Gerwyn Price secures second ProTour title of 2025 at Players Championship 9
Gerwyn Price claimed his second ProTour title of the year at Players Championship 9 with an 8-4 win over Ian White in the final in Leicester on Monday.
Price followed up last month’s triumph at Players Championship 2 by becoming the first multiple winner on the ProTour this season.
The in-form Welshman stormed to the £15,000 top prize at the Mattioli Arena, registering a trio of ton-plus averages along the way.
“It’s nice to get another win, this is a confidence boost going into tomorrow and the Premier League on Thursday,” said Price.
“I said to James Wade at the start of the day ‘I’m going to win today’ and I’ve gone and done it.
“I’ve been struggling with a bit of an injury over the last week, and it’s still not fully healed.
“I was inconsistent today, I was very up and down in my performance level, but a win’s a win.”
Price began his route to glory with a 101 average in a 6-4 victory over Robert Grundy, before seeing off Keane Barry 6-2 and Nathan Rafferty 6-4.
He then averaged 104.5 in a dominant 6-2 win over Dave Chisnall in the Last 16, before punishing an average of just 86 from Niels Zonneveld to seal a 6-3 quarter-final success.
Price produced his best performance of the day in the semi-finals, emphatically whitewashing Brendan Dolan 7-0 with a 114.3 average.
Stoke veteran White was appearing in his first ProTour final in five years, but was denied glory as Price comfortably prevailed 8-4, pressing home a 7-2 lead amid a late revival from his opponent.
A resurgent White, who is battling to retain his Tour Card this season, pulled off a series of superb wins en route to the final, starting by defeating Willie Borland 6-4 in Round One.
The 54-year-old overcame Ryan Joyce 6-3 before edging out man of the moment Luke Littler in a deciding leg with a 106 average and six from eight on the doubles.
The three-time European Tour event winner dispatched Wessel Nijman 6-3 in the Last 16, before holding his nerve in another deciding leg to deny Josh Rock.
White enjoyed a dominant semi-final showing as he overcame Cameron Menzies 7-3 with a 98.6 average.
Monday’s event also saw Gary Anderson land a nine-darter in his 6-5 win over Krzysztof Ratajski in Round One, a game which saw the Scot average a whopping 115.66 – the highest of the day.
Players Championship 9 Results
Monday March 31
First Round
Dave Chisnall 6-5 Mensur Suljovic
Jim Long 6-4 Rhys Griffin
Karel Sedlacek 6-0 Kevin Doets
Matt Campbell 6-2 Justin Hood
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Robert Grundy
Keane Barry 6-3 Viktor Tingstrom
Radek Szaganski 6-3 Daryl Gurney
Nathan Rafferty 6-1 Dominik Gruellich
Lukas Wenig 6-5 Ryan Searle
Niels Zonneveld 6-5 Scott Campbell
Stefan Bellmont 6-4 Peter Wright
Andy Baetens 6-2 Dylan Slevin
Gian van Veen 6-5 Connor Scutt
Mario Vandenbogaerde 6-3 Brett Claydon
Ricky Evans 6-5 Luke Woodhouse
Michele Turetta 6-2 George Killington
Stephen Bunting 6-4 Pero Ljubic
Adam Warner 6-2 Bradley Brooks
Andrew Gilding 6-2 Wesley Plaisier
Adam Hunt 6-4 Leon Weber
Rob Cross 6-3 Tom Bissell
Haupai Puha 6-2 Jeffrey De Graaf
Ritchie Edhouse 6-4 William O’Connor
Madars Razma 6-2 Stefaan Henderyck
Chris Dobey 6-3 Dom Taylor
Patrick Geeraets 6-3 Danny Lauby
Jermaine Wattimena 6-3 Jim Williams
Brendan Dolan 6-4 Callan Rydz
Jonny Clayton 6-4 Matthew Dennant
Ryan Meikle 6-4 Carl Sneyd
James Wade 6-1 Tavis Dudeney
Jelle Klaasen 6-4 Joshua Richardson
Martin Schindler 6-3 Darren Beveridge
