Beau Greaves continues to blaze a trail for female players in darts and this week the 22-year-old wrote her name in the record books again, becoming the first woman to win a title on the PDC ProTour. ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ pulled out an incredible 142 checkout in a last-leg decider to beat Michael Smith 8-7 in the final of Players Championship 11, with her latest triumph in Milton Keynes on Monday showcasing her immense potential to be a force in the professional game.

It has been a remarkable rise for Greaves, who has also dominated the women’s game, winning three WDF Women’s World Championship titles in a row, along with a record 53 PDC Women’s Series events, which included astonishing 114 and 70-match winning streaks. And after finishing second on last year’s PDC Development Tour circuit, the Doncaster star is now making her mark in this her first season with a PDC tour card, capturing an historic maiden title on the ProTour earlier this week. But what landmark milestones can she achieve next? Darts Corner explores what the future could hold for ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ in the months and years ahead...

On Monday, Beau Greaves broke new ground with her title success in Players Championship 11. After reaching back-to-back quarter-finals in Players Championship 9 and 10 in Wigan a few weeks earlier, Greaves went even better at the start of this week, averaging 98.13 for the day at Arena MK to win seven matches on the spin to take the £15,000 top prize.

Her historic campaign started with 6-4 wins over Aden Kirk and Thomas Lovely, before a pair of 97 averages helped the undisputed women’s #1 to victories against Jeffrey Sparidaans (6-2) and Karel Sedlacek (6-4). Greaves then outlined her title prospects with a 6-5 triumph over the 2017/18 PDC world champion Rob Cross, producing an excellent 11-dart leg against throw to beat the former Premier League star in a last-leg decider.

Greaves averaged 102 in that 6-5 win over Cross, before pushing her average up even further to 105 as she reeled off seven straight legs to beat the two-time PDC world champion Gary Anderson 7-1 in the semi-finals. It was yet another former Ally Pally winner who awaited Greaves in the final, with the 2022/23 PDC world champion Michael Smith standing between Greaves and a first PDC ranking title.

‘Bully Boy’ made a strong start in the decider with 90 and 124 checkouts putting him 2-0 in front, before a run of five legs on the spin in 12, 15, 13, 13 and 15 darts saw Greaves take control to lead 5-2. An absorbing contest then saw the two players exchange big finishes for 12-dart holds, Smith with a 157 and Greaves with a 170, and it was Smith who then won the next three to level up at 6-6. Both players held throw again to send the final to a last-leg shootout, where Smith produced an excellent 142 setup shot to leave 20 after 12 darts, but Greaves would not be denied with two treble 20s and a double 11 completing a thrilling 142 finish to claim the title.

“I can’t believe it. I was up a fair few legs (in the final) and I started to think about it. I don’t know whether I just thought about being the first woman to do it (win a ProTour title). I never thought I’d win one of these. Never ever. I’m so happy. I can’t even describe the way I feel.

“To have won on the Development Tour, Challenge Tour, Women’s Series and now to win on this (the ProTour) is unbelievable. I feel so proud of myself. I know I’ve got the ability and the talent for it, but just to play the players I’m playing. I’m beating players I’ve watched growing up. I beat Gary Anderson. It’s just amazing.

“Maybe this is just the start. I don’t know. I’ve done really well on all the other tours and I know I’ve got talent, but believing in yourself and having the confidence is another thing. I’m enjoying every minute of it. Aside from winning Lakeside, this is probably my best ever achievement. Hopefully I can kick on and do well on the TV.”

Beau Greaves speaking on PDC TV after becoming the first female player to win a title on the PDC ProTour

Born in Doncaster, England on January 9, 2004, Beau Greaves only celebrated her 22nd birthday at the start of 2026 but has already won more than 150 titles and virtually everything there is to win in the ladies’ game. It was her older brother Taylor who inspired her to pick up darts, practicing together at home and then joining a local league at the age of just 10. Just four months after beginning to play competitively, Greaves would go on a run to the girls’ final of the 2014 World Masters, losing 4-0 to Robyn Byrne with a 47 average. Fast forward three years and Greaves was winning the title, averaging 63 in the final, and then a year later averaging 76 to defend the title.

‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ showed her potential from a very age, cleaning up on the girls’ circuit before making the jump to the women’s events in the BDO in 2019, then as a 15-year-old and soon lifting silverware. In 2020, she became the youngest player to compete in the BDO Women’s World Championship at still only 15. After a break during the pandemic, the Women’s World Championship returned to the Lakeside in 2022, now under the WDF banner, and Greaves made more history as she won the title, and at the age of 18 becoming the youngest ever winner. She would then go on an astonishing 70-game winning run on the PDC Women’s Series to secure a debut at the PDC World Championship at the end of 2022.

More success followed for a teenage Greaves in 2023, with a maiden PDC Women’s World Matchplay triumph followed by a successful defence of her women’s world title at Lakeside. ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ did the ‘double’ again in 2024, winning the PDC and WDF’s premier women’s titles, along with a historic first title on the PDC Development Tour. Greaves has also made an impression in several PDC major events, including the Grand Slam of Darts and the UK Open, with her debut in ‘The FA Cup of Darts’ in 2025 seeing her push the then world number one Luke Humphries close in the fourth round.

Last year was another landmark year for Greaves, who won a pair of titles on the PDC Challenge Tour, along with a hat-trick of Development Tour event wins, the latter helping her finish in second place on the rankings to earn a PDC tour card for the first time. Greaves also made another slice of history, beating Luke Littler 6-5 in the semi-finals of the PDC World Youth Championship, becoming the first woman to reach the final of the sport’s biggest youth tournament. ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ has continued to rack up the titles on the Women’s Series too, with her current tally standing at an unmatchable 53 event wins, which recently included a 114-match winning run on the PDC’s female circuit.

