A Comeback for the History Books
Having taken 2018 World Champion Rob Cross the distance on her European Tour debut in Budapest last month, Greaves went one better in Prague — and got the win her performances had been building towards. She fell 3-1 behind against Gurney, a former UK Open champion, before reeling off three straight legs, including checkouts of 14, 13 and 11 darts, to move 4-3 ahead.
Gurney levelled at 4-4, setting up a nervy finish, but Greaves held her nerve to take the last two legs and close out the match 6-4, averaging 93.54 to Gurney’s 89.54. It is the first time a woman has won a match on the European Tour since the circuit’s launch 15 years ago.
Humphries Ends the Run
The win booked a second-round meeting with world number two Luke Humphries, the three-time Czech Darts Open champion, on Saturday evening. Humphries averaged just under 109 to win 6-2, though Greaves briefly threatened another twist by closing the gap to within a single leg before Humphries reeled off three legs in a row to seal his spot in Sunday’s last 16.
Part of a Trailblazing 2026
The maiden European Tour win adds to a season that has already rewritten the record books for Greaves. In February, she became the first woman to hit a nine-darter on the PDC ProTour. In April, she beat three former world champions across her last three matches at Players Championship 11, before edging Michael Smith 8-7 in the final to become the first woman to win a PDC ranking title. She added a third Women’s World Matchplay title in July, then qualified for two European Tour events in a single day in August, before taking Rob Cross the distance on her tour debut and now this maiden win in Prague.
Any prize money Greaves earns on the European Tour counts towards the main PDC Order of Merit, live on this site, rather than the Women’s Series she has dominated over the past year.
What’s Next
The Czech Darts Open concludes with Sunday’s quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in Prague, with Humphries and defending order-of-merit leaders like Luke Littler among those still in contention. Attention then turns to the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam and the World Grand Prix, which starts 28 September.
Track how Greaves, Humphries and the rest of the tour stack up on the live PDC Order of Merit.