Third time's the charm: Wesley Plaisier snatches his first PDC ranking title

Wednesday, 16 October 2024 at 20:00

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Wesley Plaisier took the title at the 28th Players Championship tournament of the season on Wednesday. The dart player from the Netherlands defeated former world youth champion Josh Rock in the nerve-wracking final.

Plaisier does not currently hold a PDC Tour Card, but because of his good performance on the Challenge Tour, he has competed in almost all Players Championship tournaments in 2024. That the difference between the top players on the Challenge Tour and Tour Card holders on the Pro Tour is small proved Plaisier by making two Players Championship finals earlier this year.

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The 34-year-old Dutchman made it to the final of Players Championships 13 and 14 in July, throwing averages above 100 in both finals, but came up against an unleashed Ross Smith and Jonny Clayton, respectively.

Plaisier managed to reach the final of Players Championship 28 after wins over Matt Campbell (6-2), Ritchie Edhouse (6-2), Florian Hempel (6-1), Krzysztof Ratajski (6-5), Jose de Sousa (6-5) and Danny Noppert (7-5). Rock settled with Scott Williams (6-5), Josh Payne (6-3), Andrew Gilding (6-3), George Killington (6-2), Jonny Clayton (6-4) and Dirk van Duijvenbode (7-6).

In the final Plaisier was able to turn a 3-5 deficit into a 6-5 lead, after which the next three legs went with the darts for a 7-7 lead after fourteen legs. Plaisier was able to start the last leg, but it was Rock who was the first to finish with a 180 score and a 140 score. 'Rocky' missed six match darts, however, after which Plaisier took the win via tops.

With this win, Plaisier climbs to the 73rd position in the world rankings and may dream of entering the top-64 of the PDC Order of Merit after the World Darts Championship. That would mean he would automatically get a Tour Card for 2025 and also get to keep his 2024 prize money he won. If Plaisier grabs a Tour Card via the Challenge Tour or Q-School, he will start from zero in the world rankings again in 2025.

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

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Results Players Championship 28

Final

Wesley Plaisier (92.24) 8 | 7 (92.66) Josh Rock

Semi-final

Josh Rock (95.64) 7 | 6 (95.58) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Wesley Plaisier (103.07) 7 | 5 (104.36) Danny Noppert

