Chris Dobey gewann am Mittwoch das 25.
Players Championship-Turnier der Saison. Er holte sich den Titel im Finale gegen
Stephen Bunting, der zum zweiten Mal in Folge ein Finale verlor.
Der Engländer hatte Nathan Rafferty (6-4), William O'Connor (6-2), Gabriel Clemens (6-2), Jeffrey de Graaf (6-5), Luke Littler (6-5) und Daryl Gurney (7-1) besiegt, um sein fünftes Players Championship-Finale der Saison zu erreichen.
Im Finale traf er auf Bunting, der Danny van Trijp (6-4), Jamie Hughes (6-1), Jermaine Wattimena (6-3), Mike de Decker (6-4), Connor Scutt (6-4) und Andrew Gilding (7-4) besiegt hatte. Dobey ging bereits mit 4-2 in Führung und setzte sich dann leicht mit 8-3 durch. Nach seinen Siegen bei Players Championship 7 und 19 in diesem Jahr hat sich Dobey nun einen Hattrick an Players Championship-Titeln gesichert.
Ergebnisse Players Championship 25
Finale
Chris Dobey 8 | 3 Stephen Bunting
Halbfinale
Stephen Bunting (97.14) 7 | 4 (92.15) Andrew Gilding
Chris Dobey (104.09) 7 | 1 (85.64) Daryl Gurney
Viertelfinale
Andrew Gilding (97.09) 6 | 5 (94.77) Dave Chisnall
Stephen Bunting (97.28) 6 | 4 (96.67) Connor Scutt
Chris Dobey (101.06) 6 | 5 (99.18) Luke Littler
Daryl Gurney (94.97) 6 | 4 (95.37) Ryan Joyce
Letzte 16
Dave Chisnall (92.09) 6 | 4 (91.49) Raymond van Barneveld
Andrew Gilding (89.29) 6 | 3 (93.97) Gary Anderson
Connor Scutt (101.21) 6 | 1 (91.21) Lukas Wenig
Stephen Bunting (100.75) 6 | 4 (97.13) Mike De Decker
Luke Littler (101.87) 6 | 4 (96.43) Darren Beveridge
Chris Dobey (99.94) 6 | 5 (92.98) Jeffrey De Graaf
Daryl Gurney (91.63) 6 | 5 (93.94) Dirk van Duijvenbode
Ryan Joyce (112.53) 6 | 2 (104.91) Damon Heta
Letzte 32
Dave Chisnall (98.80) 6 | 2 (95.84) Chris Landman
Raymond van Barneveld (94.75) 6 | 4 (97.39) Jonny Clayton
Andrew Gilding (104.86) 6 | 0 (83.46) Robert Owen
Gary Anderson (112.66) 6 | 2 (92.48) Joe Cullen
Connor Scutt (99.72) 6 | 4 (94.16) Matt Campbell
Lukas Wenig (87.61) 6 | 3 (84.14) Thibault Tricole
Stephen Bunting (101.57) 6 | 3 (94.58) Jermaine Wattimena
Mike De Decker (97.36) 6 | 1 (82.34) Kim Huybrechts
Luke Littler (94.15) 6 | 5 (94.27) Benjamin Reus
Darren Beveridge (94.94) 6 | 4 (89.06) Berry van Peer
Chris Dobey (100.49) 6 | 2 (95.62) Gabriel Clemens
Jeffrey De Graaf (93.14) 6 | 4 (94.36) Jimmy van Schie
Dirk van Duijvenbode (85.05) 6 | 1 (62.98) Mervyn King
Daryl Gurney (95.06) 6 | 5 (97.56) Michael Smith
Damon Heta (93.95) 6 | 5 (91.14) Brendan Dolan
Ryan Joyce (103.08) 6 | 4 (102.35) Danny Noppert
