Krzysztof Ratajski fires himself into World Matchplay contention, first title in over two years at Players Championship 15

Krzysztof Ratajski has put himself in position potentially suddenly for a World Matchplay spot after sealing a first ProTour title in over two years. He saw off Dave Chisnall 8-4 in the final of Players Championship 15 in Hildesheim.

It is an eighth Players Championship title for Ratajski who hit a 101.73 average with two 180's and a high checkout of 123. He is in that 32nd and final spot for the World Matchplay now and something to build on after a poor run.

To start proceedings, Chisnall hit double five to open up the final holding throw one year on from winning a title in the same building.

Chisnall couldn't break throw and Ratajski hit double 16 to make it 1-1. Ratajski missed bull for 130 and a break of throw. Chisnall was looking at 82 for a hold. But he missed double 20. Ratajski got another look and pinned double eight for 2-1.

Chisnall missed bull for 86 to hit back at 2-2. Ratajski returned to hold for 3-1. Ratajski pinned 123 on the bull for another break to make it 4-1.

A 10-dart leg saw Chisnall make it 4-2 breaking back. Ratajski left double 13 in a bizarre leg of darts and he hit it for a 13-darter to make it 5-3.

Ratajski missed double 16 to hold but was way ahead and returned to seal it 6-4. Ratajski missed bull for 127 but he returned to go within a leg at 7-4. Ratajski hit 86 on the bull and let out a loud shriek showing how much it meant to him.

