King ends four year title drought by winning Players Championship 15 in Barnsley

King defeated James Wade with a 105 average and wins his nineth PDC title with a first Players Championship in seven years; it is King's first title since the European Darts Grand Prix in Sindelfingen back in 2014.
In terms of statistics, alongside that average he hit 66% of his doubles with two 180’s and a high checkout of 127 in the very first leg. The 52-year-old shoot back into the top 16 of the Pro Tour Order of Merit. He is set to be seeded 12th on Wednesday, pending withdrawals.
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105.2 King, Mervyn 6 - 2 Wade, James 88.7
Semi-Finals
92.6 King, Mervyn 6 - 3 Webster, Mark 87.2
103.7 Wade, James 6 - 4 Beaton, Steve 99.7
Quarter-Finals
92.8 King, Mervyn 6 - 4 White, Ian 90.1
89 Webster, Mark 6 - 4 Cole, Jarred 85.3
100 Wade, James 6 - 3 Cross, Rob 95.9
90.5 Beaton, Steve 6 - 3 Smith, Michael 96.1
Top 16
100.8 King, Mervyn 6 - 3 Marijanovic, Robert 88
97.6 White, Ian 6 - 3 Jiwa, Prakash 84.8
88.6 Webster, Mark 6 - 2 Burton, Stephen 82.7
83.2 Cole, Jarred 6 - 3 Hunt, Adam 84.7
95.7 Cross, Rob 6 - 2 Bunting, Stephen 92.2
96.9 Wade, James 6 - 3 Dobey, Chris 92
97.6 Beaton, Steve 6 - 5 Gurney, Daryl 89.5
100.1 Smith, Michael 6 - 4 Henderson, John 96.2
Top 32
88.5 Marijanovic, Robert 6 - 2 Wright, Peter 81.7
86.8 King, Mervyn 6 - 3 Rodriguez, Rowby-John 85.7
94 Jiwa, Prakash 6 - 4 Brown, Keegan 92.9
111.3 White, Ian 6 - 0 Lennon, Steve 95.2
102.5 Burton, Stephen 6 - 2 Meeuwisse, Yordi 88.6
101.8 Webster, Mark 6 - 3 Petersen, Devon 88.8
91.2 Cole, Jarred 6 - 3 Clayton, Jonny 89.7
98.5 Hunt, Adam 6 - 2 de Graaf, Jeffrey 86.4
94.4 Cross, Rob 6 - 5 Payne, Josh 96.2
93.8 Bunting, Stephen 6 - 4 Clemens, Gabriel 95.4
96 Wade, James 6 - 4 Rowley, Paul 92.7
100.3 Dobey, Chris 6 - 2 Lewis, Adrian 93.8
94.9 Gurney, Daryl 6 - 0 North, Richard 79.4
104.3 Beaton, Steve 6 - 1 Webster, Darren 96.9
95.6 Smith, Michael 6 - 5 Smith, Ross 94
101 Henderson, John 6 - 2 Barnard, Michael 92.7
Top 64
85.4 Wright, Peter 6 - 3 Reyes, Cristo 82.5
100.7 Marijanovic, Robert 6 - 3 Dolan, Brendan 89
96.8 King, Mervyn 6 - 2 Edgar, Matthew 90.2
79.6 Rodriguez, Rowby-John 6 - 5 Baxter, Ronnie 79.9
95.5 Jiwa, Prakash 6 - 5 Whitlock, Simon 91.7
90.7 Brown, Keegan 6 - 2 van de Pas, Benito 81
91.9 White, Ian 6 - 3 Jacques, Peter 85.3
91.7 Lennon, Steve 6 - 4 Nicholson, Paul 87
96.2 Burton, Stephen 6 - 3 Cullen, Joe 90.4
81.8 Meeuwisse, Yordi 6 - 4 Pallett, David 84.6
91.3 Petersen, Devon 6 - 3 Chisnall, Dave 91.7
92.3 Webster, Mark 6 - 3 Aspinall, Nathan 87.9
92.4 Clayton, Jonny 6 - 2 Evans, Ricky 89.5
79.7 Cole, Jarred 6 - 5 Taylor, Scott 85.1
87 Hunt, Adam 6 - 5 Twell, Ross 86.1
95.5 de Graaf, Jeffrey 6 - 5 West, Steve 97.6
87.8 Cross, Rob 6 - 5 Pipe, Justin 90.4
102.8 Payne, Josh 6 - 1 Wilson, Mark 81.2
85.4 Bunting, Stephen 6 - 4 Jenkins, Terry 91.5
94.1 Clemens, Gabriel 6 - 4 Kist, Christian 88
106.2 Wade, James 6 - 2 Thornton, Robert 101.5
92.4 Rowley, Paul 6 - 3 O'Connor, William 89.7
91.2 Lewis, Adrian 6 - 1 Kirk, Aden 80.2
99.9 Dobey, Chris 6 - 4 Menzies, Cameron 104.8
95.4 Gurney, Daryl 6 - 4 Van den Bergh, Dimitri 93.5
85.8 North, Richard 6 - 2 Meikle, Ryan 77.3
