24 legs won in a row(!): Remarkable Ross Smith produces one of the best winning runs ever to win Players Championship 16

Ross Smith has hit two nine-dart finishes and has won 24 legs in a row winning his last three games of the day to nil at Players Championship 16 in one of the best runs ever seen on the ProTour today in Hildesheim.

Smith won his Quarter-Final, Semi-Final and Final all to nil and won the last few legs of his prior tie as well. It is a fifth ProTour title for 'Smudger'. He is back into the top 16 and this will help with the World Matchplay too.

Smith hadn't conceded a leg for the past two and a half matches and hit double six to make it 1-0. This was for a break and to go 1-0 up.

This run went on with Smith hitting double six for a 69 checkout. An 18 leg run for 'Smudger' as he looked to continue a perfect run. Double 16 saw Smith seal a double break as he suddenly looked to go into a 4-0 lead.

Dolan missed two chances to snap Smith's streak and he went 5-0 up with a 105 average for 'Smudger'.

22 legs without response saw Smith continue his wondrous run. Dolan missed bull for 86 and Smith hit double 12 for 7-0. Smith lapsed slightly but pinned 88 on the bull for the title. Incredible darts.

Players Championship 16

Final

Ross Smith(104.56)8|0(93.86)Brendan Dolan

Semi-Finals

Brendan Dolan(93.80)7|5(99.81)Gabriel Clemens

Ross Smith(105.21)7|0(89.24)Luke Woodhouse

Quarter-Finals

Gabriel Clemens(97.86)6|4(94.25)Kevin Doets

Brendan Dolan(94.32)6|3(91.14)Dirk van Duijvenbode

Luke Woodhouse(92.94)6|4(87.18)Ricky Evans

Ross Smith(98.02)6|0(87.14)Danny Noppert

Last 16

Gabriel Clemens(93.07)6|2(87.80)Raymond van Barneveld

Kevin Doets(89.53)6|2(89.15)Dominik Gruellich

Brendan Dolan(93.10)6|2(90.77)Jim Long

Dirk van Duijvenbode(92.97)6|0(83.29)Darius Labanauskas

Luke Woodhouse(99.56)6|4(97.14)Martin Schindler

Ricky Evans(95.23)6|5(99.46)Gary Anderson

Ross Smith(94.37)6|3(81.21)Chris Landman

Danny Noppert(91.31)6|5(93.57)Ryan Searle

Last 32

Gabriel Clemens(97.28)6|2(89.72)Dave Chisnall

Raymond van Barneveld(88.69)6|4(90.99)Jermaine Wattimena

Kevin Doets(90.00)6|2(85.74)Tom Bissell

Dominik Gruellich(98.37)6|1(92.13)Ricardo Pietreczko

Brendan Dolan(92.86)6|2(86.54)Madars Razma

Jim Long(98.18)6|2(97.16)Viktor Tingstrom

Darius Labanauskas(99.21)6|3(94.89)Gian van Veen

Dirk van Duijvenbode(98.02)6|0(83.60)Thibault Tricole

Martin Schindler(93.39)6|1(83.63)Alexander Merkx

Luke Woodhouse(87.54)6|3(91.46)Joe Cullen

Gary Anderson(111.43)6|1(88.77)Kim Huybrechts

Ricky Evans(102.21)6|1(83.54)Tytus Kanik

Ross Smith(93.27)6|2(87.60)Pero Ljubic

Chris Landman(90.18)6|4(81.18)Ian White

Ryan Searle(98.69)6|1(85.58)Stephen Burton

Danny Noppert(93.11)6|4(95.85)Nathan Rafferty

Last 64

Gabriel Clemens(95.42)6|1(91.67)Jamai van den Herik

Dave Chisnall(86.97)6|1(80.23)Connor Scutt

Raymond van Barneveld(92.71)6|4(92.21)Scott Williams

Jermaine Wattimena(84.83)6|5(88.47)James Hurrell

Kevin Doets(99.14)6|4(83.73)Robert Grundy

Tom Bissell(83.18)6|1(83.92)Rhys Griffin

Ricardo Pietreczko(93.94)6|0(79.27)Benjamin Reus

Dominik Gruellich(96.97)6|0(86.55)Darryl Pilgrim

Madars Razma(100.13)6|2(90.74)Brett Claydon

Brendan Dolan(90.83)6|2(85.45)Leon Weber

Jim Long(89.06)6|3(88.83)Graham Hall

Viktor Tingstrom(92.93)6|2(87.10)Greg Ritchie

Darius Labanauskas(92.33)6|3(85.02)Michele Turetta

Gian van Veen(90.44)6|5(88.90)William Borland

Thibault Tricole(92.02)6|5(96.80)Niels Zonneveld

Dirk van Duijvenbode(107.53)6|3(95.13)Stefan Bellmont

Alexander Merkx(93.65)6|4(93.87)Dom Taylor

Martin Schindler(84.08)6|5(86.52)Maximilian Czerwinski

