2022 William Hill World Darts Championship
Tournament information
Dates15 December 2021 –
3 January 2022[1]
VenueAlexandra Palace
LocationLondon
Country England
Organisation(s)PDC
FormatSets
Final – first to 7 sets
Prize fund£2,500,000
Winner's share£500,000
Nine-dart finish William Borland
 Darius Labanauskas
 Gerwyn Price
High checkout170  William O'Connor
170  Raymond van Barneveld
170  Rob Cross
170  Gary Anderson
Champion(s)
 Peter Wright
«2021 2023»
Peter Wright won the PDC World Darts Championship for the second time
Michael Smith was defeated in the final for the second time in his career

The 2022 PDC World Darts Championship (officially referred to as the 2021/22 William Hill World Darts Championship[1]) was the 29th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the now-defunct British Darts Organisation. It took place at the Alexandra Palace in London from 15 December 2021 to 3 January 2022.

Gerwyn Price was the defending champion, after he defeated Gary Anderson 7–3 to claim his first World Championship in 2021. However, he lost 5–4 to Michael Smith in the quarter-finals.[2] For the first time since 2006, no players from outside the United Kingdom reached the quarter-final stage.

Three nine-dart finishes were made in the tournament, the most in a single PDC World Championship.[3][4] William Borland became the first ever player in a televised tournament to hit a nine-dart finish in a deciding leg, against Bradley Brooks in the first round. Darius Labanauskas then hit the second of the tournament the following day, in his first-round match against Mike De Decker.[5] Price hit his first televised nine-dart finish, and the third of the tournament, against Michael Smith in the quarter-finals.[4]

Three players were forced to withdraw in the third round due to testing positive for COVID-19; on 27 December, Vincent van der Voort was forced to withdraw from the tournament ahead of his match against James Wade,[6] three-time World Champion Michael van Gerwen withdrew the following day from his match against Chris Dobey,[7] and Dave Chisnall withdrew on 29 December before his match against Luke Humphries.[8]

Peter Wright won the World Championship for the second time in his career, defeating Michael Smith 7–5 in the final.[9]

The event would be the final event of William Hill's sponsorship deal with the PDC, as the organisation had announced on 18 July 2021 that it had reached a multi-year, multi-tournament sponsorship deal with British car sales company Cazoo for all of its events from 2022 and onwards, including the World Championship.[10]

Format

All matches were played as single in, double out; requiring the players to score 501 points to win a leg, finishing on either a double or the bullseye. Matches were played to set format, with each set being the best of five legs (first to three). After a one-year break, the tie-break rule came back into force.[11] For all rounds except the first, the final set had to be won by two clear legs, unless the set score went to 5–5, in which case a sudden-death leg was played. This year, there was no throw for the bull in any sudden-death legs.

The matches got longer as the tournament progressed:

Round Best of (sets) First to (sets)
First 5 3
Second
Third 7 4
Fourth
Quarter-finals 9 5
Semi-finals 11 6
Final 13 7

Prize money

The prize money for the tournament was £2,500,000 in total – the same as the previous year. The winner's share was £500,000.[12]

Position (no. of players) Prize money
(Total: £2,500,000)
Winner (1) £500,000
Runner-up (1) £200,000
Semi-finalists (2) £100,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £50,000
Fourth round losers (8) £35,000
Third round losers (16) £25,000
Second round losers (32) £15,000
First round losers (32) £7,500

Qualification

Qualifiers

The top 32 from the PDC Order of Merit began the competition in the second round. The 32 highest ranked players on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit (not already qualified) and 32 qualifiers from around the world began in the first round.[13]

This was the first time since the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship that Michael van Gerwen would not be seeded for the tournament as the World number 1, with reigning champion Gerwyn Price taking his spot.

  1. 1 2 Charles Losper withdrew after the draw due to visa issues. Mike De Decker, the highest ranked runner-up from the PDPA Qualifier, replaced him.[29]
  2. 1 2 Juan Rodriguez withdrew after the draw due to a positive COVID-19 test. Gordon Mathers, the second highest ranked runner-up from the PDPA Qualifier, replaced him.[30]
  3. 1 2 Lihao Wen withdrew after the draw due to visa issues. Peter Hudson, the third highest ranked runner-up from the PDPA Qualifier, replaced him.[31]

