Comeback mit Ansage: Mervyn King triumphiert auf der Challenge Tour

Mervyn King hat sich am Freitag den Titel beim elften Turnier der PDC Challenge Tour 2025 gesichert – und damit seinen ersten PDC-Turniersieg seit 2018 gefeiert. Für The King ist dieser Triumph nicht nur ein persönliches Ausrufezeichen, sondern auch ein wichtiger Schritt auf dem Weg zurück in die Darts-Elite.

Nach dem Verlust seiner Tour Card zum Ende der vergangenen Saison war klar: Der Routinier würde erstmals seit 2007 nicht mehr regelmäßig auf der Pro Tour antreten. Stattdessen kämpft der Engländer nun auf der Challenge Tour um seine Rückkehr – und setzt mit dem Turniersieg ein deutliches Signal.

Auf dem Weg zum Titel gewann King acht Spiele in Serie. Besonders beeindruckend war sein souveräner 5-0-Finalsieg gegen Henry Coates. Zuvor hatte er unter anderem Ted Evetts (5-4), Sam Spivey (5-2) und Mike Warburton (5-0) bezwungen. Eine starke Vorstellung, die an seine besten Zeiten erinnerte.

Mit dem Sieg sichert sich King nicht nur 2.500 Pfund Preisgeld, sondern rückt auch auf Rang vier der Challenge Tour Order of Merit vor. Ein Platz unter den Top zwei würde ihm am Ende der Saison die Rückkehr auf die große Bühne bescheren – samt Tour Card und möglicher WM-Teilnahme.

Die Challenge Tour richtet sich an Spieler, die bei der Q-School keine Tour Card gewinnen konnten. Für sie ist sie eine zweite Chance: Die besten Akteure erhalten Startplätze bei Pro-Tour-Events und kämpfen um einen festen Platz im PDC-Kosmos. Mervyn King ist nun mittendrin im Rennen um das große Comeback.

