Lisa Ashton

Lisa Ashton (born 27 August 1970) is an English professional darts player who competes in both Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events and previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. She is a four-time BDO Women's World Champion. She won the Women's World Matchplay in 2025 and has won 20 PDC Women's Series titles. She held a PDC Tour Card from 2020 to 2021, having become the first woman to win a tour card at Q-School.

Nicknamed "the Lancashire Rose", Ashton topped the Women's Series rankings in 2020 and 2022. She is also a three-time World Masters champion and a three-time winner of the BDO World Trophy.

Career Ashton reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 Women's World Masters, beating 1996 finalist Heike Jenkins (Ernst) in the last 16 before losing to Rilana Erades. The next year, she reached the semi-finals, beating Anne Kirk in the last 16 and then beat Australia's Cathy Shaw, before losing to eventual winner Francis Hoenselaar.

Ashton then won the 2008 Women's Zuiderduin Masters, beating Trina Gulliver in the final. Ashton qualified for the 2009 Women's World Championship and made her debut at the event. She met Gulliver once more in the quarter-finals but was beaten 2–0. 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 Winmau World Masters. Ashton reached the final of the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship after defeating both Deta Hedman and Sharon Prins 2–0, before she eventually lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 2–1.

Ashton hit ten 180s on her way to winning the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship at the Lakeside Country Club, which had 16 women qualifiers for the first time in its history. 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 2–1 by Trina Gulliver in the quarter-finals. At the 2016 BDO World Trophy, she hit a record three-dart average for a televised women's match of 98.85. 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 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 at the 2023 PDC World Championship. She was defeated in the first round by Ryan Meikle 3–2.

In 2025, Ashton won the Women's World Matchplay for the first time; she defeated Robyn Byrne, Beau Greaves and Fallon Sherrock en route. At the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts, she took a 4–3 lead against European champion Gian van Veen in her opening group stage match. She lost the match in a deciding leg, and was eliminated from the tournament following losses to Josh Rock and Wessel Nijman. At the 2026 PDC World Championship, Ashton lost 3–0 to Michael Smith in the first round.

Personal life Lisa's daughters Danielle Ashton and Lindsey Ashton both play darts. In 2018 all three entered the 2019 PDC World Championship Qualifiers. Lisa qualified for the 2019 PDC World Championship.

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: Semi-final (lost to Aileen de Graaf 1–3) 2024: First round (lost to Sophie McKinlay 1–2)

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) 2026: First round (lost to Michael Smith 0–3)

WSDT 2022: Second round (lost to Terry Jenkins 1–3) 2023: First round (lost to Neil Duff 2–3) 2024: Semi-final (lost to Colin McGarry 2–3) 2025: First round (lost to Tony O'Shea 2–3)

Career finals BDO major finals: 12 (9 titles) Legend World Championship (4–2) World Masters (3–1) Zuiderduin Masters (2–0)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2008 Zuiderduin Masters (1) Trina Gulliver 2–0 (s)Winner 2. 2011 World Masters (1) Trina Gulliver 4–1 (s)Runner-up 3. 2013 World Championship (1) Anastasia Dobromyslova 1–2 (s) Winner 4. 2014 World Championship (1) Deta Hedman 3–2 (s) Winner 5. 2015 World Championship (2) Fallon Sherrock 3–1 (s)Runner-up 6. 2015 World Masters (1) Aileen de Graaf 4–5 (s) Winner 7. 2017 World Championship (3) Corrine Hammond 3–0 (s) Winner 8. 2018 World Championship (4) Anastasia Dobromyslova 3–1 (s)Winner 9. 2018 World Masters (2) Casey Gallagher 5–2 (s)Winner 10. 2018 Zuiderduin Masters (2) Fallon Sherrock 2–1 (s)Winner 11. 2019 World Masters (3) Anastasia Dobromyslova 5–4 (s)Runner-up 12. 2020 World Championship (2) Mikuru Suzuki 0–3 (s)

PDC Women's televised finals: 1 (1 title) Legend Women's World Matchplay (1–0)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2025 Women's World Matchplay 6–5 (l)

Performance timeline Lisa Ashton's performance timeline is as follows:

BDO

WDF

PDC Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised events DNQ DNQ UK Open DNQ Did not qualify Grand Slam DNQ PDC Televised women's events Not held

Players Championships

Titles BDO Majors BDO World Darts Championship (4): 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 World Masters (3): 2011, 2018, 2019 BDO World Trophy (3): 2015, 2016, 2019 Finder Darts Masters (2): 2008, 2018

Other tournaments 2010: Welsh Classic 2012: Jersey Classic 2013: BDO Gold Cup, England Matchplay 2014: Münsterland Classic, Jersey Open, Jersey Classic 2015: Welsh Open, England Masters, England Classic, Jersey Open, Jersey Classic 2016: Dutch Open, Isle of Man Open, Hal Masters, Hal Open, BDO International Open, Antwerp Open, Swedish Open, England Classic, England Matchplay, Jersey Open 2017: Hal Open, French Open, Jersey Open 2018: Isle of Man Classic, England Open, BDO Gold Cup, Belgium Open, Belgium Masters, Swedish Classic, British Open, Turkish Open 2019: Scottish Open, British Classic, British Open

PDC PDC Women's Series 2021 PDC Women's Series: 1, 3 2022 PDC Women's Series: 1, 4, 5, 8, 10 2023 PDC Women's Series: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12 2024 PDC Women's Series: 18 2025 PDC Women's Series: 1 2026 PDC Women's Series: 5, 15

WDF Platinum ranked 2023 Australian Darts Open Gold ranked 2022 British Open Silver ranked Pacific Masters (2): 2022, 2023 2024 Swiss Open Bronze ranked 2026 Lincolnshire Open Non-ranked 2019 Australian Darts Open Cups WDF World Cup Singles: 2015 WDF World Cup Pairs (2): 2009, 2015 WDF World Cup Teams: 2015 WDF World Cup Overall (2): 2009, 2015 WDF Europe Cup Teams: 2014 WDF Europe Cup Overall: 2014

Other England National Championships (2): 2011, 2012