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]
| 2024 Betfred Women's World Matchplay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament information | |||
| Dates | 21 July 2024 | ||
| Venue | Winter Gardens | ||
| Location | Blackpool | ||
| Country |  England | ||
| Organisation(s) | PDC | ||
| Format | Legs | ||
| Prize fund | £25,000 | ||
| Winner's share | £10,000 | ||
| High checkout | 129 Fallon Sherrock | ||
| Champion(s) | |||
| Beau Greaves | |||
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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
edit| Rank | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beau Greaves |
£25,100 |
| 2 | Fallon Sherrock |
£18,800 |
| 3 | Lisa Ashton |
£12,600 |
| 4 |  Mikuru Suzuki |
£12,500 |
| 5 |  Noa-Lynn van Leuven |
£8,700 |
| 6 |  Rhian O'Sullivan |
£7,500 |
| 7 |  Anastasia Dobromyslova [a] |
£5,000 |
| 8 | Aileen de Graaf [b] |
£4,700 |
| 9 |  Katie Sheldon |
£4,200 |
| 10 | 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.
| Player | Appearance in Women's World Matchplay |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| Beau Greaves
|
2nd | Winner (2023) |
| Fallon Sherrock
|
3rd | Winner (2022) |
| Lisa Ashton
|
Semi-finals (2022, 2023) | |
| Mikuru Suzuki
|
2nd | Runner-up (2023) |
| Noa-Lynn van Leuven
|
Quarter-finals (2023) | |
| Rhian O'Sullivan
| ||
| Anastasia Dobromyslova [a]
|
Debut | DNQ |
| Katie Sheldon
|
2nd | Quarter-finals (2022) |
The qualifiers were:
Beau Greaves (champion)- Fallon Sherrock (runner-up)
- Lisa Ashton (semi-finals)
Mikuru Suzuki (semi-finals)
Noa-Lynn van Leuven (quarter-finals)
Rhian O'Sullivan (quarter-finals)
Anastasia Dobromyslova [a] (quarter-finals)
Katie Sheldon (quarter-finals)
Schedule
edit| Match # | Round | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QF | Beau Greaves 75.46 |
4 – 1 | Katie Sheldon 63.25
|
| 2 | Mikuru Suzuki 85.72 |
4 – 2 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven 78.36
| |
| 3 | Fallon Sherrock 84.68 |
4 – 0 | Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.22[a]
| |
| 4 | Lisa Ashton 75.48 |
4 – 1 | Rhian O'Sullivan 70.84
| |
| 5 | SF | Beau Greaves 88.02 |
5 – 2 | Mikuru Suzuki 80.63
|
| 6 | Fallon Sherrock 69.82 |
5 – 4 | Lisa Ashton 68.28
| |
| 7 | F | Beau Greaves 98.75 |
6 – 3 | Fallon Sherrock 87.60
|
Draw
edit| Quarter-finals (best of 7 legs) 21 July | Semi-finals (best of 9 legs) 21 July | Final (best of 11 legs) 21 July | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Beau Greaves 75.46
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Katie Sheldon 63.25
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Beau Greaves 88.02
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Mikuru Suzuki 80.63
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Mikuru Suzuki 85.72
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Noa-Lynn van Leuven 78.36
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Beau Greaves 98.75
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Fallon Sherrock 87.60
| 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Fallon Sherrock 84.68
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Anastasia Dobromyslova 73.22[a]
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Fallon Sherrock 69.82
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Lisa Ashton 68.28
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Lisa Ashton 75.48
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Rhian O'Sullivan 70.84
| 1 | ||||||||||||
- ^ a b c d e Anastasia Dobromyslova Martin competes as a neutral athlete because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^ 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.
References
edit- ^ Gorton, Josh (16 June 2024). "2024 Betfred Women's World Matchplay field confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "2024-07-21 Matchcenter". Mastercaller. Retrieved 2024-07-20.