Seeds

2021 winner Gerwyn Price, who since winning has also won the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts, was top of the two-year PDC Order of Merit and number one seed going into the tournament. 2020 winner Peter Wright, the winner of the 2021 World Matchplay and part of the victorious Scotland team at the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts, was second seed and Michael van Gerwen, the three-time World Champion from 2014, 2017 and 2019, was third seed. As well as Price, Wright and Van Gerwen, two other previous PDC world champions qualified as seeds; 2015 and 2016 World Champion and 2021 runner-up Gary Anderson was 6th seeded, and 2018 World Champion and 2021 European Champion Rob Cross was the 11th seed. Two former champions of the BDO World Darts Championship qualified as seeds; three-time BDO champion Glen Durrant was the 24th seed with 2014 BDO champion Stephen Bunting in 16th.[32]

The top seeds behind Price, Wright and Van Gerwen were 2021 UK Open champion James Wade, 2020 World Matchplay winner Dimitri Van den Bergh, Anderson, 2020 Grand Slam of Darts winner José de Sousa, and 2021 Masters, Premier League, World Series Finals and World Grand Prix champion Jonny Clayton.[32]

Pro Tour qualification

Callan Rydz, a two-time event winner on the 2021 PDC Pro Tour, was the highest-ranked non-seed on the 2021 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. 2007 World Champion Raymond van Barneveld returned as a Pro Tour qualifier, having announced his retirement following a first-round exit in 2020, and then reversed his decision after a year out. Van Barneveld was one of two former PDC World Champions to qualify via the Pro Tour, with 2011 and 2012 winner Adrian Lewis also qualifying. The highest-ranked debutant via the Pro Tour was Scott Mitchell, the 2015 BDO World Champion. As well as Mitchell and four-time BDO World Champion Van Barneveld, 1996 BDO champion Steve Beaton also qualified via the Pro Tour,[32] making a record 31st consecutive World Championship appearance.[33]

As well as Mitchell, other players qualifying for their PDC World Championship debuts were Alan Soutar, Jason Heaver, William Borland, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez, Lewy Williams, Florian Hempel and Chas Barstow. Martijn Kleermaker also appeared for the first time, having withdrawn from the 2021 tournament following a positive COVID-19 test. Other players qualifying via the Pro Tour included the 2021 World Youth Champion Ted Evetts and 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts finalist Rowby-John Rodriguez, who along with his brother Rusty-Jake became the fourth pair of siblings to compete in the same World Championship.[33]

Unranked qualifiers

The final group of 32 qualifiers were determined by a series of international qualifiers and secondary tours. The PDC Development and Challenge Tours were split into UK and EU sections this year, meaning that an extra qualification spot was available via the Challenge Tour. The PDC Asian Tour was not held for a second consecutive year, with one-off qualification tournaments being held to replace it. The two Australian qualification spots were taken by Raymond Smith and Ky Smith, the first father-and-son to play in the same PDC World Darts Championship.[33] Paul Lim qualified via the Singapore qualifier, becoming at age 67 and 326 days the oldest player to compete in the World Championship; while Fabian Schmutzler, who qualified via the Development Tour, was the second-youngest player ever to compete in the World Championship.[33]

Four-time BDO Women's World Champion Lisa Ashton qualified via the PDC Women's Tour, alongside Fallon Sherrock, the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts quarter-finalist and only woman to have previously won a match at the PDC World Darts Championship.[34] The final three places were awarded to the winners of a qualification tournament for PDPA members, with the winners being Nick Kenny, Boris Krčmar and James Wilson.[35]

Three of the international qualifiers withdrew following the draw; Charles Losper and Lihao Wen, due to visa issues, and potential debutant Juan Rodriguez, following a positive test for COVID-19. They were replaced by runners-up from the PDPA qualifier in Order of Merit order, Mike De Decker,[29] Gordon Mathers[30] and Peter Hudson.[31]

Debutants via the international and invitation qualifiers were Roman Benecký, Chris Landman, John Norman Jnr, Fabian Schmutzler, Toyokazu Shibata, Ky Smith and Jim Williams.

Summary

Third seed Michael van Gerwen was forced to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19. He was critical of the PDC for the lack of COVID checks on supporters in the venue.

