The 2015 PDC Pro Tour was a series of non-televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). Professional Dart Players Association Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers, and European Tour events were the events that made up the Pro Tour. This year there were 35 PDC Pro Tour events held – 20 Players Championships, six UK Open Qualifiers, and nine European Tour events.
Prize money for each Players Championship increased from £50,000 to £60,000 per event and the European Tour increased from £100,000 to £115,000 per event. UK Open Qualifiers stayed the same as last year. [1]
Stage | ET | PC | UKQ | CT/DT |
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Winner | £25,000 | £10,000 | £10,000 | £2,000 |
Runner-up | £10,000 | £5,000 | £5,000 | £1,000 |
Semi-finalists | £5,000 | £2,500 | £2,500 | £500 |
Quarter-finalists | £3,500 | £2,000 | £1,500 | £300 |
Last 16 | £2,000 | £1,500 | £1,000 | £200 |
Last 32 | £1,500 | £750 | £500 | £100 |
Last 48 | £1,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Last 64 | N/A | £250 | £250 | £50 |
Total | £115,000 | £60,000 | £50,000 | £10,000 |
128 players were granted Tour Cards, which enabled them to participate in all Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events. [2]
The 2015 Tour Cards were awarded to:
The offer of four places for the semi-finalists of the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship were withdrawn from this year.
The PDC Pro Tour Q-School took place at the Robin Park Tennis Centre in Wigan from January 14–17. The following players won two-year tour cards on each of the days played:
January 14 [3] | January 15 [4] | January 16 [5] | January 17 [6] |
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376 | 367 | 369 | 348 |
A Q-School Order of Merit was also created by using the following points system:
Stage | Points |
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Last 8 | 9 |
Last 16 | 5 |
Last 32 | 3 |
Last 64 | 2 |
Last 128 | 1 |
To complete the field of 128 Tour Card Holders, places were allocated down the final Q-School Order of Merit. The following players picked up Tour Cards as a result: [6]
Six qualifiers took place to determine seedings for the 2015 UK Open.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Friday 6 February |
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Adrian Lewis
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6 – 1 |
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[7] |
2 | Saturday 7 February |
Michael van Gerwen
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6 – 1 |
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[8] | |
3 | Sunday 8 February |
Michael van Gerwen
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6 – 1 |
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[9] | |
4 | Friday 20 February |
Michael van Gerwen
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6 – 5 |
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[10] | |
5 | Saturday 21 February |
Michael Smith
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6 – 5 |
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[11] | |
6 | Sunday 22 February |
Phil Taylor
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6 – 2 |
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[12] |
There were 20 Players Championship events in 2015.
The PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour was open to all PDPA Associate Members who failed to win a Tour Card at Qualifying School. The players who finished first and second received two-year Tour Cards to move onto the PDC Pro Tour in 2016 and 2017. In addition, the players who finished from third to eighth will receive free entry to the 2016 PDC Q-School. [42]
Rank | Player | Earnings |
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1 |
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£7,350 |
2 |
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£7,350 |
3 |
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£5,600 |
4 |
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£4,650 |
5 |
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£4,350 |
6 |
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£4,250 |
7 |
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£3,800 |
8 |
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£3,800 |
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 21 March |
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Kirk Shepherd
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5 – 3 |
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[43] |
2 |
Colin Fowler
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5 – 2 |
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[43] | ||
3 | Sunday 22 March |
Shaun Griffiths
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5 – 1 |
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[44] | |
4 |
Richie Corner
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5 – 1 |
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[44] | ||
5 | Saturday 30 May |
Jan Dekker
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5 – 0 |
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[45] | |
6 |
Matt Clark
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5 – 2 |
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[45] | ||
7 | Sunday 31 May |
Shaun Griffiths
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5 – 2 |
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[46] | |
8 |
Joe Murnan
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5 – 3 |
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[46] | ||
9 | Saturday 11 July |
Jan Dekker
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5 – 1 |
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[47] | |
10 |
Joe Murnan
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5 – 1 |
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[47] | ||
11 | Sunday 12 July |
Richie Corner
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5 – 4 |
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[48] | |
12 |
Dean Reynolds
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5 – 3 |
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[48] | ||
13 | Saturday 19 September |
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Chris Quantock
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5 – 0 |
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[49] |
14 |
Peter Hudson
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5 – 4 |
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[49] | ||
15 | Sunday 20 September |
Jan Dekker
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5 – 2 |
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[50] | |
16 |
Martin Lukeman
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5 – 2 |
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[50] |
The PDC Unicorn Development Tour (formerly the PDC Youth Tour) was open to players aged 16–23. The players who finished first and second on the Order of Merit received two-year Tour Cards to move onto the PDC Pro Tour in 2016 and 2017. In addition, the players who finished from third to eighth will receive free entry to the 2016 PDC Q-School. Prize money was doubled from the 2014 season, with £200,000 on offer for the 17 youth events, including £40,000 for the 2015 PDC World Youth Championship.
