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During the match, the sensation of the tournament, the 16-year-old Littler, who qualified for the World Championships as winner of the PDC Junior Championship, led 4-2, but the last five sets were won by the 28-year-old. year old Humphries.
The new world champion has won the last 19 matches and won four of the last five major tournaments, remaining unbeaten in the Grand Slam, Players Championship Finals and World Grand Prix competitions.
Littler became PDC junior champion in October, while Humphries won the title in 2019.
In the final, Humphries averaged 103.67 points and completed the double sectors with an accuracy of 43.1% (25 of 58), while Littler scored 101.13 points and 36.5% (23 of 63).
In this match both players were able to reach the maximum end of the leg with 170 points, but in general Humphries was much better with the maximum moves of 180 points (23 against 13).
Victory at the World Championships gave Humphries £500,000 (€578,000) in prize money and first place in the PDC rankings, while Littler took home £200,000 (€231,000) and from 164th to 31st place in the PDC -Rankings rise.
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