Opening rounds

The first round of the tournament, running from 15 to 21 December, saw the 32 qualifiers from the PDC Pro Tour take on 32 players from international qualifiers. Two players hit nine-dart finishes in consecutive days, William Borland hitting one against Bradley Brooks in the final leg of his debut on 17 December, becoming the first player to hit a nine-darter in a sudden death leg to win a televised match;[36] before Darius Labanauskas hit a second nine-darter in his defeat to Mike De Decker.[37] Another high-profile match saw Fallon Sherrock take on Steve Beaton, with Beaton defeating the "Queen of the Palace" 3–2.[38]

The second round, starting the same day as the first and running through to 23 December, saw the 32 seeds enter the tournament to take on first round winners. Two matches turned out to be between two former World Champions, with Rob Cross defeating Raymond van Barneveld[39] and Gary Anderson eliminating Adrian Lewis in an early-round repeat of the 2011 and 2016 finals.[40] Eight seeds were eliminated in the second round, the highest ranked of these being Dimitri Van den Bergh, the fifth seed, defeated by debutant Florian Hempel.[41]

Prior to the third round, three players had to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19, those being Vincent van der Voort, Michael van Gerwen and Dave Chisnall, with their scheduled third round opponents receiving byes. After the withdrawal of former champion Van Gerwen, reigning champion Gerwyn Price said that the tournament was devalued,[42] and called for the tournament to be postponed.[43] Van Gerwen himself criticised the PDC for a lack of COVID checks on supporters, calling the tournament a "big corona bomb".[43] Former PDC chairman Barry Hearn responded to these comments made, declaring calls for a postponement "ignorant", and said all fans had been confirmed to be double-vaccinated.[44]

In the third round, running from 27 to 29 December, Price came through a last-leg tie-break against Kim Huybrechts,[45] while Dirk van Duijvenbode fought back from 3–0 down to knock out Ross Smith 4–3.[45] Former champion Gary Anderson did the same against Ian White,[46] but Joe Cullen's attempt at a similar feat against Martijn Kleermaker faltered as he lost the final set.[47] The last remaining international qualifier Raymond Smith ended Florian Hempel's run with a 4–1 win,[45] while former champions Peter Wright and Rob Cross both safely qualified.

The fourth round, from 29 to 30 December, saw Price knock out van Duijvenbode in a match which saw chants of "sheep shagging bastard" directed at Price, which Welsh rugby former international Andy Powell and social media users branded as racist.[48] Michael Smith eliminated Jonny Clayton in a 4–3 thriller.[49] Raymond Smith's run was ended by Mervyn King, with King winning nine of the last ten legs to reverse a 3–1 deficit into a 4–3 victory.[50] There was also 4–3 victories for Luke Humphries over Chris Dobey, both of whom had come through the third round via byes, and for Anderson over Cross in a clash of former World Champions.[50] James Wade, another beneficiary of a bye, defeated Martijn Kleermaker 4–0, while Callan Rydz and Peter Wright defeated Alan Soutar and Ryan Searle respectively, both by a score of 4–1.[50]

Final stages

The quarter-finals were held on New Year's Day. Wade comfortably beat Mervyn King 5–0 to reach his fourth World Championship semi-final. The match between Anderson and Humphries saw the first four sets being shared between the two players, before Anderson took control and won the last three sets to triumph 5–2, reaching his seventh semi-final (second consecutively), and condemning Humphries to a third quarter-final exit in four years. Rydz held leads of 2–0, 3–1 and 4–3 over Wright, before Wright levelled and took the final set in extra legs to eliminate his unseeded opponent and reach his fourth semi-final. Finally, the match between Smith and Price saw the first eight sets go with throw; with Price both hitting the tournament's third nine-dart finish and missing two darts to break the eighth set and win the match; before Smith broke throw in the final set to reach his second semi-final.[51]

The semi-finals were held on 2 January. In the first game Smith led from the start, winning the first set and then breaking Wade's throw to take the second set. Wade broke back in the third set before Smith restored the two-set advantage by breaking again in the fourth. Smith took sets five and six to go one away, and despite Wade taking the next two sets, he was not able to prevent Smith from triumphing, condemning Wade to a fourth semi-final defeat from four attempts and enabling Smith to reach his second World Championship final. In the second semi-final, Wright took the first three sets – two of them against throw – before Anderson broke back in the fourth set and then held in the fifth to close the gap to one. Wright stopped the comeback by holding throw in the sixth set, and from then on a high-quality match went with throw, with Wright breaking Anderson's record - set in the 2017 final - for most 180s in a World Championship match, with 24, and taking the win 6–4 to reach his third World Championship final.[52]

In the final, held on 3 January, Peter Wright began the game in control of throw and took the first set 3–1, before breaking with a 148 checkout in the second set on his way to another 3–1 win. Smith closed the deficit with a 3–1 win in the third set, including a 167 checkout to break; and took the fourth set 3–2 after Wright missed two darts to break. Wright held the fifth set 3–2, and Smith took the sixth 3–1. The seventh set saw Smith take the lead in sets for the first time, and the first 3–0 win of a set, with Smith breaking the Wright throw twice. Wright however broke back in the eighth set 3–1. Smith took advantage of missed darts from Wright to win the ninth set 3–2 and regain the lead; but after going 2 legs up in the tenth set, he allowed Wright to come back and take the set to level again.[53] Wright took the lead after winning the eleventh set 3–0 to move one away from the title; and took the next two legs in the twelfth set, and after Smith pulled one back, Wright sealed the title with a thirteen-dart hold, hitting double 16 to win his second World Championship.[54]