Mervyn King (101.55) 5 | 0 (89.48) Henry Coates

Henry Coates (94.80) 5 | 2 (89.46) Patrick Quinn

Mervyn King (87.69) 5 | 4 (88.20) Ted Evetts

Henry Coates (90.25) 5 | 3 (88.29) Nathan Girvan

Patrick Quinn (84.83) 5 | 4 (83.52) Martin Thomas

Ted Evetts (99.50) 5 | 3 (95.23) Jenson Walker

Mervyn King (88.46) 5 | 2 (79.79) Sam Spivey

Nathan Girvan (87.90) 5 | 1 (81.68) Deian Roberts

Henry Coates (98.70) 5 | 3 (82.61) Kevin Leadenham

Patrick Quinn (87.23) 5 | 4 (89.58) Tommy Morris

Martin Thomas (78.72) 5 | 4 (75.48) Kevin Burness

Jenson Walker (96.56) 5 | 2 (90.03) Dean Finn Forde

Ted Evetts (87.18) 5 | 4 (84.91) Martin Grearson

Sam Spivey (87.83) 5 | 4 (91.34) Danny Goddard

Mervyn King (99.46) 5 | 4 (90.19) Arno Merk

Deian Roberts (93.22) 5 | 3 (85.11) Scott Taylor

Nathan Girvan (92.55) 5 | 1 (89.55) Carl Sneyd

Henry Coates (83.75) 5 | 4 (82.43) Scott Baker

Kevin Leadenham (93.16) 5 | 1 (86.15) James Waite

Patrick Quinn (95.28) 5 | 4 (90.93) Graham Usher

Tommy Morris (79.62) 5 | 1 (73.89) Peter Burgoyne

Kevin Burness (100.21) 5 | 4 (93.81) Alexander Merkx

Martin Thomas (85.30) 5 | 4 (80.78) Rowby-John Rodriguez

Jenson Walker (90.95) 5 | 1 (82.12) Niels Aagaard Nielsen

Dean Finn Forde (82.88) 5 | 2 (87.42) Ash Ling

Martin Grearson (87.96) 5 | 4 (87.02) Joe Croft

Ted Evetts (85.40) 5 | 0 (85.19) Jamie Atkins

Danny Goddard (88.06) 5 | 3 (81.35) Jurjen van der Velde

Sam Spivey (89.93) 5 | 4 (92.40) Conor Heneghan

Arno Merk (98.33) 5 | 4 (97.92) Jamai van den Herik

Mervyn King (100.76) 5 | 3 (88.05) Charlie Martin

Scott Taylor (86.65) 5 | 1 (77.39) David Sumner

Deian Roberts (84.64) 5 | 4 (80.08) Danny Jansen

Nathan Girvan (91.36) 5 | 3 (73.85) Jaikob Selby-Rivas

Carl Sneyd (93.94) 5 | 0 (71.60) Tommie Coleman

Henry Coates (89.23) 5 | 1 (82.05) Graham Hall

Scott Baker (86.24) 5 | 3 (90.05) Bailey White

James Waite (81.22) 5 | 4 (89.78) Adam Smith-neale

Kevin Leadenham (82.15) 5 | 4 (77.06) Ellis Radford

Graham Usher (87.82) 5 | 1 (79.81) Conor Roberts

Patrick Quinn (88.64) 5 | 2 (94.83) Jarred Cole

Tommy Morris (93.41) 5 | 3 (99.29) David Sharp

Peter Burgoyne (90.43) 5 | 4 (85.23) Keenan Thomas

Alexander Merkx (82.58) 5 | 0 (79.17) Samuel Price

Kevin Burness (102.28) 5 | 1 (93.72) Shaun Carroll

Martin Thomas (91.05) 5 | 3 (90.43) Owen Maiden

Rowby-John Rodriguez (80.00) 5 | 3 (75.45) Ian Lever

Jenson Walker (88.81) 5 | 1 (78.51) John Part

Niels Aagaard Nielsen (85.56) 5 | 1 (73.50) Ciaran Teehan

Dean Finn Forde (83.33) 5 | 4 (79.03) Dan Hands

