{"id":58366,"date":"2026-04-13T14:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/luke-humphries-woes-continue-as-chris-dobey-clinches-players-championship-9-title-darts-news\/13\/04\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:56:36","slug":"luke-humphries-woes-continue-as-chris-dobey-clinches-players-championship-9-title-darts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/luke-humphries-woes-continue-as-chris-dobey-clinches-players-championship-9-title-darts-news\/13\/04\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Humphries woes continue as Chris Dobey clinches Players Championship 9 title | Darts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Luke Humphries’ struggle for form continued with a last-16 exit at the Player Championship 9 in Wigan as Chris Dobey romped to his second title of 2026.<\/p>\n

Four days on from a quarter-final defeat to Jonny Clayton in Brighton that left his hopes of reaching the Premier League finals in jeopardy, Humphries was unable to muster a response in a 6-4 defeat to Andrew Gilding.<\/p>\n

Gilding went on to beat Beau Greaves 6-3 after the 22-year-old registered victories over Raymond van Barneveld and Premier League leader Clayton to become the first woman in PDC history to reach a ProTour quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Gilding’s run came to an end with a 7-1 semi-final defeat to eventual winner Dobey, who thrashed Luke Woodhouse 6-1 in the last-16 and Richard Veenstra 6-3 in quarter-finals before overcoming Justin Hood 8-4 in the final to land the \u00a315,000 prize.<\/p>\n

Dobey consistently produced ton-plus averages on his way to the final, where a 105.28 average was enough to see off a spirited challenge from Hood, who averaged 102.91 himself.<\/p>\n

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“The way I’ve been playing throughout the year, I’m hoping to pick up more titles,” said Dobey. “It’s hard just to win one of these, so to win ten is a great feeling.<\/p>\n

“He put up a good fight with some great shots at crucial times, but I played some good stuff all day, and I’m delighted with another win.<\/p>\n

“I just want to start doing it on TV and picking up some European Tour titles. I know I can do it, it’s just about being consistent.”<\/p>\n

Wigan witnessed a nine-darter, with Thomas Lovely producing a perfect leg of darts in his round three defeat to Woodhouse.<\/p>\n

2026 Players Championship 9 – results<\/h3>\n
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Last 16<\/strong>
Tom Bissell 6-4 Krzysztof Ratajski
Connor Scutt 6-3 Steve Lennon
Tom Sykes 6-3 Martijn Dragt
Justin Hood 6-3 Mensur Suljovic
Beau Greaves 6-4 Joe Hunt
Andrew Gilding 6-4 Luke Humphries
Chris Dobey 6-1 Luke Woodhouse
Richard Veenstra 6-5 Kevin Doets<\/p>\n

Quarter-finals<\/strong>
Connor Scutt 6-4 Tom Bissell
Justin Hood 6-0 Tom Sykes
Andrew Gilding 6-3 Beau Greaves
Chris Dobey 6-3 Richard Veenstra<\/p>\n

Semi-finals<\/strong>
Justin Hood 7-3 Connor Scutt
Chris Dobey 7-1 Andrew Gilding<\/p>\n

Final<\/strong>
Chris Dobey 8-4 Justin Hood<\/p>\n

Who will win this year’s Premier League Darts? Luke Humphries will be defending his title and you can watch the action every single Thursday until May on Sky Sports. <\/strong>Stream darts and more top sport with NOW<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Luke Humphries’ struggle for form continued with a last-16 exit at the Player Championship 9 in Wigan as Chris Dobey romped to