David Davies verslaat Alexander Merkx in finale Challenge Tour 18 en pakt eerste PDC-titel
PDCzaterdag, 16 augustus 2025 om 17:10
David Davies heeft het achttiende toernooi van de PDC Challenge Tour 2025 op zijn naam geschreven. Dit betekent de eerste PDC-titel voor de Welshman, die in de finale met 5-3 te sterk was voor de Nederlander Alexander Merkx.
Davies begon zijn zegereeks met een 5-3 overwinning op de Engelsman Lee Barrow bij de laatste 256. Vervolgens moest ook Adrian Gray (5-1) er bij de laatste 128 aan geloven. Bij de laatste 64 was de Welshman met 5-3 te sterk voor de Nederlander Vinay Ramnath, waarna hij vervolgens bij de laatste 32 met 5-4 afrekende met Jamie Atkins.
Bij de laatste 16 trof hij de Schot Nathan Girvan, en ook hier had hij geen problemen mee. Davies gooide ruim 96 gemiddeld en won met 5-1 om de kwartfinale te bereiken. Daarin was hij met 5-3 te sterk voor zijn landgenoot Kurt Parry. En in de halve finale zorgde hij er voor dat er geen Nederlandse finale kwam door Jamai van den Herik met 5-2 te verslaan.
Verliezend finalist Merkx begon zijn toernooi aan de andere kant met een 5-2 overwinning op de Fransman Nicolas Thuillier, alvorens hij bij de laatste 64 wist af te rekenen met de Engelsman Danny Goddard. Daarna was hij bij de laatste 32 met 5-2 te sterk voor Scott Campbell. Vervolgens wist Merkx achtereenvolgens af te rekenen met Graham Hall (5-3), Martin Thomas (5-1) en Charlie Manby (5-3) voor hij David Davies trof in de finale.
In die finale was het Davies die uitstekend begon en via een 15-darter, 14-darter en nog een 15-darter al snel op een 3-0 voorsprong kwam. Daarna was het Merkx die in 16 pijlen wat terugdeed om op 3-1 te komen, maar vervolgens was het weer Davies die met een 18-darter op 4-1 kwam en de overwinning al kon ruiken. Merkx wist vervolgens nog knap terug te komen tot 4-3, maar de achterstand was al te groot. Davies besliste de wedstrijd met een 18-darter om de finale winnend af te sluiten met 5-3.
Zondagmiddag wordt het weekend afgesloten met het twintigste Challenge Tour-toernooi. Het Challenge Tour-circuit staat open voor spelers die mee hebben gedaan aan de Q-School, maar geen Tour Card hebben gewonnen. Via de Challenge Tour kunnen de hoogst geklasseerde spelers als invaller toegang krijgen tot de Players Championship-toernooien. De twee beste spelers aan het einde van het seizoen krijgen een PDC Tour Card en mogen meedoen aan het WK Darts.
| Player 1 | Average | Score | VS | Score | Average | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals | ||||||
| David Davies | (91.50) | 5 | VS | 3 | (86.17) | Alexander Merkx |
| Semi-Finals | ||||||
| David Davies | (93.12) | 5 | VS | 2 | (92.49) | Jamai van den Herik |
| Alexander Merkx | (86.73) | 5 | VS | 3 | (85.84) | Charlie Manby |
| Quarter-Finals | ||||||
| Jamai van den Herik | (100.20) | 5 | VS | 0 | (88.96) | Tom Lonsdale |
| David Davies | (88.29) | 5 | VS | 3 | (84.12) | Kurt Parry |
| Charlie Manby | (98.88) | 5 | VS | 0 | (88.43) | Lee Cocks |
| Alexander Merkx | (96.60) | 5 | VS | 1 | (79.03) | Martin Thomas |
