2024 Women's World Matchplay

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2024 Betfred Women's World Matchplay
Tournament information
Dates21 July 2024
Venue Winter Gardens
Location Blackpool
CountryFlag of England.svg  England
Organisation(s) PDC
Format Legs
Prize fund £25,000
Winner's share£10,000
High checkout129 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock
Champion(s)
Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves
«2023 2025»

The 2024 Betfred Women's World Matchplay was third edition of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament featured the top eight players on the 2024 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit, competing in a knockout format, with the winner earning a place in the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. The tournament was held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool on 21 July 2024. [1]

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Beau Greaves was the defending champion, defeating Mikuru Suzuki 6–1 in the 2023 final.

Greaves won her second Women's World Matchplay title, beating Fallon Sherrock 6–3 in the final.

Qualifiers

2024 Women's World Matchplay Raceafter 24/24 events(Cut-off: 16 June, 2024)
RankPlayerEarnings
1 Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves £25,100
2 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock £18,800
3 Flag of England.svg   Lisa Ashton £12,600
4 Flag of Japan.svg   Mikuru Suzuki £12,500
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noa-Lynn van Leuven £8,700
6 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Rhian O'Sullivan £7,500
7 ANA flag (2017).svg   Anastasia Dobromyslova   [lower-alpha 1] £5,000
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Aileen de Graaf   [lower-alpha 2] £4,700
9 Flag of Ireland.svg   Katie Sheldon £4,200
10 Flag of England.svg  Gemma Hayter£4,000

The eight qualifiers for the tournament were the top 8 ranked players on the one-year rolling PDC Women's Series Order of Merit, compromising the last 8 events of the 2023 PDC Women's Series and the first 12 events of the 2024 PDC Women's Series.

PlayerAppearance in
Women's World Matchplay
Previous best performance
Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 2ndWinner (2023)
Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 3rdWinner (2022)
Flag of England.svg   Lisa Ashton Semi-finals (2022, 2023)
Flag of Japan.svg   Mikuru Suzuki 2ndRunner-up (2023)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noa-Lynn van Leuven Quarter-finals (2023)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Rhian O'Sullivan
ANA flag (2017).svg   Anastasia Dobromyslova [lower-alpha 1] DebutDNQ
Flag of Ireland.svg   Katie Sheldon 2ndQuarter-finals (2022)

The qualifiers were:

  1. Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves (champion)
  2. Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock (runner-up)
  3. Flag of England.svg   Lisa Ashton (semi-finals)
  4. Flag of Japan.svg   Mikuru Suzuki (semi-finals)
  5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noa-Lynn van Leuven (quarter-finals)
  6. Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Rhian O'Sullivan (quarter-finals)
  7. ANA flag (2017).svg   Anastasia Dobromyslova [lower-alpha 1] (quarter-finals)
  8. Flag of Ireland.svg   Katie Sheldon (quarter-finals)

Schedule

Sunday, 21 July [2]
Match #RoundPlayer 1ScorePlayer 2
1QF Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 75.464 – 1 Flag of Ireland.svg   Katie Sheldon 63.25
2 Flag of Japan.svg   Mikuru Suzuki 85.724 – 2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noa-Lynn van Leuven 78.36
3 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 84.684 – 0 ANA flag (2017).svg   Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.22 [lower-alpha 1]
4 Flag of England.svg   Lisa Ashton 75.484 – 1 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Rhian O'Sullivan 70.84
5SF Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 88.025 – 2 Flag of Japan.svg   Mikuru Suzuki 80.63
6 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 69.825 – 4 Flag of England.svg   Lisa Ashton 68.28
7F Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 98.756 – 3 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 87.60

Draw

Quarter-finals
(best of 7 legs)

21 July
Semi-finals
(best of 9 legs)

21 July
Final
(best of 11 legs)

21 July
         
1 Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 75.464
8 Flag of Ireland.svg   Katie Sheldon 63.251
1 Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 88.025
4 Flag of Japan.svg   Mikuru Suzuki 80.632
4 Flag of Japan.svg   Mikuru Suzuki 85.724
5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Noa-Lynn van Leuven 78.362
1 Flag of England.svg   Beau Greaves 98.756
2 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 87.603
2 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 84.684
7 ANA flag (2017).svg   Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.22 [lower-alpha 1] 0
2 Flag of England.svg   Fallon Sherrock 69.825
3 Flag of England.svg   Lisa Ashton 68.284
3 Flag of England.svg   Lisa Ashton 75.484
6 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg   Rhian O'Sullivan 70.841
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Anastasia Dobromyslova Martin competes as a neutral athlete because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. Aileen de Graaf, who occupied eighth position in the final 12-month Order of Merit, informed the PDC that she was unavailable to compete in Blackpool due to a prior commitment. As such, Katie Sheldon came into the field for the event.

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