Letzte 64
Dave Chisnall (88.78) 6 | 3 (83.37) Brett Claydon
Chris Landman (92.30) 6 | 4 (90.44) Adam Gawlas
Jonny Clayton (98.06) 6 | 3 (90.05) Keane Barry
Raymond van Barneveld (96.62) 6 | 1 (78.84) Dimitri Van den Bergh
Robert Owen (90.77) 6 | 3 (91.55) Krzysztof Ratajski
Andrew Gilding (88.70) 6 | 5 (93.22) Mickey Mansell
Gary Anderson (96.10) 6 | 2 (90.60) Robbie Knops
Joe Cullen (88.84) 6 | 5 (83.92) Graham Usher
Matt Campbell (94.01) 6 | 3 (95.93) Ian White
Connor Scutt (94.77) 6 | 4 (87.44) Stephen Burton
Lukas Wenig (96.11) 6 | 5 (90.39) Rob Cross
Thibault Tricole (93.14) 6 | 4 (93.42) Cameron Menzies
Stephen Bunting (95.14) 6 | 1 (91.64) Jamie Hughes
Jermaine Wattimena (95.25) 6 | 5 (91.11) Scott Williams
Kim Huybrechts (100.88) 6 | 4 (87.70) Gian van Veen
Mike De Decker (100.75) 6 | 3 (90.23) Madars Razma
Luke Littler (97.17) 6 | 2 (87.32) Darryl Pilgrim
Benjamin Reus (90.19) 6 | 3 (94.32) Jurjen van der Velde
Darren Beveridge (86.30) 6 | 4 (86.98) Ricardo Pietreczko
Berry van Peer (89.87) 6 | 4 (92.17) Ritchie Edhouse
Chris Dobey (107.63) 6 | 2 (96.69) William O'Connor
Gabriel Clemens (99.00) 6 | 3 (98.24) Andy Boulton
Jeffrey De Graaf (96.07) 6 | 2 (86.54) Robert Grundy
Jimmy van Schie (96.29) 6 | 3 (94.80) Graham Hall
Mervyn King (87.15) 6 | 5 (85.83) Tim Wolters
Dirk van Duijvenbode (99.89) 6 | 3 (88.91) William Borland
Daryl Gurney (93.82) 6 | 3 (86.36) Owen Bates
Michael Smith (96.09) 6 | 3 (86.29) Steve Beaton
Damon Heta (109.16) 6 | 1 (85.38) Dom Taylor
Brendan Dolan (94.39) 6 | 3 (86.72) John Henderson
Danny Noppert (101.21) 6 | 2 (92.61) Jeffrey De Zwaan
Ryan Joyce (83.36) 6 | 3 (89.14) Daniel Klose
Letzte 128
Dave Chisnall (104.50) 6 | 2 (85.60) Patrick Geeraets
Brett Claydon (84.68) 6 | 5 (83.48) Keegan Brown
Chris Landman (99.50) 6 | 3 (92.34) Martin Lukeman
Adam Gawlas (93.02) 6 | 4 (95.59) Alexander Merkx
Jonny Clayton (94.54) 6 | 1 (83.33) Jose De Sousa
Keane Barry (105.42) 6 | 5 (99.80) Nick Kenny
Raymond van Barneveld (88.24) 6 | 5 (90.80) Christian Kist
Dimitri Van den Bergh (86.81) 6 | 3 (92.20) Cam Crabtree
Robert Owen (89.95) 6 | 5 (99.24) Josh Rock
Krzysztof Ratajski (96.31) 6 | 5 (90.64) Matthew Dennant
Andrew Gilding (92.85) 6 | 4 (92.23) Ryan Meikle
Mickey Mansell (94.24) 6 | 5 (88.86) Boris Krcmar
Gary Anderson (100.56) 6 | 2 (95.66) James Hurrell
Robbie Knops (84.64) 6 | 4 (83.09) Stefan Bellmont
Joe Cullen (82.15) 6 | 4 (79.90) Owen Roelofs
Graham Usher (84.34) 6 | 5 (89.93) Adam Hunt
