Fallon Sherrock: all you need to know about the trailblazing darts ...

Fallon Sherrock MBE, history-making English professional darts player, is set to compete at the 2024/25 Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace tonight. If she beats tough first-round contender Ryan Meikle, she'll face "Luke the Nuke" Littler, currently ranked fourth in the world, on Saturday night.

Here's everything you need to know about the 'Queen of the Palace' – our fingers are crossed for the trailblazer.

Career highlights

The 30-year-old shot to fame in 2019 when she defeated 2021 World Youth Champion Ted Evetts 3-2 and long-time legend Mensur Suljović 3-1 at the World Darts Championships, becoming the first female player to win a match, and then two, in the tournament.

That success earned her the moniker "Queen of the Palace", after the competition venue, Alexandra Palace. 'I want to make more history', Fallon said to The Mirror.

Fallon took part in the 2020 Premier League Darts and then, in the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts, Fallon was the first woman to reach the last 16 of a mixed gender major darts tournament. In October of that year, she qualified for the 2022 World Championships after finishing within the top two in the PDC Women's Series, and won the first Women's World Matchplay. She was awarded an MBE last year.

However, she's still awaiting another World Championships match win since her 2019 triumph. Sharing her frustration with The Express, she said: 'It gets to you, because I have played well each time, I have got the sets, but I haven’t got over that line.

'I feel like the players that I have played have upped it towards the end of the games as well. I have always been in a fight.'

Early life

Fallon was born on 2 July, 1994 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire and began playing darts at county youth level at 17. She represented England in the girls' singles at the 2011 World Darts Federation (WDF) Europe Cup Youth tournament and took part in the Girls World Masters in 2012.

After finishing her A-levels, she decided to focus on playing darts professionally over studying forensic science at uni.

In 2014, she made her first appearance at the British Darts Organisation (BDO) World Championship, where she qualified for the quarter finals.

Net worth

According to the Professional Darts Players Association (PDPA), she has earned £210,521 from her career, but her net worth is estimated to have cleared the £1m from sponsorship deals after her 2019 victories.

Romantic relationship

Fallon and her partner, fellow darts player Cameron Menzies, met at the Modus Super Series, enjoying Zoom virtual matches during the pandemic.

'We enjoy our practice together and she is a very class player', Menzies told Sky Sports. 'She has done well for darts in general and is banging in 90 averages and 100 averages. It's good in the house unless she beats me and I've got to make the food. I will support her left, right and centre. I am her biggest fan.'

'I've been with Fallon three-and-a-half years and you can see my darts have improved tenfold,' he shared with The Mirror.

Catch the 2024/25 World Darts Championship on Sky Sports Darts or live stream the action on Sky Go.

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