89.9 Webster, Darren 6 - 3 Rickwood, Robert 80.7
86.5 Beaton, Steve 6 - 2 Huybrechts, Ronny 78
104.9 Smith, Michael 6 - 0 Hendriks, Jimmy 83.7
95.6 Smith, Ross 6 - 3 Alcinas, Toni 92.6
88.8 Barnard, Michael 6 - 4 Schindler, Martin 92
105.1 Henderson, John 6 - 3 Evetts, Ted 98.6
Top 128
101.7 Wright, Peter 6 - 2 Huckvale, Adam 83.2
92 Reyes, Cristo 6 - 1 Temple, Terry 85.1
88.4 Dolan, Brendan 6 - 0 Caven, Jamie 85.8
86.2 Marijanovic, Robert 6 - 4 Killington, George 79.7
86 King, Mervyn 6 - 2 Preston, Simon 80.2
87.2 Edgar, Matthew 6 - 4 Monk, Arron 88.9
82.9 Baxter, Ronnie 6 - 5 Wattimena, Jermaine 86.4
86.8 Rodriguez, Rowby-John 6 - 5 Hudson, Peter 90.3
90.6 Whitlock, Simon 6 - 3 Burness, Kevin 92.8
92.4 Jiwa, Prakash 6 - 2 Dekker, Jan 90.4
95.6 Brown, Keegan 6 - 2 Owen, Robert 90.5
85.5 van de Pas, Benito 6 - 3 Noppert, Danny 87.7
94.8 White, Ian 6 - 1 Johnson, Darren 86.6
86.8 Jacques, Peter 6 - 1 Humphries, Luke 75.6
94 Lennon, Steve 6 - 4 Tabern, Alan 89.5
90.6 Nicholson, Paul 6 - 2 van Duijvenbode, Dirk 81
90.1 Cullen, Joe 6 - 4 Lerchbacher, Zoran 87.4
94.6 Burton, Stephen 6 - 3 Prins, Dave 94
92 Meeuwisse, Yordi 6 - 3 Klaasen, Jelle 90.9
82.6 Pallett, David 6 - 3 Shepherd, Kirk 81.9
98.3 Chisnall, Dave 6 - 4 Kanik, Tytus 91.9
93.1 Petersen, Devon 6 - 3 Harrington, Ryan 87.7
93.7 Webster, Mark 6 - 1 Huybrechts, Kim 81.1
92.8 Aspinall, Nathan 6 - 3 Lewis, Jamie 91.2
90 Clayton, Jonny 6 - 3 Woodhouse, Luke 82.3
90.2 Evans, Ricky 6 - 5 Groen, Sven 87.5
91.3 Cole, Jarred 6 - 5 van der Voort, Vincent 87.4
80.4 Taylor, Scott 6 - 4 Gilding, Andrew 78.3
95.1 Hunt, Adam 6 - 5 Price, Gerwyn 94.4
78.4 Twell, Ross 6 - 5 Quantock, Chris 79.6
85.8 West, Steve 6 - 4 Darbyshire, Scott 85.7
88.2 de Graaf, Jeffrey 6 - 1 Newell, Tony 78.4
93.2 Cross, Rob 6 - 5 Mansell, Mickey 88.5
96.5 Pipe, Justin 6 - 2 Robbe, Mario 87
102.2 Payne, Josh 6 - 4 Bryant, Lee 89.3
85.5 Wilson, Mark 6 - 2 Green, Robbie 81
87.8 Bunting, Stephen 6 - 5 Hine, Steve 86.6
93 Jenkins, Terry 6 - 2 Brooks, Bradley 89.7
96.6 Clemens, Gabriel 6 - 5 Anderson, Kyle 94.3
95 Kist, Christian 6 - 3 Dudbridge, Mark 84.9
103.5 Wade, James 6 - 1 Joyce, Ryan 96.2
90.8 Thornton, Robert 6 - 2 Murnan, Joe 84.6
88.7 O'Connor, William 6 - 2 de Zwaan, Jeffrey 87.3
89.4 Rowley, Paul 6 - 4 Eastwood, Gary 83.8
97.6 Lewis, Adrian 6 - 2 Portela, Diogo 90.7
85.8 Kirk, Aden 6 - 1 Searle, Ryan 84.6
97.1 Dobey, Chris 6 - 5 Wilson, James 92.4
94.8 Menzies, Cameron 6 - 2 Murschell, Dawson 83.2
105.1 Gurney, Daryl 6 - 1 Bain, Jamie 94.1
84.4 Van den Bergh, Dimitri 6 - 5 Kamphuis, Vincent 81
79.3 North, Richard 6 - 1 Justicia, Jose 72.2
83 Meikle, Ryan 6 - 4 Edhouse, Ritchie 86.3
92.9 Webster, Darren 6 - 5 Van Baelen, Davy 90.2
90.8 Rickwood, Robert 6 - 2 Stevenson, Simon 89
93 Beaton, Steve 6 - 2 Razma, Madars 88.1
93.4 Huybrechts, Ronny 6 - 3 Burnett, Richie 86.5
100.5 Smith, Michael 6 - 3 Jones, Wayne 94.3
97.2 Hendriks, Jimmy 6 - 5 Meulenkamp, Ron 94.7
100 Smith, Ross 6 - 3 Norris, Alan 100.4
103.8 Alcinas, Toni 6 - 3 Cullen, Jason 95.9
94.3 Schindler, Martin 6 - 3 Hopp, Max 96
90 Barnard, Michael 6 - 3 Dootson, Eddie 82.9
91.6 Henderson, John 6 - 4 Painter, Kevin 93.2
94.6 Evetts, Ted 6 - 3 Richardson, James 90.5
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