2025 Women's World Matchplay
| 2025 Betfred Women's World Matchplay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 27 July 2025 | ||
| Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
| Location | Blackpool, England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £25,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £10,000 | ||
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The 2025 Women's World Matchplay, known as the 2025 Betfred Women's World Matchplay for sponsorship reasons, is the upcoming fourth edition of the women's darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament will be held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, England on 27 July 2025. It will feature the top eight players on the one-year Women's World Matchplay Order of Merit, based on earnings won during the 2024 and 2025 seasons of the PDC Women's Series. The winner will earn a place in the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts and the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship. The total prize fund is £25,000, with the winner receiving £10,000.
Beau Greaves is the defending champion, having defeated Fallon Sherrock 6–3 in the 2024 final.
Overview
Background
The 2025 Women's World Matchplay will be the fourth edition of the tournament to be staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the first women's event to be fully televised by the organisation, being introduced in 2022 as part of the PDC's expanded commitment to women's darts after the establishment of the PDC Women's Series. The new event's prize fund of £25,000 saw the organisation's full commitment to women's events total £125,000.[1][2] Fallon Sherrock, the first female player to win a match at the PDC World Darts Championship, won the inaugural edition by defeating Aileen de Graaf 6–3 in the final. This granted her qualification to the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts,[3] although she was later granted a place at the World Championship as Women's World Matchplay champion.[4]
The 2025 edition will take place on 27 July 2025 in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, England.[5] British bookmaker Betfred will remain as title sponsor after signing a three-year extension with the PDC in 2022 to sponsor both the main World Matchplay and the women's equivalent.[6]
Beau Greaves is the defending champion; she defeated Fallon Sherrock 6–3 in the 2024 final to win her second consecutive title.[7][8]
Format
The eight-player field was seeded into a tournament bracket based on the Women's World Matchplay Order of Merit. All matches are in leg play format, with the number of legs required to win increasing as the tournament progresses:[5]
- Quarter-finals: Best of seven legs
- Semi-finals: Best of nine legs
- Final: Best of eleven legs
Prize money
The total prize fund is to remain at £25,000, with the winner receiving £10,000.[9]
| Position (no. of players) | Prize money (Total: £25,000) | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | (1) | £10,000 |
| Runner-up | (1) | £5,000 |
| Semi-finalists | (2) | £2,500 |
| Quarter-finalists | (4) | £1,250 |
Qualifiers
The eight qualifiers for the tournament were the top eight players on the Women's World Matchplay Order of Merit – a one-year ranking based on earnings won over 28 events across the 2024 and 2025 seasons of the PDC Women's Series since July 2024. Defending champion Beau Greaves is the top seed, winning ten titles – including each of the last five – during the qualification period. Gemma Hayter and Kirsi Viinikainen will both make their debut at the event.[10]
| Player | Appearance in Women's World Matchplay |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| Beau Greaves | 3rd | Winner (2023, 2024) |
| Noa-Lynn van Leuven | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2023, 2024) |
| Fallon Sherrock | 4th | Winner (2022) |
| Lisa Ashton | 4th | Semi-finals (2022, 2023, 2024) |
| Robyn Byrne | 2nd | Semi-finals (2023) |
| Gemma Hayter | Debut | DNQ |
| Lorraine Winstanley | 2nd | Semi-finals (2022) |
| Kirsi Viinikainen | Debut | DNQ |
The qualifiers were:[11]
- Beau Greaves
- Noa-Lynn van Leuven
- Fallon Sherrock
- Lisa Ashton
- Robyn Byrne
- Gemma Hayter
- Lorraine Winstanley
- Kirsi Viinikainen
Draw
The draw was confirmed following Event 16 of the 2025 PDC Women's Series.[10]
| Quarter-finals (best of 7 legs) 27 July | Semi-finals (best of 9 legs) 27 July | Final (best of 11 legs) 27 July | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Beau Greaves | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Kirsi Viinikainen | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Lisa Ashton | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Robyn Byrne | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Lorraine Winstanley | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Fallon Sherrock | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Gemma Hayter | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Women's World Matchplay: PDC announces first televised women's darts tournament, to be shown live on Sky Sports". Sky Sports. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Women's World Matchplay: PDC to stage first televised women's event in Blackpool". BBC Sport. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Veal, Jonathan (24 July 2022). "Fallon Sherrock makes more history after winning World Matchplay". The Independent. PA. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Fallon Sherrock awarded place at PDC World Darts Championship". BBC Sport. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Women's World Matchplay Darts: Schedule, draw, dates as Beau Greaves, Fallon Sherrock, Noa-Lynn van Leuven headline in Blackpool". Sky Sports. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Allen, Dave (24 July 2022). "Betfred secure new three-year World Matchplay sponsorship". PDC. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Women's World Matchplay: Beau Greaves beats Fallon Sherrock to win title but will swerve PDC World Championship". BBC Sport. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Women's World Matchplay: Beau Greaves proves too good for Fallon Sherrock as she retains title in Blackpool". Sky Sports. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Women's World Matchplay 2025". Mastercaller. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ a b Gorton, Josh (9 June 2025). "2025 Betfred Women's World Matchplay field confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Women's World Matchplay Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.