Lisa Ashton

Lisa Ashton (born 27 August 1970) is an English female darts player and the 2014 and 2015 British Darts Organisation women's world champion.

Career

Ashton reached the quarter finals of the 2007 Women's World Masters, beating 1996 finalist Heike Ernst of Germany 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

In 2011, Ashton defeated Trina Gulliver 4–1 to win the Winmau World Masters.^[3]

Ashton reached the final of the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship after defeating both Deta Hedman and Sharon Prins 2–0. In the final Ashton lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 2–1.

Lisa Ashton hit ten 180s on her way to winning the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship at the Lakeside Country Club which had sixteen women qualifiers for the first time in its history.^[4] She defeated Number 7 seed Aileen De Graaf of the Netherlands in the first round in a match which went to a sudden death deciding leg in which pundits such as Bobby George described as the best women's darts match ever. She then defeated Tamara Schuur of the Netherlands in the Quarter Finals who surprisingly defeated nine-times World Champion Trina Gulliver in the first match of Lakeside 2014. She then beat number 3 seed Anastasia Dobromyslova of Russia in the semi-final surviving 6 match darts who beat her in the final 12 months previously 2–1. She beat world number one Deta Hedman in the final 3–2 after being 2–0 behind and seeing Deta throw for the title.^[5]

She defended her world championship title in 2015 with a 3-1 win over Fallon Sherrock.^[6] She then won the BDO World Trophy by defeating Anastasia Dobromyslova in the final. At the Winmau World Masters Ashton lost in the final to Aileen de Graaf after missing six match darts. At the 2016 World Championship Ashton was beaten 2-1 by Trina Gulliver in the quarter-finals. At the 2016 BDO World Trophy Ashton hit a record three-dart average for a televised women's match of 98.4.

World Professional Darts Championship

BDO

• 2009: Quarter Final (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2)^[7]
• 2012: Quarter Final (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2)^[8]
• 2013: Final (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 1–2)^[9]
• 2014: Winner (beat Deta Hedman 3–2)^[10]
• 2015: Winner (beat Fallon Sherrock 3-1)
• 2016: Quarter Final (lost to Trina Gulliver) 1–2)

References

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database