Final

Krzysztof Ratajski (101.73) 8 | 4 (98.39) Dave Chisnall

Semi-Finals

Krzysztof Ratajski (96.70) 7 | 4 (91.28) Scott Williams

Dave Chisnall (97.82) 7 | 6 (97.58) Danny Noppert

Quarter-Finals

Scott Williams (101.65) 6 | 3 (94.18) Dom Taylor

Krzysztof Ratajski (96.52) 6 | 5 (102.56) Ross Smith

Dave Chisnall (104.28) 6 | 2 (88.79) Mike De Decker

Danny Noppert (103.57) 6 | 1 (99.44) Gian van Veen

Last 16

Dom Taylor (100.63) 6 | 1 (93.73) Jermaine Wattimena

Scott Williams (100.04) 6 | 4 (94.38) Gary Anderson

Ross Smith (92.95) 6 | 2 (84.53) Ryan Joyce

Krzysztof Ratajski (102.48) 6 | 0 (94.32) Carl Sneyd

Dave Chisnall (100.14) 6 | 2 (93.18) Joe Cullen

Mike De Decker (95.64) 6 | 1 (82.42) Jeffrey De Graaf

Danny Noppert (97.77) 6 | 5 (93.63) Callan Rydz

Gian van Veen (84.28) 6 | 0 (80.32) Niels Zonneveld

Last 32

Dom Taylor (96.70) 6 | 5 (85.35) Martin Schindler

Jermaine Wattimena (91.74) 6 | 4 (89.54) Sebastian Bialecki

Gary Anderson (107.17) 6 | 2 (96.19) Martin Lukeman

Scott Williams (90.38) 6 | 3 (86.81) Thibault Tricole

Ross Smith (99.05) 6 | 2 (97.27) William O'Connor

Ryan Joyce (94.24) 6 | 2 (88.95) Keane Barry

Krzysztof Ratajski (95.78) 6 | 5 (84.82) Jamai van den Herik

Carl Sneyd (97.69) 6 | 4 (96.91) Dirk van Duijvenbode

Dave Chisnall (101.91) 6 | 1 (92.70) William Borland

Joe Cullen (89.35) 6 | 4 (85.66) Martijn Dragt

Jeffrey De Graaf (93.49) 6 | 5 (91.60) Justin Hood

Mike De Decker (96.87) 6 | 3 (97.54) Ricardo Pietreczko

Callan Rydz (99.80) 6 | 4 (101.04) Dominik Gruellich

Danny Noppert (96.30) 6 | 2 (89.97) Michael Smith

Gian van Veen (97.88) 6 | 1 (90.11) Darryl Pilgrim

Niels Zonneveld (89.26) 6 | 4 (90.72) Jim Williams

Last 64

Martin Schindler (94.66) 6 | 4 (91.04) Christian Kist

Dom Taylor (92.63) 6 | 4 (88.74) Sam Spivey

Sebastian Bialecki (90.65) 6 | 3 (85.00) Raymond van Barneveld

Jermaine Wattimena (98.68) 6 | 3 (85.41) Alexander Merkx

Gary Anderson (102.15) 6 | 4 (95.45) Matthew Dennant

Martin Lukeman (85.40) 6 | 5 (85.15) Patrick Geeraets

Scott Williams (86.04) 6 | 2 (83.23) Ted Evetts

Thibault Tricole (86.62) 6 | 5 (86.47) Kevin Doets

Ross Smith (93.12) 6 | 2 (89.66) Adam Lipscombe

William O'Connor (98.42) 6 | 3 (90.53) Owen Bates

Keane Barry (98.76) 6 | 5 (93.81) James Wade

Ryan Joyce (89.95) 6 | 2 (83.86) Tom Bissell

Jamai van den Herik (92.44) 6 | 5 (89.94) Wesley Plaisier

Krzysztof Ratajski (96.94) 6 | 2 (88.46) Jim Long

Dirk van Duijvenbode (99.77) 6 | 5 (96.35) Ian White

Carl Sneyd (89.55) 6 | 5 (86.82) Danny van Trijp

Dave Chisnall (108.16) 6 | 1 (96.91) Darius Labanauskas

William Borland (89.49) 6 | 5 (90.82) Gabriel Clemens

Martijn Dragt (93.94) 6 | 4 (96.23) Luke Woodhouse

Joe Cullen (94.39) 6 | 3 (89.67) Nathan Girvan

Jeffrey De Graaf (94.39) 6 | 4 (96.49) Ryan Searle

Justin Hood (101.10) 6 | 1 (95.54) Niko Springer

Mike De Decker (104.31) 6 | 1 (93.13) Kim Huybrechts

Ricardo Pietreczko (90.74) 6 | 5 (87.81) Darren Beveridge

Dominik Gruellich (95.29) 6 | 4 (88.67) George Killington

Callan Rydz (91.09) 6 | 0 (81.29) Jelle Klaasen

Danny Noppert (95.12) 6 | 4 (95.42) Maik Kuivenhoven

Michael Smith (104.01) 6 | 2 (92.81) Adam Hunt

Gian van Veen (91.32) 6 | 2 (86.40) Stephen Burton

Darryl Pilgrim (93.68) 6 | 3 (86.65) Alan Soutar

Jim Williams (91.80) 6 | 3 (84.58) Max Hopp

Niels Zonneveld (101.88) 6 | 5 (99.85) Nick Kenny