Schedule

Wednesday, 15 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
011 Ritchie Edhouse 84.263 – 2 Peter Hudson 82.853 – 12 – 31 – 33 – 03 – 0
021 Ricky Evans 96.203 – 0 Nitin Kumar 83.803 – 13 – 03 – 1—
031 Adrian Lewis 94.423 – 1 Matt Campbell 93.572 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 2—
042 Gerwyn Price 101.283 – 1 Ritchie Edhouse 95.670 – 33 – 23 – 23 – 0—
Thursday, 16 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
051 Steve Lennon 93.223 – 1 Madars Razma 94.113 – 11 – 33 – 23 – 2—
061 Scott Mitchell 88.020 – 3 Chris Landman 88.970 – 30 – 32 – 3—
071 Chas Barstow 93.023 – 1 John Norman Jnr 86.543 – 13 – 01 – 33 – 2—
082 Daryl Gurney 95.903 – 1 Ricky Evans 93.112 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 2—
091 William O'Connor 96.023 – 2 Danny Lauby 93.463 – 13 – 11 – 32 – 33 – 2
101 Ryan Meikle 89.303 – 0 Fabian Schmutzler 89.143 – 03 – 13 – 2—
111 Ron Meulenkamp 87.323 – 0 Lisa Ashton 73.993 – 13 – 03 – 1—
122 Gary Anderson 93.743 – 1 Adrian Lewis 92.072 – 33 – 03 – 13 – 0—
Friday, 17 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
131 Ryan Joyce 93.443 – 2 Roman Benecký 86.803 – 03 – 11 – 31 – 33 – 2
141 Keane Barry 83.593 – 2 Royden Lam 81.613 – 13 – 12 – 31 – 33 – 1
151 Jermaine Wattimena 90.840 – 3 Boris Koltsov 90.501 – 31 – 32 – 3—
162 Krzysztof Ratajski 94.391 – 3 Steve Lennon 91.342 – 33 – 00 – 31 – 3—
171 Joe Murnan 79.333 – 2 Paul Lim 79.351 – 33 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 1
181 William Borland 94.813 – 2 Bradley Brooks 94.220 – 33 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 2
191 Ross Smith 85.153 – 0 Jeff Smith 79.793 – 13 – 03 – 2—
202 Peter Wright 92.193 – 0 Ryan Meikle 79.293 – 23 – 13 – 0—
Saturday, 18 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
211 Jamie Hughes 96.051 – 3 Raymond Smith 94.842 – 31 – 33 – 11 – 3—
221 Callan Rydz 91.323 – 0 Yuki Yamada 83.363 – 23 – 03 – 0—
231 Darius Labanauskas 89.351 – 3 Mike De Decker 89.363 – 10 – 32 – 30 – 3—
242 Ian White 90.923 – 1 Chris Landman 83.213 – 23 – 02 – 33 – 0—
251 Adam Hunt 89.263 – 0 Boris Krčmar 89.043 – 13 – 13 – 2—
261 Ted Evetts 87.931 – 3 Jim Williams 89.710 – 31 – 33 – 01 – 3—
271 Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.503 – 0 Nick Kenny 82.143 – 03 – 13 – 0—
282 Michael van Gerwen 94.543 – 1 Chas Barstow 87.372 – 33 – 13 – 03 – 1—
Sunday, 19 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
291 Maik Kuivenhoven 88.883 – 1 Ky Smith 79.363 – 13 – 01 – 33 – 1—
301 Jason Heaver 84.283 – 1 Gordon Mathers 81.613 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 0—
311 Alan Soutar 89.463 – 2 Diogo Portela 90.292 – 33 – 13 – 12 – 33 – 1
322 Stephen Bunting 88.362 – 3 Ross Smith 94.340 – 33 – 23 – 11 – 32 – 4
331 Martijn Kleermaker 91.173 – 1 John Michael 83.373 – 03 – 21 – 33 – 0—
