Gian van Veen won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship Six in Leicester on Wednesday, defeating Luke Humphries 8-3 in the final.
Having lost to Joe Cullen in Tuesday's Players Championship Five final - in which he missed six match darts - Van Veen bounced back to go one better at the Mattioli Arena.
Van Veen defeated world number one Humphries in his fifth ProTour final, having previously come runner-up in four Players Championship events and a European Tour event.
"After what happened yesterday, this feels amazing," said reigning World Youth Champion Van Veen.
"I've had two incredible days here; I felt a bit hard done by yesterday and I was heartbroken after I lost the final, so to rectify that today is unbelievable.
"I've been playing well so far this year and my goal was to win a title; I knew I was the highest-ranked player without a ranking title.
"I've achieved that now and this win will give me massive confidence going into a busy next few weeks."
Van Veen's run to the title began with comfortable wins over Steve Lennon and Krzysztof Ratajski before coming through a last-leg decider with Connor Scutt to reach the last 16.
There, he defeated fellow-Dutchman Jermaine Wattimena and backed it up with further convincing wins over James Wade and Madars Razma to reach the final.
The final saw Van Veen race into a 3-0 lead, and the Dutchman kept his composure to deny Humphries a route back into the contest.
Elsewhere, World Champion Luke Littler lost a last-leg decider to Dom Taylor in round two, while Michael van Gerwen fell at the same stage to Ryan Meikle.
Wednesday's action saw two nine-dart finishes hit in the first round by Humphries and Alan Soutar in their matches against Andy Boulton and Littler respectively.
Players Championship 6 results
Last 16
- Kevin Doets 6-4 Rob Cross
- Ross Smith 6-0 Stephen Burton
- Luke Humphries 6-3 William O'Connor
- Damon Heta 6-4 Sebastian Bialecki
- Stephen Bunting 6-4 Gerwyn Price
- Madars Razma 6-2 Gary Anderson
- Gian van Veen 6-1 Jermaine Wattimena
- James Wade 6-3 Ryan Joyce
Quarter-Finals
- Ross Smith 6-3 Kevin Doets
- Luke Humphries 6-5 Damon Heta
- Madars Razma 6-4 Stephen Bunting
- Gian van Veen 6-2 James Wade
Semi-Finals
- Luke Humphries 7-4 Ross Smith
- Gian van Veen 7-1 Madars Razma
Final
- Gian van Veen 8-3 Luke Humphries
Nine-Darters
Luke Humphries hit a nine-darter in his first round tie against Andy Boulton.
Alan Soutar hit a nine-darter in his first round tie against Luke Littler.
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