DEBUT DELIGHT FOR VAN LEUVEN! 🇳🇱🏆 It's a dream Winmau Challenge Tour debut for Noa-Lynn van Leuven, who celebrates Event Six glory in Hildesheim! 👏 Van Leuven produces a ton-plus average to defeat Tytus Kanik 5-3 in Friday's final!
Noa-Lynn van Leuven makes history and becomes first trans woman to win a Challenge Tour tournament
PDCSaturday, 16 March 2024 at 13:29
Noa-Lynn van Leuven caused a total sensation Friday by winning a tournament on the PDC Challenge Tour. She is the first transgender and woman ever to win a tournament at this level.
The Challenge Tour is open to darters who participated in the Q-School, but did not win a Tour Card there. During the sixth tournament of the PDC Challenge Tour 2024, the player from Heemskerk managed to beat a number of well-known names.
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She consecutively defeated Jamie Atkins (5-2), Nicolas Thuillier (5-3), Stefan Bellmont (5-1), Alexander Merkx (5-2), Darryl Pilgrim (5-3), John Henderson (5-3) and Cam Crabtree (5-2) to secure a final spot. Then, in the final, Van Leuven won 5-3 over Tytus Kanik with an excellent average of 100.97. This title earns Van Leuven the top prize of 2,500 pounds, which also moved her directly up to seventh place on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit.
This is not the first time Van Leuven has made history. In 2023, she qualified for the Women's World Matchplay, making Van Leuven the first ever transwoman at a televised tournament at the PDC.
Results PDC Challenge Tour 6
Last 16
John Henderson 5 | 3 Franz Roetzsch
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5 | 3 Darryl Pilgrim
Charlie Martin 5 | 2 Romeo Grbavac
Cam Crabtree 5 | 4 Vladimir Andersen
Sebastian Bialecki 5 | 2 Jimmy van Schie
Tytus Kanik 5 | 0 Adrian Gray
Aden Kirk 5 | 3 Henry Coates
Danny Jansen 5 | 3 James Beeton
Quarterfinals
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5 | 3 John Henderson
Cam Crabtree 5 | 1 Charlie Martin
Tytus Kanik 5 | 1 Sebastian Bialecki
Aden Kirk 5 | 2 Danny Jansen
Semi-final
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5 | 2 Cam Crabtree
Tytus Kanik 5 | 4 Aden Kirk
Finale
Noa-Lynn van Leuven 5 | 3 Tytus Kanik
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