Rank | Player | Earnings |
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1 |
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£8,400 |
2 |
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£6,900 |
3 |
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£5,950 |
4 |
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£5,800 |
5 |
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£5,550 |
6 |
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£5,150 |
7 |
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£4,900 |
8 |
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£4,600 |
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 25 April |
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Rowby-John Rodriguez
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4 – 1 |
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[51] |
2 |
Berry van Peer
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4 – 0 |
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[51] | ||
3 | Sunday 26 April |
Aden Kirk
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4 – 1 |
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[52] | |
4 |
Berry van Peer
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4 – 0 |
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[52] | ||
5 | Saturday 27 June |
Mike De Decker
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4 – 3 |
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[53] | |
6 |
Benito van de Pas
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4 – 2 |
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[53] | ||
7 | Sunday 28 June |
Nathan Aspinall
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4 – 2 |
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[54] | |
8 |
Dimitri Van den Bergh
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4 – 2 |
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[54] | ||
9 | Saturday 12 September |
Jamie Lewis
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4 – 2 |
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[55] | |
10 |
Dimitri Van den Bergh
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4 – 2 |
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[55] | ||
11 | Sunday 13 September |
Mike De Decker
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4 – 2 |
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[56] | |
12 | Aaron Dyer
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4 – 1 |
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[57] | ||
13 | Saturday 17 October |
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Bradley Kirk
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4 – 2 |
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[58] |
14 |
Sven Groen
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4 – 2 |
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[58] | ||
15 | Sunday 18 October |
Dean Reynolds
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4 – 2 |
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[59] | |
16 | Bradley Kirk
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4 – 3 |
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[59] |
The Scandinavian Pro Tour had eight events in 2015, with a total of €40,000 on offer. The top player, Kim Viljanen, and the runner-up, Per Laursen, on the 2015 SDC Order of Merit [60] qualified to play in the 2016 World Championship preliminary round.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 21 March |
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Kim Viljanen
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6 – 4 |
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[61] |
2 | Sunday 22 March |
Kim Viljanen
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6 – 3 |
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[62] | |
3 | Saturday 23 May |
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Per Laursen
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6 – 5 |
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[63] |
4 | Sunday 24 May |
Per Laursen
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6 – 1 |
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[64] | |
5 | Saturday 1 August |
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Magnus Caris
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6 – 3 |
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[65] |
6 | Sunday 2 August |
Kim Viljanen
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6 – 3 |
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[66] | |
7 | Saturday 26 September |
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Ulf Ceder
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6 – 4 |
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[67] |
8 |
Marko Kantele
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6 – 5 |
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[68] |
The 6 EADC Pro Tour events and the 2016 World Championship Qualifier will be played at Omega Plaza Business Center, Moscow. Players from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine are eligible to play.
No. | Date | Venue | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Saturday 21 February |
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Aleksei Kadochnikov
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6 – 4 |
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[69] |
2 | Sunday 22 February | Roman Obukhov
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6 – 5 |
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[69] | |
3 | Saturday 28 March | Roman Obukhov
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6 – 3 |
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[70] | |
4 | Sunday 29 March | Roman Obukhov
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6 – 0 |
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[70] | |
5 | Saturday 25 April | Alexey Pilipenko
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6 – 5 |
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[71] | |
6 | Sunday 26 April |
Boris Koltsov
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6 – 2 |
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[71] |
The Australian Grand Prix rankings are calculated from 25 events across Australia. The top player in the rankings, Laurence Ryder, automatically qualified for the 2016 World Championship.
