Draw revealed for Players Championship 3 including Luke Littler, Gerwyn Price, Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright and Michael Smith

The third Pro Tour event of the 2024 PDC season, Players Championship 3 gets underway this afternoon in Leicester and the draw has now been revealed.

A number of the sport's biggest stars are in action, including the two tournament winners from the season so far, Luke Littler and Gary Anderson. For the 17-year-old darting sensation, Keane Barry lies in wait in the opening round whilst for Anderson, a tie with Jeffrey de Graaf is on offer.

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Former world champion and world number one, Gerwyn Price didn't have the best of times at the opening two Pro Tour events, withdrawing part way through a match with Brendan Dolan. As he looks to return to winning ways, a matchup with Steve Beaton is on offer.

Also competing are the likes of Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright, Michael Smith, James Wade, Nathan Aspinall, Stephen Bunting, Damon Heta, Dave Chisnall and the early leader of the Pro Tour Order of Merit, Ryan Searle.

A total of £125,000 in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a cheque for £15,000.

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Draw Players Championship 3

Last 128

Dave Chisnall v Leighton Bennett

Jelle Klaasen v Pascal Rupprecht

Gabriel Clemens v Lee Evans

Arron Monk v Connor Scutt

Peter Wright v Owen Roelofs

Ricky Evans v Danny Lauby

Stephen Bunting v Jermaine Wattimena

Thibault Tricole v Haupai Puha

Jonny Clayton v Madars Razma

Danny van Trijp v Mensur Suljovic

James Wade v Brett Claydon

Scott Williams v Jeffrey Sparidaans

Gary Anderson v Jeffrey de Graaf

William Borland v Callum Goffin

Jose de Sousa v Kim Huybrechts

Daniel Klose v Jim Williams

Dirk van Duijvenbode v Darryl Pilgrim

Oskar Lukasiak v Stefan Bellmont

Chris Dobey v Wessel Nijman

Robert Owen v Dylan Slevin

Krzysztof Ratajski v Cameron Menzies

Luke Littler v Keane Barry

Gian van Veen v Radek Szaganski

Kevin Doets v Florian Hempel

Josh Rock v Aden Kirk

George Killington v Adam Hunt

Mike de Decker v Robert Grundy

Callan Rydz v Nathan Rafferty

Ross Smith v Nick Kenny

Karel Sedlacek v Graham Hall

Daryl Gurney v Rhys Griffin

Josh Payne v Jamie Hughes

Gerwyn Price v Steve Beaton

Steve Lennon v Adam Warner

Dimitri van den Bergh v Lukas Wenig

Robbie Knops v Ian White

Ricardo Pietreczko v Maik Kuivenhoven

Alan Soutar v Richie Edhouse

Martin Schindler v Mickey Mansell

Geert Nentjes v Ryan Meikle

Michael van Gerwen v Andy Baetens

Richard Veenstra v Paul Krohne

Brendan Dolan v Berry van Peer

Matt Campbell v Martin Lukeman

Michael Smith v Martijn Dragt

Adam Gawlas v Chris Landman

Ryan Joyce v Matthew Dennant

Darren Beveridge v Mervyn King

Damon Heta v Jules van Dongen

Danny Jansen v Joshua Richardson

Luke Woodhouse v Adam Smith-Neale

Mario Vandenbogaerde v Jacques Labre

Ryan Searle v Patrick Geeraets

Owen Bates v Graham Usher

Andrew Gilding v Christian Perez

Keegan Brown v Simon Whitlock

Rob Cross v William O'Connor

Jeffrey de Zwaan v James Hurrell

Raymond van Barneveld v Jitse van der Wal

Stephen Burton v Vincent van der Voort

Danny Noppert v Ronny Huybrechts

Jurjen van der Velde v Boris Krcmar

Nathan Aspinall v Rowby-John Rodriguez

Dom Taylor v Niels Zonneveld