A 103.03 Average to Make History in Leicester
Greaves’ breakthrough came in the European Tour 11 Tour Card Holder Qualifier at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, one of several routes into the 48-player field for the Hungarian Darts Trophy. She worked her way through the draw with wins over Andy Boulton, Charlie Manby and Arno Merk, before sealing the decisive spot with a 6-4 win over Tom Bissell — averaging 103.03 in the process. It made her the first woman in PDC history to qualify for a European Tour event, competing on level terms against the men’s Tour Card holder field rather than through any separate women’s route.
Then She Did It Again for the Czech Darts Open
Remarkably, Greaves backed it up almost immediately. In the separate qualifier for European Tour 12, she beat Wesley Plaisier 6-3 and Cor Dekker 6-1 — averaging 96.42 against Dekker — before edging out Lukas Wenig 6-5 to book a second European Tour appearance, this time at the Czech Darts Open. Two qualification runs, two different fields, the same result: a place in the draw that no woman had ever reached before.
The Events: Budapest and Prague
The Hungarian Darts Trophytakes place 28-30 August 2026 at the MVM Dome in Budapest, with a 48-player field and a £230,000 prize fund, £35,000 of which goes to the winner. Greaves will face a Tour Card holder or seed on debut, thrown straight into the same bracket as the sport’s biggest names on the European Tour circuit.
The Czech Darts Openfollows on 4-6 September 2026 at the PVA Expo in Prague — Greaves’ second European Tour appearance inside a fortnight, and further proof that her qualification double was no one-off.
A Year of Firsts for Greaves
The European Tour breakthrough is the latest in a run of history-making moments for the 22-year-old in 2026. In February, she became the first woman to hit a nine-dart finish on the PDC ProTour, doing so in a last-32 win over Mensur Suljovic at Players Championship 6 in Leicester. Then in April, she went a step further still — beating Michael Smith 8-7 with a stunning 142 checkout to win Players Championship 11 in Milton Keynes, becoming the first woman to win a PDC ranking title after also seeing off former world champions Rob Cross and Gary Anderson along the way. She added a third Women’s World Matchplay title in July, beating Fallon Sherrock 6-5 in Blackpool.
Taken together, it’s a run that has taken Greaves from women’s specialist to a genuine fixture in open PDC competition — and the European Tour double is the clearest sign yet that Budapest and Prague won’t be a novelty appearance, but a real shot at making an impact on the main circuit.
What It Means Going Forward
Ranking points and prize money from both events count towards the PDC Order of Meritand the one-year ProTour Order of Merit, the table that determines qualification for next year’s bigger European Tour fields. A strong run in either Budapest or Prague would be a significant step for Greaves’ ranking position as a first-year Tour Card holder, and would add to a season that has already redrawn the line between the men’s and women’s game more than once.