History
Following the demise of the British Darts Organisation in 2020, there were few events for women's darts. [3] In response, the PDC established the Women's Series, originally as weekend-long qualifying event as for the PDC World Championship and then as an annual tour from 2021. [4] [5] In 2022, to further expand their presence in the women's game, the PDC announced the founding of the Women's World Matchplay. This became the first televised PDC women's tournament (though the final of the one-off 2010 Women's World Darts Championship was televised, also during the World Matchplay). [6] [7] [8]
The first Women's World Matchplay was won by Fallon Sherrock, who beat Aileen de Graaf 6–3 in a final that had been initially tight before Sherrock was able to pull away. Following the 2022 World Matchplay, Beau Greaves began to play PDC events, winning every post-Matchplay event on the 2022 Women's Series and leading the qualification for the 2023 Women's World Matchplay. [9] [10] Greaves lived up to her top seed status by winning the 2023 tournament, comfortably beating Mikuru Suzuki in the final. [11] At the 2023 tournament, Noa-Lynn van Leuven became the first transgender woman to play in a televised darts tournament, but was unable to win a leg, losing to Greaves 4–0 in the quarter-final. [12] [13]
In 2024, Greaves became the first player to defend the Women's World Matchplay title, averaging 98.75 in the final to comfortably defeat a valiant Sherrock 6–3. [14] However, she could not repeat the feat in 2025, incurring her first defeat at the Winter Gardens in the semi-final to Lisa Ashton. [15] Ashton would go on to win the tournament in a tense final, surviving 11 match darts thrown by her opponent, Fallon Sherrock. [16]
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Lisa Ashton 
