2015–16 Pro Tour Season

The 2015–16 Pro Tour season was the twenty-first Pro Tour season. It started on 8 August 2015 with Grand Prix events at Hong Kong and San Diego, and ended on 7 August 2016 with the conclusion of Pro Tour Eldritch Moon.
==Grand Prix (August 2015)==
GP Hong Kong 	GP San Diego 	GP London
 Date: 8–9 August 2015	 Date: 8–9 August 2015	 Date: 15–16 August 2015
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Standard
 Attendance: 851 	 Attendance: 1493 	 Attendance: 2152
 1. Chye Yian Hsiang 	 1. Michael Majors 	 1. Fabrizio Anteri
 2. Jan Ang 	 2. Artur Villela 	 2. Matteo Moure
 3. Victoriano Lim 	 3. Paul Rietzl 	 3. Erik Skinstad
 4. Liu Yuchen 	 4. Paul Yeem 	 4. Bill Chronopoulos
 5. Wu Songwei 	 5. Loren Eakins 	 5. Piotr Wald
 6. Cheung Lap Chung 	 6. Corey Burkhart 	 6. Marco Cammilluzzi
 7. Wing Chun Yam 	 7. Ben Weitz 	 7. Martin Jůza
 8. Kwok Suen Wang 	 8. Dan Ward 	 8. Daniel Fior
GP Detroit 	GP Prague 	GP Santiago
 Date: 15–16 August 2015 	 Date: 29–30 August 2015 	 Date: 29–30 August 2015
 Format: Team Limited 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 2040 (680 teams) 	 Attendance: 1464 	 Attendance: 799
 1. Matt Nass  1. Jacob Wilson  1. Sam Pardee 	 1. Eliott Boussaud 	 1. Rodrigo Lopez
 1. Matt Nass  1. Jacob Wilson  1. Sam Pardee 	 2. Peter Vieren 	 2. Tomoharu Saito
 1. Matt Nass  1. Jacob Wilson  1. Sam Pardee 	 3. Hannes Kerem 	 3. Jorge Guerra
 2. Ben Stark  2. Luis Scott-Vargas  2. Eric Froehlich	 4. Davor Detecnik 	 4. Martin Quiroga
 2. Ben Stark  2. Luis Scott-Vargas  2. Eric Froehlich	 5. Mattia Rizzi 	 5. Esteban Truyol
 2. Ben Stark  2. Luis Scott-Vargas  2. Eric Froehlich	 6. Oliver Polak-Rottmann	 6. Christian Flores
 3. Owen Turtenwald  3. William Jensen  3. Reid Duke 	 7. Steve Hatto 	 7. Claudio Barrientos Ochoa
 3. Owen Turtenwald  3. William Jensen  3. Reid Duke 	 8. Alex Hottman 	 8. Alberto Sanchez
 3. Owen Turtenwald  3. William Jensen  3. Reid Duke 	  	 
 4. Brock Parker  4. Matt Costa  4. Shahar Shenhar 	  	 
 4. Brock Parker  4. Matt Costa  4. Shahar Shenhar 	 	
 4. Brock Parker  4. Matt Costa  4. Shahar Shenhar 	 	
==2015 World Championship==
27–30 August 2015 in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Rank	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points
1 	Seth Manfield 	$50,000	17
2 	Owen Turtenwald	$20,000	11
3 	Paul Rietzl 	$10,000	9
4 	Sam Black 	$10,000	9
==Grand Prix (September–October 2015)==
GP Madrid 	GP Oklahoma City 	GP Sydney 	GP Madison
 Date: 12–13 September 2015	 Date: 12–13 September 2015	 Date: 10–11 October 2015	 Date: 10–11 October 2015
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Modern 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 1420 	 Attendance: 1470 	 Attendance: 996 	 Attendance: 1820
 1. Aleksa Telarov 	 1. Zac Elsik 	 1. John Seaton 	 1. Raphaël Lévy
