The 2015 Dutch Darts Masters was the fourth of nine

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events on the 2015 PDC Pro Tour. The tournament took place at the Evenementenhal,

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, between 5–7 June 2015. It featured a field of 48 players and £115,000 in prize money, with £25,000 going to the winner.

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won the tournament for the second year in a row after beating

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6–0 in the final.

Prize money

The prize fund was increased to £115,000 after being £100,000 for the previous two years.

Qualification and format

The top 16 players from th
PDC ProTour Order of Merit
on 8 March 2015 automatically qualified for the event and were seeded in the second round. The remaining 32 places went to players from three qualifying events - 20 from the UK Qualifier (held in

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on 13 March), eight from the European Qualifier and four from the Host Nation Qualifier (both held at the venue the day before the event started. The following players took part in the tournament: :Top 16 :#

(winner) :# Michael Smith ''(third round)'' :#

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''(second round)'' :# Peter Wright ''(second round)'' :#

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''(third round)'' :# Ian White ''(third round)'' :#

Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player on the PDC circuit. As of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, his nickname is the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used to go by "Grease Lightning". He is bes ...

''(second round)'' :#

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''(third round)'' :# Mervyn King ''(quarter-finals)'' :#

''(runner-up)'' :#

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''(quarter-finals)'' :#

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''(semi-finals)'' :#

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''(third round)'' :#

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''(semi-finals)'' :#

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''(second round)'' :#

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''(third round)'' :UK Qualifier :* Dean Winstanley ''(first round)'' :* Gary Stone ''(second round)'' :* William O'Connor ''(second round)'' :* Alan Norris ''(first round)'' :* Darren Webster ''(first round)'' :* Prakash Jiwa ''(first round)'' :* Wes Newton ''(first round)'' :*

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''(first round)'' :* Ricky Evans ''(second round)'' :* John Henderson ''(second round)'' :*

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''(first round)'' :* Kyle Anderson ''(quarter-finals)'' :* Joe Cullen ''(first round)'' :* Nathan Aspinall ''(third round)'' :* Jamie Robinson ''(first round)'' :*

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''(quarter-finals)'' :*

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''(first round)'' :* Wayne Jones ''(first round)'' :* Brett Claydon ''(first round)'' :*

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''(third round)'' :European Qualifier :* Davyd Venken ''(first round)'' :* Cristo Reyes ''(first round)'' :*

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''(second round)'' :* Dimitri Van den Bergh ''(first round)'' :* Rowby-John Rodriguez ''(second round)'' :* John Michael ''(second round)'' :* Kenny Neyens ''(first round)'' :* Max Hopp ''(second round)'' :Host Nation Qualifier :* Christian Kist ''(second round)'' :* Jerry Hendriks ''(second round)'' :*

Jeffrey de Zwaan Jeffrey de Zwaan (born 26 March 1996) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Career De Zwaan progressed through to the last 16 of the 2014 World Masters, where he lost 3–0 to Glen ...

''(second round)'' :* Jelle Klaasen ''(second round)''

Draw

References

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