Two-time Women’s World Matchplay winner Greaves produced a series of superb performances on a gripping day of action at the Robin Park Leisure Centre, which culminated with an epic contest between two of the sport’s most exciting talents.
Littler, fresh from lifting the World Grand Prix title on Sunday evening, averaged 107.4 and landed a brace of ten-darters against an unflappable Greaves, missing double 12 for a nine-darter in the fourth leg of the contest.
However, Greaves wasn’t to be denied, conjuring up a sensational 11-dart break of throw in the decider to prevail with a 105 average and become the first woman to advance to a World Youth Championship final.
The event began with a round-robin format on Monday, as 128 of the world's top youth talents were split into 32 groups of four, with the top two players from each group advancing to the knockout phase.
The Doncaster trailblazer opened her challenge with a hat-trick of wins in the round-robin phase, whitewashing American Joseph Lynaugh before recording successive 5-2 wins against Noah Roeschlein and Keanu van Velzen.
Following a six-leg blitz of Coby Jones-Swanson in her opening knockout game, Greaves stormed through to the last 16 with a 6-2 success against Dutchman Danny Jansen, a former ProTour winner back in 2022.
The 21-year-old was then forced to overturn a 4-2 deficit against Tyler Thorpe, reeling off four consecutive legs in 14, 15, 13 and 15 darts to average north of 99 and create a quarter-final tie with Germany’s Liam Maendl-Lawrance.
Greaves defied a brief rally from Maendl-Lawrance to set up a blockbuster clash against Littler, where she produced one of the best displays of her darting career to maintain her bid for further televised silverware.
2025 Winmau World Youth Championship
Monday October 13
Robin Park Leisure Centre, Wigan
Last 64
Luke Littler (1) 6-2 Tom Garfield
Ronan McDonagh 6-1 Charlie Large
Charlie Manby (18) 6-2 Henry Coates (16)
Jurjen van der Velde (15) 6-0 Nathan Girvan (17)
Lok Yin Lee 6-4 Dominik Gruellich (8)
Ciaran Forde 6-5 JJ Wright
Leon Weber (9) 6-1 Jenson Walker
Jamai van den Herik (10) 6-2 Ryan Branley (24)
Dylan Slevin (4) 6-4 Levy Frauenfelder (30)
Tyler Thorpe (29) 6-2 James Buckby
Beau Greaves (13) 6-0 Coby Jones-Swanson
Danny Jansen 6-5 Kyle Manton
Justin Atellinghusen 6-4 Duyane Wade Decena
Lewis Gurney 6-4 Dylan Dowling
Tavis Dudeney (12) 6-5 Dean Fitch Jnr
Liam Maendl-Lawrance (21) 6-3 Ralfs Laumanis
Gian van Veen (2) 6-2 Damien Veltjens (32)
Jeffrey Keen 6-4 Shusaku Nakamura
Aidan O'Hara 6-1 Ben Edgar
Killian Hohnstedt 6-5 Cole Davey
Cam Crabtree (7) 6-5 Keenan Thomas
Bram van Dijk 6-1 Jarod Becker
Nunjo Dewaele 6-5 Sean McKeon
Daniel Perry 6-5 Jack Drayton
Keane Barry (3) 6-2 Mark Tabak
Finley Pember 6-3 Jack Anthony Sheppard
Cayden Smith 6-2 Jarno Bottenberg (14)
Adam Gawlas BYE Noah Roeschlein (Noah Roeschlein withdraws due to injury)
Nathan Potter (28) 6-4 Owen Bates (6)
Sebastian Bialecki (5) 6-4 Patrik Williams
Roy Rietbergen 6-3 Mitchell Leeming
Jack Gillett 6-1 Joshua Hermann (22)
Last 32
Luke Littler 6-1 Ronan McDonagh
Charlie Manby 6-4 Jurjen van der Velde
Lok Yin Lee 6-1 Ciaran Forde
Jamai van der Herik 6-0 Leon Weber
Tyler Thorpe 6-4 Dylan Slevin
Beau Greaves 6-2 Danny Jansen
Lewis Gurney 6-2 Justin Atellinghusen
Liam Maendl Lawrance 6-3 Tavis Dudeney
Gian van Veen 6-0 Jeffrey Keen
Aidan O'Hara 6-2 Killian Hohnstedt
Cam Crabtree 6-4 Bram van Dijk
Nunjo Dewaele 6-4 Daniel Perry
Keane Barry 6-4 Finley Pember
Adam Gawlas 6-1 Cayden Smith
Sebastian Bialecki 6-3 Nathan Potter
Roy Rietbergen 6-3 Jack Gillett
Last 16
Luke Littler 6-5 Charlie Manby
Jamai van den Herik 6-3 Lok Yin Lee
Beau Greaves 6-4 Tyler Thorpe
Liam Maendl-Lawrance 6-2 Lewis Gurney
Gian van Veen 6-5 Aidan O'Hara
Cam Crabtree 6-5 Nunjo Dewaele
Keane Barry 6-3 Adam Gawlas
Sebastian Bialecki 6-5 Roy Rietbergen
Quarter-Finals
Luke Littler 6-1 Jamai van den Herik
Beau Greaves 6-2 Liam Maendl-Lawrance
Gian van Veen 6-2 Cam Crabtree
Sebastian Bialecki 6-5 Keane Barry
Semi-Finals
Beau Greaves 6-5 Luke Littler
Gian van Veen 6-4 Sebastian Bialecki
Final
Beau Greaves v Gian van Veen
Best of 11 legs
To be played on Sunday November 23 at Butlin's Minehead Resort