341 Florian Hempel 89.183 – 0 Martin Schindler 88.523 – 13 – 23 – 1—
351 Steve Beaton 90.693 – 2 Fallon Sherrock 88.743 – 22 – 33 – 00 – 33 – 1
362 Jonny Clayton 103.703 – 2 Keane Barry 95.853 – 12 – 31 – 33 – 13 – 0
Monday, 20 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
371 Luke Woodhouse 91.523 – 1 James Wilson 85.812 – 33 – 13 – 23 – 1—
381 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 93.863 – 1 Ben Robb 87.473 – 22 – 33 – 03 – 1—
391 Raymond van Barneveld 96.703 – 0 Lourence Ilagan 82.523 – 13 – 03 – 1—
402 James Wade 83.743 – 1 Maik Kuivenhoven 88.603 – 13 – 10 – 33 – 1—
Tuesday, 21 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
411 Lewy Williams 93.053 – 0 Toyokazu Shibata 75.173 – 13 – 13 – 0—
421 Jason Lowe 88.893 – 0 Daniel Larsson 78.133 – 03 – 13 – 0—
432 Mervyn King 92.723 – 2 Ryan Joyce 93.471 – 30 – 33 – 03 – 03 – 0
442 Dave Chisnall 96.433 – 0 Mike De Decker 96.433 – 23 – 13 – 1—
452 Vincent van der Voort 89.553 – 0 Adam Hunt 92.013 – 23 – 23 – 0—
462 Michael Smith 106.323 – 0 Ron Meulenkamp 90.663 – 03 – 13 – 0—
472 Dimitri Van den Bergh 101.781 – 3 Florian Hempel 98.372 – 33 – 01 – 30 – 3—
482 Devon Petersen 87.030 – 3 Raymond Smith 93.250 – 31 – 32 – 3—
Wednesday, 22 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
492 Ryan Searle 92.453 – 0 William Borland 77.693 – 03 – 23 – 2—
502 Glen Durrant 80.450 – 3 William O'Connor 90.741 – 30 – 30 – 3—
512 Luke Humphries 92.913 – 0 Rowby-John Rodriguez 82.643 – 03 – 13 – 1—
522 Joe Cullen 96.963 – 2 Jim Williams 89.760 – 33 – 01 – 33 – 03 – 1
532 Nathan Aspinall 93.153 – 2 Joe Murnan 87.862 – 33 – 11 – 33 – 23 – 1
542 Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.693 – 2 Boris Koltsov 86.343 – 20 – 31 – 33 – 14 – 2
552 Kim Huybrechts 88.713 – 1 Steve Beaton 85.721 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 2—
562 Simon Whitlock 87.931 – 3 Martijn Kleermaker 88.842 – 33 – 21 – 30 – 3—
Thursday, 23 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
572 Damon Heta 94.653 – 1 Luke Woodhouse 91.153 – 23 – 12 – 33 – 0—
582 Brendan Dolan 100.020 – 3 Callan Rydz 102.731 – 30 – 32 – 3—
592 Mensur Suljović 88.342 – 3 Alan Soutar 90.923 – 13 – 02 – 32 – 34 – 6
602 José de Sousa 96.153 – 2 Jason Lowe 95.012 – 32 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 0
612 Danny Noppert 88.423 – 1 Jason Heaver 85.191 – 33 – 13 – 03 – 1—
622 Gabriel Clemens 86.293 – 0 Lewy Williams 75.123 – 03 – 23 – 1—
632 Rob Cross 90.383 – 1 Raymond van Barneveld 92.451 – 33 – 13 – 23 – 0—
642 Chris Dobey 92.683 – 2 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 90.452 – 32 – 33 – 13 – 13 – 1
Monday, 27 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
653 Ross Smith 85.703 – 4 Dirk van Duijvenbode 91.713 – 13 – 23 – 22 – 30 – 31 – 31 – 3
