Chris Dobey does it! 'Hollywood' takes the title at Players Championship 3 over Jelle Klaasen
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Chris Dobey has bounced back from the disappointment of losing out in the final of Players Championship 2, to take the title at Players Championship 3, defeating Dutchman Jelle Klaasen 8-4 in the final.
It had been some time since Klaasen was in the final of a floor tournament. His last final dated from February 2015, ten years ago. The former Lakeside champion managed to reach the final after wins over Ryan Joyce (6-4), Kevin Burness (6-4), Tytus Kanik (6-2), Mickey Mansell (6-5), Rob Cross (6-4) and Nick Kenny (7-5).
As mentioned, Dobey reached his second Players Championship final in a row by posting victories over Dylan Slevin (6-3), Robert Owen (6-2), Owen Bates (6-0), Wessel Nijman (6-4), Krzysztof Ratajski (6-1) and Callan Rydz (7-6). Against Bates he threw 107.36 average and against Ratajski even 113.54.
In the final, Dobey took an immediate 2-0 lead via an 11-darter and a 13-darter. That margin was maintained until 'Hollywood' broke again in the ninth leg. A 110 finish made it 6-3 before a 15 darter made it 7-3. Klaasen then took one more leg, before Dobey decided the match with a 15-darter.
The Englishman had lost to Gerwyn Price in the final of Players Championship 2 just last week, but this time he was victorious. It is Dobey's sixth Players Championship title, while he also won the Masters in 2023.
| Jelle Klaasen | VS | Chris Dobey |
|---|---|---|
| 87.34 | Average (3 Darts) | 100.87 |
| 13 | 100+ Thrown | 20 |
| 5 | 140+ Thrown | 7 |
| 1 | 180 Thrown | 2 |
| 112 | Highest Checkout | 110 |
| 1 | Checkout 100+ | 1 |
| 57.1 | Checkout percentage | 57.1 |
| 4 / 7 | Checkout | 8 / 14 |
Results Players Championship 3
Final
Chris Dobey (100.87) 8 | 4 (87.34) Jelle Klaasen
Semi-final
Jelle Klaasen (94.54) 7 | 5 (93.16) Nick Kenny
Chris Dobey (100.34) 7 | 6 (101.69) Callan Rydz
Quarterfinals
Nick Kenny (88.70) 6 | 5 (96.02) Jermaine Wattimena
Jelle Klaasen (84.55) 6 | 4 (92.24) Rob Cross
Callan Rydz (103.81) 6 | 5 (99.53) Gerwyn Price
Chris Dobey (113.54) 6 | 1 (91.55) Krzysztof Ratajski
Last 16
Nick Kenny (90.76) 6 | 1 (78.78) Martin Lukeman
Jermaine Wattimena (92.05) 6 | 5 (96.07) Ryan Searle
Jelle Klaasen (88.39) 6 | 5 (89.74) Mickey Mansell
Rob Cross (100.13) 6 | 3 (97.82) Ricardo Pietreczko
Gerwyn Price (99.92) 6 | 4 (98.83) Justin Hood
Callan Rydz (99.06) 6 | 1 (93.96) James Wade
Chris Dobey (92.47) 6 | 4 (93.86) Wessel Nijman
Krzysztof Ratajski (101.43) 6 | 3 (92.86) Jonny Clayton
Last 32
Nick Kenny (93.63) 6 | 3 (87.60) Oskar Lukasiak
Martin Lukeman (92.18) 6 | 4 (96.36) Raymond van Barneveld
Ryan Searle (100.16) 6 | 2 (90.44) Connor Scutt
Jermaine Wattimena (92.38) 6 | 4 (85.50) Dom Taylor
