Hamburg Boost For Tearful Bunting

European Tour

EMOTIONAL Stephen Bunting is hoping to use his run to the HappyBet European Darts Matchplay quarter-finals as a springboard.

Qualifying Double For Dutch Trio

European Tour

A DUTCH trio enjoyed a double success at Wednesday's South & West Europe Qualifier in Frankfurt.

Gibraltar TV Show Set For Sky Airing

European Tour

DARTS fans can watch a special documentary from the Gibraltar Darts Trophy on Sky Sports One on May 30-June 1.

European Tour 6-7 UK Qualifier

European Tour

ROUND-UP & results from the European Tour Event Six & Event Seven UK Qualifier.

Four-Some Smith's Gibraltar Joy

European Tour

MICHAEL SMITH defeated Mensur Suljovic 6-4 in the final of the 2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy.

Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day Two

European Tour

PETER WRIGHT defeated Krzysztof Ratajski 6-3 in Saturday's Gibraltar Darts Trophy second round.

Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day One

European Tour

STEVE BEATON produced a vintage fightback to defeat Mike De Decker in the Gibraltar Darts Trophy first round.

Parody Headlines Gibraltar Qualifiers

European Tour

DYSON PARODY headlined the five Host Nation Qualifiers for the Gibraltar Darts Trophy.

Gibraltar Darts Trophy Draw & Schedule

European Tour

THE draw for the Gibraltar Darts Trophy has been made ahead of this weekend's PDC European Tour event.

European Tour 6-7 Entries

European Tour

THE entries have been confirmed for the European Tour events being held in Hamburg and Vienna during June.

Luke Humphries won his maiden European Tour title with a remarkable Easter success in the Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix at Zenith in Munich.

Former World Youth Champion Humphries has made huge strides towards establishing himself in the world's top 16 by the past 18 months, reaching the 2021 UK Open final and winning his first Players Championship earlier this year.

He has taken a further step on the ladder towards the sport's elite following a stunning German Darts Grand Prix victory, which was capped by an 8-2 defeat of Martin Lukeman in Monday night's final.

Humphries also achieved the remarkable feat of whitewashing Michael van Gerwen 7-0 in the semi-finals with a brilliant display, averaging 107 and finishing seven doubles from 12 attempts whilst limiting the Dutchman to just one dart at the outer ring.

The Newbury star had also followed up Sunday's second round win over Jeffrey de Zwaan with ton-plus averages in defeating Michael Smith and Wesley Plaisier during the final day.

He led 2-0 in the final before Lukeman hit back to trail 3-2, but five straight legs saw Humphries pull clear to close out a memorable win.

"This means the world for me and I'm absolutely over the moon with this win," said Humphries. "This is the biggest thing I've ever done in darts.

"It's been a gruelling, long day and I've worked hard. I hit three hundred averages to get myself into the final. 

"I think I deserved it but you don't always get what you deserve in life. I've got a ProTour title, a Euro Tour title and the next one's a major, isn't it?!"

Lukeman's dream run to a first European Tour final had begun on Saturday as he defeated Adam Gawlas before seeing off Germany's Gabriel Clemens in round two to book a spot in the final day.

The Watford thrower then edged out Keane Barry in a deciding leg, saw off Martin Schindler 6-4 and then overcame Damon Heta 7-5 to seal a place in the final, where he earned a career-high £10,000 pay-day.

Humphries added: "I've known Martin for a long time, since before he was on the tour.

"He smashed me in a competition about five or six years ago, and he said to 'you'll make it big-time, you'll win titles' and he was right.

"Little did we know six years later we were going to be in a big PDC final!"

Van Gerwen had produced ton-plus averages against Rob Cross and Keegan Brown as he won through to the last four, only to see his bid to claim back-to-back European Tour titles shattered by Humphries.

Heta was also in fine form during Monday's latter stages, defeating Scott Waites and Jonny Clayton before being edged out by Lukeman.

Plaisier won an all-Dutch third round tie with Dirk van Duijvenbode as he reached the last eight alongside Premier League star Clayton, German favourite Schindler and former World Youth Champion Brown.

The next PDC European Tour event will be the Austrian Darts Open in Graz from April 29-May 1.

Coverage will be streamed through DAZN for viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and through PDCTV for subscribers in all other territories, as well as through bookmakers worldwide.

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