Ash Ling (85.66) 5 | 3 (79.10) Jonny Barnes

Martin Grearson (83.62) 5 | 3 (77.71) Kyle Manton

Joe Croft (83.87) 5 | 2 (79.86) Shane Turner

Ted Evetts (100.49) 5 | 4 (88.61) Scott Waites

Jamie Atkins (86.06) 5 | 1 (75.74) Aleksander Zalewski

Danny Goddard (82.15) 5 | 2 (77.19) Colin Osborne

Jurjen van der Velde (91.54) 5 | 4 (82.44) Andy Hamilton

Conor Heneghan (93.25) 5 | 4 (94.74) Andreas Harrysson

Sam Spivey (87.83) 5 | 2 (82.28) Davy Robijns

Arno Merk (89.87) 5 | 4 (91.36) Beau Greaves

Jamai van den Herik (87.55) 5 | 2 (89.65) Marcel Walpen

Mervyn King (96.35) 5 | 0 (86.74) Mike Warburton

Charlie Martin (79.90) 5 | 4 (82.42) Callum Goffin

David Sumner (88.15) 5 | 1 (87.78) Tom Lonsdale

Scott Taylor (85.49) 5 | 3 (90.60) Phil Coward

Deian Roberts (81.53) 5 | 3 (74.64) Paul Higgins

Danny Jansen (90.87) 5 | 4 (90.02) Christian Perez

Jaikob Selby-Rivas (80.91) 5 | 4 (79.72) Carl Wilson

Nathan Girvan (97.54) 5 | 2 (77.46) Jonas Graversen

Tommie Coleman (75.32) 5 | 3 (71.88) Kirk De Ruyter

Carl Sneyd (93.09) 5 | 4 (85.97) Joe Hunt

Graham Hall (86.21) 5 | 2 (73.11) Myles Avory

Henry Coates (102.41) 5 | 1 (90.24) Oliver Mitchell

Bailey White (73.01) 5 | 4 (71.58) Sam Booth

Scott Baker (92.54) 5 | 4 (87.06) Jimmy van Schie

Adam Smith-neale (93.31) 5 | 1 (83.81) James Howard Hughes

James Waite (89.71) 5 | 2 (82.21) Neil Parry

Ellis Radford (84.94) 5 | 3 (79.22) Steve West

Kevin Leadenham (84.49) 5 | 2 (90.98) Sietse Lap

Graham Usher (91.23) 5 | 3 (85.39) Nicolas Thuillier

Conor Roberts (80.28) 5 | 4 (86.54) Nathan Care

Patrick Quinn (85.73) 5 | 4 (79.30) John Henderson

Jarred Cole (83.03) 5 | 4 (85.32) Jack Tweddell

Tommy Morris (90.02) 5 | 4 (88.35) Bruno Stoeckli

David Sharp (92.53) 5 | 3 (89.70) Lee Williams

Peter Burgoyne (81.87) 5 | 4 (80.52) Geert Nentjes

Keenan Thomas (81.96) 5 | 1 (79.51) Nathan Potter

Samuel Price (89.57) 5 | 4 (99.09) Darius Labanauskas

Alexander Merkx (93.19) 5 | 2 (83.26) John Davey

Kevin Burness (82.14) 5 | 2 (77.53) Vinay Ramnath

Shaun Carroll (92.63) 5 | 3 (91.09) Callum Francis

Martin Thomas (93.22) 5 | 4 (86.44) David Evans

Owen Maiden (82.39) 5 | 2 (76.31) Liam Kitchen

Ian Lever (80.34) 5 | 3 (79.26) Jeffrey Sparidaans

Rowby-John Rodriguez (92.00) 5 | 4 (86.65) Marc Vleghert

John Part (85.35) 5 | 2 (88.43) Michael Flynn

Jenson Walker (92.81) 5 | 3 (86.35) Tom Baughan

Niels Aagaard Nielsen (74.41) 5 | 0 (61.03) Mark Boardman

Ciaran Teehan (85.79) 5 | 1 (62.97) Steven Taylor