Jelle Klaasen (77.96) 6 | 2 (74.67) Tytus Kanik
Mickey Mansell (92.77) 6 | 5 (88.19) George Killington
Ricardo Pietreczko (92.66) 6 | 4 (90.37) Maximilian Czerwinski
Rob Cross (93.22) 6 | 3 (89.29) Cameron Menzies
Justin Hood (104.64) 6 | 3 (97.08) Steve Lennon
Gerwyn Price (112.15) 6 | 3 (95.21) Peter Wright
Callan Rydz (99.50) 6 | 2 (85.30) Jose De Sousa
James Wade (90.12) 6 | 2 (89.95) Damon Heta
Chris Dobey (107.36) 6 | 0 (89.42) Owen Bates
Wessel Nijman (98.10) 6 | 1 (91.89) Karel Sedlacek
Krzysztof Ratajski (100.99) 6 | 5 (98.32) Tom Bissell
Jonny Clayton (91.87) 6 | 2 (83.14) Stephen Burton
Last 64
Oskar Lukasiak (79.86) 6 | 3 (73.30) Dave Chisnall
Nick Kenny (91.38) 6 | 1 (84.62) Niels Zonneveld
Raymond van Barneveld (93.28) 6 | 5 (93.90) Niko Springer
Martin Lukeman (81.24) 6 | 0 (67.89) Florian Hempel
Ryan Searle (101.84) 6 | 3 (96.29) William Borland
Connor Scutt (106.08) 6 | 2 (88.64) Rhys Griffin
Dom Taylor (94.93) 6 | 3 (93.50) Danny Noppert
Jermaine Wattimena (93.44) 6 | 3 (85.64) Max Hopp
Tytus Kanik (71.97) 6 | 4 (80.83) Michael Flynn
Jelle Klaasen (85.15) 6 | 4 (86.63) Kevin Burness
George Killington (83.00) 6 | 3 (81.10) Daryl Gurney
Mickey Mansell (90.03) 6 | 1 (87.86) Jim Long
Maximilian Czerwinski (89.58) 6 | 5 (89.29) Josh Rock
Ricardo Pietreczko (103.22) 6 | 1 (90.47) Scott Williams
Rob Cross (85.61) 6 | 4 (76.92) Joshua Richardson
Cameron Menzies (91.63) 6 | 4 (93.31) Andy Boulton
Steve Lennon (93.24) 6 | 4 (90.46) Patrick Geeraets
Justin Hood (98.05) 6 | 5 (92.37) Madars Razma
Gerwyn Price (90.55) 6 | 2 (76.60) Tavis Dudeney
Peter Wright (102.15) 6 | 1 (91.63) Aden Kirk
Callan Rydz (102.30) 6 | 5 (99.71) Ross Smith
Jose De Sousa (87.69) 6 | 5 (94.77) Dirk van Duijvenbode
Damon Heta (92.67) 6 | 4 (93.97) Adam Hunt
James Wade (91.07) 6 | 5 (87.90) Cor Dekker
Chris Dobey (89.91) 6 | 2 (81.35) Rob Owen
Owen Bates (101.73) 6 | 4 (99.36) Brendan Dolan
Karel Sedlacek (100.25) 6 | 3 (101.56) Nathan Aspinall
Wessel Nijman (102.83) 6 | 5 (97.82) Cam Crabtree
Tom Bissell (94.59) 6 | 3 (91.16) Martin Schindler
Krzysztof Ratajski (96.97) 6 | 2 (90.94) Luke Woodhouse
Jonny Clayton (95.79) 6 | 4 (89.64) Richard Veenstra
Stephen Burton (93.30) 6 | 4 (85.49) Ryan Meikle
Last 128
Dave Chisnall (80.40) 6 | 4 (70.01) Jitse Van der Wal
Oskar Lukasiak (90.92) 6 | 3 (78.37) Danny Lauby
Niels Zonneveld (78.81) 6 | 5 (80.60) Haupai Puha
Nick Kenny (92.04) 6 | 5 (101.22) Matthew Dennant
Raymond van Barneveld (92.96) 6 | 5 (97.66) Jeffrey Sparidaans
Niko Springer (88.45) 6 | 4 (83.83) Pero Ljubic
Florian Hempel (88.40) 6 | 4 (87.95) Mike De Decker
Martin Lukeman (84.65) 6 | 1 (66.86) Jules van Dongen
Ryan Searle (97.87) 6 | 3 (81.44) Marvin van Velzen
William Borland (92.68) 6 | 5 (92.07) Wesley Plaisier
Rhys Griffin (97.57) 6 | 4 (96.52) Joe Cullen
