Fallon Sherrock: The Night Darts Changed
The noise inside Alexandra Palace built until it was one word, thousands of voices chanting "Fallon" at a player standing one double from history. Sherrock hit it — and became the first woman ever to win a match at the PDC World Championship.
Who Is Fallon Sherrock?
Fallon Sherrock is an English professional from Milton Keynes, known across the sport as "The Queen of the Palace." She earned the name in December 2019 by becoming the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Darts Championship.
There was a long grind before the fame. She worked as a hairdresser while playing the women's circuit, and she'd already reached a BDO women's world final before the Ally Pally run made her a global story.
The Night Darts Changed
Her first-round win over Ted Evetts at the 2020 edition of the PDC World Darts Championship was the breakthrough. A woman beating a man on the sport's biggest stage had simply never happened before.
Then she did it again. Beating Mensur Suljović — a top-tier seeded professional — in the second round turned a feel-good moment into a genuine sporting earthquake.
The crowd adopted her completely, chanting her name through both matches. Coverage spread far outside darts, and "Queen of the Palace" stuck.
What Came After
Sherrock kept proving the run wasn't a one-off. World Series invitations followed, along with televised tournaments against the men and a memorable run at the Grand Slam of Darts.
She also became a dominant force on the PDC Women's Series. Alongside rivals like Lisa Ashton and Beau Greaves, she helped push women in darts to a visibility the game had never given them.
Women had won world titles before her in the women's game — champions like Trina Gulliver and Anastasia Dobromyslova built that foundation. Sherrock's breakthrough was doing it in open competition against the men.
How She Plays
Sherrock throws with a smooth, deliberate action and stays visibly calm at the oche. Her defining strength is composure on doubles — the history-making wins came from clinical finishing under absurd pressure.
She's a steady scorer rather than a blitz player. That style travels well in tense matches, where the player who keeps their routine usually keeps the win.
Why She Matters
Her impact reaches well past her own results:
- She proved women can beat elite male professionals in open play
- She pulled a wave of new fans, especially women and girls, into the sport
- The PDC expanded women's events and pathways in the years after her run
- Young female players now grow up with a template for reaching the biggest stage
The women's game had deep roots long before 2019, running back through the BDO era. Sherrock's Ally Pally run connected that history to the sport's modern main stage.
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What is Fallon Sherrock famous for?
She was the first woman to win a match — then a second — at the PDC World Darts Championship in December 2019. No woman had ever beaten a man on that stage before her.
Why is she called the Queen of the Palace?
The PDC World Championship is played at Alexandra Palace, nicknamed "Ally Pally." After her historic wins there, the crowd and the media crowned her its queen.
Big moments always come down to a double — practice yours like history's watching.