Owen Bates 6-5 Ricardo Pietreczko
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-2 Gabriel Clemens
Alan Soutar 6-1 Berry van Peer
Gary Anderson 6-5 Krzysztof Ratajski – *Anderson hits a nine-darter*
Niko Springer 6-3 Benjamin Reus
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Mickey Mansell
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-4 Florian Hempel
Ross Smith 6-3 Martijn Dragt
Jitse Van der Wal 6-3 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Nathan Aspinall 6-2 Rob Owen
Scott Williams 6-3 Adam Paxton
Danny Noppert 6-2 Andy Boulton
Sebastian Bialecki 6-1 Richard Veenstra
Darius Labanauskas 6-4 Joe Cullen
Max Hopp 6-5 Oskar Lukasiak
Luke Littler 6-3 Thibault Tricole
Jose De Sousa 6-5 Cor Dekker
Ryan Joyce 6-3 Cam Crabtree
Ian White 6-4 William Borland
Mike De Decker 6-2 Thomas Lovely
Adam Lipscombe 6-3 Darryl Pilgrim
Wessel Nijman 6-1 Maik Kuivenhoven
Christian Kist 6-0 Dennie Olde Kalter
Josh Rock 6-3 Martin Lukeman
Maximilian Czerwinski 6-2 Steve Lennon
Stephen Burton 6-5 Raymond van Barneveld
Marvin van Velzen 6-0 Greg Ritchie
Damon Heta 6-3 Kim Huybrechts
Tytus Kanik 6-4 Chris Landman
Michael Smith 6-4 Nick Kenny
James Hurrell 6-3 Ted Evetts
Second Round
Dave Chisnall 6-5 Jim Long
Matt Campbell 6-3 Karel Sedlacek
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Keane Barry
Nathan Rafferty 6-3 Radek Szaganski
Niels Zonneveld 6-5 Lukas Wenig
Andy Baetens 6-4 Stefan Bellmont
Gian van Veen 6-4 Mario Vandenbogaerde
Ricky Evans 6-4 Michele Turetta
Stephen Bunting 6-2 Adam Warner
Andrew Gilding 6-4 Adam Hunt
Haupai Puha 6-3 Rob Cross
Ritchie Edhouse 6-4 Madars Razma
Patrick Geeraets 6-5 Chris Dobey
Brendan Dolan 6-0 Jermaine Wattimena
Jonny Clayton 6-5 Ryan Meikle
James Wade 6-4 Jelle Klaasen
Owen Bates 6-3 Martin Schindler
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-4 Alan Soutar
Gary Anderson 6-3 Niko Springer
Cameron Menzies 6-1 Dimitri Van den Bergh
Ross Smith 6-4 Jitse Van der Wal
Nathan Aspinall 6-4 Scott Williams
Sebastian Bialecki 6-3 Danny Noppert
Max Hopp 6-5 Darius Labanauskas
Luke Littler 6-3 Jose De Sousa
Ian White 6-3 Ryan Joyce
Adam Lipscombe 6-4 Mike De Decker
Wessel Nijman 6-3 Christian Kist
Josh Rock 6-3 Maximilian Czerwinski
Marvin van Velzen 6-5 Stephen Burton
Damon Heta 6-1 Tytus Kanik
Michael Smith 6-5 James Hurrell
Last 32
Dave Chisnall 6-2 Matt Campbell
Gerwyn Price 6-4 Nathan Rafferty
Niels Zonneveld 6-3 Andy Baetens
Gian van Veen 6-0 Ricky Evans
Andrew Gilding 6-5 Stephen Bunting
Haupai Puha 6-2 Ritchie Edhouse
Brendan Dolan 6-5 Patrick Geeraets
James Wade 6-3 Jonny Clayton
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-1 Owen Bates
Cameron Menzies 6-3 Gary Anderson
Ross Smith 6-3 Nathan Aspinall
Sebastian Bialecki 6-4 Max Hopp
Ian White 6-5 Luke Littler
Wessel Nijman 6-1 Adam Lipscombe
Josh Rock 6-0 Marvin van Velzen
Damon Heta 6-5 Michael Smith
Last 16
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Dave Chisnall
Niels Zonneveld 6-5 Gian van Veen
Andrew Gilding 6-0 Haupai Puha
Brendan Dolan 6-3 James Wade
Cameron Menzies 6-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Ross Smith 6-3 Sebastian Bialecki
Ian White 6-3 Wessel Nijman
Josh Rock 6-3 Damon Heta
Quarter-Finals
Gerwyn Price 6-3 Niels Zonneveld
Brendan Dolan 6-2 Andrew Gilding
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Ross Smith
Ian White 6-5 Josh Rock
Semi-Finals
Gerwyn Price 7-0 Brendan Dolan
Ian White 7-3 Cameron Menzies
Final
Gerwyn Price 8-4 Ian White
