Beau Greaves faces Luke Littler again as she targets Grand Slam breakthrough

Beau Greaves has already beaten Luke Littler. Repeating that result in Wolverhampton would give her the ideal start to a fourth attempt at reaching the Grand Slam of Darts knockout stages.

The 22-year-old faces the world No 1 on Saturday 14 November, with Niels Zonneveld completing Group A. Only one of them will progress to the last 16.

Littler arrives as the two-time defending champion. Greaves brings a previous victory over him and a season of achievements that makes this more than an intriguing opening-night draw.

Greaves and Littler have already traded wins

Greaves beat Littler 6-5 in the 2025 World Youth Championship semi-final, but she has also lost a deciding-leg match against him since then. Sky Sports reports that Littler won their subsequent meeting 6-5 at Players Championship 24.

Those results add another edge to Saturday’s Group A opener. Greaves has shown she can beat the world No 1, while Littler has already responded to that youth semi-final defeat.

A breakthrough season strengthens her challenge

Greaves’ strongest evidence comes from April’s Players Championship 11 victory.

She beat Rob Cross 6-5 in the quarter-finals, Gary Anderson 7-1 in the semi-finals and Michael Smith 8-7 in the final. A 142 checkout in the deciding leg completed her historic first PDC ranking title.

Beating three former world champions in succession showed she could sustain her standard throughout a tournament, rather than produce one outstanding result.

It was part of a year that also brought a ProTour nine-darter, another Women’s World Matchplay title and a European Tour breakthrough.

Month	Achievement
February	First woman to hit a nine-darter on the PDC ProTour
April	Won Players Championship 11, beating Michael Smith 8-7
July	Won her third Women’s World Matchplay title, beating Fallon Sherrock 6-5
September	First woman to win a European Tour match, beating Daryl Gurney 6-4

Her Women’s World Matchplay victory secured her Grand Slam place. The European Tour win in Prague added another significant result against established opposition.

Her Grand Slam record remains unfinished business

Greaves has gone out in the group stage on each of her three previous appearances, although that record includes some narrow margins.

On her 2023 debut, she beat Ricardo Pietreczko 5-1 between deciding-leg defeats by Nathan Aspinall and Damon Heta. Against Heta, she missed a match dart before losing 5-4.

In 2024, defeats by Danny Noppert and Martin Schindler ended her qualification hopes before she beat Cameron Menzies 5-1. Another group-stage exit followed in 2025.

Those campaigns explain the remaining target. Greaves has won matches at the Grand Slam; she has yet to put together a group campaign that takes her into the knockout rounds.

When does Greaves play Littler and Zonneveld?

Greaves meets Littler during Saturday’s evening session, which begins at 7pm GMT. That is the session start, not a confirmed time for their match.

Result against Littler	Next match
Greaves wins	Zonneveld on Monday 16 November
Greaves loses	Zonneveld on Sunday 15 November, evening session

Zonneveld, this year’s Dutch Darts Champion, makes the group a substantial test beyond the opening match.

A defeat on Saturday would not automatically eliminate Greaves, but it would leave her dependent on the remaining results and potentially leg difference. Two victories would secure her first Grand Slam knockout appearance.

Our Grand Slam schedule has the session details, while the full groups guide explains the draw.

Greaves has already shown she can beat Littler. The challenge now is to turn that ability into the complete group-stage performance that has previously escaped her.

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