David Cameron and Deta Hedman claimed the senior titles at the Las Vegas Open as the WDF tour headed to Sin City for another bumper weekend of action.
Classy Cameron seals ninth Lakeside World Championship appearance
For the second successive year, it was a Canadian that triumphed in the Men's Las Vegas Open. In 2024 it was Jacob Taylor and in 2025 it was David Cameron, who downed Jeff Springer Jr 6-3 in the final to win his first WDF title in five years.
Cameron had breezed through the tournament's early stages, beating Garrett French 3-1 in his opening game before defeated Jeffrey Steinberg, Shane Lowe, Milan Brinkman and Aaron Turner without dropping another leg to reach the quarter-finals.
There he accounted for Patrick Kithi 4-2 before beating England's James Beeton 5-3 with a 94.39 average to setup a final clash with America's own Springer Jr.
'The Stinger' had shown quality, recording three 90+ averages in the tournament and accounting for soft-tip standout Ram Guevara in the semi-finals, and he started the final well with a 14-dart hold of throw.
Cameron responded well though, pinning a 13-darter of his own before producing an early break. He capitalised on that to establish a 4-2 lead, before moving within a leg of the title with another break.
Springer replied immediately with a break back but was unable to make further inroads, Cameron sealing it 6-3 with another break and a match-winning 94 checkout.
'Excalibur', who finished the final with an 86.51 average, is the third man to book his spot at Lakeside 2025 after Marko Kantele and Shane McGuirk claimed the first two automatic places last year.
Men's Las Vegas Open | Quarter-Finals
Jeff Springer Jr 4-0 Brandon Perez
Ram Guevara 4-2 Dave Prins
David Cameron 4-2 Patrick Kithi
James Beeton 4-3 Ryan Ocampo
Semi-Finals
Springer Jr 5-3 Guevara
Cameron 5-3 Beeton
Final
Cameron 6-3 Beeton
Hedman denies O'Sullivan in dramatic deciding leg
Deta Hedman has booked herself a spot at a 15th Women's World Championship after coming from behind to win a dramatic, topsy-turvy Women's Las Vegas Open final against Rhian O'Sullivan.
A semi-finalist in Vegas last year, Hedman entered this year's tournament as second seed and started strongly, sweeping past Brenda Moreau, Rhonda Maidment, Liz Tynan and Roxanne Van Tassel to reach the quarter-finals.
She beat Wales' Eve Watson 4-1 at that stage before defeating 2024 finalist Wendy Reinstadtler 4-2 in the semis.
That booked a final with top seed O'Sullivan, who'd won her first four matches with whitewashes but had had to come through last-leg deciders in the quarters and semis against Aaja Jalbert and Jessica Melton respectively.
Hedman started the final stronger, breaking throw with an 81 checkout in the opening leg as she went on to open out a 3-1 lead. O'Sullivan responded strongly, producing outs of 114 and 104 in a three-leg burst that moved her 4-3 ahead and within one of the title.
She was unable to close the show though, with Hedman taking the eighth leg to force a decider that saw her survive six missed match darts from O'Sullivan before pinning double 12 with the first dart in hand to take it 5-4.
That victory secures Hedman a spot at Lakeside later this year, joining Lorraine Hyde and Beau Greaves in booking early automatic qualification.
Las Vegas Open | Women's Quarter-Finals
Rhian O'Sullivan 4-3 Aaja Jalbert
Jessica Melton 4-1 Paula Murphy
Deta Hedman 4-1 Eve Watson
Wendy Reinstadtler 4-0 Tanja Bencic
Semi-Finals
O'Sullivan 4-3 Melton
Hedman 4-2 Reinstadtler
Final
Hedman 5-4 O'Sullivan
Dunn dominates Boys' Open
David Cameron wasn't the only Canadian ranking winner in Las Vegas, as teenager Colton Dunn impressed to take his first WDF Youth title in the Boys' Open.
Dunn saw off Pearce Botson 3-1 before dispatching top seed Maddox Williams 3-0 in the last eight and then Scotland's Robert Sutherland 3-2 in the semi-finals.
Up against Dunn in the final was Dutch teen Milan Brinkman, who won his first WDF Youth crown last year in Malta. Dunn starred though, opening up with a 106 out before sealing a 4-1 victory with a sensational 112 finish.
Scotland's Sutherland seals Girls' title
Chloe Sutherland was competing in her first WDF Youth event in Las Vegas and the Scot made it one to remember, defeating Canada's Caidynce Rever in the final.
Sutherland dropped just one leg in the process of winning the Girls' Open, beating Calie Penney in the semis before downing her compatriot Rever 4-0 in the title decider.
Photos: ADO Darts/USA Darts
