Hawkeye Doets claims first PDC darts title at Players Championship 13

Kevin Doets picked up a maiden PDC ranking title of his career on Monday, after defeating Luke Woodhouse 8-5 in the final of Players Championship 13, as the Pro Tour double header commenced at Halle 39, Hildesheim.

Doets – a three-time Semi Finalist on the Pro Tour previously in 2026 – reached Monday’s finale firstly by recording victories against Mervyn King, Darryl Pilgrim, Kim Huybrechts, Jermaine Wattimena, Rob Owen and Maik Kuivenhoven, to set up a clash with Woodhouse.

The final began with Doets taking the opener in 11 darts before Woodhouse hit back by rattling off three successive legs in a total of 45 darts to move 3-1 ahead in a race to eight. The tie then saw three straight holds of throw ending with Doets’ breaking ‘Woody’s’ throw in Leg Eight with a 15 darter to square the tie up at 4 apiece.

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‘Hawkeye’ again reeled off three straight legs to go 7-4 ahead and within one of victory. Woodhouse did pull one leg back before Doets sealed an 8-5 victory with an 18-darter to secure a maiden PDC title as well as collecting the £15,000 top prize.

Woodhouse’s run to the final saw the Englishman record victories on the day against Cam Crabtree, Adam Leek, Mike De Decker, Krzysztof Ratajski, Chris Dobey and Mensur Suljovic, before being denied by Doets and the wait goes on for his maiden ranking title.

Elsewhere, there were Quarter Final runs for Former UK Open Champion Andrew Gilding and Lithuania’s Premier player Darius Labanauskas, whilst the likes of Gary Anderson, Michael Smith and Peter Wright were amongst the high profile first round casualties. The day also saw Dirk Van Duijvenbode fire in a nine-dart finish during his first-round victory against Madars Razma.

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The PDC Pro Tour double header in Hildesheim concludes on Tuesday with Players Championship 14 taking place, with the 128 players returning to compete for a further £150,000 in prize money, with play beginning at 13:00 CEST (12:00 BST). Play will be broadcasted across four streaming boards on PDC.TV and various bookmaker websites worldwide, with all live scores and results on tv.dartconnect.com.

Players Championship 13

Last 16

Andrew Gilding 6-3 Viktor Tingstrom

Maik Kuivenhoven 6-4 Marvin Van Velzen

Rob Owen 6-2 Tyler Thorpe

Kevin Doets 6-3 Jermaine Wattimena

Chris Dobey 6-1 Dave Chisnall

Luke Woodhouse 6-1 Krzysztof Ratajski

Darius Labanauskas 6-2 Derek Coulson

Mensur Suljovic 6-0 Ritchie Edhouse

Quarter Finals

Maik Kuivenhoven 6-4 Andrew Gilding

Kevin Doets 6-2 Rob Owen

Luke Woodhouse 6-4 Chris Dobey

Mensur Suljovic 6-4 Darius Labanauskas

Semi Finals

Kevin Doets 7-1 Maik Kuivenhoven

Luke Woodhouse 7-2 Mensur Suljovic

Final

Kevin Doets 8-5 Luke Woodhouse

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Hawkeye Doets claims first PDC darts title at Players Championship 13

Players Championship 13

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