Chris Dobey makes it a Pro Tour hat trick and wins Players Championship 25

Wednesday, 02 October 2024 at 20:00

Chris Dobey won the 25th Players Championship tournament of the season on Wednesday. He won in the final over Stephen Bunting, who lost a final for the second consecutive day.

The Englishman had defeated Nathan Rafferty (6-4), William O'Connor (6-2), Gabriel Clemens (6-2), Jeffrey de Graaf (6-5), Luke Littler (6-5) and Daryl Gurney (7-1) to reach his fifth Players Championship final of the season.

In the final he faced Bunting, who had dealt with Danny van Trijp (6-4), Jamie Hughes (6-1), Jermaine Wattimena (6-3), Mike de Decker (6-4), Connor Scutt (6-4) and Andrew Gilding (7-4). Dobey already grabbed a 4-2 lead and then easily ran out to an 8-3 victory. Having already won Players Championship 7 and 19 earlier this year, Dobey now has a hat-trick of Players Championship titles under his belt.

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Results Players Championship 25

Final

Chris Dobey 8 | 3 Stephen Bunting

Semi-final

Stephen Bunting (97.14) 7 | 4 (92.15) Andrew Gilding

Chris Dobey (104.09) 7 | 1 (85.64) Daryl Gurney

Quarterfinals

Andrew Gilding (97.09) 6 | 5 (94.77) Dave Chisnall

Stephen Bunting (97.28) 6 | 4 (96.67) Connor Scutt

Chris Dobey (101.06) 6 | 5 (99.18) Luke Littler

Daryl Gurney (94.97) 6 | 4 (95.37) Ryan Joyce

Last 16

Dave Chisnall (92.09) 6 | 4 (91.49) Raymond van Barneveld

Andrew Gilding (89.29) 6 | 3 (93.97) Gary Anderson

Connor Scutt (101.21) 6 | 1 (91.21) Lukas Wenig

Stephen Bunting (100.75) 6 | 4 (97.13) Mike De Decker

Luke Littler (101.87) 6 | 4 (96.43) Darren Beveridge

Chris Dobey (99.94) 6 | 5 (92.98) Jeffrey De Graaf

Daryl Gurney (91.63) 6 | 5 (93.94) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Ryan Joyce (112.53) 6 | 2 (104.91) Damon Heta

