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Mike De Decker seals maiden PDC ranking title at Players Championship 16

Jamie Shaw in Players Championship 01 Aug 2024

De Decker reacts (Photo by Jonas Hunold/PDC Europe)

Mike De Decker picked up his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 16 with an 8-2 rout of Ricky Evans in the final in Milton Keynes on Thursday.

The 28-year-old joined Kim Huybrechts and Dimitri van den Bergh as the third Belgian winner of a senior PDC title as he enjoyed a memorable success at the Marshall Arena.

De Decker had reached a second quarter-final of the season on Wednesday, but went all the way to the £15,000 title 24 hours later.

“I’m over the moon to win this,” said a delighted De Decker.

“I’ve been in a final of a Players Championship before and lost to Rob Cross, and it’s taken a while for me to get over the winning line.

“There was an article this week that came out with the top players from Belgium in history and I was tenth – it didn’t feel good being tenth!

“I came here this week – yesterday I had a quarter-final and now I won a tournament – hopefully they change the list now!

“Finally I can say I won something. I’ve grown up, taken the game more seriously and started to practice more, taken it more professionally and finally it pays off.”

De Decker began his route to the title with a 6-2 win over fellow countryman Robbie Knops, before averaging 105 in a second round win over Jose de Sousa.

He then saw off top seed Dave Chisnall 6-2, Danny Van Trijp 6-2, Brendan Dolan – in a deciding leg – before edging out Karel Sedlacek 7-5 to secure a spot in the final.

There, he denied Evans a first PDC title with a prolific performance, landing six 180s and finishing eight doubles from 14 attempts, ending the contest with a 104.8 average.

De Decker fired in back-to-back 13-darters as he opened up a 3-0 lead, with Evans responding in the fourth only for another trio of legs – including finishes of 13 and 12 darts – to create a 6-1 advantage.

Evans hit back again in leg eight, but missed the bull in the next as De Decker finished 80 on tops to move to the brink of a win he sealed on the same bed for a 14-darter.

Evans’ display was his best since reaching the semi-finals of March’s UK Open as he won through to a first ProTour final in more than two years.

The Kettering ace also produced a consistently high standard of darts throughout Thursday’s event, which began with a narrow win over Rob Cross.

He also saw off former European Champion Ross Smith in the Last 16 and claimed the scalp of reigning World Champion Luke Humphries with a 7-4 semi-final success.

Czech star Sedlacek enjoyed his best run on the ProTour to date as he defeated John Henderson, Graham Usher, Adam Warner, Ryan Joyce and Gabriel Clemens.

Premier League champion Luke Littler saw his bid to win back-to-back Players Championship titles ended in the Last 32 by Cameron Menzies – who then produced the day’s highest average of 108.86 in defeating Josh Rock en route to the quarter-finals.

Gary Anderson, Rob Cross, Dimitri van den Bergh and Raymond van Barneveld were among the notable first round casualties.

Players Championship 16 Results

Thursday August 1

First Round
Mike De Decker 6-2 Robbie Knops
Jose De Sousa 6-0 Daniel Klose
Dave Chisnall 6-3 Boris Krcmar
Mervyn King 6-3 Aden Kirk
Danny van Trijp 6-3 Daryl Gurney
Jeffrey De Graaf 6-5 Geert Nentjes
Steve Beaton 6-4 Ricardo Pietreczko
Pascal Rupprecht 6-5 Dylan Slevin
Brendan Dolan 6-2 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Madars Razma 6-2 Tim Wolters
Damon Heta 6-3 Nick Kenny
Patrick Geeraets 6-3 Owen Bates
Ritchie Edhouse 6-4 Steve Lennon
Arron Monk 6-4 Ian White
Stephen Bunting 6-3 Simon Whitlock
Niels Zonneveld 6-4 Lukas Wenig
Andy Boulton 6-2 Joe Cullen
Radek Szaganski 6-3 Josh Payne
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Robert Owen
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Joshua Richardson
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-5 Raymond van Barneveld
Adam Gawlas 6-1 Jules van Dongen
Chris Dobey 6-3 Jim Williams
Gabriel Clemens 6-0 Mickey Mansell
Graham Usher 6-3 Andrew Gilding
Karel Sedlacek 6-2 John Henderson
Adam Warner 6-5 Gary Anderson
Wessel Nijman 6-4 Paul Krohne
Ryan Joyce 6-4 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Robert Grundy 6-5 Jelle Klaasen
Martin Schindler 6-2 Adam Hunt
Thibault Tricole 6-5 Martijn Dragt
Kevin Doets 6-4 Ryan Meikle
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-5 Matthew Dennant
Luke Humphries 6-4 Jermaine Wattimena
Darryl Pilgrim 6-5 Keegan Brown
Jonny Clayton 6-5 Lee Evans
Christian Perez 6-5 Rhys Griffin
Gian van Veen 6-3 Scott Williams
Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Jitse Van der Wal
Luke Woodhouse 6-2 Jamie Hughes
Florian Hempel 6-3 Darren Beveridge
Josh Rock 6-3 Mensur Suljovic
Alan Soutar 6-3 Chris Landman
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-5 Stefan Bellmont
Cameron Menzies 6-2 Graham Hall
Luke Littler 6-1 Andy Baetens
Berry van Peer 6-5 George Killington
Callan Rydz 6-1 James Hurrell
Leighton Bennett 6-4 Ronny Huybrechts
Ross Smith 6-5 Vincent van der Voort
Jeffrey Sparidaans 6-3 Benjamin Reus
Michael Smith 6-4 Richard Veenstra
William O’Connor 6-3 Richie Burnett
Ricky Evans 6-5 Rob Cross
Martin Lukeman 6-5 Owen Roelofs
James Wade 6-2 Danny Lauby
Michele Turetta 6-4 Keane Barry
Danny Noppert 6-5 Maik Kuivenhoven
Connor Scutt 6-2 Stephen Burton
Peter Wright 6-3 Callum Goffin
Christian Kist 6-4 Jurjen van der Velde
Ryan Searle 6-5 Nathan Rafferty
Wesley Plaisier 6-4 Dom Taylor

