Beau Greaves will bid for her third successive Betfred Ladies’s World Matchplay title when the event takes place on Sunday July 27, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
The occasion on the Empress Ballroom at Blackpool’s iconic Winter Gardens is into its fourth 12 months and presents a high prize of £10,000, with the winner qualifying for November’s Grand Slam of Darts and the 2026 World Darts Championship.
The eight-player discipline relies on a one-year Order of Benefit from the PDC Ladies’s Sequence earnings throughout 28 tournaments since final July, with Greaves the highest seed having gained 10 titles – together with the final 5 – amid a sensational profitable run.
Greaves beat Fallon Sherrock – the one different participant to win the matchplay event in 2022’s inaugural operating – 6-3 in final 12 months’s remaining.
Greaves will open the defence of her title within the quarter-finals in opposition to Finland debutant Kirsi Viinikainen, the eighth seed, whereas third-seed Sherrock has been drawn in opposition to Gemma Hayter.
Noa-Lynn van Leuven is seeded second and can play Lorraine Winstanley for a spot within the semi-finals, whereas Lisa Ashton faces Robyn Byrne within the different quarter-final tie.
Ladies’s World Matchplay schedule and draw – Sunday July 27, dwell on Sky Sports activities
Quarter-finals (better of seven legs)
(1) Beau Greaves vs (8) Kirsi Viinikainen
(4) Lisa Ashton vs (5) Robyn Byrne
(2) Noa-Lynn van Leuven vs (7) Lorraine Winstanley
(3) Fallon Sherrock vs (6) Gemma Hayter
Semi-finals (better of 9 legs)
TBC
Ultimate (better of 11 legs)
TBC
Prize Money
Winner: £10,000
Runner-Up: £5,000
Semi-Finalists: £2,500
Quarter-Finalists: £1,250
Complete: £25,000