Ashton and Sherrock Share Saturday’s Titles
With Greaves absent from the opening day, Lisa Ashton beat Lauryn Salter 5-0 to win Event 17, before Fallon Sherrock beat Ashton 5-0 in the Event 18 final to claim her first Women’s Series title of 2026. It meant two different winners on a day Greaves — by far the circuit’s dominant player in recent years — sat out entirely.
Greaves Returns to Sweep Sunday
Greaves was back for Sunday’s double-header and made her presence felt immediately, beating Ashton 5-3 in a tighter Event 19 final before brushing aside Aileen de Graaf 5-0 in Event 20 to complete the sweep.
Women’s Series Events 17–20 — Mattioli Arena, Leicester
The Rule That Could End Greaves’ Run
Greaves is currently the only female PDC Tour Card holder, having earned a two-year card through the Development Tour rankings ahead of the 2026 season. That success is now working against her on the Women’s Series: under PDC eligibility rules, any player ranked inside the top 64 of the PDC World Ranking on an event’s cut-off date is not eligible to enter Women’s Series or Development Tour events — the same cutoff used to keep those tours as pathways for players still working toward the main tour, rather than extra ranking opportunities for those who have already arrived.
Greaves was ranked around 77th in the world in late July, comfortably outside that top-64 cutoff for now, but she has been climbing steadily all season on the back of results like her run to the top of the Women’s Series Order of Merit. Should she break into the top 64, PDC rules would rule her out of the very series she has spent years dominating.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Greaves suggested she may step back from the Women’s Series regardless of where her ranking lands, saying she has been focusing on her Tour Card and life on the main men’s tour rather than the women’s circuit. Whether that means Sunday’s double in Leicester was one of her last Women’s Series appearances remains to be seen — but between her rising ranking and her own shifting priorities, the era of Greaves regularly topping Women’s Series fields may be coming to a close.