Last 32

Dave Chisnall (98.80) 6 | 2 (95.84) Chris Landman

Raymond van Barneveld (94.75) 6 | 4 (97.39) Jonny Clayton

Andrew Gilding (104.86) 6 | 0 (83.46) Robert Owen

Gary Anderson (112.66) 6 | 2 (92.48) Joe Cullen

Connor Scutt (99.72) 6 | 4 (94.16) Matt Campbell

Lukas Wenig (87.61) 6 | 3 (84.14) Thibault Tricole

Stephen Bunting (101.57) 6 | 3 (94.58) Jermaine Wattimena

Mike De Decker (97.36) 6 | 1 (82.34) Kim Huybrechts

Luke Littler (94.15) 6 | 5 (94.27) Benjamin Reus

Darren Beveridge (94.94) 6 | 4 (89.06) Berry van Peer

Chris Dobey (100.49) 6 | 2 (95.62) Gabriel Clemens

Jeffrey De Graaf (93.14) 6 | 4 (94.36) Jimmy van Schie

Dirk van Duijvenbode (85.05) 6 | 1 (62.98) Mervyn King

Daryl Gurney (95.06) 6 | 5 (97.56) Michael Smith

Damon Heta (93.95) 6 | 5 (91.14) Brendan Dolan

Ryan Joyce (103.08) 6 | 4 (102.35) Danny Noppert

Last 64

Dave Chisnall (88.78) 6 | 3 (83.37) Brett Claydon

Chris Landman (92.30) 6 | 4 (90.44) Adam Gawlas

Jonny Clayton (98.06) 6 | 3 (90.05) Keane Barry

Raymond van Barneveld (96.62) 6 | 1 (78.84) Dimitri Van den Bergh

Robert Owen (90.77) 6 | 3 (91.55) Krzysztof Ratajski

Andrew Gilding (88.70) 6 | 5 (93.22) Mickey Mansell

Gary Anderson (96.10) 6 | 2 (90.60) Robbie Knops

Joe Cullen (88.84) 6 | 5 (83.92) Graham Usher

Matt Campbell (94.01) 6 | 3 (95.93) Ian White

Connor Scutt (94.77) 6 | 4 (87.44) Stephen Burton

Lukas Wenig (96.11) 6 | 5 (90.39) Rob Cross

Thibault Tricole (93.14) 6 | 4 (93.42) Cameron Menzies

Stephen Bunting (95.14) 6 | 1 (91.64) Jamie Hughes

Jermaine Wattimena (95.25) 6 | 5 (91.11) Scott Williams

Kim Huybrechts (100.88) 6 | 4 (87.70) Gian van Veen

Mike De Decker (100.75) 6 | 3 (90.23) Madars Razma

Luke Littler (97.17) 6 | 2 (87.32) Darryl Pilgrim

Benjamin Reus (90.19) 6 | 3 (94.32) Jurjen van der Velde

Darren Beveridge (86.30) 6 | 4 (86.98) Ricardo Pietreczko

Berry van Peer (89.87) 6 | 4 (92.17) Ritchie Edhouse

Chris Dobey (107.63) 6 | 2 (96.69) William O'Connor

Gabriel Clemens (99.00) 6 | 3 (98.24) Andy Boulton

Jeffrey De Graaf (96.07) 6 | 2 (86.54) Robert Grundy

Jimmy van Schie (96.29) 6 | 3 (94.80) Graham Hall

Mervyn King (87.15) 6 | 5 (85.83) Tim Wolters

Dirk van Duijvenbode (99.89) 6 | 3 (88.91) William Borland

Daryl Gurney (93.82) 6 | 3 (86.36) Owen Bates

Michael Smith (96.09) 6 | 3 (86.29) Steve Beaton

Damon Heta (109.16) 6 | 1 (85.38) Dom Taylor

Brendan Dolan (94.39) 6 | 3 (86.72) John Henderson

Danny Noppert (101.21) 6 | 2 (92.61) Jeffrey De Zwaan

Ryan Joyce (83.36) 6 | 3 (89.14) Daniel Klose

Last 128

Dave Chisnall (104.50) 6 | 2 (85.60) Patrick Geeraets

Brett Claydon (84.68) 6 | 5 (83.48) Keegan Brown

Chris Landman (99.50) 6 | 3 (92.34) Martin Lukeman

Adam Gawlas (93.02) 6 | 4 (95.59) Alexander Merkx

Jonny Clayton (94.54) 6 | 1 (83.33) Jose De Sousa

Keane Barry (105.42) 6 | 5 (99.80) Nick Kenny

Raymond van Barneveld (88.24) 6 | 5 (90.80) Christian Kist

Dimitri Van den Bergh (86.81) 6 | 3 (92.20) Cam Crabtree