It is somewhat of an anomaly given her success in the Players Championship events this year that Beau Greaves has yet to qualify for a PDC European Tour event. Each of the 15 Euro Tours has 10 spots up for grabs via the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifiers, which are regularly held the day after a two-day block of Players Championships.

The closest Greaves has come to qualifying so far was a run to the last round of the ET6 qualifier last month, where her run fell just short in a 6-3 defeat to Gabriel Clemens. With seven more qualifiers still to be held this season, ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ will be determined to win through at least one of them to secure herself a debut on the Euro Tour. More than 600 players have competed on the Euro Tour since its inception back in 2012, but Greaves would be the first female player to qualify were she to be successful in one of the remaining qualifiers this year.

In November last year, Beau Greaves was the first woman to make the final of the PDC World Youth Championship. The final was played in front of the TV cameras on the main stage at Butlin’s Minehead, and it will be the same venue where Greaves looks well set to achieve another milestone this year.

Monday’s historic ProTour title has moved Greaves up to fourth place on the Players Championship rankings after 12 of the 34 events. The top 64 players on that list at the end of the season will qualify for the Players Championship Finals at Butlin’s Minehead, and ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ with £35,250 already earned in those events should be in the line up. Her debut in that event in November will see her make more history as the first female player to compete in the Players Championship Finals.

Beau Greaves is now firmly in the mix for an historic debut at the World Grand Prix later this year, with her ProTour title on Monday, coupled with a last 16 run the next day, moving her to within just £2,500 and four places of a provisional spot in the field for the double-in double-out major.

Along with the World Matchplay, the World Grand Prix is one of the most difficult PDC major events to qualify for with it being restricted to just 32 players made up of the top 16 players on the PDC world rankings and the next top 16 players on a rolling 12 month PDC ProTour ranking list. The cut off for the World Grand Prix is not until September, which means there will be plenty of opportunities for Greaves to earn the extra prize money needed to propel her into the field. Once again, were Greaves to qualify she would be the first woman to play in the World Grand Prix, a tournament which started back in 1998.

Beau Greaves won her first two-year PDC tour card via the Development Tour rankings at the end of last year, and is just the second female player to be one of the 128 PDC tour card holders, following in the footsteps of four-time women’s world champion Lisa Ashton who held a tour card for two years from 2020-2021 after her historic run at UK Q-School.

Ashton’s stint with a tour card fell during the pandemic, which saw a truncated schedule for the ProTour and with more tournaments bunched together in blocks of four or five days. ‘The Lancashire Rose’ lost her tour card status at the end of the 2021/22 season, finishing the campaign sitting in 78th place on the PDC world rankings. Players need to be inside the top 64 at the end of the two years to keep hold of their tour card for another year, a goal which Greaves will look to achieve at the end of the 2027/28 season, which would be a first for a female player since the tour-card system was introduced to the PDC tour in 2011.

Following her history-making exploits at the PDC World Darts Championship at the end of 2019, Fallon Sherrock was picked as one of the ‘contenders’ to play one night of the 2020 Premier League season. ‘The Queen of the Palace’ drew 6-6 with Glen Durrant, who would go on to win the title later that year.

Could we see Beau Greaves become the first female player to be selected for a full Premier League campaign? The current format for the sport’s most lucrative non-ranking event is open to just eight players, made up of the top four players on the PDC world rankings and four wildcard picks chosen by the PDC.

There will be plenty of clamour for Greaves to be selected for the Premier League following her exploits on the ProTour this week, but a wildcard pick would most likely be considered were ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ to go on and produce similar results in the major events. A run at Ally Pally in December, perhaps to the last 16 or the quarter-finals, or a deep run in something like the Grand Slam of Darts, could make the case for Greaves’ selection unavoidable. One thing is for sure, a Premier League with Beau Greaves in the line up would certainly shake things up and bring a much-needed buzz to a tournament which often draws criticism for being repetitive and no longer appointment viewing for darts fans.

There is a lot of talk about what Beau Greaves could do next following her maiden ProTour title this week. But what about who could be next in terms of being the next Beau Greaves? Or who could be the next female player to get onto the PDC tour as one of the 128 tour card holders?

The pathway for women and girls in darts has developed a lot in the last 10 years, with the introduction of the PDC Women’s Series providing any female player aged 16 and above the opportunity to play under the PDC umbrella and in a professional setting that mirrors the floor events on the ProTour. The Women’s Series also offers spots in PDC major events like the Grand Slam of Darts and the PDC World Darts Championship, whilst the Women’s World Matchplay, first held in 2022, has quickly become one of the biggest events for the ladies, being played on the famous Winter Gardens stage and boasting wall-to-wall coverage on Sky Sports.

The PDC’s other secondary tours, the Development Tour (ages 16-23) and Challenge Tour (ages 16+) also offers further opportunities for male and female players to compete under the PDC setup, whilst other organisations like the WDF and the ADC are continuing to promote the ladies’ game and provide playing and earning opportunities on a more global platform.

Beau Greaves will be the first female to achieve many more things in the PDC, but who will be the second and the third and the fourth? Fallon Sherrock, 31, has plenty more years ahead of her in the game and will fancy her chances of joining Greaves on the tour one day, and she has already proven that she can compete in a male-dominated field with those two historic match wins at Ally Pally, and further runs in the Grand Slam and on the World Series.

Another name to keep an eye on is Türkiye’s Zehra Gemi. The 16-year-old enjoyed an impressive big-stage debut at the WDF World Championships last December, winning the girls’ title at Lakeside and becoming her country’s first world champion in the sport. She is a player with bags of potential and whether that eventually translates to entering events like Q-School and the Development Tour remains to be seen, but the teenager is one to watch out for as a future rival to Greaves on the Women’s Series circuit.

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