Quarterfinals

Josh Rock (90.15) 6 | 4 (97.18) Jonny Clayton

Dirk van Duijvenbode (97.97) 6 | 2 (90.03) Ryan Joyce

Wesley Plaisier (94.10) 6 | 5 (93.69) Jose De Sousa

Danny Noppert (96.92) 6 | 5 (96.23) Michael Smith

Last 16

Jonny Clayton (95.87) 6 | 5 (93.53) Dave Chisnall

Josh Rock (110.89) 6 | 2 (91.91) George Killington

Dirk van Duijvenbode (99.06) 6 | 1 (99.55) Wessel Nijman

Ryan Joyce (95.41) 6 | 4 (89.73) Mervyn King

Wesley Plaisier (100.00) 6 | 5 (96.90) Krzysztof Ratajski

Jose De Sousa (108.47) 6 | 1 (86.79) Mensur Suljovic

Michael Smith (97.22) 6 | 4 (89.04) Ryan Searle

Danny Noppert (97.91) 6 | 5 (99.91) Mickey Mansell

Last 32

Dave Chisnall (91.68) 6 | 5 (85.81) Danny Lauby

Jonny Clayton (95.86) 6 | 4 (92.74) Stephen Burton

George Killington (86.68) 6 | 1 (82.03) Karel Sedlacek

Josh Rock (90.91) 6 | 3 (86.38) Andrew Gilding

Dirk van Duijvenbode (100.81) 6 | 3 (96.05) William O'Connor

Wessel Nijman (97.53) 6 | 2 (88.63) Matthew Dennant

Mervyn King (86.71) 6 | 0 (79.36) Jelle Klaasen

Ryan Joyce (90.84) 6 | 3 (87.43) Richard Veenstra

Krzysztof Ratajski (105.88) 6 | 2 (89.95) Boris Krcmar

Wesley Plaisier (91.24) 6 | 1 (84.64) Florian Hempel

Mensur Suljovic (88.19) 6 | 5 (93.41) Jimmy van Schie

Jose De Sousa (99.89) 6 | 1 (83.16) Benjamin Reus

Ryan Searle (95.35) 6 | 5 (96.07) Gabriel Clemens

Michael Smith (91.44) 6 | 3 (84.08) Martin Lukeman

Mickey Mansell (101.62) 6 | 5 (101.82) Jermaine Wattimena

Danny Noppert (99.09) 6 | 3 (90.23) Radek Szaganski

Last 64

Danny Lauby (93.80) 6 | 2 (91.38) Christian Kist

Dave Chisnall (97.45) 6 | 2 (87.82) Paul Krohne

Stephen Burton (86.76) 6 | 4 (96.60) Raymond van Barneveld

Jonny Clayton (87.77) 6 | 5 (93.02) Keane Barry

Karel Sedlacek (89.50) 6 | 3 (86.48) Steve Beaton

George Killington (90.09) 6 | 5 (95.04) Jeffrey De Graaf

Andrew Gilding (90.97) 6 | 2 (82.81) Jeffrey Sparidaans

Josh Rock (90.99) 6 | 3 (87.42) Josh Payne

Dirk van Duijvenbode (99.46) 6 | 2 (93.51) Ryan Meikle

William O'Connor (92.93) 6 | 5 (92.31) Stephen Bunting

Wessel Nijman (103.42) 6 | 3 (96.40) Jim Williams

Matthew Dennant (95.01) 6 | 5 (97.86) Rob Cross

Jelle Klaasen (84.10) 6 | 3 (90.33) Robert Grundy

Mervyn King (93.89) 6 | 4 (87.40) Berry van Peer

Ryan Joyce (97.30) 6 | 3 (89.22) Darryl Pilgrim

Richard Veenstra (99.04) 6 | 5 (96.06) Ted Evetts

Krzysztof Ratajski (97.88) 6 | 1 (88.89) Lukas Wenig

Boris Krcmar (87.76) 6 | 4 (87.99) Luke Littler

Wesley Plaisier (100.71) 6 | 2 (99.09) Ritchie Edhouse

Florian Hempel (90.56) 6 | 1 (84.14) Gerwyn Price

Jimmy van Schie (105.24) 6 | 3 (95.95) Brendan Dolan

Mensur Suljovic (91.97) 6 | 3 (92.06) Dom Taylor

Benjamin Reus (97.13) 6 | 3 (93.05) Adam Hunt

Jose De Sousa (100.79) 6 | 5 (94.56) Luke Humphries

Gabriel Clemens (94.78) 6 | 4 (87.61) Kim Huybrechts

Ryan Searle (104.00) 6 | 2 (93.41) Steve Lennon

Michael Smith (99.91) 6 | 3 (103.25) Robert Owen

Martin Lukeman (96.09) 6 | 3 (91.64) Daryl Gurney

Jermaine Wattimena (99.41) 6 | 2 (84.31) Niels Zonneveld

Mickey Mansell (100.10) 6 | 3 (90.79) Simon Whitlock

Radek Szaganski (97.94) 6 | 4 (96.80) James Wade

Danny Noppert (107.04) 6 | 2 (93.53) Dylan Slevin

Last 128

Danny Lauby (86.21) 6 | 5 (84.80) Alan Soutar

