The tournament was held for the second time at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 6–8 March 2015, and had the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.
Adrian Lewis was the defending champion, having won the fourth major title of his career after beating Terry Jenkins 11–1 in the 2014 final.
Michael van Gerwen won his first UK Open title by defeating Peter Wright 11–5 in the final.
[2] There were six qualifying events staged in February 2015 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table.
In addition, the next 64 players plus ties in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but started in the earlier rounds played on the Friday.