The 2015 PartyPoker.com World Grand Prix was the eighteenth staging of the World Grand Prix. It was played from 4 to 10 October 2015 at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.

Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, after beating James Wade 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:

Position (num. of players) Prize money(Total: £400,000)Winner (1) £100,000Runner-Up (1) £45,000Semi-finalists (2) £23,500Quarter-finalists (4) £15,000Second round losers (8) £8,500First round losers (16) £5,000

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 and Northern Ireland from the 2015 ProTour Order of Merit. The top eight players are seeded in the tournament.

PDC Top 16 Michael van Gerwen (runner-up) Gary Anderson (second round) Phil Taylor (first round) Peter Wright (first round) Adrian Lewis (second round) James Wade (first round) Robert Thornton (winner) Michael Smith (second round) Dave Chisnall (second round) Ian White (quarter-finals) Simon Whitlock (second round) Brendan Dolan (first round) Terry Jenkins (second round) Mervyn King (first round) Kim Huybrechts (second round) Raymond van Barneveld (first round)PDPA Players Championship qualifiers Jelle Klaasen (quarter-finals) Justin Pipe (second round) Vincent van der Voort (quarter-finals) Benito van de Pas (first round) Mensur Suljović (semi-finals) Stephen Bunting (first round) Gerwyn Price (first round) Steve Beaton (first round) John Henderson (first round) Andrew Gilding (first round) Mark Webster (semi-finals) Keegan Brown (first round) Jamie Caven (first round) Jamie Lewis (quarter-finals)Irish qualifiers Daryl Gurney (first round) William O'Connor (first round)

Draw The draw was made on 27 September 2015.

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