Before tonight's 2-0 (3-0, 3-0) defeat to Daryl Gurney, the last time Michael van Gerwen failed to win a leg in a televised ranking match was 13 years ago... Gary Anderson 6-0 Michael van Gerwen (2011 Players Championship Finals first round)
Van Gerwen suffers first whitewash at ranking major in thirteen years after Gurney drubbing
PDCWednesday, 09 October 2024 at 17:00
Michael van Gerwen suffered a sensitive defeat in the first round of the World Grand Prix on Tuesday night. The six-time double-in double-out winner lost 2-0 in sets to Daryl Gurney.
Leading up to the World Grand Prix, Van Gerwen had to skip six tournaments due to illness. In Leicester, it appeared that Van Gerwen was not well again either. A heavily sweating 'Mighty Mike' could not make a fight against a strong playing Gurney and lost both sets 3-0.
Statistics from Weekly Dartscast show that it is the first time in 13 years that Van Gerwen failed to win a leg in a match at a ranking major.
The last time Van Gerwen did not win a leg at a ranking major was at the Players Championship Finals in 2011. Then the Dutchman lost 6-0 to Gary Anderson. To put this period in perspective; Van Gerwen then had yet to win his first of 47 PDC majors, while Anderson was also not yet a world champion at the time.
The defeat of Van Gerwen, and earlier Raymond van Barneveld, Gian van Veen and Danny Noppert, also caused another low point. For the first time since the year 2000, there are no Dutchmen in the last sixteen at the World Grand Prix. That year Roland Scholten was the only participant and at the time Scholten lost to Richie Burnett in the first round.
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- Most excellent news! Cheers, Mr Gurney.MrYnyslas197109-10-2024
- 3 straight finals is better than 1 win and 2 early exits.medinabello04-10-2024
- Agreed! A good move, at last.MrYnyslas197101-10-2024
- Good riddance.thebogeyman01-10-2024
- A very helpful summary for new fans. Many thanks!
UndartedWaters01-10-2024