Women's Championship
The women's World Championship started at Lakeside in 2001 and Trina Gulliver has won nine championships. Her seventh title in 2007 took her overall record at the Lakeside to 20 match wins and having only dropped four sets in the history of the championship – one each in the finals of 2001, 2002 and 2007 and one in the quarter final of 2003. She managed a long run of 13 consecutive matches without dropping a single set, which started the semi-final of 2003 and ended in the final of 2007.
In 2008, Anastasia Dobromyslova won the World Championship, becoming the first player other than Trina Gulliver to take the title. Following her appearance at the Grand Slam of Darts in November 2008, Anastasia Dobromyslova joined the Professional Darts Corporation, hence leaving the BDO and did not defend her title. 2009 saw five-time runner-up Francis Hoenselaar complete the Masters/World Championship double by beating Gulliver 2–1 in the final. 2012 was the first final without Gulliver, who lost in the semi-final to the eventual champion Dobromyslova.
The finals:
| Year | Champion (average in final) | Sets | Runner-Up (average in final) | Prizepool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Trina Gulliver | 2–1 | Mandy Solomons | £6,000 |
| 2002 | Trina Gulliver | 2–1 | Francis Hoenselaar | £8,000 |
| 2003 | Trina Gulliver | 2–0 | Anne Kirk | £10,000 |
| 2004 | Trina Gulliver | 2–0 | Francis Hoenselaar | £10,000 |
| 2005 | Trina Gulliver | 2–0 | Francis Hoenselaar | £10,000 |
| 2006 | Trina Gulliver | 2–0 | Francis Hoenselaar | £12,000 |
| 2007 | Trina Gulliver | 2–1 | Shanine Gallagher | £12,000 |
| 2008 | Anastasia Dobromyslova | 2–0 | Trina Gulliver | £12,000 |
| 2009 | Francis Hoenselaar | 2–1 | Trina Gulliver | £12,000 |
| 2010 | Trina Gulliver | 2–0 | Rhian Edwards | £12,000 |
| 2011 | Trina Gulliver | 2–0 | Rhian Edwards | £16,000 |
| 2012 | Anastasia Dobromyslova | 2–1 | Deta Hedman | £16,000 |
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