Players Championship

2025 Players Championship 18

About the Players Championship

One-day, 128-player knockouts for Tour Card holders. There were 34 in 2026, none televised. The top 64 on Players Championship prize money qualify for the Players Championship Finals, a major, in November. The number in a name such as "Players Championship 31" is the event number within the season. Guide ›

Dates

Wed 18 Jun 2025

Venue

Leicester

Field

128 players

Talking points

Final

Stephen Bunting 8–5 Jermaine Wattimena

Best average

111.88 Ross Smith

Last 128 · v Cor Dekker 6–3

127 matches Last verified: 5 hours ago

Results

Winner

Stephen Bunting

Runner-up

£10,000

Jermaine Wattimena

Semi-final

£5,000

Niels Zonneveld Dave Chisnall

Quarter-final

£3,500

Karel Sedlacek Mike De Decker Cam Crabtree Benjamin Reus

Matches

Final1

Stephen Bunting 8–5 Jermaine Wattimena

Semi-final2

Dave Chisnall 6–7 Stephen Bunting

Niels Zonneveld 6–7 Jermaine Wattimena

Quarter-final4

Dave Chisnall 6–4 Cam Crabtree

Stephen Bunting 6–5 Karel Sedlacek

Niels Zonneveld 6–5 Benjamin Reus

Mike De Decker 5–6 Jermaine Wattimena

Last 168

Dave Chisnall 6–2 Mervyn King

Callan Rydz 3–6 Cam Crabtree

Stephen Bunting 6–4 Alan Soutar

Damon Heta 2–6 Karel Sedlacek

Niels Zonneveld 6–1 James Wade

Jonny Clayton 4–6 Benjamin Reus

Ross Smith 0–6 Mike De Decker

Jermaine Wattimena 6–5 Ryan Searle

Last 3216

Martin Lukeman 3–6 Dave Chisnall

Wesley Plaisier 5–6 Mervyn King

Callan Rydz 6–1 Chris Dobey

James Hurrell 2–6 Cam Crabtree

Ritchie Edhouse 3–6 Stephen Bunting

Dimitri Van den Bergh 3–6 Alan Soutar

Ricardo Pietreczko 3–6 Damon Heta

Daryl Gurney 0–6 Karel Sedlacek

Niels Zonneveld 6–5 Martin Schindler

James Wade 6–4 Ryan Meikle

Jitse Van der Wal 2–6 Jonny Clayton

Benjamin Reus 6–4 Gian van Veen

Krzysztof Ratajski 4–6 Ross Smith

Danny Noppert 1–6 Mike De Decker

Jermaine Wattimena 6–5 Josh Rock

Martijn Dragt 1–6 Ryan Searle

Last 6432

Niels Zonneveld 6–5 Ricky Evans

Ryan Searle 6–5 Nathan Rafferty

Raymond van Barneveld 4–6 Martijn Dragt

Josh Rock 6–1 Marvin van Velzen

Jermaine Wattimena 6–3 Carl Sneyd

Mike De Decker 6–3 Rhys Griffin

Danny Noppert 6–4 Owen Bates

Ross Smith 6–4 Max Hopp

Krzysztof Ratajski 6–4 Adam Warner

Gian van Veen 6–2 Gabriel Clemens

Darren Beveridge 5–6 Benjamin Reus

Jonny Clayton 6–5 Mickey Mansell

Joe Cullen 2–6 Jitse Van der Wal

Ryan Meikle 6–4 Niko Springer

James Wade 6–3 Madars Razma

Martin Schindler 6–3 Mensur Suljovic

Martin Lukeman 6–3 Kevin Doets

Karel Sedlacek 6–1 Viktor Tingstrom

Daryl Gurney 6–3 Stephen Burton

Damon Heta 6–3 Keane Barry

Ricardo Pietreczko 6–5 Adam Lipscombe

Adam Hunt 4–6 Alan Soutar

Andrew Gilding 3–6 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Stephen Bunting 6–3 Ian White