Dean Finn Forde (94.10) 5 | 2 (90.47) Charlie Manby

Dan Hands (84.76) 5 | 2 (77.63) Daniel Humphries

Jonny Barnes (84.33) 5 | 3 (72.02) Remo Mandiau

Ash Ling (83.61) 5 | 3 (79.51) Kevin McDine

Kyle Manton (82.45) 5 | 2 (87.58) Brian Raman

Martin Grearson (88.14) 5 | 2 (86.42) Ron Meulenkamp

Shane Turner (84.85) 5 | 4 (92.59) Tim Scholz

Joe Croft (78.34) 5 | 3 (80.29) Tom Riding

Ted Evetts (85.15) 5 | 2 (80.71) Luke Smith

Scott Waites (94.24) 5 | 4 (88.66) Jason Heaver

Jamie Atkins (87.73) 5 | 3 (83.71) David Davies

Aleksander Zalewski (90.19) 5 | 1 (81.54) Lewis Pride

Danny Goddard (88.23) 5 | 3 (88.44) Damian Mol

Colin Osborne (81.53) 5 | 3 (74.31) Mat Caste

Jurjen van der Velde (86.37) 5 | 1 (81.73) Kelvin O'Keefe

Andy Hamilton (88.89) 5 | 3 (82.17) Richie Burnett

Andreas Harrysson (97.60) 5 | 0 (78.96) Coni Singh Nagi

Conor Heneghan (99.83) 5 | 2 (89.66) John O'Shea

Davy Robijns (72.00) 5 | 3 (74.32) Kristian Barker

Sam Spivey (91.20) 5 | 3 (92.45) Keegan Brown

Beau Greaves (83.88) 5 | 2 (67.73) Marco Reichenpfader

Arno Merk (100.65) 5 | 2 (82.22) Jamie Hughes

Jamai van den Herik (88.91) 5 | 1 (76.75) Reece Colley

Marcel Walpen (92.94) 5 | 1 (87.10) Derek Maclean

Mike Warburton (93.14) 5 | 2 (80.47) Matthew Hall

Mervyn King (86.78) 5 | 4 (92.83) Tom Sykes

Charlie Martin (90.03) 5 | 2 (76.65) Luis Camacho

Callum Goffin (76.60) 5 | 2 (69.51) Ryan Newton

David Sumner (84.53) 5 | 3 (77.84) James Parkin

Scott Taylor (85.40) 5 | 0 (66.25) Andrew Hoare

Phil Coward (79.83) 5 | 3 (75.86) Calvin Nicolai

Paul Higgins (74.03) 5 | 2 (67.64) Marco Jungwirth

Danny Jansen (78.70) 5 | 2 (69.27) Andrew Callary

Christian Perez (86.28) 5 | 3 (75.40) Rob Holroyd

Carl Wilson (84.69) 5 | 2 (79.98) Lee Budgen

Nathan Girvan (85.55) 5 | 2 (79.79) Lee Cocks

Jonas Graversen (76.95) 5 | 4 (78.61) Lionel Maranhao

Kirk De Ruyter (76.65) 5 | 4 (71.75) Taylor Greaves

Joe Hunt (92.78) 5 | 0 (77.81) Ryan Palmer

Carl Sneyd (86.71) 5 | 2 (89.53) Paul Rowley

Graham Hall (95.80) 5 | 1 (75.39) Stu Wilson

Henry Coates (89.49) 5 | 2 (80.30) Matthias Ehlers

Oliver Mitchell (98.88) 5 | 0 (78.43) Sean Taylor

Sam Booth (82.04) 5 | 3 (75.74) Ricky Palmer

Scott Baker (80.13) 5 | 3 (83.48) Stefan Bellmont

Jimmy van Schie (96.50) 5 | 3 (100.50) David Pallett

Adam Smith-neale (90.70) 5 | 2 (87.16) Ben Robb

Neil Parry (75.45) 5 | 4 (73.26) Steve Hine

James Waite (76.72) 5 | 3 (78.17) David Hill

Ellis Radford (85.53) 5 | 2 (78.00) Oliver Mueller (FfO)