663 Michael Smith 97.424 – 2 William O'Connor 92.461 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 02 – 33 – 2—
673 Florian Hempel 87.661 – 4 Raymond Smith 94.791 – 32 – 33 – 21 – 32 – 3—
683 James Wade w/o Vincent van der Voort —
693 Gerwyn Price 92.044 – 3 Kim Huybrechts 93.603 – 01 – 32 – 33 – 03 – 02 – 36 – 5
703 Jonny Clayton 102.564 – 0 Gabriel Clemens 87.663 – 13 – 13 – 23 – 0—
Tuesday, 28 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
713 Steve Lennon 86.720 – 4 Mervyn King 92.031 – 31 – 31 – 32 – 3—
723 Ryan Searle 92.284 – 2 Danny Noppert 90.442 – 33 – 13 – 21 – 33 – 23 – 0—
733 Joe Cullen 95.033 – 4 Martijn Kleermaker 88.940 – 31 – 32 – 33 – 03 – 23 – 02 – 4
743 Rob Cross 99.774 – 3 Daryl Gurney 99.493 – 23 – 22 – 33 – 21 – 32 – 33 – 1
753 Peter Wright 102.154 – 2 Damon Heta 94.381 – 32 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 03 – 0—
763 Michael van Gerwen w/o Chris Dobey —
Wednesday, 29 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
773 José de Sousa 83.893 – 4 Alan Soutar 88.543 – 20 – 31 – 33 – 03 – 22 – 31 – 3
783 Dave Chisnall w/o Luke Humphries —
793 Nathan Aspinall 95.560 – 4 Callan Rydz 98.351 – 31 – 30 – 32 – 3—
803 Gary Anderson 90.314 – 3 Ian White 88.562 – 30 – 32 – 33 – 13 – 03 – 23 – 1
814 Gerwyn Price 96.664 – 1 Dirk van Duijvenbode 83.222 – 33 – 03 – 03 – 03 – 0—
824 Jonny Clayton 102.483 – 4 Michael Smith 99.843 – 23 – 11 – 32 – 31 – 33 – 14 – 6
Thursday, 30 December
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7
834 Raymond Smith 83.723 – 4 Mervyn King 87.293 – 23 – 00 – 33 – 00 – 31 – 30 – 3
844 Alan Soutar 87.791 – 4 Callan Rydz 96.433 – 11 – 30 – 30 – 30 – 3—
854 Chris Dobey 97.813 – 4 Luke Humphries 97.773 – 23 – 02 – 33 – 11 – 31 – 33 – 5
864 James Wade 93.154 – 0 Martijn Kleermaker 88.983 – 03 – 13 – 23 – 1—
874 Gary Anderson 97.274 – 3 Rob Cross 93.362 – 33 – 03 – 13 – 11 – 32 – 33 – 1
884 Peter Wright 98.914 – 1 Ryan Searle 88.243 – 13 – 21 – 33 – 03 – 1—
Saturday, 1 January
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9
89QF James Wade 85.355 – 0 Mervyn King 83.183 – 23 – 23 – 13 – 23 – 1—
90QF Luke Humphries 94.922 – 5 Gary Anderson 96.323 – 02 – 31 – 33 – 12 – 32 – 32 – 3—
91QF Peter Wright 99.755 – 4 Callan Rydz 97.800 – 32 – 33 – 11 – 33 – 13 – 21 – 33 – 04 – 2
92QF Gerwyn Price 99.574 – 5 Michael Smith 101.943 – 20 – 33 – 21 – 33 – 10 – 33 – 22 – 31 – 3
Sunday, 2 January
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11
93SF Michael Smith 100.986 – 3 James Wade 95.433 – 23 – 12 – 33 – 23 – 13 – 01 – 32 – 33 – 1—
94SF Peter Wright 104.386 – 4 Gary Anderson 102.723 – 23 – 13 – 11 – 31 – 33 – 11 – 33 – 11 – 33 – 2—
Monday, 3 January
Match # Round Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11 Set 12 Set 13
95F Michael Smith 99.225 – 7 Peter Wright 98.341 – 31 – 33 – 13 – 22 – 33 – 13 – 01 – 33 – 22 – 30 – 31 – 3—

