Beau Greaves

Beau Greaves (born 9 January 2004)[3] is an English darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is the current World Darts Federation women's world champion, having won the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. She is also a WDF Europe Cup Champion.

Beau Greaves
Personal information
Nickname"Beau 'n' Arrow"[1]
Born (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004
Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Home townDoncaster, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2013
Darts20g One80
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Rockin' All Over the World" by Status Quo
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2014–2020
PDC2022–
WDF2014–
Current world ranking(WDF W) 1 Increase 4 (5 September 2022)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipWinner (1): 2022
World MastersWinner (1): 2022
Australian OpenWinner (1): 2022
Dutch OpenWinner (1): 2022
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2023
Other tournament wins
BDO Gold Cup 2019
Belfry Open 2019
British Classic 2022
British Pentathlon 2019, 2022
Bruges Open 2019
Cheshire Open 2021
Czech Open 2022
England National Singles 2019
England Open 2019, 2022
Irish Classic 2022
Irish Open 2022
Isle of Man Classic 2022, 2023
Isle of Man Masters 2022, 2023
Isle of Man Open 2022, 2023
LDO Classic 2019
Northern Cyprus Open 2019
Romanian Classic 2023
Romanian Open 2022, 2023
Scottish Open 2020
Welsh Classic 2019, 2021,2023
Welsh Open 2019, 2022, 2023
West Midlands Open 2019
The Viking Cup 2022
PDC Women's Series 2022 (x8), 2023 (x4)

Youth events

World Masters (girls) 2017, 2018
England Classic 2015, 2017,
2018, 2019 (x2)
England Open 2016, 2017,
2018, 2019 (x2)
England National Singles 2019 (x2)
Isle of Man Masters 2018
Six Nations Cup 2022
Welsh Open 2019
Medal record
Women's Darts
Representing  England
WDF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cluj Girls singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cluj Girls pairs
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cluj Youth overall
WDF Europe Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gandía Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gandía Women's pairs
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gandía Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Gandía Women's overall
WDF Europe Cup Youth
Gold medal – first place 2016 Budapest Girls singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Budapest Girls overall
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ankara Girls singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ankara Girls pairs
Gold medal – first place 2018 Ankara Girls overall
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ankara Girls pairs
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ankara Girls overall
Silver medal – second place 2016 Budapest Girls pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ankara Girls singles

Career

Early career

Greaves started playing regularly in tournaments and league games at the age of 10,[1] having been introduced to darts by her brother Taylor.[4] She made her stage debut at the girls' 2014 Winmau World Masters and lost in the final to Robyn Byrne. Two years later, she won a gold medal in the 2016 WDF Europe Cup Youth singles competition against Christina Schuler by 4–1 in legs and also takes gold and silver medal in others competition. In the same year, she advanced for a second time to the final of the girls' 2016 Winmau World Masters and lost to Veronika Koroleva.

Not only did Greaves win numerous national girls' titles, but she also became a regular contender in the women's tournaments, reaching the final of the Jersey Classic at the age of 13. In 2017, she advanced for third time to the final of the girls' 2017 Winmau World Masters and successfully took the title after defeating Katie Sheldon in a whitewash.

Greaves successfully defended her title at the girls' 2018 Winmau World Masters by beating Hayley Crowley in the final, also without giving up a leg. In 2018, she won the all-girls competition of the 2018 WDF Europe Cup Youth, defeating Emine Dursan in the singles competition.

2019

In April 2019, she threw a 9-dart finish at a tournament in her hometown of Doncaster. In May 2019, Greaves won both the Welsh Open and the Welsh Classic in the women's category. Later in June, she won both women's singles titles, the girls' title and the overall youth title at the England National Singles and the England Open. Only the women's doubles title was narrowly denied to her that weekend, but she was the youngest player ever to win the British Pentathlon. At the end of the month she also won the BDO Gold Cup, followed by another title at the West Midlands Open at the end of August.

At the beginning of September 2019, Greaves won the England Matchplay. At the 2019 WDF World Cup in Romania, she won the girls' singles and doubles with Shannon Reeves, and she was also successful at the premiere of the Northern Cyprus Open. At the age of 15, Greaves then qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship for the first time as the sixth seed, becoming the youngest women player to play in the World Darts Championship.[5] She beat Tori Kewish in the first round and Aileen de Graaf in the quarter-finals to reach the last four on debut, where she lost to reigning champion Mikuru Suzuki.[6]

2020

By winning the Scottish Open in February 2020, Greaves took first place in the women's British Darts Organisation rankings at the age of 16.