Robert Owen (89.95) 6 | 5 (99.24) Josh Rock

Krzysztof Ratajski (96.31) 6 | 5 (90.64) Matthew Dennant

Andrew Gilding (92.85) 6 | 4 (92.23) Ryan Meikle

Mickey Mansell (94.24) 6 | 5 (88.86) Boris Krcmar

Gary Anderson (100.56) 6 | 2 (95.66) James Hurrell

Robbie Knops (84.64) 6 | 4 (83.09) Stefan Bellmont

Joe Cullen (82.15) 6 | 4 (79.90) Owen Roelofs

Graham Usher (84.34) 6 | 5 (89.93) Adam Hunt

Ian White (96.61) 6 | 5 (97.81) Ryan Searle

Matt Campbell (87.77) 6 | 4 (88.57) Lee Cocks

Stephen Burton (90.98) 6 | 4 (82.04) Luke Woodhouse

Connor Scutt (93.17) 6 | 2 (86.07) Radek Szaganski

Rob Cross (88.65) 6 | 1 (85.06) Jelle Klaasen

Lukas Wenig (91.14) 6 | 2 (90.31) Geert Nentjes

Cameron Menzies (94.03) 6 | 1 (84.61) Mensur Suljovic

Thibault Tricole (90.98) 6 | 5 (90.25) Lee Evans

Stephen Bunting (94.88) 6 | 4 (91.20) Danny van Trijp

Jamie Hughes (89.60) 6 | 3 (85.28) Rene Eidams

Jermaine Wattimena (96.76) 6 | 3 (91.27) Kevin Doets

Scott Williams (93.87) 6 | 2 (86.87) Richie Burnett

Gian van Veen (93.71) 6 | 3 (87.18) Danny Jansen

Kim Huybrechts (103.66) 6 | 0 (90.43) Dylan Slevin

Mike De Decker (101.91) 6 | 1 (81.61) Jules van Dongen

Madars Razma (94.24) 6 | 4 (85.82) Jitse Van der Wal

Luke Littler (94.76) 6 | 4 (91.44) Vincent van der Voort

Darryl Pilgrim (91.85) 6 | 3 (93.79) Steve Lennon

Benjamin Reus (101.98) 6 | 3 (92.12) Alan Soutar

Jurjen van der Velde (86.56) 6 | 5 (87.63) George Killington

Ricardo Pietreczko (85.68) 6 | 3 (91.18) Richard Veenstra

Darren Beveridge (98.26) 6 | 4 (93.87) Danny Lauby

Ritchie Edhouse (90.60) 6 | 3 (93.88) Arron Monk

Berry van Peer (91.76) 6 | 2 (90.89) Jeffrey Sparidaans

Chris Dobey (98.20) 6 | 4 (93.83) Nathan Rafferty

William O'Connor (87.54) 6 | 5 (85.69) Florian Hempel

Gabriel Clemens (90.08) 6 | 4 (86.84) Callum Goffin

Andy Boulton (100.20) 6 | 0 (73.48) Joshua Richardson

Jeffrey De Graaf (96.07) 6 | 3 (93.61) Luke Humphries

Robert Grundy (101.10) 6 | 1 (89.54) Justin Hood

Jimmy van Schie (96.81) 6 | 3 (97.54) Wessel Nijman

Graham Hall (94.04) 6 | 3 (82.24) Adam Warner

Tim Wolters (90.40) 6 | 3 (88.93) Ross Smith

Mervyn King (88.76) 6 | 4 (89.98) Maik Kuivenhoven

Dirk van Duijvenbode (89.70) 6 | 2 (88.48) Christian Perez

William Borland (96.06) 6 | 4 (100.20) Niels Zonneveld

Daryl Gurney (84.29) 6 | 3 (83.61) Martijn Dragt

Owen Bates (83.39) 6 | 5 (86.39) Rhys Griffin

Michael Smith (92.88) 6 | 4 (89.92) Ricky Evans

Steve Beaton (89.09) 6 | 4 (87.17) Mario Vandenbogaerde

Damon Heta (102.48) 6 | 0 (73.54) Josh Payne

Dom Taylor (98.70) 6 | 4 (102.46) Nathan Aspinall

Brendan Dolan (86.90) 6 | 3 (85.17) Jamie Atkins

John Henderson (88.35) 6 | 5 (87.15) Karel Sedlacek

Danny Noppert (108.38) 6 | 4 (101.36) Andy Baetens

Jeffrey De Zwaan (94.66) 6 | 2 (85.46) Simon Whitlock

Ryan Joyce (100.26) 6 | 3 (91.52) Wesley Plaisier

Daniel Klose (93.92) 6 | 2 (90.93) Rowby-John Rodriguez

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