 2. Francesco Giorgio 	 2. Brian Braun-Duin 	 2. Alex Ball 	 2. Magnus Lantto
 3. Ashraf Abou Omar 	 3. Andrew Sullano 	 3. Kelvin Chew 	 3. Jon Graham
 4. Michael Bonde 	 4. Joseph Reiter 	 4. Prads Pathirana 	 4. Joe Lavrenz
 5. Fabrizio Anteri 	 5. Jasper Johnson-Epstein	 5. Hironobu Sugaya 	 5. Paul Rietzl
 6. Wenzel Krautmann 	 6. Benjamin Miller 	 6. Zen Takahashi 	 6. Andrew Maine
 7. Sergiy Sushalskyy 	 7. Paul Rietzl 	 7. Paul Costentin 	 7. Sam Pardee
 8. Antonio Del Moral Leon	 8. Matthew Duggan 	 8. Chester Swords 	 8. Jérémy Dezani
==Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar==
16–18 October 2015 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Kazuyuki Takimura 	$40,000	30 	
2 	Ryoichi Tamada 	$20,000	26 	
3 	Jon Finkel 	$12,500	22 	Fifteenth Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Paul Dean 	$12,500	22 	
5 	Owen Turtenwald 	$10,000	18 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Ricky Chin 	$10,000	18 	Pro Tour debut
7 	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$10,000	18 	Tenth Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Martin Müller 	$10,000	18 	
==Grand Prix (October–November 2015)==
GP Beijing 	GP Quebec City 	GP Lyon 	GP Porto Alegre 	GP Indianapolis
 Date: 24–25 October 2015 	 Date: 24–25 October 2015 	 Date: 31 October–1 November 2015	 Date: 31 October–1 November 2015 	 Date: 31 October–1 November 2015
 Format: Team Limited 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Modern 	 Format: Standard
 Attendance: 813 (271 teams) 	 Attendance: 804 	 Attendance: 1952 	 Attendance: 789 	 Attendance: 1103
 1. Rich Hoaen  1. Mike Hron  1. Craig Wescoe 	 1. Dan Lanthier 	 1. Damien Bouillot 	 1. Marcos Paulo De Jesus Freitas	 1. Brent Clawson
 1. Rich Hoaen  1. Mike Hron  1. Craig Wescoe 	 2. Omar Beldon 	 2. Christian Seibold 	 2. Vagner Casatti 	 2. Raymond Perez, Jr.
 1. Rich Hoaen  1. Mike Hron  1. Craig Wescoe 	 3. Jake Mondello 	 3. Tomoharu Saito 	 3. Caio Amaral 	 3. Scott Kirkwood
 2. Yuuya Watanabe  2. Makihito Mihara  2. Yuuki Ichikawa 	 4. Oliver Polak-Rottmann	 4. Vincent Lemoine 	 4. Alejandro Cesa 	 4. Daniel Chan
 2. Yuuya Watanabe  2. Makihito Mihara  2. Yuuki Ichikawa 	 5. Reid Duke 	 5. Branco Neirynck 	 5. Thiago Saporito 	 5. David Phelps
 2. Yuuya Watanabe  2. Makihito Mihara  2. Yuuki Ichikawa 	 6. Edgar Magelhaes 	 6. Florian Reiter 	 6. Gabriel Fehr 	 6. Patrick Chapin
 3. Yuchen Liu  3. He Yue  3. Zhang Zhiyang 	 7. Pascal Maynard 	 7. Mark Litvak 	 7. Guilherme Merjam 	 7. Valentin Mackl
 3. Yuchen Liu  3. He Yue  3. Zhang Zhiyang 	 8. Nicolas Béland 	 8. Felix Weidemann 	 8. Diego Marquez 	 8. Daniel Duan
 3. Yuchen Liu  3. He Yue  3. Zhang Zhiyang 	  	  	  	 
 4. Shintaro Ishimura  4. Yoshihiko Ikawa  4. Kazuyuki Takimura	  	  	  	 
 4. Shintaro Ishimura  4. Yoshihiko Ikawa  4. Kazuyuki Takimura	 	 	 	
 4. Shintaro Ishimura  4. Yoshihiko Ikawa  4. Kazuyuki Takimura	 	 	 	
