Gary Anderson racked up his 30th PDC Players Championship title with victory at Players Championship Seven in Hildesheim on Monday.

Anderson defeated Adam Lipscombe 8-3 in the final, denying Lipscombe a fairytale run to a title in just his eighth event since winning a Tour Card for the first time in January.

Anderson overcame World Grand Prix champion Mike De Decker in the semi-finals, having produced a trio of ton-plus averages earlier in the day as he ended a six-month wait for a PDC title.

"The last few months has been hard for me," admitted the two-time World Champion.

"I've been struggling since December so it's nice to win one.

"I'm still enjoying playing darts but sometimes my body doesn't play ball; I'll keep going.

"Fair play to Adam, I expect him to do well and put a hole in the rankings."

Anderson dropped just seven legs in his opening four matches in wins over Connor Scutt, Andy Boulton, Marvin van Velzen and Tavis Dudeney.

The Scot came through a last-leg decider with Krzysztof Ratajski in the quarter-finals, before comfortable wins over De Decker and Lipscombe saw him take the title.

Lipscombe - a surprise package at Qualifying School in January - took the scalps of Damon Heta, Dirk van Duijvenbode and William O'Connor in a sensational run to the final.

Monday's action also saw three nine-dart finishes hit in Hildesheim, with Ryan Searle hitting perfection in his first leg of the day against Joshua Richardson.

Dirk van Duijvenbode and William O'Connor also hit nine-darters against Thomas Lovely and Jimmy van Schie respectively.

Drawboard

2025 Players Championship 7

Last 128

Tommy Lishman 6 | 5 Dave Chisnall
Jimmy van Schie 6 | 4 Oskar Lukasiak
Martin Lukeman 6 | 4 Stefaan Henderyck
Sebastian Bialecki 6 | 4 Carl Sneyd
Maik Kuivenhoven 6 | 4 Ritchie Edhouse
Tom Sykes 6 | 5 Berry van Peer
Ian White 6 | 1 Joe Cullen
William O'Connor 6 | 3 Jim Long
Gian van Veen 6 | 4 Dominik Gruellich
Tim Wolters 6 | 5 Kai Gotthardt
Darren Beveridge 6 | 5 Ryan Joyce
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 5 Patrick Geeraets
Damon Heta 6 | 0 Matt Campbell
Thibault Tricole 6 | 5 Danny Jansen
Andy Baetens 6 | 4 Madars Razma
Adam Lipscombe 6 | 3 Michael Flynn
Adam Warner 6 | 5 Josh Rock
Jarno Bottenberg 6 | 4 Haupai Puha
Kevin Doets 6 | 3 Benjamin Reus
Danny Lauby 6 | 1 Tom Bissell
Martijn Dragt 6 | 5 Wessel Nijman
Lukas Wenig 6 | 2 Gilbert van der Meijden
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 3 Owen Bates
Justin Hood 6 | 2 Dennie Olde Kalter
Niko Springer 6 | 3 Michael van Gerwen
William Borland 6 | 2 James Hurrell
Gabriel Clemens 6 | 3 Kevin Burness
Cam Crabtree 6 | 1 Robert Grundy
Cameron Menzies 6 | 5 Radek Szaganski
Steve Lennon 6 | 3 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 0 Stefan Bellmont
Thomas Lovely 6 | 5 Ted Evetts
Martin Schindler 6 | 5 Bradley Brooks
Tavis Dudeney 6 | 4 Rhys Griffin
Nick Kenny 6 | 4 Dom Taylor
George Killington 6 | 4 Dylan Slevin
Gary Anderson 6 | 2 Connor Scutt
Andy Boulton 6 | 5 Greg Ritchie
Michael Smith 6 | 5 Wesley Plaisier
Marvin van Velzen 6 | 4 Jose De Sousa
Stephen Burton 6 | 2 Danny Noppert
Mervyn King 6 | 5 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 5 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Matthew Dennant 6 | 5 Christian Kist
Daryl Gurney 6 | 2 Graham Hall
Darryl Pilgrim 6 | 4 Pero Ljubic
Andrew Gilding 6 | 3 Keane Barry
Max Hopp 6 | 3 Jelle Klaasen
Ross Smith 6 | 5 Rob Owen
Danny van Trijp 6 | 4 Ryan Meikle
Scott Williams 6 | 5 Niels Zonneveld
Jeffrey De Graaf 6 | 2 Tytus Kanik
Alan Soutar 6 | 3 Raymond van Barneveld
Mensur Suljovic 6 | 0 Maximilian Czerwinski
Peter Wright 6 | 4 Adam Paxton
Adam Hunt 6 | 5 Brett Claydon
Ryan Searle 6 | 3 Joshua Richardson
Ricky Evans 6 | 4 Darius Labanauskas
Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 3 Kim Huybrechts
Richard Veenstra 6 | 5 Florian Hempel
Mike De Decker 6 | 5 Chris Landman
Mickey Mansell 6 | 1 Leon Weber
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 3 Cor Dekker
Jitse Van der Wal 6 | 3 Jeffrey Sparidaans

