Gerwyn Price's win over Gary Anderson at the 2021 World Darts Championship final is the biggest night in Welsh darts history, and it also left behind the most outrageous single-set average in a World Championship final. Price beat Anderson 7–3 to become the first-ever Welsh world champion.
A former rugby player against a two-time world champion
Price is a former professional rugby player who only found his footing at the top of darts after switching codes; his opponent Anderson was already a two-time world champion (2015, 2016) with plenty of big-stage experience. The final was played at Alexandra Palace in London on 3 January 2021: a Welsh challenger against a battle-tested Scottish veteran.
Level at 1-1, then Price pulls away
Anderson levelled the match at 1–1 early on, but Price then took over, pulling ahead to 5–1 and putting the Welshman firmly in control.
Set 6: a 136.64 average, the highest in final history
The wildest moment of the night came in set 6. Price won the first two legs in 11 darts and 12 darts, then came within one dart of double 12 for what would have been only the second-ever nine-dart finish in a World Championship final. It missed, so he closed the leg out in 10 darts instead, sweeping the set 3–0. His average for that set alone hit 136.64, still regarded as the highest single-set average ever recorded in a PDC World Championship final.
Double 5 to close it: Wales's first world champion
Price finished on double 5 to lock up the match 7–3, taking his first world title and becoming the first-ever Welsh player to win a PDC World Championship. The win also took him to world No. 1 and earned him a £500,000 winner's cheque, the biggest night in Welsh darts history.
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