No. | Date | Also known as | Winner | Legs | Runner-up | Ref. |
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1 | Friday 13 February | Ettamogah Harrows Australian Grand Prix 1 |
John Weber
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6 – 4 |
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[72] |
2 | Saturday 14 February | Ettamogah Harrows Australian Grand Prix 2 |
Laurence Ryder
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6 – 5 |
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[72] |
3 | Sunday 15 February | Ettamogah Harrows Australian Grand Prix 3 | Barry Gardner
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6 – 5 |
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[72] |
4 | Friday 6 March | Dosh Balcatta AGP 1 |
Robbie King
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6 – 1 |
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[73] |
5 | Saturday 7 March | Dosh Balcatta AGP 2 |
Beau Anderson
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6 – 2 |
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[74] |
6 | Sunday 8 March | Dosh Balcatta AGP 3 | Jeremy Fagg
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6 – 5 |
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[75] |
7 | Saturday 28 March | DPA Australian Matchplay 1 |
Rob Modra
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6 – 1 |
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[76] |
8 | Sunday 29 March | DPA Australian Matchplay 2 |
David Platt
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6 – 2 |
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[76] |
9 | Saturday 11 April | South Australian Open 1 |
Peter Machin
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6 – 4 |
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[77] |
10 | Sunday 12 April | South Australian Open 2 |
David Platt
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6 – 0 |
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[77] |
11 | Saturday 16 May | Warilla Bowls Club Open 1 |
David Platt
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6 – 0 |
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[78] |
12 | Sunday 17 May | Warilla Bowls Club Open 2 |
John Weber
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6 – 5 |
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[79] |
13 | Friday 29 May | Queensland Open 1 | Chris Morrison
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6 – 3 |
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[80] |
14 | Saturday 30 May | Queensland Open 2 |
Laurence Ryder
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6 – 3 |
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[81] |
15 | Sunday 31 May | Queensland Open 3 |
David Platt
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6 – ? |
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[82] |
16 | Saturday 20 June | Victoria Open 1 |
David Platt
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6 – 5 |
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[83] |
17 | Sunday 21 June | Victoria Open 2 |
Rob Modra
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6 – 4 |
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[84] |
18 | Saturday 8 August | Perth Masters Qualifier 1 | Adam Rowe
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5 – 0 |
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[85] |
19 | Sunday 9 August | Perth Masters Qualifier 2 | Kim Lewis
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5 – 1 |
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[85] |
20 | Monday 17 August | Sydney Masters Qualifier 1 |
Cody Harris
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6 – 2 |
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[86] |
21 | Tuesday 18 August | Sydney Masters Qualifier 2 |
Tic Bridge
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6 – 2 |
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[87] |
22 | Wednesday 19 August | Sydney Masters Qualifier 3 |
Warren Parry
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6 – 4 |
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[88] |
23 | Thursday 5 November | Harrows Australian GP 1 | Bill Aitken
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6 – 3 |
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[89] |
24 | Friday 6 November | Harrows Australian GP 2 |
Cody Harris
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6 – 4 |
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[90] |
25 | Saturday 7 November | Harrows Australian GP 3 |
John Weber
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6 – 3 |
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[91] |
26 | Sunday 8 November | Harrows Oceanic Classic |
Tony David
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6 – 1 |
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Date | Venue | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monday 30 November |
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Ricky Evans
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5 – 4 |
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[92] |
Date | Event | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thursday 26 March | DARTSLIVE SUPERDARTS |
Paul Lim
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4 – 2 |
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[93] |
Sunday 12 July | DPNZ Qualifier |
Rob Szabo
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9 – 3 |
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[94] |
Saturday 22 August | South Asia Qualifier |
Thanawat Gaweenuntawong
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Beat |
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[95] |
Sunday 23 August | North American Qualifier |
Darin Young
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3 – 2 |
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[96] |
26–27 September | South African Masters |
Warrick Scheffer
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9 – 2 |
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[97] |
Saturday 10 October | Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay |
Mick McGowan
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6 – 5 |
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[98] |
Friday 23 October | Philippine Qualifier | Alex Tagarao
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3 – 2 |
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[99] |
Saturday 24 October | Southern Europe Qualifier |
John Michael
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6 – 4 |
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[99] |
24–25 October | Russian Qualifier |
Aleksandr Oreshkin
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3 – 1 |
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[99] |
Saturday 7 November | Greater China Qualifier |
Sun Qiang
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2 – 1 |
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[100] |
Sunday 8 November | Oceanic Masters |
Koha Kokiri
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8 – 4 |
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[101] |
Sunday 8 November | PDJ Japanese Qualifier |
Keita Ono
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6 – 0 |
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[100] |
Saturday 14 November | German Qualifier |
René Eidams
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10 – 8 |
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[100] |
Saturday 14 November | Eastern Europe Qualifier |
Michael Rasztovits
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10 – 7 |
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[100] |
Sunday 15 November | Central Europe Qualifier |
Sven Groen
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6 – 3 |
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[100] |
Scandinavian Pro Tour [60] | Australian Grand Prix [102] | |||||
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Rank | Player | Money | Rank | Player | Points | |
1 |
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€4,400 | 1 |
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204 | |
2 |
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€3,875 | 2 |
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180 | |
3 |
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€3,175 | 3 |
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176 | |
4 |
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€2,250 | 4 |
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116 | |
5 |
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€1,675 | 5 |
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104 | |
6 |
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€1,200 |
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104 | ||
7 |
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€1,075 | 7 |
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96 | |
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€1,075 | 8 |
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88 | ||
9 |
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€925 | 9 |
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60 | |
10 |
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€750 |
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60 |
First round qualifiers |
Preliminary round qualifiers |