The 2023

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Women's World Matchplay was the second staging of the tournament by the

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. The tournament featured the top eight players on the

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Order of Merit, competing in a knockout format, with the winner earning a place in the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts and the

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. The tournament was held at the Winter Gardens in

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on 23 July 2023. In this tournament Noa-Lynn became the first trans woman to compete in a PDC televised event.

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was the defending champion, defeating

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6–3 in the 2022 Final, but was eliminated in the quarter finals, losing 3–4 to

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won by defeating

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6–1 in the final, thereby securing her spot in the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts.

Qualifiers

The eight qualifiers for the tournament were the top 8 ranked players on the one-year rolling PDC Women's Series Order of Merit, comprising the last 8 events of the

2022 PDC Women's Series The 2022 PDC Women's Series consisted of 20 darts tournaments on the 2022 PDC Pro Tour. Prize money The prize money for the Women's Series events remained the same from 2021, with each event having a prize fund of £5,000. This is how the prize ...

and the first 12 events of the

. All eight players were the top 8 ranked on the 2023 PDC Women's Series Order of Merit at the moment of the celebration of the tournament. The qualifiers were:

Schedule

Draw

References

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