						3	Gary Anderson 97.91	3
	3	Gary Anderson 98.80	10
		James Wade 100.80	8

Broadcasting

The tournament was available in the following territories on these channels. ^[1]

Country	Channel
United Kingdom	ITV 4
Dubai	Dubai Sports TV
Middle East and North Africa	OSN
Australia	Fox Sports
New Zealand	Sky Sport (New Zealand)
Netherlands	RTL7
Asia	Fox Sports

References

1. "Stars Set For Dubai Return". PDC. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
2. "Van Gerwen retains Dubai title". ESPN (UK) . Retrieved 30 May 2014.
3. "Van Gerwen overcomes Taylor in 'hardest year' to claim Dubai Darts Masters hat-trick". The National (Abu Dhabi) . Retrieved 30 May 2015.
4. "Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters Draw". PDC. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
5. "Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
6. "Mighty Mike Completes Dubai Treble". PDC. Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 29 May 2015.