Sietse Lap (84.73) 5 | 3 (77.78) Matt Gallett

Kevin Leadenham (88.41) 5 | 3 (82.44) Jim Moston

Graham Usher (94.43) 5 | 1 (92.57) Adam Beck

Nathan Care (84.48) 5 | 4 (82.97) Jacques Labre

Conor Roberts (81.68) 5 | 0 (67.28) Danny Moore

John Henderson (75.26) 5 | 2 (70.07) Tom Parradine

Jack Tweddell (98.88) 5 | 0 (83.20) Daniel Nicholls

Jarred Cole (86.40) 5 | 4 (80.79) Dylan Dowling

Bruno Stoeckli (85.30) 5 | 3 (70.56) Max Baulcomb

David Sharp (79.68) 5 | 4 (82.52) Ryan Branley

Lee Williams (83.50) 5 | 0 (56.38) Ross Baines

Geert Nentjes (94.08) 5 | 3 (85.30) Stuart Wares

Nathan Potter (96.70) 5 | 4 (89.66) Dmitriy Zhukov

Keenan Thomas (83.50) 5 | 0 (61.48) Serge Brisset

Samuel Price (96.98) 5 | 1 (67.58) Louis Lucas-Carter

Alexander Merkx (100.20) 5 | 0 (79.57) Robert Nelson

John Davey (91.60) 5 | 1 (82.07) Keelan Kay

Kevin Burness (84.95) 5 | 1 (72.17) Steve Sewell

Shaun Carroll (87.89) 5 | 4 (86.49) Adam Mould

Callum Francis (89.65) 5 | 4 (87.96) Daniel Ayres

David Evans (83.44) 5 | 3 (81.25) Jimmy Bristow

Owen Maiden (86.65) 5 | 3 (91.03) James Evans-Bradford

Liam Kitchen (75.08) 5 | 3 (64.11) Robin Bos

Jeffrey Sparidaans (85.39) 5 | 2 (84.86) Michael Huntley

Marc Vleghert (74.78) 5 | 1 (73.93) Ryan O'Connor

Rowby-John Rodriguez (94.34) 5 | 1 (80.18) Colin Gibson

Michael Flynn (102.83) 5 | 2 (91.33) Scott Campbell

Jenson Walker (81.68) 5 | 0 (63.00) Bruno Rangel

Tom Baughan (75.15) 5 | 0 (71.91) Patrick Dekker

Niels Aagaard Nielsen (92.90) 5 | 1 (88.29) Adrian Gray

Steven Taylor (59.72) 5 | 1 (47.29) Jamie Foster

Ciaran Teehan (97.60) 5 | 0 (86.17) Thomas Banks

Charlie Manby (86.63) 5 | 2 (76.78) Lee Grace

Dan Hands (70.96) 5 | 2 (68.49) Gino Vermeersch

Daniel Humphries (77.51) 5 | 3 (77.88) Simon Stothart

Jonny Barnes (82.68) 5 | 3 (75.11) Sean Fisher

Kevin McDine (78.04) 5 | 4 (80.76) James Vanbesien

Ash Ling (82.58) 5 | 0 (43.13) Bradley Whitehead

Kyle Manton (74.47) 5 | 3 (77.31) Jimmy McKirdy

Ron Meulenkamp (90.34) 5 | 1 (70.69) Przemyslaw Wilanowski

Martin Grearson (88.52) 5 | 3 (87.62) Trevor Burkhill

Tim Scholz (74.41) 5 | 0 (58.97) Dimitri Nees

Joe Croft (81.26) 5 | 2 (70.16) Stephen Castle

Tom Riding (74.41) 5 | 0 (70.00) Lee Barrow

Ted Evetts (87.73) 5 | 2 (82.82) Aaron Beeney

Scott Waites (87.78) 5 | 4 (79.05) Kevin Troppmann

Jason Heaver (77.94) 5 | 4 (81.79) Aden Kirk

David Davies (96.35) 5 | 0 (70.60) Charlie Kemp

Aleksander Zalewski () W | D () Neilie Brouder

Lewis Pride (92.57) 5 | 4 (92.31) Jarno Bottenberg

Damian Mol (87.38) 5 | 0 (68.67) Karl Williams

Colin Osborne (73.53) 5 | 4 (75.10) Chris Hurds

Mat Caste (76.24) 5 | 4 (74.25) Janek Hill

Jurjen van der Velde (85.11) 5 | 3 (82.91) Steven Watts

Andy Hamilton (79.86) 5 | 3 (77.73) Ben Adams

Richie Burnett (86.38) 5 | 0 (74.68) Bhav Patel

Andreas Harrysson (83.27) 5 | 2 (79.71) David Williams

Conor Heneghan (109.40) 5 | 1 (90.62) Kevin Lane

John O'Shea (85.43) 5 | 2 (77.97) Paul Mitchell

Davy Robijns (74.41) 5 | 0 (54.27) Chi-Minh Tran

Sam Spivey (87.33) 5 | 3 (81.29) Charlie Symons

Keegan Brown (82.58) 5 | 0 (64.14) Frankie Ansell

Beau Greaves (84.17) 5 | 1 (71.17) Steven Inkpen

Jamie Hughes (83.09) 5 | 2 (71.20) Danny van Trijp

Arno Merk (84.60) 5 | 3 (82.78) Andrew Cass

Jamai van den Herik (97.60) 5 | 0 (88.33) Jeffrey De Zwaan

Marcel Walpen (89.34) 5 | 2 (83.02) Daniel Perry

Derek Maclean (75.76) 5 | 2 (78.12) Martin Tonks

Mike Warburton (96.92) 5 | 3 (93.00) Ultan McDyer

Tom Sykes (80.26) 5 | 2 (77.60) Kai Fan Leung

Mervyn King (93.83) 5 | 1 (81.96) Danny Trueman

Luis Camacho (62.98) 5 | 1 (48.57) Steven Harbert

Ryan Newton (74.75) 5 | 3 (72.39) Patrick Schwab

Callum Goffin (79.82) 5 | 4 (82.43) Gary Blades