The 2015 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the eighteenth staging of the
World Grand Prix. It was played from 4–10 October 2015 at the
Citywest Hotel in
Dublin
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, Ireland.
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently ranked number 3 in the world, having been number 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2014, 2 ...
was the defending champion, after beating
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at th ...
5–3 in sets in the previous year's final, but he was beaten 5–4 in the final by
Robert Thornton.
Prize money
The total prize money remained at £400,000. The following is the breakdown of the fund:
Qualification
The field of 32 players is made up from the top 16 on the
PDC Order of Merit on September 14. The remaining 16 places went to the top 14 non-qualified players from the
ProTour Order of Merit and then to the top two non-qualified residents of the
Republic of Ireland
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and
Northern Ireland
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from the 2015 ProTour Order of Merit. The top eight players are seeded in the tournament.
Draw
The draw was made on 27 September 2015.
References
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