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Luke Littler storms to Players Championship 15 title

Jamie Shaw in Players Championship 31 Jul 2024

Luke Littler reacts (Photo by Taylor Lanning/PDC)

Luke Littler secured his second Players Championship title of 2024 with victory at Event 15 in Milton Keynes on Wednesday, denying fellow youngster Wessel Nijman in the final.

Littler continued his fairy-tale debut year on the PDC circuit by sealing a seventh title and becoming the first player to clinch multiple ProTour titles this term.

The 17-year-old sensation won the season’s opening Players Championship event in February, which sparked a remarkable sequence of 14 different winners from as many events.

However, Littler ended that pattern at the Marshall Arena, overturning a 6-5 deficit against an in-form Nijman to deny the Dutchman his first senior PDC title.

Littler, making his first appearance since a first round defeat to Michael van Gerwen at the Betfred World Matchplay a fortnight ago, began his route to glory with successive ton-plus averages in wins over Boris Krcmar and Pascal Rupprecht.

The Premier League champion then overcame Jonny Clayton to progress to the Last 16, before closing out a brace of 6-4 win over Rhys Griffin and Krzysztof Ratajski.

He continued his charge with a 7-2 rout of Chris Dobey in the semi-finals, averaging 103 to set up a showdown against fellow power-scorer Nijman.

Trailing 2-0, Nijman reeled off four straight legs – notably landing a majestic 160 checkout – to seize the initiative, only for Littler to hit back with legs of 13 and 11 darts to level at four apiece.

This was followed by a run of four consecutive breaks of throw, though Nijman was left to rue missing two darts for a 7-5 lead as Littler stole a march in the closing stages to get over the line.

“I know what Wessel is capable of,” insisted Littler, who maintains his incredible record of winning a title every month this year.

“I’ve seen him dominate the last weekend of the Development Tour, but it was a good final, and I’m happy to be the only player with two [ProTour] titles this year!

“I’ve not really picked up a dart since the World Matchplay, so to come here and win is even better.

“I’ve got to back myself to win almost everything. With the standard of the other players I probably can’t do that, but I’d love to win another major title this year.”

Fresh from his dominance on the Development Tour, Nijman continued his prolific form by reaching his first PDC ProTour final.

The 24-year-old racked up a hat-trick of Development Tour titles at the Marshall Arena last weekend, and he picked up from where left off upon his return to the venue.

Nijman produced four ton-plus averages to storm into the quarter-finals, dispatching his compatriots Christian Kist and Gian van Veen, before Graham Hall and Darren Beveridge were sent packing.

He then edged out Gary Anderson in a gripping Last Eight tie and went on to defy a 104 average from Damon Heta to seal his spot in the final.

Heta registered eye-catching 108 and 112 averages in dispatching Ritchie Edhouse and Stefan Bellmont respectively, dropping just eight legs en route to the semis.

The Australian number one was joined in the Last Four by Dobey – who produced a trio of ton-plus averages along the way.

The former Masters champion averaged 107 and 105 to see off Jermaine Wattimena and Mike De Decker respectively, having also dumped out World Matchplay champion Luke Humphries in the Last 16.

The performance of the day, however, went to Gary Anderson – who produced an astronomical 123.83 average in his third round demolition of Andrew Gilding.

The two-time World Champion reeled off legs of 11, 12, 12, 13, 13 and 13 darts to cap off an inspired display, before succumbing in the quarter-finals alongside De Decker, Ratajski and Bellmont.

Players Championship 15 Results

Wednesday July 31

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

Second Round
Dave Chisnall 6-5 Jurjen van der Velde
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Aden Kirk
Stefan Bellmont 6-1 Martijn Dragt
Adam Gawlas 6-2 Madars Razma
Lee Evans 6-5 Keane Barry
Benjamin Reus 6-3 Radek Szaganski
Damon Heta 6-3 Darryl Pilgrim
Ritchie Edhouse 6-2 Steve Lennon
Darren Beveridge 6-5 Jeffrey Sparidaans
Joe Cullen 6-1 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Wessel Nijman 6-3 Gian van Veen
Graham Hall 6-5 Danny Lauby
Gary Anderson 6-1 Connor Scutt
Andrew Gilding 6-4 Chris Landman
Berry van Peer 6-3 Rob Cross
Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 Jim Williams
Jeffrey De Zwaan 6-5 Ross Smith
Rhys Griffin 6-4 Kevin Doets
Luke Littler 6-1 Pascal Rupprecht
Jonny Clayton 6-1 Nathan Rafferty
Andy Baetens 6-1 Joshua Richardson
Alan Soutar 6-2 Vincent van der Voort
Robert Owen 6-3 Ryan Searle
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-4 Jeffrey De Graaf
Luke Humphries 6-0 Gabriel Clemens
Callan Rydz 6-5 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Chris Dobey 6-5 Karel Sedlacek
Jermaine Wattimena 6-4 Michael Smith
Danny Noppert 6-4 Ryan Meikle
Scott Williams 6-5 James Wade
Dylan Slevin 6-3 Martin Schindler
Mike De Decker 6-2 Rowby-John Rodriguez

Last 32
Cameron Menzies 6-1 Dave Chisnall
Stefan Bellmont 6-5 Adam Gawlas
Lee Evans 6-5 Benjamin Reus
Damon Heta 6-0 Ritchie Edhouse
Darren Beveridge 6-2 Joe Cullen
Wessel Nijman 6-3 Graham Hall
Gary Anderson 6-1 Andrew Gilding
Raymond van Barneveld 6-4 Berry van Peer
Rhys Griffin 6-2 Jeffrey De Zwaan
Luke Littler 6-1 Jonny Clayton
Alan Soutar 6-3 Andy Baetens
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-2 Robert Owen
Luke Humphries 6-3 Callan Rydz
Chris Dobey 6-4 Jermaine Wattimena
Danny Noppert 6-3 Scott Williams
Mike De Decker 6-4 Dylan Slevin

Last 16
Stefan Bellmont 6-4 Cameron Menzies
Damon Heta 6-3 Lee Evans
Wessel Nijman 6-2 Darren Beveridge
Gary Anderson 6-4 Raymond van Barneveld
Luke Littler 6-4 Rhys Griffin
Krzysztof Ratajski 6-4 Alan Soutar
Chris Dobey 6-4 Luke Humphries
Mike De Decker 6-3 Danny Noppert

Quarter-Finals
Damon Heta 6-1 Stefan Bellmont
Wessel Nijman 6-5 Gary Anderson
Luke Littler 6-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Chris Dobey 6-1 Mike De Decker

Semi-Finals
Wessel Nijman 7-5 Damon Heta
Luke Littler 7-2 Chris Dobey

Final
Luke Littler 8-6 Wessel Nijman

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