2021

In 2021, Greaves struggled with dartitis during the coronavirus pandemic, but still won the Welsh Classic and a year later both events on the Isle of Man. Greaves then took part in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship at Lakeside, where she defeated Veronika Ihász by 2–1 in sets in the first game and then defeated Aileen de Graaf by 2–0 in sets. A 3–0 win over Lorraine Winstanley made Greaves the youngest ever women's World Championship finalist, and the following day she was crowned World Champion with a 4–0 win over Kirsty Hutchinson.[7]

2022: PDC World Darts Championship debut

In 2022, Greaves won the Welsh Open for the second time in May and the 2022 Dutch Open in June. She was also able to win the individual event of the Six Nations Cup, she also won the Romanian Open and England Open and the platinum title at the 2022 Australian Darts Open also belonged to her. In August 2022, Greaves made her debut at the 2022 PDC Women's Series and won four consecutive finals, becoming the first player to do so.[8] She subsequently won four more consecutive finals to end the year with a record eight straight Women's Series titles.[9]

At the end of September 2022, Greaves was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup held in Spain. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating the favorites Anca Zijlstra, Robyn Byrne, and Rhian O'Sullivan en route to the final.[10] In the final, she beat Almudena Fajardo 7–4 in legs.[11][12]

In December 2022, Greaves made her debut at the PDC World Darts Championship, losing to William O'Connor 0–3 in the first round.[13]

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament2020202120222023
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNP 1R
WDF Ranked major/platinum events
World Championship SF NH W
World Masters NH W
Australian Open DNQ NH W
Dutch Open DNP W F

Career finals

WDF major/platinum finals: (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (1–0)
World Masters (1–0)
Platinum Tournaments (2–1)
WDF Europe Cup (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score [N 1] Ref.
Winner 1. 2022 World Darts Championship  Kirsty Hutchinson 4–0 (s) [14]
Winner 2. 2022 Dutch Open  Rhian O'Sullivan 5–1 (l) [15]
Winner 3. 2022 Australian Darts Open  Mikuru Suzuki 8–5 (l) [16]
Winner 4. 2022 WDF Europe Cup  Almudena Fajardo 7–4 (l) [17]
Winner 5. 2022 World Masters Spain Almudena Fajardo 6–0 (l) [18]
Runner-up 1. 2023 Dutch Open  Aileen de Graaf 2–5 (l)
  1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

References

  1. Varley, Ciaran (16 December 2022). "Beau Greaves: Five facts about 18-year-old darts sensation". BBC.
  2. "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. "Beau Greaves reaches semi-finals on 16th birthday". Eurosport. 9 January 2020.
  4. Aldred, Tanya (13 December 2022). "Beau Greaves: 'Darts has taught me everything I've needed to know'". The Guardian.
  5. "World Professional Darts Championship: Automatic Qualification Places Complete". bdodarts.com. 28 October 2019.
  6. "World Pro 2020 Day 1 results". bdodarts.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  7. "Beau Greaves is youngest-ever darts World Championship winner". BBC. 11 April 2022.
  8. "Brilliant Beau Greaves makes history with four consecutive PDC Women's Series titles in Hildesheim sealing Event 16". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  9. "Beau Greaves ready to set World Darts Championship stage alight: 'I can beat anyone'". Sky Sports. 16 December 2022.
  10. "WDF Europe Cup Women Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  11. "Greaves and Fajardo to women's singles final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  12. "Labre and Greaves capture gold medal in singles at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  13. McVeigh, Niall (16 December 2022). "Beau Greaves denied by William O'Connor on her PDC world darts debut". The Guardian.
  14. "World Championship Women 2022". DartsWDF. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  15. "Dutch Open Women 2022". DartsWDF. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  16. "Australian Darts Open Women 2022". DartsWDF. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  17. "WDF Europe Cup Women Singles 2022". DartsWDF. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  18. "World Masters Women 2022". DartsWDF. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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