Luke Humphries won his second European Tour title in the space of a month in Prague on Sunday, defeating Rob Cross 8-5 in the final of the Gambrinus Czech Darts Open.

Humphries further enhanced his reputation as one of the sport’s hottest prospects with impressive victories over Michael van Gerwen and Dimitri Van den Bergh en route to the final. A winner of April’s Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix, Humphries averaged 100.34 in the final to rack up his third PDC ranking event win of 2022.

Humphries took early control in the final as he raced into a 4-1 lead, before Cross piled in a rot-stopping 145 checkout to gain a foothold in the contest. The tenth leg saw Cross pounce on four missed doubles from Humphries to break throw and level at 5-5.

However, a crucial last dart double top saw Humphries break straight back before reeling off the last two legs in 26 darts to pocket the £25,000 winner’s prize. Meanwhile, Cross was left to suffer an unwanted familiar feeling as he endured a sixth defeat in his sixth European Tour final.

Sunday saw the tournament reach its climax with last 16 matches in the afternoon, before the evening session saw the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final take place. Czech number one Adam Gawlas sent the home crowd into raptures with a dramatic 6-5 win over Ryan Searle in the last 16, before his dream run was ended by Van der Voort in the quarter-finals.

Sunday May 15th

THIRD ROUND (11)
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-5 Dirk van Duijvenbode
Jose de Sousa 6-5 Jose Justicia
Dimitri Van den Bergh 4-6 Luke Humphries
Michael van Gerwen 6-5 Mickey Mansell
Rob Cross 6-2 Ricky Evans
Ross Smith 6-4 Dave Chisnall
Adam Gawlas 5-6 Ryan Searle
Adrian Lewis 3-6 Vincent van der Voort

QUARTERS (11)
Rowby-John Rodriguez 2-6 Jose de Sousa
Luke Humphries 6-4 Michael van Gerwen
Rob Cross 6-4 Ross Smith
Adam Gawlas 2-6 Vincent van der Voort

SEMIS (13)
Jose De Sousa 4-7 Luke Humphries
Rob Cross 7-4 Vincent van der Voort

FINAL (15)
Luke Humphries 8-5 Rob Cross

Prize Fund  
Winner: £25,000
Runner-up: £10,000
Semi-Finalists: £6,500
Quarter-Finalists: £5,000
Last 16 losers: £3,000
Last 32 losers: £2,000
Last 48 losers: £1,000
Total: £140,000

FRI/SAT RESULTS

FIRST ROUND
Martin Lukeman 6-1 Martijn Dragt
Rowby-John Rodriguez 6-2 Scott Waites
Jose Justicia 6-2 Miloslav Navratil
Mickey Mansell 6-4 Jeffrey de Zwaan
Jules van Dongen 6-2 Brett Claydon
Ritchie Edhouse 6-1 Ondrej Plsek
Ricky Evans 6-4 Josh Rock
Vitezslav Sedlak 6-4 Jon Worsley
Ross Smith 6-4 Florian Hempel
Martijn Kleermaker 6-4 Sebastian Bialecki
Dave Chisnall 6-0 Filip Sebesta
Nathan Aspinall 6-1 John Henderson
Adam Gawlas 6-4 Dennie Olde Kalter
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Ted Evetts
Karel Sedlacek 6-3 Gabriel Clemens
Vincent van der Voort 6-2 Geert Nentjes

SECOND ROUND
Krzysztof Ratajski 0-6 Ricky Evans
Brendan Dolan 5-6 Mickey Mansell
Luke Humphries 6-1 Martin Lukeman
Rob Cross 6-2 Jules van Dongen
Dimitri Van den Bergh 6-4 Nathan Aspinall
Jose de Sousa 6-2 Martijn Kleermaker
Daryl Gurney 5-6 Dave Chisnall
Michael Smith 4-6 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Adam Gawlas 6-4 Damon Heta
Vincent van der Voort 6-5 Martin Schindler
Dirk van Duijvenbode 6-3 Karel Sedlacek
Jose Justicia 6-5 Jonny Clayton
Michael van Gerwen 6-2 Vitezslav Sedlak
Adrian Lewis 6-3 Gerwyn Price
Ross Smith 6-4 Joe Cullen
Ryan Searle 6-0 Ritchie Edhouse