| Top 16 | ||||||
| Tom Lonsdale | (85.31) | 5 | VS | 1 | (82.46) | Daniel Perry |
| Jamai van den Herik | (83.15) | 5 | VS | 3 | (77.83) | Owen Maiden |
| Kurt Parry | (89.66) | 5 | VS | 3 | (88.79) | Jeffrey De Zwaan |
| David Davies | (96.72) | 5 | VS | 1 | (82.32) | Nathan Girvan |
| Charlie Manby | (96.36) | 5 | VS | 2 | (84.81) | Jack Tweddell |
| Lee Cocks | (86.82) | 5 | VS | 3 | (86.81) | Joe Hunt |
| Martin Thomas | (88.17) | 5 | VS | 3 | (84.80) | Lee Budgen |
| Alexander Merkx | (92.93) | 5 | VS | 3 | (84.70) | Graham Hall |
| Top 32 | ||||||
| Daniel Perry | (88.71) | 5 | VS | 4 | (88.55) | Chris Hurds |
| Tom Lonsdale | (86.25) | 5 | VS | 1 | (72.86) | Daniel Astbury |
| Owen Maiden | (81.90) | 5 | VS | 4 | (83.96) | Eddie Lovely |
| Jamai van den Herik | (81.29) | 5 | VS | 3 | (79.52) | James Waite |
| Kurt Parry | (84.94) | 5 | VS | 3 | (73.16) | Gary Blades |
| Jeffrey De Zwaan | (94.54) | 5 | VS | 2 | (94.11) | Michael Flynn |
| Nathan Girvan | (83.16) | 5 | VS | 4 | (85.29) | Christopher Wickenden |
| David Davies | (84.50) | 5 | VS | 4 | (80.52) | Jamie Atkins |
| Charlie Manby | (85.49) | 5 | VS | 4 | (82.45) | Jeffrey Sparidaans |
| Jack Tweddell | (87.04) | 5 | VS | 3 | (80.60) | Ben Goodger |
| Joe Hunt | (85.08) | 5 | VS | 3 | (81.99) | Patrick Quinn |
| Lee Cocks | (81.30) | 5 | VS | 3 | (74.19) | Jamie Durrant |
| Lee Budgen | (93.46) | 5 | VS | 3 | (88.34) | Nathan Potter |
| Martin Thomas | (78.52) | 5 | VS | 2 | (84.44) | Ultan McDyer |
| Alexander Merkx | (87.31) | 5 | VS | 2 | (84.31) | Scott Campbell |
| Graham Hall | (93.48) | 5 | VS | 4 | (97.30) | Darius Labanauskas |
| Top 64 | ||||||
| Daniel Perry | (94.00) | 5 | VS | 3 | (78.31) | Conor Roberts |
| Chris Hurds | (76.80) | 5 | VS | 4 | (81.21) | Carl Sneyd |
| Tom Lonsdale | (92.54) | 5 | VS | 3 | (85.10) | Carl Wilson |
| Daniel Astbury | (78.14) | 5 | VS | 3 | (76.45) | Conor Heneghan |
| Eddie Lovely | (76.90) | 5 | VS | 4 | (73.48) | Nigel Prior |
| Owen Maiden | (80.77) | 5 | VS | 3 | (71.85) | Jarred Cole |
| Jamai van den Herik | (95.31) | 5 | VS | 2 | (81.95) | Paul Rowley |
| James Waite | (79.72) | 5 | VS | 4 | (79.90) | Jack Male |
| Kurt Parry | (86.39) | 5 | VS | 2 | (85.16) | Henry Coates |
| Gary Blades | (86.18) | 5 | VS | 4 | (84.83) | Jack Vincent |
| Jeffrey De Zwaan | (96.92) | 5 | VS | 1 | (78.07) | Dmitriy Zhukov |
| Michael Flynn | (93.08) | 5 | VS | 2 | (89.53) | Tommy Morris |
| Christopher Wickenden | (90.25) | 5 | VS | 3 | (89.10) | Jamie Hughes |
| Nathan Girvan | (82.91) | 5 | VS | 2 | (79.46) | Rowby-John Rodriguez |
| David Davies | (82.72) | 5 | VS | 3 | (77.30) | Vinay Ramnath |
| Jamie Atkins | (84.13) | 5 | VS | 3 | (81.52) | Scott Baker |
| Jeffrey Sparidaans | (83.37) | 5 | VS | 3 | (81.72) | Tom Sykes |
| Charlie Manby | (98.29) | 5 | VS | 1 | (82.16) | Martin Tonks |
| Ben Goodger | (93.40) | 5 | VS | 3 | (96.92) | David Pallett |
| Jack Tweddell | (82.79) | 5 | VS | 1 | (76.69) | Kirk De Ruyter |
| Joe Hunt | (94.17) | 5 | VS | 4 | (88.18) | Kevin Burness |
