 In the UK Open itself he lost in the last 16 to Terry Jenkins.Van Gerwen won the eighth Players Championship event in June after beating Simon Whitlock 6–1 in the final.At the World Matchplay, he won 5 legs in a row to record a 10–6 victory over Simon Whitlock in the first round, and then faced a last 16 encounter with Steve Beaton, which he won 13–9 while throwing the fourth nine-dart finish in the tournament's history in the tenth leg.