Gerwyn Price out of European Championship to eventual champion Ross Smith
Archive article. Published on Sun 25 Oct, 23:13. Conditions may have changed since this reporting.
Gerwyn Price is out of the European Championship after losing 11–7 to Ross Smith in the semi-finals in Dortmund on Sunday evening, according to the PDC tournament record. Smith went on to win the title, beating Martin Schindler 11–8 in the final. With Jonny Clayton beaten 10–1 by Schindler in the quarter-finals earlier in the day, no Welsh player reached the final.
Welsh European Championship path and match figures
- Price, first round
- Beat Rob Cross 6–2
- Price, last 16
- Beat Cameron Menzies 10–4
- Price, quarter-final
- Beat Stephen Bunting 10–3
- Price, semi-final
- Lost to Ross Smith 11–7
- Clayton, first round
- Beat Niko Springer 6–3
- Clayton, last 16
- Beat Josh Rock 10–8
- Clayton, quarter-final
- Lost to Martin Schindler 10–1
- Three-dart average, Price / Smith
- 93.69 / 92.55
- 180s, Price / Smith
- 3 / 8
- Checkout success, Price / Smith
- 29.17% / 33.33%
- Highest checkout, Price / Smith
- 104 / 81
- Three-dart average, Price / Bunting
- 103.03 / 95.20
- 180s, Price / Bunting
- 4 / 2
- Checkout success, Price / Bunting
- 52.63% / 27.27%
- Highest checkout, Price / Bunting
- 105 / 110
- Three-dart average, Clayton / Schindler
- 98.92 / 103.16
- 180s, Clayton / Schindler
- 4 / 1
- Checkout success, Clayton / Schindler
- 50% / 66.67%
- Highest checkout, Clayton / Schindler
- 61 / 167
- Three-dart average, Price / Menzies
- 95.75 / 94.66
- Three-dart average, Price / Cross
- 99.26 / 90.90
- Three-dart average, Clayton / Springer
- 96.81 / 95.76
Higher average, fewer 180s
Price averaged 93.69 to Smith's 92.55, the PDC match centre shows, and hit the higher checkout, 104 to Smith's best of 81. Smith hit eight 180s to Price's three and took 33.33% of his checkout attempts, against 29.17%. The 93.69 was Price's lowest average of the week, after 99.26 against Rob Cross, 95.75 against Cameron Menzies and 103.03 in the 10–3 quarter-final win over Stephen Bunting.
Clayton's exit
Clayton averaged 98.92 against Schindler, his highest of the tournament, and hit four 180s to Schindler's one, but won only one leg. Schindler averaged 103.16 and finished one leg with a 167. Clayton had beaten Niko Springer 6–3 and Josh Rock 10–8 to reach the last eight.
The final
Smith beat Schindler 11–8 in the final on Sunday night to win the European Championship. Schindler had beaten Krzysztof Ratajski 11–6 in the other semi-final. The match figures above are from the PDC's official match centres, not season averages.