Beau Greaves is an English darts player who, at 22, already owns three WDF Women's World Championship titles. In April 2026 she also became the first woman ever to win a PDC ranking event. So people keep asking: is she the next Fallon Sherrock? Here is her record, the story of why she turned down the PDC World Championship twice, and a fair side-by-side with Fallon.
Who is Beau Greaves? The youngest women's world champion at 18
Greaves was born in 2004 in Doncaster, England. Her nickname is Beau 'n' Arrow, a play on "bow and arrow". In the 2022 WDF Women's World Championship final she beat Kirsty Hutchinson 4-0, becoming the youngest women's world champion ever at 18. She then defended the title twice for three in a row.
Running the PDC women's circuit
On the PDC Women's Series she had won a record 59 titles as of September 2026, and she has finished the year as series number one every season since 2023. In 2023 she put together a 70-match winning streak that only ended when Japan's Mikuru Suzuki beat her. She has won the Women's World Matchplay three times (2023, 2024, 2026), beating Fallon Sherrock in both the 2024 and 2026 finals. The 2026 final went all the way to a deciding leg at 6-5.
Why Beau Greaves turned down the PDC World Championship twice
In both 2023 and 2024 Greaves qualified for the PDC World Championship, and both times she said no, going back to Lakeside to defend her WDF world title instead. There were two reasons. The first was a rule: the PDC would not let a player who had played the WDF World Championship that same year also play its own, so it was one or the other. She openly called that rule stupid. The second was her own choice. She said she had wanted to be world champion since she started playing, and once she was, she wanted to defend it. "I just prefer Lakeside," she said, adding that WDF and women's events felt more comfortable to her. And she did complete the hat-trick of titles.
2025 to 2026: the breakthrough on the PDC tour
In October 2025 she beat Luke Littler 6-5 in the semi-finals of the PDC World Youth Championship, becoming the first woman to reach that final. She lost the final to Gian van Veen. The same month, finishing second on the Development Tour earned her a two-year PDC Tour Card. In 2026 she made her PDC World Championship debut and lost 3-2 to Daryl Gurney in the first round.
The real moment came on 27 April 2026 at Players Championship 11. She beat Rob Cross and Gary Anderson along the way, then won the final 8-7 against Michael Smith with a 142 checkout in the deciding leg, the first woman to win a PDC ranking event. The same year, at Players Championship 6, she threw the first nine-dart finish by a woman on the PDC Pro Tour, and she has already booked her place at the 2027 World Championship. Our 2027 PDC World Championship guide has the dates and storylines.
Is she the next Fallon Sherrock? A fair comparison
| Category | Fallon Sherrock | Beau Greaves |
|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | 2019/20: first woman to win a match, won two | 2026 debut, lost 3-2 in round one |
| Signature result vs the men | 2021 Grand Slam: first woman to reach the quarter-finals | 2026: first woman to win a PDC ranking title |
| PDC Women's Series titles | 21 | 59 |
| Women's World Matchplay | 1 (2022) | 3 (2023, 2024, 2026) |
They are strong in different ways. Fallon matters because she was first: those two wins at Ally Pally opened the door for women on the PDC's biggest stage, and Greaves has not yet won a match at the Worlds. Greaves stands out for consistency and volume. She barely has rivals in women's events, and she has won a ranking title on the mixed Pro Tour, something Fallon has not done. Rather than the next Fallon, she looks like someone walking the road Fallon opened and taking it further. For Fallon's story, read who Fallon Sherrock is.
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