Wade wins fifth title of year at PC24

ProTour

James Wade won his fifth PDC title of the year at Players Championship 24.

De Sousa makes history at PC23

ProTour

Jose De Sousa became the first Portuguese winner of a PDC event at Players Championship 23.

2020 PDC Calendar confirmed

News

The 2020 Professional Darts Corporation calendar has been confirmed.

2019 European Darts Matchplay Day Two

European Tour

Michael van Gerwen & Mensur Suljovic were amongst the European Darts Matchplay second round winners.

2019 European Darts Matchplay: Draw and schedule

European Tour

Check out the draw for the 2019 European Darts Matchplay, the 11th European Tour event of 2019.

2019 Players Championship 23-24 entries

ProTour

Entries have been confirmed for Players Championships 23-24 ahead of the ProTour mid-week double-header.

Rankings update after ET10

ProTour

Gary Anderson has regained his position as world number four following the Austrian Darts Championship (ET10).

Emotional Dolan claims PC22 triumph

ProTour

Brendan Dolan won his first ranking title for almost five years by defeating Jermaine Wattimena in the PC22 final.

Gutsy Ratajski takes PC21 triumph

ProTour

Krzysztof Ratajski won a fifth PDC ranking title in Players Championship 21, edging out Dimitri Van den Bergh.

2019 European Tour 11-12 Qualifiers

European Tour

THE PDC ProTour weekend in Hildesheim began on Friday with four European Tour qualifying events.

Brendan Dolan continued his resurgence by winning Players Championship 29 in Barnsley on Monday, while Peter Wright set a new record for the highest ever recorded average in a live broadcast match.

Having ended his five-year wait for a PDC title at Players Championship 22 in August, Dolan made it two in just over months with a hard-fought 8-6 win over Ian White in the final.

The Northern Irishman fired in averages of 104.9 and 104.8 in victories over Mark Webster and Gerwyn Price respectively on his way to the semi-finals, before overcoming record-breaker Wright in a last-leg decider to reach the final.

"I can still do it, I played quality darts today at the right times and I think I deserved any luck I got," said Dolan, who now has six PDC titles to his name.

"The one in Hildesheim was more of a relief, whereas today I came into it with more belief that I could win having done it recently.

"When you've not been winning for five years your confidence is not so high and winning in Hildesheim has drastically changed that.

"In my head today I was determined to add money to my ranking to give me shot of qualifying for the 2020 World Matchplay and World Grand Prix.

"I've missed those two events for the last three years and it's killed me not being there, so hopefully next year I will be."

Former World Grand Prix runner-up Dolan produced checkouts of 136 and 161 to hold throw in two of the opening four legs of the final, before finding his way through to double three for the first break of the match in leg seven to take a 4-3 lead.

Another ton-plus finish, this time a 108, opened up a two-leg cushion for Dolan, an advantage which he soon doubled by taking the next two legs.

White then began a spirited comeback, and after Dolan squandered three match darts in leg 12, White found himself within a leg of Dolan at 6-7.

However, Dolan held firm and a strong leg on throw saw ended with him hitting the match-winning double at the fifth attempt.

Earlier in the day, Wright averaged 123.5 in his 6-0 quarter-final win against Krzysztof Ratajski, the highest ever recorded in a live broadcast darts match.

The previous record broadcast average was 123.4, set by Michael van Gerwen in a 7-1 defeat of Michael Smith in the 2016 Premier League.

Elsewhere, the day was also a significant one for Ron Meulenkamp who reached his sixth ProTour semi-final, but the Dutchman was unable to break his duck of never making it to a final.

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