European Darts Grand Prix Sunday Evening Round-up | Gerwyn Price secures 10th Euro Tour title against Ross Smith in closely fought final

Gerwyn Price fine form in 2026 continues at the European Darts Grand Prix. He took down Ross Smith 8-6 to secure a 10th Euro Tour title in fine fashion.

Price becomes the second player, behind Michael van Gerwen, to reach double-digit amount of Euro Tour titles. He came into the tournament hotly tipped by many and lived up to the expectations of many darts’ fans and analysists with a very commendable weekend of darts. He looked like he would breeze to the title but Smith extinguished his early advantage. Missed doubles by Smith allowed Price to steal a match Price capitalised as he went on to secure the title in Germany.

Smith had reached the final of this event two years ago where he lost 8-6 to Gary Anderson. He was looking to right the wrongs of that day. He began by defeating an under-par Nathan Aspinall 6-4. ‘The Asp’ had looked like one of the favourites for the title but was not firing on all cylinders against Smith. The crucial break came when Smith sailed into a 3-2 lead and was able to hold his throw for the rest of the match.

This would be against Krzysztof Ratajski. The Pole was scoring phenomenally well, but a huge number of missed doubles ending up costing the two-time Euro Tour champion a chance of competing for another. Smith, who was not at his best, was clinical on the outer ring at crucial times to get the better of Ratajski 7-5 and book his spot in a fourth Euro Tour final.

In the other side of the draw, Price was one of the big favourites to clinch this title amid his recent positive form. He had to first get the better of home hero Martin Schindler to get into the semi-final stage. He did this, but only just. The German proved to be a very tricky customer with some clinical finishing and the partisan crowd on his side. ‘The Iceman’ clawed back a break deficit before surviving a match dart enroute to winning a thriller against the German number one.

Price has competed at two Euro Tour events in 2026. The first one, at the European Darts Trophy, he lost to Wessel Nijman in the final. Today, he got his revenge with a very solid 7-4 victory. It was a tense match at first, staying firmly on throw for the first seven legs before the Welshman finally broke to go 4-2 ahead. He averaged just below 99 as he stayed out in front, finishing with a stylish 120 checkout to set up a final showdown against Smith.

Smith failed to get to a double form 100, and that handed Price the first chance to break. He did this in a clinical and ominous manner, finding his range on tops. Price had been playing the better darts coming into the final over Smith. The opening stages showed that this trend could possibly continue. Price doubled his lead, not entertaining the 155 checkout in favour of getting down to a favourable double. That was tops, and he cleaned up on double 10.

For the second leg in a row, Price left 58. He took it out in three to stride into a 3-0 lead with a brace of breaks under his belt. Smith was floundering in the opening legs. He managed to get on the board by clawing back one of the breaks with a 14-darter. The Englishman would then pin double four, which Price just missed, and closed the gap to one leg.

The tide had turned in this final. Smith broke again to get back on level terms before finding the double 20 bed to take the lead for the first time in this match. His four-leg winning streak was halted by the former world champion who looked to get back on track. He did this with an eye-catching 130 outshot, utilising treble 10 to leave tops with Smith not on a finish.

Smith re-takes the lead once more via tops. He was three legs away from a first Euro Tour title, but there was much work still to be done. Price levelled the score at 5-5 with another 56 checkout on tops.

The big moment came when Price broke the throw on double 12 to go 6-5 on front. Smith had looked like an almost certainty to see out the leg but missed numerous double attempts on double 16 and eight. The former world number one stormed ahead in the next leg as he moved within one of the title. He finished it on trusty double 12 followed by a very characteristic celebration.