BEAU GREAVES wants to be a flagbearer for women’s darts like Fallon Sherrock.
The best female thrower on the planet will be the person everyone wants to avoid in tomorrow’s draw for the PDC World Championship.
Today she faces the European champion Gian van Veen on TV in the World Youth final at Butlin’s Minehead.
To get there, Greaves beat Luke Littler 6-5 in last month’s semi-final but the match was not broadcast live.
Sherrock, 31, famously beat two men on the world stage six years ago.
And Greaves, 21, enjoys the idea of raising women’s position in darts.
She said: “I’m very happy to try to be that person. To try to make a way in the sport like Fallon did. Try to promote it more.
“Darts is very male-orientated. The ladies are there in the background.
“It would be nice to get just a bit more on the same sort of level.
“I’m very happy to try to do that. I want to.”
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Reigning world champ Littler, 18, is a huge admirer of Greaves, who has a two-year PDC Tour Card from next season.
Greaves has known world No 1 Littler since he was ten years old and that semi-final win against him in Wigan was her first over the Warrington star.
The Yorkshirewoman said: “It was a great game. Luke didn’t miss much. We were both in the zone.
“He was absolutely sound after it. I’ve seen it all on Facebook. I’ve benefited from it a lot, even just one game.
“Because beating Luke has gotten me more out there, it was big. I’ve benefited from it. I want a bigger following.
“That could mean more girls getting into darts.
“I’d hope young girls playing can see you can have a career in darts, even if you’re a woman.”
List of all-time Darts World Champions
BELOW is a list of darts world champions by year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO world champions.
That means Raymond van Barneveld, for example, is only listed once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
- 1994 – Dennis Priestley
- 1995 – Phil Taylor
- 1996 – Phil Taylor (2)
- 1997 – Phil Taylor (3)
- 1998 – Phil Taylor (4)
- 1999 – Phil Taylor (5)
- 2000 – Phil Taylor (6)
- 2001 – Phil Taylor (7)
- 2002 – Phil Taylor (8)
- 2003 – John Part
- 2004 – Phil Taylor (9)
- 2005 – Phil Taylor (10)
- 2006 – Phil Taylor (11)
- 2007 – Raymond van Barneveld
- 2008 – John Part (2)
- 2009 – Phil Taylor (12)
- 2010 – Phil Taylor (13)
- 2011 – Adrian Lewis
- 2012 – Adrian Lewis (2)
- 2013 – Phil Taylor (14)
- 2014 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2015 – Gary Anderson
- 2016 – Gary Anderson (2)
- 2017 – Michael van Gerwen (2)
- 2018 – Rob Cross
- 2019 – Michael van Gerwen (3)
- 2020 – Peter Wright
- 2021 – Gerwyn Price
- 2022 – Peter Wright (2)
- 2023 – Michael Smith
- 2024 – Luke Humphries
- 2025 – Luke Littler
Most World Titles
- 14 – Phil Taylor
- 3 – Michael van Gerwen
- 2 – John Part, Adrian Lewis, Gary Anderson, Peter Wright
- 1 – Dennis Priestley, Raymond van Barneveld, Rob Cross, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Luke Humphries, Luke Littler
