Women's World Matchplay: Start date, venue, format, prize money breakdown, history, how to watch & more

The fourth-staging of the Women's World Matchplay will take place in Blackpool later this year and we've got all the details you need to know as Beau Greaves bids to make it three successive triumphs.

The competition will see eight of the best players in the women's game battle it out for the £10,000 top prize inside the Winter Gardens' Empress Ballroom including 2023 and 2024 victor, Greaves.

Women's World Matchplay - Date

When is the Women's World Matchplay?

The 2025 Women's World Matchplay takes place on Sunday 27th July, 2025, on a day that will also include the final of the men's event.

Women's World Matchplay - Prize Money

Winner (1):	£10,000
Runner-up (1):	£5,000
Semi-Final Losers (2):	£2,500
Quarter-Final Losers (4):	£1,250

Women's World Matchplay - Location & Venue

Where is the Women's World Matchplay being held?

The Women's World Matchplay has been held in each of the past three years and on each occasion it has been staged inside the Empress Ballroom at Blackpool's Winter Gardens, the same venue that the 2025 event will take place at.

Women's World Matchplay - Competitors

Who is playing in the Women's World Matchplay?

The top eight players on the Women's Order of Merit will feature at the 2025 Women's World Matchplay.

The field will include two-time winner Beau Greaves and 'Queen of the Palace' Fallon Sherrock, whilst the likes of Lisa Ashton, Robin Byrne and Noa-Lynn van Leuven are also set to feature.

Full Line-Up:

(1) Beau Greaves
(2) Noa-Lynn van Leuven
(3) Fallon Sherrock
(4) Lisa Ashton
(5) Robin Byrne
(6) Gemma Hayter
(7) Lorraine Winstanley
(8) Kirsi Viinikainen

Women's World Matchplay Format

What is the format for the Women's World Matchplay?

The Women's World Matchplay is played out across a single afternoon's play, with all four quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final being played over a leg format, as shown below:

• Quarter-finals: Best-of-7 legs
• Semi-finals: Best-of-9 legs
• Final: Best-of-11 legs

How to watch the Women's World Matchplay

The 2025 Women's World Matchplay will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Arena, with coverage getting underway from 13:00 (GMT) on Sunday 27th July, 2025.

Women's World Matchplay - History

Who is the defending Women's World Matchplay champion?

The 2025 staging of the Women's World Matchplay will be the fourth edition of the competition with back-to-back winner Beau Greaves the most decorated player in tournament history.

Fallon Sherrock is the only other player to have reigned supreme in Blackpool, capturing the title on its inaugural staging in 2022, with a 6-3 victory over Aileen de Graaf.

The first of Greaves' two successes came in 2023 when she dropped just four legs en-route to a 6-1 demolition of Japanese number one Mikuru Suzuki, before defending her crown 12 months later with a 6-3 triumph over Sherrock.