Luke Humphries joins elite group as he banks £200k with World Matchplay triumph...

Luke Humphries is just the fourth man to win the World Championship and World Matchplay in the same year. The world no.

1, who beat Luke Littler at Alexandra Palace in January, carried on his stellar run with an 18-15 Matchplay win over Michael van Gerwen at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.Victory sees him join the Dutchman, Phil Taylor and Peter Wright in winning the two most prestigious competitions in the same year.

Victory sees him join the Dutchman, Phil Taylor and Peter Wright in winning the two most prestigious competitions in the same year. And he has a hoodoo over Van Gerwen as this was the eighth-straight victory over the Dutchman, who was eyeing a fourth title in Blackpool.

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