Ritchie Edhouse 6–4 Robert Grundy

Jose De Sousa 5–6 Cam Crabtree

Michael Smith 5–6 James Hurrell

Chris Dobey 6–3 Ted Evetts

Callan Rydz 6–3 Kim Huybrechts

Mervyn King 6–3 Justin Hood

Thibault Tricole 4–6 Wesley Plaisier

Dave Chisnall 6–2 Brett Claydon

Last 12864

Krzysztof Ratajski 6–4 Graham Hall

Lukas Wenig 3–6 Ricky Evans

Martin Schindler 6–1 Jim Williams

Tytus Kanik 4–6 Mensur Suljovic

James Wade 6–5 Pero Ljubic

Madars Razma 6–4 Steve Lennon

Dirk van Duijvenbode 4–6 Ryan Meikle

Niko Springer 6–4 Tom Bissell

Joe Cullen 6–3 Scott Williams

Jim Long 3–6 Jitse Van der Wal

Jonny Clayton 6–3 Tavis Dudeney

Dennie Olde Kalter 4–6 Mickey Mansell

Luke Woodhouse 5–6 Darren Beveridge

Florian Hempel 3–6 Benjamin Reus

Gian van Veen 6–4 Andy Baetens

Gabriel Clemens 6–5 Kai Gotthardt

Niels Zonneveld 6–1 Maximilian Czerwinski

Greg Ritchie 1–6 Adam Warner

Ross Smith 6–3 Cor Dekker

Dominik Gruellich 3–6 Max Hopp

Danny Noppert 6–1 Jelle Klaasen

Owen Bates 6–3 Oskar Lukasiak

Mike De Decker 6–0 Stefan Bellmont

Rhys Griffin 6–5 Sebastian Bialecki

Jermaine Wattimena 6–4 Darryl Pilgrim

Carl Sneyd 6–3 Dom Taylor

Josh Rock 6–3 Jack Tweddell

Joshua Richardson 5–6 Marvin van Velzen

Raymond van Barneveld 6–3 Nick Kenny

Martijn Dragt 6–3 Brendan Dolan

Ryan Searle 6–0 Darius Labanauskas

Leon Weber 3–6 Nathan Rafferty

Ritchie Edhouse 6–3 Bradley Brooks

Kevin Doets 6–4 Chris Landman

Dave Chisnall 6–3 Christian Kist

George Killington 3–6 Brett Claydon

Peter Wright 4–6 Thibault Tricole

Maik Kuivenhoven 4–6 Wesley Plaisier

Gerwyn Price 2–6 Mervyn King

Connor Scutt 4–6 Justin Hood

Ryan Joyce 1–6 Callan Rydz

Kim Huybrechts 6–4 Jeffrey De Graaf

Chris Dobey 6–3 Haupai Puha

Danny Lauby 4–6 Ted Evetts

Michael Smith 6–1 Berry van Peer

Thomas Lovely 4–6 James Hurrell

Cameron Menzies 5–6 Jose De Sousa

Cam Crabtree 6–2 Stefaan Henderyck

Martin Lukeman 6–5 Matthew Dennant

Robert Grundy 6–4 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Stephen Bunting 6–2 William Borland

Radek Szaganski 2–6 Ian White

Andrew Gilding 6–0 Dylan Slevin

Adam Paxton 1–6 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Gary Anderson 5–6 Adam Hunt

Alan Soutar 6–2 Andy Boulton

Ricardo Pietreczko 6–3 Matt Campbell

Adam Lipscombe 6–3 Danny van Trijp

Damon Heta 6–4 Richard Veenstra

Scott Campbell 4–6 Keane Barry

Daryl Gurney 6–3 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Stephen Burton 6–5 William O'Connor

Wessel Nijman 3–6 Karel Sedlacek

Rob Owen 3–6 Viktor Tingstrom

Venue location

Mattioli Arena, Leicester

Mattioli Arena, 12, Memory Lane, St Matthew's, Leicester, City of Leicester, England, LE1 3UL, United Kingdom

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