Chris Dobey does it! 'Hollywood' takes the title at Players Championship 3 over Jelle Klaasen

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.

Chris Dobey (100.87) 8 | 4 (87.34) Jelle Klaasen

Jelle Klaasen (94.54) 7 | 5 (93.16) Nick Kenny

Chris Dobey (100.34) 7 | 6 (101.69) Callan Rydz

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

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

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

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

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