Christian Kist (84.31) 6 | 4 (85.81) Danny van Trijp

Dave Chisnall (85.30) 6 | 3 (80.82) Graham Usher

Paul Krohne (88.99) 6 | 2 (89.16) Jitse Van der Wal

Raymond van Barneveld (95.84) 6 | 3 (89.91) Jules van Dongen

Stephen Burton (94.37) 6 | 3 (85.96) Arron Monk

Jonny Clayton (96.47) 6 | 3 (89.13) Ricky Evans

Keane Barry (96.18) 6 | 2 (89.97) Lee Cocks

Karel Sedlacek (82.75) 6 | 4 (84.82) Luke Woodhouse

Steve Beaton (85.05) 6 | 5 (91.13) Cam Crabtree

Jeffrey De Graaf (87.40) 6 | 5 (91.55) Damon Heta

George Killington (94.98) 6 | 3 (92.28) Brett Claydon

Andrew Gilding (93.10) 6 | 4 (90.04) Richie Burnett

Jeffrey Sparidaans (96.02) 6 | 5 (95.21) Daniel Klose

Josh Rock (94.13) 6 | 5 (89.72) Scott Williams

Josh Payne (93.14) 6 | 4 (91.34) David Evans

Dirk van Duijvenbode (98.27) 6 | 3 (93.24) Andy Baetens

Ryan Meikle (100.59) 6 | 2 (92.15) Patrick Geeraets

Stephen Bunting (98.02) 6 | 0 (84.28) Danny Jansen

William O'Connor (100.63) 6 | 3 (90.66) Adam Gawlas

Wessel Nijman (105.69) 6 | 4 (89.34) Darren Beveridge

Jim Williams (99.09) 6 | 5 (94.71) Justin Hood

Rob Cross (94.02) 6 | 5 (87.37) Nathan Rafferty

Matthew Dennant (98.39) 6 | 3 (86.19) Maik Kuivenhoven

Robert Grundy (95.10) 6 | 5 (86.96) Joe Cullen

Jelle Klaasen (82.21) 6 | 4 (86.52) Callum Goffin

Mervyn King (90.37) 6 | 5 (94.17) Chris Dobey

Berry van Peer (78.68) 6 | 2 (70.63) Michele Turetta

Ryan Joyce (104.85) 6 | 1 (87.43) Martijn Dragt

Darryl Pilgrim (87.90) 6 | 3 (88.39) Tim Wolters

Richard Veenstra (95.15) 6 | 5 (96.16) Gian van Veen

Ted Evetts (89.38) 6 | 4 (90.33) Nick Kenny

Krzysztof Ratajski (99.32) 6 | 3 (90.34) Callan Rydz

Lukas Wenig (90.45) 6 | 5 (87.09) Kevin Doets

Luke Littler (95.98) 6 | 3 (87.88) Owen Bates

Boris Krcmar (95.56) 6 | 4 (91.65) Jacques Labre

Ritchie Edhouse (90.10) 6 | 3 (86.35) Thibault Tricole

Wesley Plaisier (102.80) 6 | 2 (95.12) Matt Campbell

Gerwyn Price (97.58) 6 | 3 (94.88) Jurjen van der Velde

Florian Hempel (102.57) 6 | 4 (101.73) James Hurrell

Brendan Dolan (82.79) 6 | 4 (93.81) Adam Warner

Jimmy van Schie (86.41) 6 | 5 (85.22) Vincent van der Voort

Dom Taylor (93.20) 6 | 5 (91.81) Martin Schindler

Benjamin Reus (88.35) 6 | 5 (93.34) Ricardo Pietreczko

Adam Hunt (94.24) 6 | 1 (83.51) Jeffrey De Zwaan

Luke Humphries (90.33) 6 | 3 (90.61) Jamie Atkins

Jose De Sousa (88.15) 6 | 5 (80.84) Owen Roelofs

Gabriel Clemens (92.06) 6 | 4 (84.44) Robbie Knops

Kim Huybrechts (85.89) 6 | 3 (86.65) Dimitri Van den Bergh

Ryan Searle (94.96) 6 | 3 (82.83) Rowby-John Rodriguez

Steve Lennon (93.80) 6 | 4 (88.98) William Borland

Michael Smith (96.73) 6 | 5 (92.77) Andy Boulton

Robert Owen (93.02) 6 | 5 (86.09) Chris Landman

Daryl Gurney (92.17) 6 | 4 (83.41) Lee Evans

Martin Lukeman (98.85) 6 | 5 (93.76) Ian White

Jermaine Wattimena (91.78) 6 | 5 (92.69) Graham Hall

Niels Zonneveld (90.13) 6 | 3 (92.36) Jamie Hughes

Mickey Mansell (96.48) 6 | 2 (86.75) Michael van Gerwen

Simon Whitlock (87.38) 6 | 2 (79.19) Joshua Richardson

James Wade (95.05) 6 | 2 (91.04) Rhys Griffin

Radek Szaganski (90.32) 6 | 3 (93.00) Madars Razma

Danny Noppert (97.08) 6 | 2 (84.02) Connor Scutt

Dylan Slevin (94.25) 6 | 1 (83.04) Mario Vandenbogaerde

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