Connor Scutt (105.67) 6 | 1 (96.48) Kai Gotthardt
Danny Noppert (99.66) 6 | 1 (87.32) Robert Grundy
Dom Taylor (101.63) 6 | 5 (100.35) Mervyn King
Jermaine Wattimena (87.04) 6 | 3 (85.07) Martijn Dragt
Max Hopp (84.46) 6 | 5 (79.30) Radek Szaganski
Michael Flynn (92.41) 6 | 4 (97.01) Michael van Gerwen
Tytus Kanik (84.86) 6 | 2 (82.49) Dominik Gruellich
Jelle Klaasen (92.27) 6 | 4 (90.16) Ryan Joyce
Kevin Burness (93.58) 6 | 3 (87.19) Darren Beveridge
Daryl Gurney (92.69) 6 | 3 (95.44) Bradley Brooks
George Killington (93.23) 6 | 3 (81.13) Viktor Tingstrom
Mickey Mansell (91.63) 6 | 4 (84.04) Ritchie Edhouse
Jim Long (95.40) 6 | 4 (97.46) Mensur Suljovic
Josh Rock (89.10) 6 | 1 (68.79) Brett Claydon
Maximilian Czerwinski (85.62) 6 | 5 (83.26) Ian White
Ricardo Pietreczko (94.23) 6 | 4 (96.81) Darius Labanauskas
Scott Williams (89.62) 6 | 4 (88.57) Nathan Rafferty
Rob Cross (96.38) 6 | 4 (93.79) Adam Lipscombe
Joshua Richardson (84.25) 6 | 5 (89.21) Christian Kist
Cameron Menzies (90.53) 6 | 4 (96.97) Alan Soutar
Andy Boulton (88.96) 6 | 3 (88.74) Benjamin Reus
Patrick Geeraets (92.21) 6 | 5 (92.78) Stephen Bunting
Steve Lennon (92.09) 6 | 2 (83.02) Jarno Bottenberg
Justin Hood (87.55) 6 | 4 (82.26) Gabriel Clemens
Madars Razma (89.29) 6 | 2 (95.43) Stefaan Henderyck
Gerwyn Price (100.72) 6 | 2 (89.13) Kevin Doets
Tavis Dudeney (90.03) 6 | 5 (87.61) Leon Weber
Peter Wright (99.67) 6 | 5 (95.50) Carl Sneyd
Aden Kirk (87.15) 6 | 4 (87.64) Keane Barry
Ross Smith (95.37) 6 | 3 (86.66) Dennie Olde Kalter
Callan Rydz (94.92) 6 | 3 (89.45) Greg Ritchie
Dirk van Duijvenbode (106.69) 6 | 4 (101.26) William O'Connor
Jose De Sousa (94.72) 6 | 3 (93.78) Adam Paxton
Damon Heta (88.47) 6 | 5 (82.68) Darryl Pilgrim
Adam Hunt (99.57) 6 | 3 (91.83) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
James Wade (104.01) 6 | 1 (90.65) Maik Kuivenhoven
Cor Dekker (90.84) 6 | 2 (87.98) Sebastian Bialecki
Chris Dobey (95.64) 6 | 3 (95.19) Dylan Slevin
Rob Owen (77.10) 6 | 3 (80.80) Stefan Bellmont
Brendan Dolan (94.76) 6 | 3 (90.68) Thibault Tricole
Owen Bates (92.78) 6 | 5 (87.09) Mario Vandenbogaerde
Nathan Aspinall (104.13) 6 | 1 (101.19) Gian van Veen
Karel Sedlacek (96.60) 6 | 3 (91.13) James Hurrell
Wessel Nijman (100.30) 6 | 3 (93.02) Ricky Evans
Cam Crabtree (100.58) 6 | 5 (91.10) Berry van Peer
Martin Schindler (100.39) 6 | 3 (96.22) Andy Baetens
Tom Bissell (91.42) 6 | 4 (88.33) Matt Campbell
Luke Woodhouse (110.87) 6 | 3 (84.81) Thomas Lovely
Krzysztof Ratajski (90.69) 6 | 3 (90.99) Kim Huybrechts
Jonny Clayton (93.55) 6 | 4 (84.91) Adam Warner
Richard Veenstra (96.14) 6 | 4 (91.90) Lukas Wenig
Stephen Burton (92.41) 6 | 4 (93.18) Michael Smith
Ryan Meikle (100.20) 6 | 0 (79.48) Tim Wolters
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