# Dimitri Van den Bergh

Dimitri Barbara Peter Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in 2021. Nicknamed "the Dreammaker", Van den Bergh has won two PDC major titles – the World Matchplay and the UK Open. He also won two World Series of Darts titles in 2022.
He defeated Gary Anderson 18–10 in the 2020 World Matchplay final, and defeated Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 UK Open final.
He finished as the runner-up at both the World Matchplay and World Series Finals in 2021. He is a one-time World Championship semi-finalist, reaching the last four at the 2023 PDC World Championship.
In his youth career, Van den Bergh won the PDC World Youth Championship in both 2017 and 2018, and eleven PDC Development Tours, making him one of the most successful players in the history of the PDC's youth system.

## Career
### 2013

In 2013, Van den Bergh won the British Teenage Open by beating Billy Longshaw 3–0 in the final. Two months later he claimed the 16th PDC Challenge Tour event of the year by whitewashing Charlie Tate 4–0.

### 2014

In 2014, he entered Q School in an attempt to earn a PDC Tour Card, but he couldn't advance beyond the last 64 in any of the four days. However, he was granted PDPA Associate Member status for participating which gave him entry into UK Open and European tour qualifiers. Van den Bergh qualified for the first European Tour event, the German Darts Championship and lost 6–2 in the first round against Ronnie Baxter despite averaging 102.94. Van den Bergh won three youth tour titles during the year and also reached the last 16 of the Under-21 World Championship, where he lost 6–3 to Robinson. He finished top of the Youth Tour Order of Merit which earned him a two-year card for the main PDC tour.

### 2015

Van den Bergh claimed two Development Tour titles in 2015. He reached the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time at the third Players Championship event, but lost 6–5 to Mensur Suljović. Van den Bergh was also knocked out in the second round of three European Tour events. He qualified for the inaugural World Series of Darts Finals but was beaten 6–3 by Max Hopp in the first round in what was Van den Bergh's televised debut.

### 2016

He qualified for the 2016 World Championship through the European Pro Tour Order of Merit and danced on to the stage before his first round encounter with Ian White. Van den Bergh missed four darts for the first set, but went on to win 3–1 taking out four ton-plus finishes during the match. He lost 4–2 to Benito van de Pas in the following round. Van den Bergh won the 14th Development Tour event by overcoming Steve Lennon 4–2. At the 15th Players Championship tournament Van den Bergh reached the semi-finals of a main tour event for the first time with wins over Devon Petersen, Jan Dekker, Ronny Huybrechts, Chris Dobey and Cristo Reyes, but he lost 6–2 to Michael van Gerwen. In the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship, Van den Bergh was beaten 6–3 by Corey Cadby. He won a place at the Grand Slam by coming through the qualifying event and edged his first group match 5–4 over Gerwyn Price. Van den Bergh was then beaten 5–4 by Robert Thornton, but after defeating Scott Waites 5–4 in the final group game it meant he was tied with Thornton on points and leg difference. This meant a nine-dart shoot-out was required to decide who would advance to the knock-out stage and Thornton won by 345 points to 340.

### 2017

Van den Bergh's first round match at the 2017 World Championship went to a deciding set and was on throw, but he missed two darts at double eight to send it to a tie-break, allowing Cristo Reyes to step in and win 3–2. At the end of the year, Van den Bergh became World Youth Champion by defeating Josh Payne 6–3 in the final. He would defend his title the following year by defeating Germany's Martin Schindler in the final.

### 2018

At the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh reached the quarter-finals for the first time, where he lost 5–4 to eventual champion Rob Cross in a tight match. Van den Bergh's debut in the World Series of Darts came with a stellar performance in the 2018 German Darts Masters where he lost in the final to Mensur Suljović 2–8 after defeating Michael van Gerwen 8–3 in the quarter-final and Gary Anderson 8–7 in the semi-final.
At the Grand Slam, Van den Bergh hit his first televised nine-dart leg of his career against Grand Slam of Darts against Stephen Bunting.

### 2019

At the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh lost 4–1 to Luke Humphries in the third round. Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Van den Bergh was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He would play a one-off match against James Wade on night eight in Rotterdam, recording a 6–6 draw. Van den Bergh reached two Players Championship Finals, but lost in both to Glen Durrant and Krzysztof Ratajski respectively. Later in the year, he would qualify for the World Grand Prix for the first time, but he let a 1–0 lead slip and eventually lost 2–1 to Mervyn King. In the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh scored high averages in defeating Josh Payne, Luke Woodhouse and Adrian Lewis, before losing to Nathan Aspinall in the quarter-finals.

