Luke Littler vs. James Wade 2025 World Matchplay of Darts final results and score: Littler completes Triple Crown with first Matchplay title

Alex Walsh

Luke Littler vs. James Wade 2025 World Matchplay of Darts final results and score: Littler completes Triple Crown with first Matchplay title image

Luke Littler was able to defeat James Wade in their World Matchplay final match.

Littler has now completed the triple crown, becoming the fifth player of all time to do it.

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World Matchplay final live coverage & updates (evening session)

Real-time coverage from the games can be found below

Luke Littler vs. James Wade

9:31 p.m. - Littler pulled away at the end, winning 18-13 via a 115 finish.

9:27 p.m. - Littler hits a huge double 10 to break throw and to take a 16-13 lead.

9:22 p.m. - Wade pins tops on a 101 checkout. He trails 13-14.

9:21 p.m. - Wade pins double 13 to cut the lead to 12-14.

9:15 p.m. - Littler wins the final leg of the session. He leads 14-11 overall.

9:12 p.m. - Wade finds a vital break of throw of his own. He trails 11-13.

9:11 p.m. - Littler finds a key break of throw, now taking a 13-10 lead.

9:08 p.m. - Littler was seven into the nine, but still wins the leg. He leads 12-10.

8:59 p.m. - Littler wins leg #20 to take a two-leg lead going into break #4. He leads 11-9.

8:48 p.m. - Littler outscores Wade in the session 3-2, and takes an overall lead of 8-7.

8:45 p.m. - Littler finds a break of throw and now leads 7-6.

8:39 p.m. - After losing five legs in a row, Wade wins leg #11 to take a 6-5 lead.

8:32 p.m. - Littler wins a fourth leg in a row, and is on the verge of a sweep of his own in this session.

8:28 p.m. - Littler wins the first two legs of session #2. He still trails 2-5.

8:22 p.m. - Wade leads 5-0 early against Littler.

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2025 World Matchplay day 9 schedule

Here are the results from the evening session on Day 9.

Final (Day 9 evening session)

*Games are best-of-35 (Must win by two)

MatchDateTime (Local)Score
Luke Littler (2) vs. James Wade (9)Sun., Jul. 278:05 p.m.18-13

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.