Gerwyn Price delivered a commanding performance to win the Players Championship 6 title in Leicester, defeating Andrew Gilding 8-1 in the final. Price, the number one seed, averaged 95.59 in the final compared to Gilding's 94.67, but the scoreline reflected his dominance as he took control early and never relented. The day was also marked by a historic moment from Beau Greaves, who hit the first nine-dart leg ever thrown by a woman on the PDC ProTour.
Price's path to the final was built on high-scoring displays. He opened with a 6-1 win over Cristo Reyes, averaged 107.85 in a 6-1 victory against Maik Kuivenhoven, and then beat Lukas Wenig 6-2. His form peaked in the later rounds, averaging 109.48 in a 6-1 demolition of Scott Waites and 108.59 in a 6-4 quarter-final win over Kevin Doets. In the semi-finals, he saw off Jonny Clayton 7-4 with a 104.47 average. Gilding's route was more resilient, featuring a 6-5 quarter-final win over Ross Smith and a 7-6 semi-final victory against Thibault Tricole after earlier wins over Scott Williams, Leon Weber, Martijn Dragt, and Kim Huybrechts.
The final was one-way traffic from the start, with Price opening with a 104 finish to hold throw and breaking immediately for 2-0. He stretched the lead to 3-0 and later secured a double break for 5-1 with a 68 checkout. Gilding managed to get on the board with a bullseye finish, but Price sealed the emphatic 8-1 triumph with a stunning 153 checkout at 7-1. Earlier, Greaves made history with her nine-darter in a second-round clash against Mensur Suljovic, which she won 6-5 before losing 6-3 to David Sharp in the last 32. Max Hopp also hit a nine-darter in his third-round match against Thibault Tricole, though he lost 6-4.
Elsewhere, former world champions struggled, with Peter Wright suffering a heavy 6-0 defeat to David Sharp in round two, averaging just 70.77. Raymond van Barneveld's difficult start to 2026 continued as he fell 6-4 to Arno Merk in the opening round for his sixth consecutive first-round exit on the ProTour.
