Luke Littler breaks Grand Slam 180 record set by Adrian Lewis 11 years ago during remarkable Lukeman final win
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Luke Littler has established himself as a true darting phenomenon and made it look utterly easy as he routed Martin Lukeman 16-3 in the final of the Grand Slam of Darts in Wolverhampton.
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He hit 12 180's in all during the final, a mind blowing feat in itself but also he broke the 180 record pretty early on in the contest. He hit 60 in all over the course of the tournament breaking an 11-year high which was set by Adrian Lewis.
That was a 'Jackpot' right at the peak of his powers back in 2013 in the year that featured his match against Phil Taylor which many think is perhaps the greatest match ever still to this day.
But as Littler blazes a new trail in the sport, he continues to add himself to the history books as he made it 60 over the course albeit of more legs played with 106 overall en route to the title. Two of those also were thumpings against Jermaine Wattimena and also Lukeman so even he left some 180's perhaps on the table if he would've played more legs. This sits at 0.566 per leg compared to 0.559 a leg from Lewis.
Peter Wright was eerily close to Lewis' record in 2021. The Scot then reached 51 180-scores during the Grand Slam of Darts. Michael van Gerwen stranded at 50 times the maximum score during the 2015 edition, while Jose de Sousa managed to throw 49 in 2020.
This year, the record was pulverised after all. In his group matches against Keane Barry (5-0), Dimitri van den Bergh (5-1) and Lourence Ilagan (5-3), Littler already reached 10 180-scores. At the last sixteen, the young Brit escaped elimination against Mike de Decker (10-9) thanks to ten 180-scores.
After that, the number was increased considerably. In the quarter-finals, Jermaine Wattimena was beaten 16-2 thanks to twelve 180-scores in just eighteen legs. His semi-final against Gary Anderson (16-15) was enough for sixteen maximum scores. Thanks to the twelve 180s in the final, Littler eventually reached a tournament total of 60 180-scores.
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Reaching the top five in the PDC Order of Merit in his debut year and also winning a maiden PDC ranking major title among other titles, Littler heads into the World Championship firmly with a statement given and another accolade to add to his collection.
As well as that 180 record, he also registered the third highest ever average in a Grand Slam final with 107.08 with only Phil Taylor in 2011 and Gerwyn Price's rout of Peter Wright back in 2019 marking 109.04 and 107.86 respectively beating him. He has also won over one million pounds of prize money alone just in his first year.
Luke Littler broke the Grand Slam 180-record set by Adrian Lewis 11 years ago.
— TheRedBit 🔴 (@TheRedBit180) November 17, 2024
𝟲𝟬 🏴 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰
106 Legs played - (0. 566 per Leg)
𝟱𝟮 🏴 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯
93 Legs played - (0.559 per Leg)#GrandSlamOfDarts I #2024GSOD
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