Luke Humphries beats 16-year-old Luke in the darts results….
On the grandest platform of all, at Alexandra Palace, Cool Hand won his fourth major victory in as many months by rallying from a 4-2 deficit against the incredible 16-year-old, who is still predicted to become the youngest darts world champion in history very soon.
In an exciting final, the two averaged over 100, with world number one Humphries scoring 103.67 to the prodigy’s 101.13. They also combined for 36 180s, of which the winner scored 23 to win the match. Both finished with totals of nine hundred and thirty-one points.
After dominating both the WDF senior competition and the youth scene, Littler will be joining the PDC ranks in the upcoming season. Littler’s incredible exploits during his debut World Championship, where he produced a string of fearless and breathtaking performances that belied his age and inexperience, had captured the attention of sports fans worldwide.
Littler still has plenty of time to break MVG’s record of 24 years and 9 months as the youngest PDC champion, but for the time being, his £200,000 prize money allows him to unexpectedly move up into the top 32 in the PDC world rankings and get selected for the Premier League Darts.
Six of the top seven averages were provided by Luke Littler and Luke Humphries.
Only Phil Taylor, Gary Anderson, and Michael van Gerwen have ever managed Littler’s five 100+ averages at a single World Championship (the same Gerwyn Price has ever managed here).
Humphries also won the first-ever Ballon d’Art for hitting the most 180s during the competition; his score of 73 put him ahead of Littler’s score of 63. The combined total of 914 maximums raised £914,000 for Prostate Cancer UK, and the winner donated a portion of his £500,000 prize money to the organization.
Additionally, he will present the trophy to his girlfriend’s father, who fortunately was able to detect prostate cancer early in his struggle.
