Beau Greaves

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Beau Greaves
Greaves in 2022
Personal information
Nickname"Beau 'n' Arrow"
Born (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004 (age 20)
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)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipWinner (2): 2022, 2023
World MastersWinner (1): 2022
Australian OpenWinner (1): 2022
Dutch OpenWinner (2): 2022, 2024
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2023
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 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, 2023
Romanian Classic 2023
Romanian Open 2022, 2023
Scottish Open 2020
Swedish Open 2023
Swedish Masters 2023
Welsh Classic 2019, 2021,2023
Welsh Open 2019, 2022, 2023
West Midlands Open 2019
The Viking Cup 2022
Women's World Matchplay 2023
PDC Women's Series (x22) 2022: (x8)
2023: (x12)
2024: (x2)

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
Gold medal – first place 2023 Esbjerg Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Esbjerg Women's pairs
Gold medal – first place 2023 Esbjerg Women's overall
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Esbjerg Women's team
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

Beau Greaves (born 9 January 2004) is an English darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is the back-to-back two-time ladies' world champion having won the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship and 2023 WDF World Darts Championship.

Career

Early career

Greaves started playing regularly in tournaments and league games at the age of 10, having been introduced to darts by her brother Taylor. 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 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.

2019–2021

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. 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.

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.

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.

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. She subsequently won four more consecutive finals to end the year with a record eight straight Women's Series titles.

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 Anca Zijlstra, Robyn Byrne, and Rhian O'Sullivan en route to the final. In the final, she beat Almudena Fajardo 7–4 in legs.

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

2023

After winning seven of the twelve Women's Series events, Greaves was the top seed in the PDC Women's World Matchplay. On July 23, 2023, Beau Greaves participated in the PDC Women's World Matchplay after missing the inaugural tournament last year. Greaves whitewashed Noa-Lynn van Leuven, defeated Robyn Byrne 5–3, and beat Mikuru Suzuki 6–1 in the final to claim the trophy for the first time in her career.

Greaves qualified for the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts with her title victory at the Women's Matchplay. In November, she was drawn into Group H alongside Nathan Aspinall, Damon Heta, and Ricardo Pietreczko. Her debut match at the Grand Slam of Darts was against the current World Matchplay champion, Nathan Aspinall, where she narrowly lost 5–4. In her next match, she redeemed her previous loss by defeating Ricardo Pietreczko 5–1 before exiting the tournament at the group stages after losing 5–4 to Damon Heta and finishing third in her group.

A few months before the WDF World Championships, the WDF announced that the PDC had placed a ban on players who qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championships from playing in the 2023 WDF World Darts Championships. Greaves declined to play at the PDC World Darts Championships to instead defend her WDF Women's World Darts Championships title. In December, Greaves returned to Lakeside to defend her world title at the 2023 WDF Women's World Darts Championships. En route to the final, Greaves whitewashed Lorraine Hyde in the last 16, Paula Murphy in the quarter-finals, and Rhian O'Sullivan in the semi-finals. Greaves retained her title in the final against Aileen de Graaf 4–1 to become a two-time back-to-back world champion, averaging 87.28 throughout the event.

2024

External videos
video icon Clip of her three consecutive maximum scores

In early February, Greaves reclaimed the WDF Dutch Open Darts trophy by whitewashing Jacqueline Seitzinger, Rachelle Boshoven, Jaynie Bloem, Desiree Geel, and Lerena Rietbergen before dropping her first legs against Lorraine Hyde 4–1 in the quarter-finals and Noa-Lynn van Leuven 4–1 in the semi-finals to enter her third consecutive final. Greaves beat Aileen de Graaf 5–1 in the final to win the Dutch Open for the second time in her career. After winning the Dutch Open, Greaves revealed that she would be attending a few development tour events this year. A video during her quarter-final pair match went viral after Greaves hit ten perfect darts in a 701-leg match, including three consecutive maximums before hitting the double.

On 26 April, in Group B Session 1 of MODUS Super Series Season 7 Week 9, Greaves made her debut at the MODUS Super Series, achieving victories over Kevin Painter 4–1 in legs, Rob Collins 4–1, Adam Lipscombe 4–2, Sebastian Białecki 4–3 and 4–0 respectively, a 4–0 whitewash of Adam Lipscombe, a 4–3 win against Rob Collins and finally a 4–1 win over Kevin Painter where she broke the record for highest televised average by a female player, averaging 114.56 hitting 6 180s along the way.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

PDC

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R DNQ DNP NH

Performance timeline

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNP 1R DNP
Grand Slam of Darts DNP RR
WDF Ranked major/platinum events
World Championship SF NH W W
World Masters NH W NH
Australian Open DNQ NH W DNP
Dutch Open DNP W F W

Career finals

WDF major/platinum finals: (8 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (2–0)
World Masters (1–0)
Platinum Tournaments (3–1)
WDF Europe Cup (1–0)
WDF World 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)
Winner 2. 2022 Dutch Open  Rhian O'Sullivan 5–1 (l)
Winner 3. 2022 Australian Darts Open  Mikuru Suzuki 8–5 (l)
Winner 4. 2022 WDF Europe Cup Singles  Almudena Fajardo 7–4 (l)
Winner 5. 2022 World Masters Spain Almudena Fajardo 6–0 (l)
Runner-up 1. 2023 Dutch Open  Aileen de Graaf 2–5 (l)
Winner 6. 2023 WDF World Cup Singles England Deta Hedman 7–5 (l)
Winner 7. 2023 World Darts Championship (2)  Aileen de Graaf 4–1 (s)
Winner 8. 2024 Dutch Open (2)  Aileen de Graaf 5–1 (l)
  1. ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

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