2025 Women's World Matchplay

The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals were all contested on the afternoon of Sunday 27 July.^[13] Defending champion Beau Greaves began her pursuit for a third World Matchplay title by defeating Finnish debutant Kirsi Viinikainen 4–1 with a three-dart average of 96.12.^[14] Four-time women's world champion Lisa Ashton beat Ireland's Robyn Byrne 4–2,^[15] while Noa-Lynn van Leuven achieved her first win at the event in a 4–0 victory over Lorraine Winstanley. 2022 winner Fallon Sherrock completed the semi-final lineup, winning a deciding leg against debutant Gemma Hayter; Sherrock initially led 3–0 but Hayter won the next three legs to force a decider, before missing a match dart to seal the comeback.^[13]

Ashton, who previously lost at the semi-final stage in the last three editions of the tournament, produced a shock victory by eliminating pre-tournament favourite Greaves in a 5–3 upset.^[14] The match included a 140 checkout from Ashton, which she hit in the fourth leg after Greaves missed eight darts at double. Greaves ended the contest with three out of 19 attempts at double hit, with Ashton converting half of her own.^[15] Sherrock found herself in another deciding leg in the second semi-final after Van Leuven tied the match at 4–4 with a 116 checkout. Both players missed shots to advance to the final – five from Sherrock and four from Van Leuven – but Sherrock eventually pinned double 1 to prevail 5–4.^[14][15]

Third seed Sherrock contested the final against fifth seed Ashton. The two previously met in the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship final, where Ashton was victorious.^[15] Sherrock was competing in her third World Matchplay final in four appearances, while Ashton featured in her first final.^[13] Ashton won the opening leg with an 85 checkout and took a 2–0 lead through a break of throw.^[14] Sherrock overturned her deficit with an 86 finish to go 3–2 in front.^[13] Ashton retook her lead but Sherrock won the next two legs to go one away from victory.^[14] Eight missed match darts from Sherrock in the tenth leg allowed Ashton to pin double 10 and bring the final to a deciding leg – Sherrock's third of the tournament. Ashton hit a maximum to take control but Sherrock managed a 165 set-up shot to leave 36 for the match. However, Sherrock missed another three darts at double, bringing her total amount of championship darts to 11, which left Ashton to hit double 20 to win 6–5.^[15] She claimed the World Matchplay title for the first time and became the third player to win the tournament after Sherrock and Greaves.^[14] She also earned qualification for the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts and the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship. In her post-match interview, Ashton thanked the crowd for their support and expressed that she thought the final was a "great advert for ladies' darts". She proclaimed: "I never gave up and I've finally done it!" Sherrock stated that she was "quite proud" of herself despite the loss, adding: "I think I've played better here than I have in the last few months, so whatever I'm doing is working."^[13]

The draw was confirmed following Event 16 of the 2025 PDC Women's Series.^[12] Numbers to the left of players' names show the seedings for the tournament. The figures to the right of a player's name state their three-dart average in a match. Players in bold denote match winners.^[16]

	Quarter-finals (best of 7 legs) 27 July					Semi-finals (best of 9 legs) 27 July					Final (best of 11 legs) 27 July
	1	Beau Greaves 96.12	4
	8	Kirsi Viinikainen 73.44	1
						1	Beau Greaves 85.56	3
						4	Lisa Ashton 83.15	5
	4	Lisa Ashton 75.86	4
	5	Robyn Byrne 64.84	2
											4	Lisa Ashton 85.49	6
											3	Fallon Sherrock 89.61	5
	2	Noa-Lynn van Leuven 75.15	4
	7	Lorraine Winstanley 65.50	0
						2	Noa-Lynn van Leuven 76.62	4
						3	Fallon Sherrock 74.80	5
	3	Fallon Sherrock 84.59	4
	6	Gemma Hayter 81.29	3