Joe Cullen(95.44)6|3(94.96)Karel Sedlacek

Luke Woodhouse(93.90)6|4(90.94)Cam Crabtree

Kim Huybrechts(95.37)6|2(87.53)Martin Lukeman

Gary Anderson(99.10)6|0(80.57)Adam Paxton

Tytus Kanik(84.35)6|3(92.59)Mensur Suljovic

Ricky Evans(86.70)6|3(80.36)Peter Wright

Pero Ljubic(99.58)6|2(81.15)Danny Lauby

Ross Smith(105.64)6|2(91.70)Steve Lennon

Chris Landman(90.69)6|4(89.82)Mario Vandenbogaerde

Ian White(91.34)6|1(81.98)Andy Boulton

Stephen Burton(86.01)6|4(84.41)Alan Soutar

Ryan Searle(98.13)6|3(86.27)Ryan Meikle

Nathan Rafferty(95.47)6|5(89.37)Krzysztof Ratajski

Danny Noppert(102.61)6|3(97.23)Radek Szaganski

Last 128

Gabriel Clemens(93.05)6|5(85.94)Jurjen van der Velde

Jamai van den Herik(90.18)6|0(78.27)Joshua Richardson

Dave Chisnall(89.20)6|2(90.31)Dennie Olde Kalter

Connor Scutt(99.06)6|4(93.04)Matt Campbell

Raymond van Barneveld(101.98)6|4(90.93)Jelle Klaasen

Scott Williams(97.92)6|2(87.99)Jitse Van der Wal

Jermaine Wattimena(106.47)6|2(93.65)Ted Evetts

James Hurrell(96.32)6|3(91.70)Justin Hood

Kevin Doets(92.44)6|5(90.17)Andreas Harrysson

Robert Grundy(87.37)6|4(81.89)George Killington

Rhys Griffin(90.27)6|5(92.14)Mike De Decker

Tom Bissell(86.75)6|4(82.25)Rob Owen

Ricardo Pietreczko(82.75)6|4(82.82)Adam Hunt

Benjamin Reus(90.86)6|4(85.74)Christian Kist

Dominik Gruellich(93.76)6|3(94.72)Wessel Nijman

Darryl Pilgrim(92.27)6|3(88.02)Matthew Dennant

Madars Razma(90.81)6|4(87.38)Max Hopp

Brett Claydon(85.84)6|2(83.30)Patrick Geeraets

Brendan Dolan(93.13)6|4(104.41)Damon Heta

Leon Weber(87.99)6|4(87.48)Maik Kuivenhoven

Graham Hall(90.49)6|3(95.61)Ryan Joyce

Jim Long(80.45)6|4(80.11)Graham Usher

Viktor Tingstrom(96.00)6|5(88.74)James Wade

Greg Ritchie(93.31)6|2(88.62)Darren Beveridge

Darius Labanauskas(81.47)6|3(87.71)William O'Connor

Michele Turetta(81.58)6|3(84.37)Dragutin Horvat

Gian van Veen(91.59)6|2(85.33)Andy Baetens

William Borland(88.31)6|4(90.12)Niko Springer

Niels Zonneveld(102.93)6|2(83.71)Oskar Lukasiak

Thibault Tricole(88.72)6|4(83.91)Nick Kenny

Dirk van Duijvenbode(97.10)6|3(91.08)Bradley Brooks

Stefan Bellmont(85.73)6|5(87.62)Lukas Wenig

Dom Taylor(92.72)6|3(91.59)Jose De Sousa

Alexander Merkx(86.66)6|2(77.40)Kai Gotthardt

Martin Schindler(87.90)6|5(87.57)Florian Hempel

Maximilian Czerwinski(91.37)6|3(91.70)Carl Sneyd

Joe Cullen(92.43)6|4(95.72)Danny van Trijp

Karel Sedlacek(88.05)6|4(84.72)Jack Tweddell

Luke Woodhouse(98.08)6|4(83.76)Adam Warner

Cam Crabtree(99.88)6|2(87.32)Wesley Plaisier

Martin Lukeman(94.99)6|2(88.42)Marvin van Velzen

Kim Huybrechts(85.19)6|4(83.89)Kevin Burness

Gary Anderson(99.89)6|5(99.23)Owen Bates

Adam Paxton(85.91)6|4(80.96)Stefaan Henderyck

Mensur Suljovic(88.38)6|2(81.63)Ritchie Edhouse

Tytus Kanik(81.73)6|5(84.99)Mickey Mansell

Peter Wright(94.79)6|5(89.78)Martijn Dragt

Ricky Evans(95.15)6|1(87.24)Sam Spivey

Pero Ljubic(83.69)6|2(80.66)Callan Rydz

Danny Lauby(87.16)6|5(84.61)Jeffrey De Graaf

Ross Smith(92.47)6|3(83.16)Dylan Slevin

Steve Lennon(88.66)6|3(81.71)Sebastian Bialecki

Mario Vandenbogaerde(98.72)6|3(99.38)Michael Smith

Chris Landman(100.51)6|5(94.41)Cor Dekker

Ian White(90.17)6|5(86.13)Andrew Gilding

Andy Boulton(86.19)6|4(81.91)Jim Williams

Alan Soutar(78.54)6|3(77.91)Adam Lipscombe

Stephen Burton(91.38)6|4(91.84)Thomas Lovely

Ryan Searle(90.47)6|4(84.26)Keane Barry

Ryan Meikle(98.32)6|2(94.62)Tavis Dudeney

Krzysztof Ratajski(103.87)6|1(78.50)Richard Veenstra

Nathan Rafferty(85.37)6|5(88.54)Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Danny Noppert(91.02)6|5(93.50)Nathan Girvan

Radek Szaganski()W|F()Berry van Peer