Beau Greaves and Deta Hedman lived up to their tag as favourite sealing the ladies' pairs title at the 2023 Dutch Open Darts in Assen.
Greaves and Hedman saw off Dutch duo, Aletta Wajer and Anca Ziljstra. While in the Men's, it was a Dutch team in the form of former World Champion, Christian Kist and Michael Stoeten who saw off compatriots in Jelle Klaasen and Chris Landman.
In the final, Klaasen and Landman led 4-3, but missed a handful of doubles each time in the last two legs to secure victory. As a result, the victory went 5-4 to Kist and Stoeten.
Results pairs tournaments Dutch Open Darts
Men
Quarterfinal
Joey ten Berge/Mike Zuydwijk 3-1 Dustin Straver/Arie van den Eijkel
Jelle Klaasen/Chris Landman 3-2 Nigel van Milligen/Mareno Michels
Christiaan Snoei/Gerko Tibbe 1-3 Christian Kist/Michael Stoeten
Eddy Merlin/Mitchell von Schukkmann 3-1 Patrick Peters/Ron Wisniewski
Semi Final
Jelle Klaasen/Chris Landman 4-1 Joey ten Berge/Mike Zuydwijk
Christian Kist/Michael Stoeten 4-2 Eddy Merlin/Mitchell von Schukkmann
Final
Christian Kist/Michael Stoeten 5-4 Jelle Klaasen/Chris Landman
Ladies
Quarter-finals
Aileen de Graaf/Lerena Rietbergen 3-0 Astrid Trouwborst/Vanessa Zuidema
Beau Greaves/Deta Hedman 3-0 Emma Little/Andrea Walker
Rhian O'Sullivan/Suzanne Smith 3-0 Karin Luijendijk-Huijer/Fabienne Romelingh
Aletta Wajer/Anca Zijlstra 3-2 Nathalie van Marm/Roos van der Velde
Semi Final
Aileen de Graaf/Lerena Rietbergen 1-3 Beau Greaves/Deta Hedman
Rhian O'Sullivan/Suzanne Smith 0-3 Aletta Wajer/Anca Zijlstra
Final
Beau Greaves/Deta Hedman 4-1 Aletta Wajer/Anca Zijlstra