Last 128

Martin Schindler (88.22) 6 | 5 (85.49) Richard Veenstra

Christian Kist (92.58) 6 | 1 (90.57) Brendan Dolan

Dom Taylor (92.65) 6 | 3 (94.82) Mensur Suljovic

Sam Spivey (85.54) 6 | 2 (76.76) Andreas Harrysson

Raymond van Barneveld (100.57) 6 | 3 (88.79) Robert Grundy

Sebastian Bialecki (87.50) 6 | 3 (84.63) Benjamin Reus

Jermaine Wattimena (94.60) 6 | 3 (88.96) Pero Ljubic

Alexander Merkx (87.89) 6 | 2 (86.93) Oskar Lukasiak

Gary Anderson (101.30) 6 | 2 (96.89) Rob Owen

Matthew Dennant (89.30) 6 | 3 (84.87) Viktor Tingstrom

Martin Lukeman (99.90) 6 | 5 (98.98) Graham Hall

Patrick Geeraets (96.74) 6 | 1 (88.83) Stefaan Henderyck

Ted Evetts (93.58) 6 | 5 (98.74) Wessel Nijman

Scott Williams (100.60) 6 | 3 (97.35) Matt Campbell

Kevin Doets (104.86) 6 | 0 (88.64) Maximilian Czerwinski

Thibault Tricole (84.18) 6 | 2 (82.85) Florian Hempel

Ross Smith (96.86) 6 | 1 (89.51) Connor Scutt

Adam Lipscombe (87.24) 6 | 3 (83.56) Mario Vandenbogaerde

William O'Connor (91.23) 6 | 1 (73.51) Joshua Richardson

Owen Bates (103.02) 6 | 3 (92.11) Jack Tweddell

James Wade (108.62) 6 | 4 (105.91) Ryan Meikle

Keane Barry (78.71) 6 | 2 (78.23) Graham Usher

Ryan Joyce (90.00) 6 | 5 (86.03) Michele Turetta

Tom Bissell (90.18) 6 | 5 (88.89) Ricky Evans

Jamai van den Herik (93.12) 6 | 3 (94.32) Damon Heta

Wesley Plaisier (91.39) 6 | 4 (88.46) Chris Landman

Krzysztof Ratajski (91.34) 6 | 3 (89.79) Dylan Slevin

Jim Long (90.76) 6 | 2 (86.57) Karel Sedlacek

Dirk van Duijvenbode (95.96) 6 | 4 (94.46) Jose De Sousa

Ian White (90.81) 6 | 4 (88.74) Adam Warner

Carl Sneyd (83.74) 6 | 5 (80.43) Ritchie Edhouse

Danny van Trijp (93.28) 6 | 1 (87.84) Brett Claydon

Dave Chisnall (92.92) 6 | 3 (90.13) Berry van Peer

Darius Labanauskas (80.61) 6 | 3 (74.85) Leon Weber

Gabriel Clemens (94.39) 6 | 5 (99.80) Bradley Brooks

William Borland (91.66) 6 | 2 (80.77) Lukas Wenig

Luke Woodhouse (92.86) 6 | 2 (78.52) Adam Paxton

Martijn Dragt (91.80) 6 | 1 (87.53) Kai Gotthardt

Joe Cullen (93.40) 6 | 3 (83.89) Dennie Olde Kalter

Nathan Girvan (94.93) 6 | 2 (89.55) Rhys Griffin

Ryan Searle (87.89) 6 | 2 (87.63) Greg Ritchie

Jeffrey De Graaf (88.39) 6 | 4 (91.59) Mickey Mansell

Niko Springer (98.95) 6 | 2 (99.95) Madars Razma

Justin Hood (96.42) 6 | 1 (94.31) Andy Boulton

Mike De Decker (97.93) 6 | 4 (89.19) Danny Lauby

Kim Huybrechts (80.67) 6 | 3 (82.45) Tavis Dudeney

Ricardo Pietreczko (97.70) 6 | 2 (89.48) Dragutin Horvat

Darren Beveridge (85.61) 6 | 5 (84.61) Cor Dekker

Dominik Gruellich (93.94) 6 | 5 (96.55) Michael van Gerwen

George Killington (91.80) 6 | 3 (88.77) Tytus Kanik

Callan Rydz (102.21) 6 | 3 (93.19) James Hurrell

Jelle Klaasen (93.53) 6 | 3 (101.33) Cam Crabtree

Danny Noppert (106.72) 6 | 2 (94.73) Kevin Burness

Maik Kuivenhoven (85.08) 6 | 4 (79.49) Radek Szaganski

Michael Smith (100.52) 6 | 5 (94.14) Jitse Van der Wal

Adam Hunt (95.43) 6 | 3 (91.80) Jurjen van der Velde

Gian van Veen (107.41) 6 | 3 (98.79) Nathan Rafferty

Stephen Burton (84.58) 6 | 4 (87.57) Rusty-Jake Rodriguez

Alan Soutar (87.81) 6 | 2 (79.03) Stefan Bellmont

Darryl Pilgrim (87.72) 6 | 1 (87.87) Marvin van Velzen

Jim Williams (94.57) 6 | 4 (92.82) Peter Wright

Max Hopp (85.28) 6 | 5 (84.02) Thomas Lovely

Niels Zonneveld (93.22) 6 | 3 (89.37) Steve Lennon

Nick Kenny (91.62) 6 | 5 (91.59) Andy Baetens