Lisa Ashton

**Lisa Ashton** (born 27 August 1970) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She is a four-time BDO World Darts Women's Champion and has won over 100 titles in women's darts. In 2020, she became the first woman to win a PDC Tour Card at the PDC Q-School.

## Career

Ashton reached the quarter-finals during 2007 World Masters and lost to Rilana Honsbeek by 1–4 in sets. In the next year during 2008 World Masters, she reached the semi-finals, where she lost to eventual winner Francis Hoenselaar by 3–4 in sets. Ashton won a 2008 Zuiderduin Masters, where in the final she beat Trina Gulliver. Ashton also qualified for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship. She met Trina Gulliver once more in the quarter-finals but was beaten by 0–2 in sets.

In 2010, Ashton got as far as the semi-finals of the Winmau World Masters, where she lost to Francis Hoenselaar 4–2. In 2011, Ashton defeated Trina Gulliver 4–1 to win the 2011 World Masters. Ashton reached the final of the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship after defeating both Deta Hedman and Sharon Prins 2–0 in sets, before she eventually lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 1–2 in sets.

Ashton hit ten 180s on her way to winning the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship. She defeated Aileen de Graaf in the first round, which went to a sudden death deciding leg. She then defeated Tamara Schuur in the Quarter Finals. She then beat Anastasia Dobromyslova, in the semi-final, surviving 6 match darts, before eventually going on to beat Deta Hedman in the final, 3–2. She successfully defended her title in 2015 with a 3–1 win over Fallon Sherrock. Ashton then won the BDO World Trophy, by defeating Anastasia Dobromyslova in the final. At the Winmau World Masters, she lost in the final to Aileen de Graaf after missing six match darts.

At the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, Ashton was beaten 1–2 in sets by Trina Gulliver in the quarter-finals. At the 2016 BDO World Trophy, she hit a world record average for a televised women's match. In the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, both Ashton and Corrine Hammond reached the final without losing a set. Ashton won the final 3–0. Ashton won the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship after she beat Anastasia Dobromyslova 3–1 in the final. This was her fourth World Championship title in five years. Ashton entered the 2019 PDC Qualifying School. She missed out on getting a tour card by one point.

After losing out in the final of the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship to defending champion Mikuru Suzuki, Ashton became the first woman to win a PDC Tour card through Q School, by finishing in twelfth place on the UK Q School Order of Merit. On 5 March 2021, she became the first female to win a match at the UK Open since 2005, defeating Aaron Beeney 6–2 in Round 2 of the 2021 UK Open, and, also setting a new world record, for the highest average of 100.3, on TV, by a female player in her victory over Beeney.

In the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship she lost 3–0 to Ron Meulenkamp in the first round and also lost her PDC tour card. She didn't win it back at Q School. In February, she played in the 2022 World Seniors Darts Championship and got a bye into second round, where she lost 1–3 by sets to Terry Jenkins. Ashton qualified for the 2022 Women's World Matchplay by being in the top 8 in the PDC Women's Series after 12 events. She beat Chloe O'Brien 4–0 in the Quarter-finals but lost 5–4 to Aileen de Graaf in the semi-finals. Ashton played again at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship. She was defeated in the first round by Ryan Meikle and had to leave the tournament.

Ashton qualified for the 2023 Women's World Matchplay.

## World Championship results

### BDO/WDF

* 2009: Quarter-final (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2)
* 2012: Quarter-final (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2)
* 2013: Runner-up (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 1–2)
* 2014: **Winner** (beat Deta Hedman 3–2)
* 2015: **Winner** (beat Fallon Sherrock 3–1)
* 2016: Quarter-final (lost to Trina Gulliver 1–2)
* 2017: **Winner** (beat Corrine Hammond 3–0)
* 2018: **Winner** (beat Anastasia Dobromyslova 3–1)
* 2019: First round (lost to Mikuru Suzuki 0–2)
* 2020: Runner-up (lost to Mikuru Suzuki 0–3)
* 2023:

### PDC

* 2019: First round (lost to Jan Dekker 1–3)
* 2021: First round (lost to Adam Hunt 2–3)
* 2022: First round (lost to Ron Meulenkamp 0–3)
* 2023: First round (lost to Ryan Meikle 2–3)

### WSDT

* 2022: Second round (lost to Terry Jenkins 1–3)
* 2023: First round (lost to Neil Duff 2–3)

## References

1. ↑ 2010 Winmau World Masters. Darts Database. Retrieved on October 24, 2014.
2. ↑ 2011 Winmau World Masters. Darts Database. Retrieved on October 24, 2014.
3. ↑ 2014 World Championship 180s. Darts Database. Retrieved on October 24, 2014.
4. ↑ BDO World Darts: Lisa Ashton comeback seals 2014 women's title. BBC (11 January 2014). Retrieved on January 12, 2014.
5. ↑ BDO World Darts: Lisa Ashton wins women's Lakeside title. BBC.co.uk (10 January 2015). Retrieved on January 11, 2015.
6. ↑ Lisa Ashton record 3 dart average. Darts Database. Retrieved on January 7, 2017.
7. ↑ Glen Durrant among PDC Tour Card winners through Q School Order of Merit (20 January 2019).
8. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Lisa Ashton becomes first woman to win PDC Tour card through Q School". *BBC Sport*. January 19, 2020.
9. ↑ Lisa Ashton sets women's scoring record in UK Open win (5 March 2021).