| Patrick Quinn | (79.75) | 5 | VS | 3 | (85.15) | Daniel Klose |
| Jamie Durrant | (76.72) | 5 | VS | 4 | (78.92) | David Sumner |
| Lee Cocks | (90.26) | 5 | VS | 4 | (91.60) | Lee Williams |
| Lee Budgen | (94.33) | 5 | VS | 4 | (82.02) | Bruno Stoeckli |
| Nathan Potter | (85.77) | 5 | VS | 4 | (84.22) | Andy Cass |
| Ultan McDyer | (87.30) | 5 | VS | 3 | (82.69) | Stuart Wares |
| Martin Thomas | (87.15) | 5 | VS | 1 | (79.05) | Jim Moston |
| Alexander Merkx | (94.59) | 5 | VS | 4 | (94.95) | Danny Goddard |
| Scott Campbell | (80.28) | 5 | VS | 4 | (77.85) | Patrick Schwab |
| Graham Hall | (108.54) | 5 | VS | 1 | (88.46) | Pat Scurfield |
| Darius Labanauskas | (95.30) | 5 | VS | 4 | (89.58) | Ciaran Teehan |
| Top 128 | ||||||
| Daniel Perry | (91.91) | 5 | VS | 2 | (80.77) | Tim Scholz |
| Conor Roberts | (72.96) | 5 | VS | 0 | (67.53) | Kieran Evans |
| Chris Hurds | (82.76) | 5 | VS | 2 | (77.53) | Keenan Thomas |
| Carl Sneyd | (78.89) | 5 | VS | 2 | (76.55) | Charlie Symons |
| Tom Lonsdale | (84.96) | 5 | VS | 4 | (77.21) | Daniel Humphries |
| Carl Wilson | (88.35) | 5 | VS | 1 | (77.76) | Ted Evetts |
| Conor Heneghan | (88.92) | 5 | VS | 3 | (88.94) | Samuel Price |
| Daniel Astbury | (81.11) | 5 | VS | 1 | (75.73) | Colin Osborne |
| Eddie Lovely | (70.91) | 5 | VS | 1 | (56.70) | Steven Harbert |
| Nigel Prior | (76.57) | 5 | VS | 2 | (78.99) | Peter Burgoyne |
| Owen Maiden | (69.88) | 5 | VS | 4 | (69.35) | Kyle Richardson |
| Jarred Cole | (88.52) | 5 | VS | 3 | (77.72) | Stefan Bellmont |
| Paul Rowley | (81.00) | 5 | VS | 2 | (64.66) | Robert Nelson |
| Jamai van den Herik | (83.07) | 5 | VS | 2 | (74.68) | Danny van Trijp |
| James Waite | (78.21) | 5 | VS | 3 | (72.31) | Daniel Labbozzetta |
| Jack Male | (74.77) | 5 | VS | 2 | (77.95) | Patrick Dekker |
| Kurt Parry | (86.21) | 5 | VS | 2 | (78.94) | Deian Roberts |
| Henry Coates | (89.34) | 5 | VS | 4 | (82.99) | James Vanbesien |
| Jack Vincent | (83.81) | 5 | VS | 3 | (82.25) | Trevor Burkhill |
| Gary Blades | (84.51) | 5 | VS | 1 | (77.64) | Darren Armstrong |
| Dmitriy Zhukov | (93.76) | 5 | VS | 1 | (82.17) | Kevin Lane |
| Jeffrey De Zwaan | (91.45) | 5 | VS | 2 | (77.41) | Tommy Lishman |
| Tommy Morris | (88.41) | 5 | VS | 0 | (74.54) | Jaikob Selby-Rivas |
| Michael Flynn | (85.03) | 5 | VS | 2 | (80.01) | Jimmy Bristow |
| Jamie Hughes | (87.38) | 5 | VS | 0 | (67.56) | Dimitri Nees |
| Christopher Wickenden | (85.86) | 5 | VS | 2 | (81.21) | Scott Waites |
| Rowby-John Rodriguez | (84.65) | 5 | VS | 1 | (82.71) | Karl Coleman |
| Nathan Girvan | (72.53) | 5 | VS | 1 | (72.00) | Jack Secular |
| Vinay Ramnath | (71.66) | 5 | VS | 1 | (70.27) | Sean Taylor |
| David Davies | (79.45) | 5 | VS | 1 | (72.19) | Adrian Gray |
| Scott Baker | (79.06) | 5 | VS | 2 | (81.35) | Kelvin O'Keefe |
| Jamie Atkins | (90.54) | 5 | VS | 0 | (85.00) | Danny Trueman |
| Tom Sykes | (96.35) | 5 | VS | 0 | (68.21) | David Evans |
| Jeffrey Sparidaans | (84.13) | 5 | VS | 3 | (81.83) | Steve Sewell |