GP Seattle-Tacoma 	GP Brussels 	GP Atlanta 	GP Kobe 	GP Pittsburgh
 Date: 7–8 November 2015 	 Date: 14–15 November 2015	 Date: 14–15 November 2015	 Date: 21–22 November 2015	 Date: 21–22 November 2015
 Format: Legacy 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Modern
 Attendance: 2014 	 Attendance: 1938 	 Attendance: 2073 	 Attendance: 2571 	 Attendance: 2679
 1. Jarvis Yu 	 1. Lukas Blohon 	 1. Tom Martell 	 1. Takuma Morofuji 	 1. Alex Bianchi
 2. Christian Calcano 	 2. Simon Nielsen 	 2. Owen Turtenwald 	 2. Joe Soh 	 2. Aaron Webster
 3. Brian DeMars 	 3. Antonio Castellani 	 3. Dan Musser 	 3. Akio Chiba 	 3. Robert Cucunato
 4. Chase Hansen 	 4. Martin Müller 	 4. Aryeh Witznitzer 	 4. Shota Takao 	 4. Craig Wescoe
 5. Andrejs Prost 	 5. Magnus Lantto 	 5. Evan Smith 	 5. Pavel Matousek 	 5. Corey Burkhart
 6. Gary Wong 	 6. Grzegorz Kowalski 	 6. Brian Eason 	 6. Shunsuke Takahira 	 6. Robert Long
 7. Martin Goldman-Kirst	 7. Bart Van Etten 	 7. Sam Black 	 7. Akihiro Okawa 	 7. Thien Nguyen
 8. Xin Sui 	 8. Ondřej Stráský 	 8. Joseph Pressley 	 8. Shuhei Nakamura 	 8. Benjamin Nikolich
==2015 World Magic Cup==
11–13 December 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.
==Grand Prix (January 2016)==
GP Oakland 	GP Nagoya 	GP Mexico City 	GP Vancouver
 Date: 8–9 January 2016	 Date: 30–31 January 2016	 Date: 30–31 January 2016 	 Date: 30–31 January 2016
 Format: Standard 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 1928 	 Attendance: 2656 	 Attendance: 787 	 Attendance: 1929
 1. Reid Duke 	 1. Tomonori Hirami 	 1. Fabrizio Anteri 	 1. Adam Jansen
 2. Ben Rubin 	 2. Ryota Takeuchi 	 2. Tomoharu Saito 	 2. Jérémy Dezani
 3. Woodrow Engle 	 3. Ikuya Asai 	 3. Rodrigo Goncalves Dos Santos	 3. Nick Slind
 4. Cody Lingelbach 	 4. Kazuaki Fujimura 	 4. Cristian Velasco 	 4. Gabriel Carleton-Barnes
 5. Josh McClain 	 5. Satoshi Haji 	 5. Martin Dang 	 5. Allen Sun
 6. Justin Nguyen 	 6. Sean Li 	 6. Leonardo Ivan Ruiz Rivera 	 6. Aeo Paquette
 7. Brett Sinclair 	 7. Shawn McNeace 	 7. Robert Wallerstein 	 7. Chris Hewitt
 8. Nathaniel Smith 	 8. Park Jun Young 	 8. Marcio Carvalho 	 8. Eric Severson
==Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch==
5–7 February 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Jiachen Tao 	$40,000	30 	
2 	Ivan Floch 	$20,000	26 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Luis Scott-Vargas	$12,500	22 	Sixth Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Patrick Dickmann 	$12,500	22 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Shuhei Nakamura 	$10,000	18 	Sixth Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Andrew Brown 	$10,000	18 	
7 	Pascal Maynard 	$10,000	18 	
8 	Frank Lepore 	$10,000	18 	Pro Tour debut
==Grand Prix (February–April 2016)==
GP Houston 	GP Melbourne 	GP Bologna 	GP Detroit 	GP Washington, D.C.