Second Round
Mike De Decker 6-1 Jose De Sousa
Dave Chisnall 6-1 Mervyn King
Danny van Trijp 6-3 Jeffrey De Graaf
Pascal Rupprecht 6-5 Steve Beaton
Brendan Dolan 6-4 Madars Razma
Damon Heta 6-5 Patrick Geeraets
Ritchie Edhouse 6-5 Arron Monk
Stephen Bunting 6-2 Niels Zonneveld
Andy Boulton 6-4 Radek Szaganski
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-1 Gerwyn Price
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-2 Adam Gawlas
Gabriel Clemens 6-5 Chris Dobey
Karel Sedlacek 6-1 Graham Usher
Adam Warner 6-4 Wessel Nijman
Ryan Joyce 6-5 Robert Grundy
Thibault Tricole 6-5 Martin Schindler
Kevin Doets 6-5 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Luke Humphries 6-1 Darryl Pilgrim
Jonny Clayton 6-4 Christian Perez
Kim Huybrechts 6-4 Gian van Veen
Florian Hempel 6-4 Luke Woodhouse
Josh Rock 6-4 Alan Soutar
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Luke Littler 6-4 Berry van Peer
Callan Rydz 6-5 Leighton Bennett
Ross Smith 6-0 Jeffrey Sparidaans
William O’Connor 6-2 Michael Smith
Ricky Evans 6-3 Martin Lukeman
James Wade 6-3 Michele Turetta
Connor Scutt 6-4 Danny Noppert
Christian Kist 6-5 Peter Wright
Wesley Plaisier 6-3 Ryan Searle

Last 32
Mike De Decker 6-2 Dave Chisnall
Danny van Trijp 6-5 Pascal Rupprecht
Brendan Dolan 6-3 Damon Heta
Stephen Bunting 6-1 Ritchie Edhouse
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-0 Andy Boulton
Gabriel Clemens 6-2 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Karel Sedlacek 6-4 Adam Warner
Ryan Joyce 6-3 Thibault Tricole
Luke Humphries 6-1 Kevin Doets
Kim Huybrechts 6-5 Jonny Clayton
Josh Rock 6-2 Florian Hempel
Cameron Menzies 6-5 Luke Littler
Ross Smith 6-4 Callan Rydz
Ricky Evans 6-4 William O’Connor
Connor Scutt 6-4 James Wade
Wesley Plaisier 6-1 Christian Kist

Last 16
Mike De Decker 6-4 Danny van Trijp
Brendan Dolan 6-4 Stephen Bunting
Gabriel Clemens 6-3 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Karel Sedlacek 6-4 Ryan Joyce
Luke Humphries 6-3 Kim Huybrechts
Cameron Menzies 6-3 Josh Rock
Ricky Evans 6-4 Ross Smith
Connor Scutt 6-4 Wesley Plaisier

Quarter-Finals
Mike De Decker 6-5 Brendan Dolan
Karel Sedlacek 6-4 Gabriel Clemens
Luke Humphries 6-3 Cameron Menzies
Ricky Evans 6-5 Connor Scutt

Semi-Finals
Mike De Decker 7-5 Karel Sedlacek
Ricky Evans 7-4 Luke Humphries

Final
Mike De Decker 8-2 Ricky Evans

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