### 2020

At the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh reached the quarter-finals for the second time, there he lost to Nathan Aspinall 5–3. In March he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Open before succumbing to Gerwyn Price. Then, after spending the whole first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the UK, staying at Peter Wright's house, Van den Bergh pulled off the biggest achievement of his career by winning the 2020 World Matchplay on his debut, after defeating Nathan Aspinall, Joe Cullen, Adrian Lewis, Glen Durrant and Gary Anderson to win the £115,000 top prize, and move him into the Top 10 in the world for the first time.

### 2021

At the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh lost 4–2 in the fourth round to Dave Chisnall. In defence of his World Matchplay title, he reached the final, before losing 18–9 to Peter Wright.
Van den Bergh qualified for the 2021 Nordic Darts Masters where he defeated Sweden's Johan Engström 6-4 in the first round, and defeated Gary Anderson 10-8 in the quarter finals before he lost to Fallon Sherrock 11-10 in the semi-finals.

### 2022

At the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, Van den Bergh suffered a shock second round defeat to Florian Hempel. At the Masters he reached the second round, defeating Ian White 6-1 in round 1 with a 105.31 average, but then losing 10-9 to Jonny Clayton in round 2. In June 2022, Van den Bergh won the 2022 Nordic Darts Masters, defeating Benjamin Drue Reus, Gerwyn Price and Michael Smith en route to a final against Gary Anderson which the Belgian won 11–4.

### 2023

At the 2023 PDC World Championship, Van den Bergh reached the quarterfinals for the third time and was finally able to progress further, seeing off Jonny Clayton 5–3, and as a result became the first Belgian player to reach the semi-finals of a PDC World Championship, before being beaten 6–0 by Michael van Gerwen. In the same year, he and Kim Huybrechts represented Belgium on the World Cup of Darts. However, the two darters seemed to ignore each other during their first game. According to several media, the two players were having an unknown conflict, which they did not solve before the match started. Van den Bergh and Huybrechts did not really explain their behaviour after the game.

### 2024

At the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship Van den Bergh was defeated in the second round by Florian Hempel 2–3, despite winning the first two sets, Van den Bergh missed 3 match darts. The match was a repeat of the 2022 second-round tie, which Hempel also won.
Van den Bergh won his second major title at the 2024 UK Open, beating World Champion Luke Humphries in a deciding leg in the final.
Van den Bergh reached the quarter-finals at the 2024 World Matchplay, where he threw a nine-dart leg in his first round victory over Martin Schindler, before losing to eventual champion Luke Humphries.

### 2025

At the 2025 PDC World Masters, Van den Bergh hit a third televised nine-dart finish in his 4–3 second round victory over Michael van Gerwen. He was defeated by Jonny Clayton in the semi-finals.

## World Championship performances
### PDC

* 2016: Second round (lost to Benito van de Pas 2–4)
* 2017: First round (lost to Cristo Reyes 2–3)
* 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Rob Cross 4–5)
* 2019: Third round (lost to Luke Humphries 1–4)
* 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Nathan Aspinall 3–5)
* 2021: Fourth round (lost to Dave Chisnall 2–4)
* 2022: Second round (lost to Florian Hempel 1–3)
* 2023: Semi-finals (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–6)
* 2024: Second round (lost to Florian Hempel 2–3)
* 2025: Third round (lost to Callan Rydz 0–4)

## Career finals
### PDC major finals: 4 (2 title, 2 runner-up)

* Legend
* World Matchplay (1–1)
* UK Open (1–0)
* World Series of Darts Finals (0–1)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2020 | World Matchplay | Gary Anderson | 18–10 (l) |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2021 | World Matchplay | Peter Wright | 9–18 (l) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2021 | World Series of Darts Finals | Jonny Clayton | 6–11 (l) |
| Winner | 2. | 2024 | UK Open | Luke Humphries | 11–10 (l) |

### PDC world series finals: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-up)

* Legend
* World Series of Darts (2–2)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | German Darts Masters | Mensur Suljović | 2–8 (l) |
| Winner | 1. | 2022 | Nordic Darts Masters | Gary Anderson | 11–5 (l) |
| Winner | 2. | 2022 | Dutch Darts Masters | Dirk van Duijvenbode | 8–2 (l) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2023 | Poland Darts Masters | Michael van Gerwen | 3–8 (l) |