 Date: 27–28 February 2016	 Date: 5–6 March 2016 	 Date: 5–6 March 2016	 Date: 5–6 March 2016	 Date: 12–13 March 2016
 Format: Standard 	 Format: Modern 	 Format: Modern 	 Format: Modern 	 Format: Team Limited
 Attendance: 1851 	 Attendance: 1101 	 Attendance: 2181 	 Attendance: 2553 	 Attendance: 3366 (1122 teams)
 1. Owen Turtenwald 	 1. David Mines 	 1. Kayure Patel 	 1. Ralph Betesh 	 1. Matt Severa  1. Justin Cohen  1. Mike Hron
 2. Andrew Cuneo 	 2. Maitland Cameron 	 2. Alberto Mattioli	 2. Evan Buchholz 	 1. Matt Severa  1. Justin Cohen  1. Mike Hron
 3. Mark Jacobson 	 3. Yuuki Ichikawa 	 3. Giuseppe Reale 	 3. Eric English 	 1. Matt Severa  1. Justin Cohen  1. Mike Hron
 4. Brock Mosley 	 4. Louis Thomson-Gregg	 4. Ruben Perez 	 4. Hao-Shan Huang 	 2. Ian Spaulding  2. Rich Hoaen  2. Tom Martell
 5. Cody Lingelbach 	 5. Chris Cousens 	 5. Fabrizio Anteri 	 5. Gerry Thompson 	 2. Ian Spaulding  2. Rich Hoaen  2. Tom Martell
 6. Brock Parker 	 6. Kentaro Yamamoto 	 6. Jaroslav Boucek 	 6. Eduardo Sajgalik	 2. Ian Spaulding  2. Rich Hoaen  2. Tom Martell
 7. Chapman Sim 	 7. Lee Shi Tian 	 7. Mattia Rizzi 	 7. James Zornes 	 3. Owen Turtenwald  3. William Jensen  3. Reid Duke
 8. Amir Radmard 	 8. Jason Chung 	 8. Alessandro Lippi	 8. Ronnie Ritner 	 3. Owen Turtenwald  3. William Jensen  3. Reid Duke
  	  	  	  	 3. Owen Turtenwald  3. William Jensen  3. Reid Duke
  	  	  	  	 4. Matt Nass  4. Jacob Wilson  4. Sam Pardee
 	 	 	 	 4. Matt Nass  4. Jacob Wilson  4. Sam Pardee
 	 	 	 	 4. Matt Nass  4. Jacob Wilson  4. Sam Pardee
GP Paris 	GP Beijing 	GP Barcelona 	GP Albuquerque
 Date: 19–20 March 2016	 Date: 16–17 April 2016	 Date: 16–17 April 2016	 Date: 16–17 April 2016
 Format: Standard 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 1510 	 Attendance: 1053 	 Attendance: 2084 	 Attendance: 1266
 1. Petr Sochurek 	 1. Hironobu Sugaya 	 1. Fabrizio Anteri 	 1. Allen Wu
 2. Ben Stark 	 2. Xu Su 	 2. Mehdi Saadi 	 2. William Craddock
 3. Ryoichi Tamada 	 3. Kazuaki Fujimura 	 3. William Jensen 	 3. Jacob Thiessen
 4. Martin Jůza 	 4. Gao Zhen Xing 	 4. Viktors Kazanskis 	 4. Seth Manfield
 5. Arne Huschenbeth 	 5. Makihito Mihara 	 5. Brian Braun-Duin 	 5. Michael Simon
 6. Guiseppe Reale 	 6. Kentaro Yamamoto 	 6. Shaun McLaren 	 6. Jiachen Tao
 7. Fabian Friedrich 	 7. Toru Inoue 	 7. Reid Duke 	 7. Christian Keeth
 8. Paolo Magnani 	 8. Mak Wai Hou 	 8. Ferran Vila 	 8. Rick Chong
==Pro Tour Shadows over Innistrad==
22–24 April 2016 in Madrid, Spain.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Steve Rubin 	$40,000	30 	