| Martin Tonks | (68.89) | 5 | VS | 4 | (64.52) | Sion Thomas |
| Charlie Manby | (88.84) | 5 | VS | 4 | (86.39) | Sam Spivey |
| David Pallett | (97.88) | 5 | VS | 3 | (85.05) | Lewis Pride |
| Ben Goodger | (77.20) | 5 | VS | 1 | (75.00) | Adam Smith-neale |
| Jack Tweddell | (93.94) | 5 | VS | 0 | (73.77) | Neilie Brouder |
| Kirk De Ruyter | (81.48) | 5 | VS | 3 | (82.44) | Levy Frauenfelder |
| Kevin Burness | (85.31) | 5 | VS | 1 | (75.15) | Sam Booth |
| Joe Hunt | (87.71) | 5 | VS | 4 | (86.81) | Jenson Walker |
| Patrick Quinn | (80.76) | 5 | VS | 4 | (84.69) | Callum Francis |
| Daniel Klose | (88.83) | 5 | VS | 4 | (89.79) | Ashley Coleman |
| Jamie Durrant | (74.49) | 5 | VS | 4 | (74.34) | Myles Avory |
| David Sumner | (78.75) | 5 | VS | 4 | (77.23) | Patrick Bulen |
| Lee Williams | (82.19) | 5 | VS | 1 | (76.72) | Jason Wilson |
| Lee Cocks | (74.52) | 5 | VS | 3 | (78.55) | Aden Kirk |
| Lee Budgen | (84.35) | 5 | VS | 2 | (74.24) | Gino Vermeersch |
| Bruno Stoeckli | (75.22) | 5 | VS | 2 | (69.67) | Simon Stothart |
| Andy Cass | (78.18) | 5 | VS | 3 | (76.51) | Ash Ling |
| Nathan Potter | (90.81) | 5 | VS | 3 | (86.73) | Shane McGuirk |
| Stuart Wares | (77.60) | 5 | VS | 3 | (75.29) | Ruben Mesters |
| Ultan McDyer | (77.93) | 5 | VS | 4 | (73.71) | Colin Gibson |
| Martin Thomas | (84.17) | 5 | VS | 1 | (82.65) | Sean McKeon |
| Jim Moston | (73.38) | 5 | VS | 3 | (71.23) | Shaun Carroll |
| Alexander Merkx | (91.94) | 5 | VS | 2 | (80.05) | Nicolas Thuillier |
| Danny Goddard | (81.75) | 5 | VS | 4 | (77.48) | Michael Barnard |
| Scott Campbell | (69.42) | 5 | VS | 4 | (67.75) | Przemyslaw Wilanowski |
| Patrick Schwab | (75.76) | 5 | VS | 3 | (82.91) | David Sharp |
| Pat Scurfield | (74.04) | 5 | VS | 2 | (62.63) | Danny Moore |
| Graham Hall | (90.54) | 5 | VS | 0 | (75.56) | Gabriel Rollo |
| Darius Labanauskas | (92.98) | 5 | VS | 3 | (91.56) | Sietse Lap |
| Ciaran Teehan | (82.18) | 5 | VS | 2 | (74.06) | Riccardo Castelli |
| Top 256 | ||||||
| Kieran Evans | (69.58) | 5 | VS | 0 | (51.50) | Bradley Whitehead |
| Carl Sneyd | (75.29) | 5 | VS | 4 | (79.17) | Dave Bayton |
| Charlie Symons | (73.78) | 5 | VS | 4 | (67.14) | Lee Andrews |
| Ted Evetts | (82.99) | 5 | VS | 3 | (82.07) | Matt Gallett |
| Carl Wilson | (90.00) | 5 | VS | 1 | (83.69) | Kevin Troppmann |
| Daniel Astbury | (80.08) | 5 | VS | 2 | (71.85) | Tommie Coleman |
| Colin Osborne | (90.65) | 5 | VS | 3 | (79.69) | Daniel Nicholls |
| Peter Burgoyne | (94.45) | 5 | VS | 1 | (87.83) | Keegan Brown |
| Nigel Prior | (72.04) | 5 | VS | 3 | (73.98) | Michael Huntley |
| Stefan Bellmont | (88.43) | 5 | VS | 3 | (86.30) | Bailey White |
| Jarred Cole | (87.38) | 5 | VS | 0 | (74.22) | Aaron Beeney |
| Danny van Trijp | (84.71) | 5 | VS | 4 | (83.55) | Stu Wilson |
| Jamai van den Herik | (79.57) | 5 | VS | 4 | (80.49) | Paul Mitchell |
| Jack Male | (79.46) | 5 | VS | 1 | (74.71) | Scott Mitchell |
| Patrick Dekker | (80.86) | 5 | VS | 1 | (77.48) | Max Baulcomb |
| James Vanbesien | (77.40) | 5 | VS | 3 | (74.51) | Shane Turner |