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | QF | 4R | 2R | SF | 2R | 3R |
| World Masters | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | 2R | 1R | SF | SF |
| UK Open | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | 6R | QF | 4R | 5R | SF | W | 6R |
| World Matchplay | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | W | F | SF | 2R | QF | |
| World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | SF | |
| European Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 1R | DNQ | |
| Grand Slam | DNQ | DNQ | RR | DNQ | QF | RR | SF | WD | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events |||||||||||||
| Premier League | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | C | DNP | 5th | DNP | 6th | DNP | DNP |
| World Cup | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | SF | QF | SF | 2R | QF | SF | SF | |
| World Series Finals | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | QF | 1R | DNQ | 1R | F | 2R | QF | 1R | |
| World Youth Championship | 3R | 1R | SF | W | W | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | NR | 59 | 51 | 39 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 11 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2014 | GDC 1R | DDM 2R | GDM DNQ | ADO DNQ | GDT 2R | EDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDT 2R |
| 2015 | GDC DNQ | GDT 2R | GDM DNQ | DDM 1R | IDO DNQ | EDO 2R | EDT DNQ | EDM 2R | EDG DNQ |
| 2016 | DDM 1R | GDM 1R | GDT DNQ | EDM DNQ | ADO 2R | EDO 2R | IDO DNQ | EDT 2R | EDG DNQ | GDC DNQ |
| 2017 | GDC 2R | GDM DNQ | GDO 3R | EDG 2R | GDT 3R | EDM DNQ | ADO 1R | EDO 3R | DDM DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO 1R | EDT 1R |
| 2018 | EDO 1R | GDG DNQ | GDO 2R | ADO 3R | EDG 1R | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ |
| 2019 | EDO 3R | GDC 2R | GDG DNQ | GDO 2R | ADO DNQ | EDG 2R | DDM DNQ | DDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | ADC 2R | EDM DNQ | IDO 2R | GDT 2R |
| 2020 | BDC 2R | GDC DNQ | EDG DNQ | IDO DNQ |
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2022 | IDO QF | GDC SF | GDG 2R | ADO 2R | EDO F | CDO 3R | EDG 2R | DDC 2R | EDM 3R | HDT 2R | GDO F | BDO 2R | GDT 2R |
| 2023 | BSD 3R | EDO 3R | IDO 2R | GDG 2R | ADO DNQ | DDC 2R | BDO 2R | CDO 3R | EDG 2R | EDM 3R | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO 1R | GDG 2R | IDO 2R | EDG WD | ADO 2R | BSD 1R | DDC 3R | EDO 2R | GDC 1R | FDT 1R | HDT 1R | SDT 1R | CDO 1R |
PDC World Series of Darts
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | NOR SF |
| 2022 | USA DNP | NOR W | DUT W | QUE QF | NSW QF | NZE SF |
| 2023 | BAH QF | NOR QF | USA QF | POL F | NSW 1R | NZE SF |
| 2024 | BAH DNP | DUT 1R | USA DNP | NOR QF | POL DNP | AUS SF | NZE QF |
| 2025 | BAH DNP | DUT 1R | NOR | USA | POL | AUS | NZE |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| 2018 | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | MIL 2R | MIL QF | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | WIG 1R | WIG QF | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | DUB 1R | DUB 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R |
| 2019 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | WIG F | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | WIG QF | WIG SF | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | HIL F | HIL 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | DUB 1R | DUB 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2020 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 4R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | NIE 3R | NIE 3R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 4R | COV 4R | COV 1R | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 2R |
| 2021 | BOL 1R | BOL 1R | BOL 2R | BOL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | NIE SF | NIE 4R | NIE 2R | NIE W | MIL 1R | MIL QF | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | COV F | COV 1R | COV SF | COV 4R | BAR 2R | BAR SF | BAR 1R | BAR W | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
| 2022 | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | WIG 2R | WIG F | BAR SF | BAR 1R | NIE 1R | NIE DNP | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | NIE 4R | NIE 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R |
| 2023 | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | HIL QF | HIL 4R | WIG 2R | WIG SF | LEI 3R | LEI 4R | HIL 3R | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 3R | LEI 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | HIL W | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 4R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI DNP | LEI DNP |
| 2025 | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | ROS DNP | ROS DNP | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | LEI | ROS | ROS | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG |
Performance Table Legend :
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |
* ↑ Before 2025 this was a non ranked event.

## Nine-dart finishes

Dimitri Van den Bergh televised nine-dart finishes :
| Date | Opponent | Tournament | Method | Prize |
| 14 November 2018 | Stephen Bunting | Grand Slam of Darts | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | £25,000 |
| 14 July 2024 | Martin Schindler | World Matchplay | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 |
| 1 February 2025 | Michael van Gerwen | PDC World Masters | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T15, D18 |