2 	Andrea Mengucci 	$20,000	26 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Seth Manfield 	$12,500	22 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Shota Yasooka 	$12,500	22 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Jon Finkel 	$10,000	18 	Sixteenth Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Brad Nelson 	$10,000	18 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Luis Scott-Vargas	$10,000	18 	Seventh Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Luis Salvatto 	$10,000	18 	
==Grand Prix (April–July 2016)==
GP Toronto 	GP Tokyo 	GP New York 	GP Charlotte
 Date: 30 April–1 May 2016	 Date: 7–8 May 2016 	 Date: 7–8 May 2016	 Date: 21–22 May 2016
 Format: Standard 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Modern
 Attendance: 1727 	 Attendance: 3335 	 Attendance: 2004 	 Attendance: 2400
 1. Robert Lombardi 	 1. Riku Kumagai 	 1. Seth Manfield 	 1. Andreas Ganz
 2. Jon Stern 	 2. Kazushige Suzuki	 2. Louis Deltour 	 2. Jon Bolding
 3. Oliver Tiu 	 3. Takuma Morofuji 	 3. Scott Lipp 	 3. Robert Graves
 4. Doug Potter 	 4. Carlos Ballester	 4. Michael Majors	 4. Mike Sigrist
 5. Josh Buitenhuis 	 5. Kazuki Yada 	 5. Mike Sigrist 	 5. Jack Wang
 6. Brett Tetley 	 6. Takaya Saito 	 6. Daniel Ward 	 6. Adonnys Medrano
 7. Bradley Robinson 	 7. Eng Chu Heng 	 7. Brandon Ayers 	 7. Sam Black
 8. Michael Sheng 	 8. Kensuke Kato 	 8. Ralph Betesh 	 8. Eli Kassis
GP Los Angeles 	GP Manchester 	GP Minneapolis 	GP San Jose, Costa Rica
 Date: 21–22 May 2016	 Date: 28–29 May 2016 	 Date: 28–29 May 2016	 Date: 4–5 June 2016
 Format: Modern 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Standard
 Attendance: 2239 	 Attendance: 1697 	 Attendance: 1530 	 Attendance: 498
 1. Simon Slutsky 	 1. Raphaël Lévy 	 1. Alex Johnson 	 1. Seth Manfield
 2. Ethan Brown 	 2. Julien Henry 	 2. Shota Takao 	 2. Brandon Fischer
 3. Javier Dominguez	 3. Oscar Christensen 	 3. Andrew Elenbogen	 3. Oliver Tiu
 4. Pascal Maynard 	 4. Jonas Friberg 	 4. Matt Severa 	 4. Erick Manuel Lopez Basulto
 5. Joe Lossett 	 5. Lauri Vuorela 	 5. Max McVety 	 5. Brian Braun-Duin
 6. Corey Burkhart 	 6. Matthew Hunt 	 6. Owen Turtenwald 	 6. Michael Derczo
 7. Alex To 	 7. Christoffer Enggaard Larsen	 7. Reed Hartman 	 7. Saul Alvarado
 8. Erik Carson 	 8. Adam Bajerowicz 	 8. Yuuya Watanabe 	 8. Javier Dominguez
GP Prague 	GP Columbus 	GP Taipei 	GP Pittsburgh
 Date: 11–12 June 2016	 Date: 11–12 June 2016 	 Date: 25–26 June 2016 	 Date: 25–26 June 2016
 Format: Legacy 	 Format: Legacy 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Standard
 Attendance: 1477 	 Attendance: 1824 	 Attendance: 793 	 Attendance: 1379
 1. Rodrigo Togores 	 1. Clay Spicklemire 	 1. Yuuki Ichikawa 	 1. Evan Petre
 2. Nicolas Tholance 	 2. Joe Lossett 	 2. Huang Yung Min 	 2. Pascal Maynard
 3. Thomas Enevoldsen	 3. Noah Walker 	 3. Lee Shi Tian 	 3. Steve Rubin
 4. Alexander Hayne 	 4. Christopher Walton	 4. Yuuta Takahashi 	 4. William Cruse