Draw

Final

Best of 13 sets
Referee: England Kirk Bevins (first half) and England George Noble (second half)
Alexandra Palace, London, England, 3 January 2022
(9) Michael Smith  5–7  Peter Wright (2)
1–3, 1–3, 3–1, 3–2, 2–3, 3–1, 3–0, 1–3, 3–2, 2–3, 0–3, 1–3
99.22 Average (3 darts) 98.34
48 100+ scores 52
35 140+ scores 42
24 180 scores 17
167 Highest checkout 148
1 100+ Checkouts 4
35.38% Checkout summary 39.13%

Finals

Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January 		Semi-finals
(best of 11 sets)
2 January 		Final
(best of 13 sets)
3 January
         
1  Gerwyn Price 99.57 4
9  Michael Smith 101.94 5
9  Michael Smith 100.98 6
4  James Wade 95.43 3
4  James Wade 86.50 5
21  Mervyn King 86.67 0
9  Michael Smith 99.22 5
2  Peter Wright 98.34 7
2  Peter Wright 99.75 5
 Callan Rydz 97.80 4
2  Peter Wright 104.38 6
6  Gary Anderson 102.72 4
19  Luke Humphries 94.92 2
6  Gary Anderson 96.32 5

Top half

Section 1

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December
[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
 Ritchie Edhouse 84.2631 Gerwyn Price 101.283
Alt Peter Hudson 82.852 Ritchie Edhouse 95.671
1 Gerwyn Price 92.044
32 Kim Huybrechts 93.603
 Steve Beaton 90.69332 Kim Huybrechts 88.713
Q Fallon Sherrock 88.742 Steve Beaton 85.721
1 Gerwyn Price 96.664
17 Dirk van Duijvenbode 83.221
 Ross Smith 85.15316 Stephen Bunting 88.362
Q Jeff Smith 79.790 Ross Smith 94.343
 Ross Smith 85.703
17 Dirk van Duijvenbode 91.714
 Jermaine Wattimena 90.84017 Dirk van Duijvenbode 88.693
Q Boris Koltsov 90.503Q Boris Koltsov 86.342
1 Gerwyn Price 99.574
9 Michael Smith 101.945
 Keane Barry 83.5938 Jonny Clayton 103.703
Q Royden Lam 81.612 Keane Barry 95.852
8 Jonny Clayton 99.564
25 Gabriel Clemens 87.660
 Lewy Williams 93.05325 Gabriel Clemens 86.293
Q Toyokazu Shibata 75.170 Lewy Williams 75.120
8 Jonny Clayton 102.483
9 Michael Smith 99.844
 Ron Meulenkamp 87.3239 Michael Smith 106.323
Q Lisa Ashton 73.990 Ron Meulenkamp 90.660
9 Michael Smith 97.424
 William O'Connor 92.462
 William O'Connor 96.02324 Glen Durrant 80.450
Q Danny Lauby 93.462 William O'Connor 90.743

Section 2

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December
[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
 Maik Kuivenhoven 88.8834 James Wade 83.743
Q Ky Smith 79.361 Maik Kuivenhoven 88.601
4 James Wade w/o
29 Vincent van der Voort w/d
 Adam Hunt 89.26329 Vincent van der Voort 89.553
Q Boris Krčmar 89.040 Adam Hunt 92.010
4 James Wade 93.154
 Martijn Kleermaker 88.980
 Ted Evetts 87.93113 Joe Cullen 96.963
Q Jim Williams 89.713Q Jim Williams 89.762
13 Joe Cullen 95.033
 Martijn Kleermaker 88.944
 Martijn Kleermaker 91.17320 Simon Whitlock 87.931
Q John Michael 83.371 Martijn Kleermaker 88.843
4 James Wade 86.505
21 Mervyn King 86.670
 Florian Hempel 89.1835 Dimitri Van den Bergh 101.781
Q Martin Schindler 88.520 Florian Hempel 98.373
 Florian Hempel 87.661
Q Raymond Smith 94.794
 Jamie Hughes 96.05128 Devon Petersen 87.030
Q Raymond Smith 94.843Q Raymond Smith 93.253
Q Raymond Smith 83.723
21 Mervyn King 87.294
 Steve Lennon 93.22312 Krzysztof Ratajski 94.391
Q Madars Razma 94.111 Steve Lennon 91.343
 Steve Lennon 86.720
21 Mervyn King 92.034
 Ryan Joyce 93.44321 Mervyn King 92.723
Q Roman Benecký 86.802 Ryan Joyce 93.472

Bottom half

Section 3

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December
[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
 Ryan Meikle 89.3032 Peter Wright 92.193
Q Fabian Schmutzler 89.140 Ryan Meikle 79.290
2 Peter Wright 102.154
31 Damon Heta 94.382
 Luke Woodhouse 91.52331 Damon Heta 94.653
Q James Wilson 85.811 Luke Woodhouse 91.151
2 Peter Wright 98.914
15 Ryan Searle 88.241
 William Borland 94.81315 Ryan Searle 92.453
Q Bradley Brooks 94.222 William Borland 77.690
15 Ryan Searle 92.284
18 Danny Noppert 90.442
 Jason Heaver 84.28318 Danny Noppert 88.423
Alt Gordon Mathers 81.611 Jason Heaver 85.191
2 Peter Wright 99.755
 Callan Rydz 97.804
 Jason Lowe 88.8937 José de Sousa 96.153
Q Daniel Larsson 78.130 Jason Lowe 95.012
7 José de Sousa 83.893
 Alan Soutar 88.544
 Alan Soutar 89.46326 Mensur Suljović 88.342
Q Diogo Portela 90.292 Alan Soutar 90.923
 Alan Soutar 87.791
 Callan Rydz 96.434
 Joe Murnan 79.33310 Nathan Aspinall 93.153
Q Paul Lim 79.352 Joe Murnan 87.862
10 Nathan Aspinall 95.560
 Callan Rydz 98.354
 Callan Rydz 91.32323 Brendan Dolan 100.020
Q Yuki Yamada 83.360 Callan Rydz 102.733