| Gary Blades | (81.67) | 5 | VS | 3 | (93.34) | Mervyn King |
| Darren Armstrong | (76.68) | 5 | VS | 0 | (57.00) | Serge Brisset |
| Jeffrey De Zwaan | (82.58) | 5 | VS | 0 | (69.79) | Rob Holroyd |
| Tommy Lishman | (88.10) | 5 | VS | 1 | (73.55) | Ryan O'Connor |
| Jimmy Bristow | (84.93) | 5 | VS | 3 | (79.94) | Kai Fan Leung |
| Michael Flynn | (90.78) | 5 | VS | 2 | (80.36) | Steve West |
| Scott Waites | (71.38) | 5 | VS | 1 | (64.24) | Louis Lucas-Carter |
| Christopher Wickenden | (84.91) | 5 | VS | 3 | (81.57) | Damian Mol |
| Nathan Girvan | (81.34) | 5 | VS | 2 | (83.92) | Nicholas Ellis |
| Jack Secular | (66.18) | 5 | VS | 1 | (55.36) | Reece Colley |
| Adrian Gray | (77.90) | 5 | VS | 1 | (70.91) | Jacques Labre |
| David Davies | (89.47) | 5 | VS | 3 | (89.14) | Lee Barrow |
| Jamie Atkins | (86.59) | 5 | VS | 4 | (84.17) | Pal Szekely |
| Danny Trueman | (90.73) | 5 | VS | 1 | (70.76) | Charlie Martin |
| Steve Sewell | (78.79) | 5 | VS | 2 | (76.50) | Richie Burnett |
| Charlie Manby | (86.43) | 5 | VS | 2 | (83.97) | Andreas Harrysson |
| Sam Spivey | (83.78) | 5 | VS | 3 | (76.22) | Jimmy McKirdy |
| Adam Smith-neale | (81.27) | 5 | VS | 4 | (77.64) | Lee Evans |
| Ben Goodger | (76.43) | 5 | VS | 3 | (80.74) | Bhav Patel |
| Levy Frauenfelder | (76.56) | 5 | VS | 1 | (71.03) | Tom Parradine |
| Kirk De Ruyter | (78.72) | 5 | VS | 3 | (79.54) | Bruno Rangel |
| Jenson Walker | (86.40) | 5 | VS | 2 | (79.87) | Mat Caste |
| Joe Hunt | (87.94) | 5 | VS | 2 | (69.10) | Petros Christodoulou |
| Ashley Coleman | (90.45) | 5 | VS | 3 | (87.64) | Michael Unterbuchner |
| Daniel Klose | (91.27) | 5 | VS | 3 | (93.00) | Mike Warburton |
| Patrick Bulen | (81.76) | 5 | VS | 1 | (74.58) | James Evans-Bradford |
| David Sumner | (74.41) | 5 | VS | 0 | (45.50) | Laszlo B Csato |
| Aden Kirk | (86.13) | 5 | VS | 1 | (69.56) | Janek Hill |
| Lee Cocks | (60.53) | 5 | VS | 1 | (46.42) | Helena Rubes |
| Bruno Stoeckli | (82.64) | 5 | VS | 3 | (69.09) | Paul Higgins |
| Simon Stothart | (79.11) | 5 | VS | 0 | (66.81) | Kyle Manton |
| Nathan Potter | (87.56) | 5 | VS | 1 | (78.24) | Luke Smith |
| Shane McGuirk | (83.47) | 5 | VS | 3 | (87.02) | Kevin Leadenham |
| Ultan McDyer | (87.90) | 5 | VS | 3 | (75.76) | Stevie Moreira |
| Colin Gibson | (76.73) | 5 | VS | 1 | (76.95) | Phil Coward |
| Shaun Carroll | (89.25) | 5 | VS | 2 | (78.89) | Tom Baughan |
| Jim Moston | (77.47) | 5 | VS | 3 | (72.82) | Craig Watkins |
| Michael Barnard | (68.29) | 5 | VS | 4 | (69.59) | Remo Mandiau |
| Danny Goddard | (83.88) | 5 | VS | 4 | (84.17) | Steve Haggerty |
| Patrick Schwab | (68.52) | 5 | VS | 4 | (70.02) | Dylan Dowling |
| David Sharp | (87.38) | 5 | VS | 0 | (79.00) | Derek Maclean |
| Gabriel Rollo | (79.34) | 5 | VS | 3 | (79.16) | Andrew Callary |
| Graham Hall | (95.81) | 5 | VS | 1 | (81.40) | Steven Watts |
| Ciaran Teehan | (76.03) | 5 | VS | 3 | (71.30) | David Hill |
| Riccardo Castelli | (87.53) | 5 | VS | 4 | (90.29) | Joe Croft |
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