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2015 Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters | |||
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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 | |||
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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]
The total prize fund was AED750,000.
Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: AED750,000) | |
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Winner | (1) | AED220,000 |
Runner-up | (1) | AED110,000 |
Semi-finalists | (2) | AED85,000 |
Quarter-finalists | (4) | AED62,500 |
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:
Wildcards:
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 |
The tournament was available in the following territories on these channels.[1]
Country | Channel |
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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 |