Section 4

First round
(best of 5 sets)
15–21 December
[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]		Second round
(best of 5 sets)
15–23 December
[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]		Third round
(best of 7 sets)
27–29 December		Fourth round
(best of 7 sets)
29–30 December		Quarter-finals
(best of 9 sets)
1 January
 Chas Barstow 93.0233 Michael van Gerwen 94.543
Q John Norman Jnr 86.541 Chas Barstow 87.371
3 Michael van Gerwen w/d
30 Chris Dobey w/o
 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 93.86330 Chris Dobey 92.683
Q Ben Robb 87.471 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 90.452
30 Chris Dobey 97.813
19 Luke Humphries 97.774
 Darius Labanauskas 89.35114 Dave Chisnall 96.433
Alt Mike De Decker 89.363Alt Mike De Decker 96.430
14 Dave Chisnall w/d
19 Luke Humphries w/o
 Rowby-John Rodriguez 97.50319 Luke Humphries 92.913
Q Nick Kenny 82.140 Rowby-John Rodriguez 82.640
19 Luke Humphries 94.922
6 Gary Anderson 96.325
 Adrian Lewis 94.4236 Gary Anderson 93.743
Q Matt Campbell 93.571 Adrian Lewis 92.071
6 Gary Anderson 90.314
27 Ian White 88.563
 Scott Mitchell 88.02027 Ian White 90.923
Q Chris Landman 88.973Q Chris Landman 83.211
6 Gary Anderson 97.274
11 Rob Cross 93.363
 Raymond van Barneveld 96.70311 Rob Cross 90.383
Q Lourence Ilagan 82.520 Raymond van Barneveld 92.451
11 Rob Cross 99.774
22 Daryl Gurney 99.493
 Ricky Evans 96.20322 Daryl Gurney 95.903
Q Nitin Kumar 83.800 Ricky Evans 93.111

Top averages

This table shows the highest averages achieved by players throughout the tournament.

# Player Round Average Result
1 Michael Smith R2106.32Won
2 Peter Wright SF104.38Won
3 Jonny Clayton R2103.70Won
4 Callan Rydz R2102.73Won
5 Gary Anderson SF102.72Lost
6 Jonny Clayton R3102.56Won
7 Jonny Clayton R4102.48Lost
8 Peter Wright R3102.15Won
9 Michael Smith QF101.94Won
10 Dimitri Van den Bergh R2101.78Lost

Representation

This table shows the number of players by country in the tournament. Originally, a total of 31 nationalities were to be represented, which would surpass the record of the 2021 edition by two. However, after late withdrawals, the total number of nationalities represented dropped to 29 - equalling the maximum of 2021.[33]

England
ENG		 Scotland
SCO		 Wales
WAL		 Netherlands
NED		 Australia
AUS		 Germany
GER		 Republic of Ireland
IRL		 Belgium
BEL		 Northern Ireland
NIR		 Portugal
POR		 Austria
AUT		 Poland
POL		 South Africa
RSA		 Russia
RUS		 Canada
CAN		 Japan
JPN		 Brazil
BRA		 Croatia
CRO		 Czech Republic
CZE		 Greece
GRE		 Hong Kong
HKG		 India
IND		 Latvia
LAT		 Lithuania
LTU		 New Zealand
NZL		 Philippines
PHI		 Singapore
SGP		 Sweden
SWE		 United States
USA		 Total
Final 1102
Semi-final 2204
Quarter-final 52108
Round 4 83221016
Round 3 13325222111032
Round 2 274493233213111064
Round 1 222363331020132111111111111164
Total354510543321311132111111111111196

Broadcasting rights

Television

Country Broadcaster
 AustraliaFox Sports
 Austria
 Germany
  Switzerland		Sport1, DAZN
 BelgiumVTM 2, VTM 4
 Brazil
 Canada
 Japan
 Italy
 Spain
 United States		DAZN
 CroatiaSportska televizija
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia		Nova Sport
 Denmark
 Estonia
 Finland
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Norway
 Sweden		Viaplay
 FranceL'Equipe
 HungarySportTV
 IcelandStöð 2 Sport
 NetherlandsRTL 7
 New ZealandSky Sport (New Zealand)
 PolandTVP Sport
 RussiaMatch TV
 South AfricaSuperSport
 United Kingdom
 Ireland		Sky Sports Darts

Radio

Radio coverage in the UK was provided by Talksport 2, with commentary from Ian Danter, Mark Wilson, Chris Murphy, Rob Mullarkey, Paul Nicholson and Chris Mason.


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