 5. Niels Molle 	 5. Wilson Hunter 	 5. Chien-Hung Lien 	 5. Adam Ragsdale
 6. Lukas Blohon 	 6. Raymond Cornely 	 6. Mingrerk Setsompop	 6. Eric Flickinger
 7. Gianluca Gazzola 	 7. Jarvis Yu 	 7. Shawn McNeace 	 7. Matt Tumavitch
 8. Arnaud Baglin 	 8. Aaron Kasprzak 	 8. Yuchen Liu 	 8. Aleksa Telarov
GP São Paulo 	GP Sydney 	GP Stockholm 	GP Montreal
 Date: 2–3 July 2016 	 Date: 30–31 July 2016	 Date: 30–31 July 2016 	 Date: 30–31 July 2016
 Format: Team Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 1095 (365 teams) 	 Attendance: 1076 	 Attendance: 1244 	 Attendance: 1300
 1. Francisco Barciella  1. Carlos Romão  1. Eloi Pattaro 	 1. Scott Lipp 	 1. Elmer Van Eeghen 	 1. Hunter Cochran
 1. Francisco Barciella  1. Carlos Romão  1. Eloi Pattaro 	 2. Jan Ksandr 	 2. Matteo Moure 	 2. Hugo Demers
 1. Francisco Barciella  1. Carlos Romão  1. Eloi Pattaro 	 3. Ben Stark 	 3. Andreas Reling 	 3. Felix Tse
 2. Jonathan Melamed  2. Mateus Martins  2. Paulo Martinello	 4. Seth Manfield 	 4. Erik Wahlberg 	 4. Morgan McLaughlin
 2. Jonathan Melamed  2. Mateus Martins  2. Paulo Martinello	 5. Zen Takahashi 	 5. Bjørnar Prytz 	 5. Robert Lombardi
 2. Jonathan Melamed  2. Mateus Martins  2. Paulo Martinello	 6. Santiago De Pauli	 6. Yannick Studer 	 6. Philippe Gareau
 3. Pascal Maynard  3. Brian Braun-Duin  3. Shaheen Soorani 	 7. Thierry Ramboa 	 7. Max Pritsch 	 7. Michael Ferneyhough
 3. Pascal Maynard  3. Brian Braun-Duin  3. Shaheen Soorani 	 8. Ben Seck 	 8. Federico Del Basso	 8. Jamie Madill
 3. Pascal Maynard  3. Brian Braun-Duin  3. Shaheen Soorani 	  	  	 
 4. Renato Pinto  4. Leonardo Labruna  4. Diego Coelho 	  	  	
 4. Renato Pinto  4. Leonardo Labruna  4. Diego Coelho 	 	 	
 4. Renato Pinto  4. Leonardo Labruna  4. Diego Coelho 	 	 	
==Pro Tour Eldritch Moon==
5–7 August 2016 in Sydney, Australia.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Lukas Blohon 	$40,000	30 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Owen Turtenwald 	$20,000	26 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Sam Pardee 	$12,500	22 	
4 	Luis Scott-Vargas	$12,500	22 	Eighth Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Yuuta Takahashi 	$10,000	18 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Ken Yukuhiro 	$10,000	18 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Reid Duke 	$10,000	18 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Andrew Brown 	$10,000	18 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
==Notes==
: Due to an issue with the round 15 standings, the player who advanced to the top 8 in eighth place, Ferran Vila, should have finished ninth; instead, Sweden's Jonas Friberg should have been playing in the top 8.
==References==
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