Ian White (96.61) 6 | 5 (97.81) Ryan Searle
Matt Campbell (87.77) 6 | 4 (88.57) Lee Cocks
Stephen Burton (90.98) 6 | 4 (82.04) Luke Woodhouse
Connor Scutt (93.17) 6 | 2 (86.07) Radek Szaganski
Rob Cross (88.65) 6 | 1 (85.06) Jelle Klaasen
Lukas Wenig (91.14) 6 | 2 (90.31) Geert Nentjes
Cameron Menzies (94.03) 6 | 1 (84.61) Mensur Suljovic
Thibault Tricole (90.98) 6 | 5 (90.25) Lee Evans
Stephen Bunting (94.88) 6 | 4 (91.20) Danny van Trijp
Jamie Hughes (89.60) 6 | 3 (85.28) Rene Eidams
Jermaine Wattimena (96.76) 6 | 3 (91.27) Kevin Doets
Scott Williams (93.87) 6 | 2 (86.87) Richie Burnett
Gian van Veen (93.71) 6 | 3 (87.18) Danny Jansen
Kim Huybrechts (103.66) 6 | 0 (90.43) Dylan Slevin
Mike De Decker (101.91) 6 | 1 (81.61) Jules van Dongen
Madars Razma (94.24) 6 | 4 (85.82) Jitse Van der Wal
Luke Littler (94.76) 6 | 4 (91.44) Vincent van der Voort
Darryl Pilgrim (91.85) 6 | 3 (93.79) Steve Lennon
Benjamin Reus (101.98) 6 | 3 (92.12) Alan Soutar
Jurjen van der Velde (86.56) 6 | 5 (87.63) George Killington
Ricardo Pietreczko (85.68) 6 | 3 (91.18) Richard Veenstra
Darren Beveridge (98.26) 6 | 4 (93.87) Danny Lauby
Ritchie Edhouse (90.60) 6 | 3 (93.88) Arron Monk
Berry van Peer (91.76) 6 | 2 (90.89) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Chris Dobey (98.20) 6 | 4 (93.83) Nathan Rafferty
William O'Connor (87.54) 6 | 5 (85.69) Florian Hempel
Gabriel Clemens (90.08) 6 | 4 (86.84) Callum Goffin
Andy Boulton (100.20) 6 | 0 (73.48) Joshua Richardson
Jeffrey De Graaf (96.07) 6 | 3 (93.61) Luke Humphries
Robert Grundy (101.10) 6 | 1 (89.54) Justin Hood
Jimmy van Schie (96.81) 6 | 3 (97.54) Wessel Nijman
Graham Hall (94.04) 6 | 3 (82.24) Adam Warner
Tim Wolters (90.40) 6 | 3 (88.93) Ross Smith
Mervyn King (88.76) 6 | 4 (89.98) Maik Kuivenhoven
Dirk van Duijvenbode (89.70) 6 | 2 (88.48) Christian Perez
William Borland (96.06) 6 | 4 (100.20) Niels Zonneveld
Daryl Gurney (84.29) 6 | 3 (83.61) Martijn Dragt
Owen Bates (83.39) 6 | 5 (86.39) Rhys Griffin
Michael Smith (92.88) 6 | 4 (89.92) Ricky Evans
Steve Beaton (89.09) 6 | 4 (87.17) Mario Vandenbogaerde
Damon Heta (102.48) 6 | 0 (73.54) Josh Payne
Dom Taylor (98.70) 6 | 4 (102.46) Nathan Aspinall
Brendan Dolan (86.90) 6 | 3 (85.17) Jamie Atkins
John Henderson (88.35) 6 | 5 (87.15) Karel Sedlacek
Danny Noppert (108.38) 6 | 4 (101.36) Andy Baetens
Jeffrey De Zwaan (94.66) 6 | 2 (85.46) Simon Whitlock
Ryan Joyce (100.26) 6 | 3 (91.52) Wesley Plaisier
Daniel Klose (93.92) 6 | 2 (90.93) Rowby-John Rodriguez