Last 64

Jimmy van Schie 6 | 4 Tommy Lishman
Sebastian Bialecki 6 | 4 Martin Lukeman
Tom Sykes 6 | 2 Maik Kuivenhoven
William O'Connor 6 | 4 Ian White
Gian van Veen 6 | 1 Tim Wolters
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 4 Darren Beveridge
Damon Heta 6 | 1 Thibault Tricole
Adam Lipscombe 6 | 3 Andy Baetens
Adam Warner 6 | 5 Jarno Bottenberg
Kevin Doets 6 | 1 Danny Lauby
Martijn Dragt 6 | 4 Lukas Wenig
Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 5 Justin Hood
Niko Springer 6 | 3 William Borland
Cam Crabtree 6 | 5 Gabriel Clemens
Steve Lennon 6 | 3 Cameron Menzies
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 2 Thomas Lovely
Tavis Dudeney 6 | 3 Martin Schindler
Nick Kenny 6 | 5 George Killington
Gary Anderson 6 | 1 Andy Boulton
Marvin van Velzen 6 | 0 Michael Smith
Mervyn King 6 | 5 Stephen Burton
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 2 Matthew Dennant
Daryl Gurney 6 | 5 Darryl Pilgrim
Max Hopp 6 | 3 Andrew Gilding
Danny van Trijp 6 | 5 Ross Smith
Jeffrey De Graaf 6 | 3 Scott Williams
Alan Soutar 6 | 5 Mensur Suljovic
Peter Wright 6 | 2 Adam Hunt
Ricky Evans 6 | 4 Ryan Searle
Richard Veenstra 6 | 1 Ricardo Pietreczko
Mike De Decker 6 | 4 Mickey Mansell
Luke Woodhouse 6 | 3 Jitse Van der Wal

Last 32

Jimmy van Schie 6 | 5 Sebastian Bialecki
William O'Connor 6 | 3 Tom Sykes
Karel Sedlacek 6 | 3 Gian van Veen
Adam Lipscombe 6 | 3 Damon Heta
Kevin Doets 6 | 1 Adam Warner
Martijn Dragt 6 | 3 Jermaine Wattimena
Niko Springer 6 | 5 Cam Crabtree
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 1 Steve Lennon
Tavis Dudeney 6 | 5 Nick Kenny
Gary Anderson 6 | 2 Marvin van Velzen
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 5 Mervyn King
Daryl Gurney 6 | 0 Max Hopp
Danny van Trijp 6 | 2 Jeffrey De Graaf
Peter Wright 6 | 2 Alan Soutar
Ricky Evans 6 | 4 Richard Veenstra
Mike De Decker 6 | 4 Luke Woodhouse

Last 16

William O'Connor 6 | 1 Jimmy van Schie
Adam Lipscombe 6 | 1 Karel Sedlacek
Kevin Doets 6 | 5 Martijn Dragt
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 4 Niko Springer
Gary Anderson 6 | 2 Tavis Dudeney
Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 3 Daryl Gurney
Peter Wright 6 | 4 Danny van Trijp
Mike De Decker 6 | 5 Ricky Evans

Quarter-Finals

Adam Lipscombe 6 | 4 William O'Connor
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6 | 3 Kevin Doets
Gary Anderson 6 | 5 Krzysztof Ratajski
Mike De Decker 6 | 3 Peter Wright

Semi-Finals

Adam Lipscombe 7 | 4 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Gary Anderson 7 | 3 Mike De Decker

Final

Gary Anderson 8 | 3 Adam Lipscombe