Price outlines aspirations following ProTour double

ProTour

Aug 29 2023

Gerwyn Price enjoyed a stunning return to ProTour action last weekend, becoming the first player to win back-to-back Players Championship titles in 2023.

Double delight for prolific Price in Hildesheim

ProTour

Aug 27 2023

Gerwyn Price made it back-to-back ProTour titles in Hildesheim with a crushing 8-1 victory over Gian van Veen in Sunday's Players Championship 18 decider.

Price pips Rock to win Players Championship 17 in Hildesheim

ProTour

Aug 26 2023

Gerwyn Price celebrated his third title of 2023 with an 8-5 victory over Josh Rock in Saturday’s Players Championship 17 final in Hildesheim.

Top five players still awaiting a maiden PDC ranking title

ProTour

Aug 25 2023

Ahead of the resumption of the 2023 ProTour season, we take a look at the top five players on the PDC Order of Merit yet to have won a ranking title.

Van Veen aiming to build upon Development Tour success

News

Aug 23 2023

Gian van Veen believes his success on the Winmau Development Tour can provide the springboard for a strong end to the season on the senior PDC circuit.

Players Championships 17-18 entries and & ET11-12 seeds confirmed

ProTour

Aug 22 2023

Player entries have been confirmed for this weekend's Players Championship double-header in Hildesheim, along with the 16 seeded players for ET11-12.

Red-hot Heta wins Players Championship 16 in Leicester

ProTour

Jul 11 2023

Damon Heta produced a magnificent display to clinch his second ProTour title of the year, storming to an 8-4 victory against Ryan Joyce in Tuesday’s Players Championship 16 final in Leicester.

Nine-dart Humphries defies Chisnall fightback to claim PC15 title

ProTour

Jul 10 2023

Luke Humphries celebrated his second ranking title in the space of nine days after defying a superb fightback from Dave Chisnall to triumph in Monday’s Players Championship 15 final in Leicester.

2023 Players Championship 15-16 entries confirmed

ProTour

Jul 06 2023

Player entries have been confirmed for next week's Players Championship double-header, as the 2023 ProTour season continues in Leicester.

Seventh heaven for Heta with PC14 success in Hildesheim

ProTour

Jun 13 2023

Damon Heta warmed up for Australia’s World Cup of Darts title defence with victory in Tuesday’s Players Championship 14 final in Hildesheim.

Dave Chisnall secured his second ranking title inside a month by winning Players Championship 25 on Thursday, seeing off rookie Josh Rock 8-4 in the decider.

The first of four Players Championship events this week saw Chisnall scoop the £12,000 title at the Barnsley Metrodome with a superb performance in the final.

Chisnall also won September's Belgian Darts Open, and continued his fine run of form with some outstanding displays in seven victories on the day.

He recorded averages of 103 and 107 in early wins over Simon Whitlock and Maik Kuivenhoven, then whitewashed Tony Martinez and dropped just one leg in his last 16 clash with Gary Anderson, where both players averaged over 102.

Chisnall then ousted top seed Luke Humphries with a sensational 114 average in the quarter-finals, book-ending his performance with 11-dart legs.

He then overcame world number two Gerwyn Price 7-6 in the semi-finals in his tightest test of the day and was too strong for Northern Ireland's emerging star Rock in the decider.

Legs of 13, 12 and 12 darts helped Chisnall to storm into a four-leg leg before Rock hit back, cutting the gap from 6-1 to 6-4 at one stage with the aid of a 122 finish and legs of 14 and 13 darts.

However, the youngster missed his chance to pull back further in a key 11th leg, before Chisnall pinned double 16 in the next to seal the title.

"Today's been a very good day for me," said Chisnall, who hit a huge 35 maximum 180s during the event.

"The treble 20s were going in like there was no tomorrow, I was hitting 180s for fun all day and I'm very happy. I've hit big scores, three or four crucial 140 checkouts, and it's got me through."

Chisnall is now targeting back-to-back successes on Friday as the 128-player field return to action at the Barnsley Metrodome - and he is also looking to re-establish his status amongst the sport's top stars after dropping out of the top ten.

"My goal is to get back into the Premier League but it's just consistency," he continued. "If you don't get that consistency, you're not going to win these tournaments.

"I've always said that to win tournaments you need luck - to be fair today I don't think I've had any luck, I've just battered the people who I played! I can win them all if I play like that."

Rock has enjoyed an impressive debut year on the PDC circuit, and Thursday saw the 21-year-old win through to his first senior final - having won five Winmau Development Tour titles already in 2022.

"Josh Rock is the future," added Chisnall. "He is so good and he'll learn from these losses.

"I played him in the beginning of the year and he beat me twice, it's two-two now. There will be a lot of rivalry between me and him I think - even though I'm 20 years older than him!"

Rock achieved four ton-plus averages in six wins on a day which began with a whitewash of Ritchie Edhouse.

He averaged 102 to defeat Darren Webster, 110 against Dirk van Duijvenbode and then followed up victory over Kim Huybrechts by averaging 112.66 in his quarter-final win over Mike De Decker - who averaged almost 114 in reply!

He then saw off Sunday's Gibraltar Darts Trophy winner Damon Heta 7-3 in a high-quality semi-final which saw Rock average almost 109, before he was edged out by Chisnall.

Price's run to the semi-finals was his best in a Players Championship since he tasted victory in March, while Heta's strong form continued as he reached the last four.

Dutch youngster Gian van Veen won through to his first senior quarter-final alongside Humphries, De Decker and Mervyn King - who edged out World Champion Peter Wright in the last 16.

The week's four Players Championship events continue on Friday, with action from 1200 BST being streamed through PDCTV.

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