Dimitri Van den Bergh | |||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Van den Bergh at the 2024 World Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Dimitri Barbara Peter Van den Bergh[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "The Dreammaker" | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 8 July 1994 Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Sint-Truiden, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 22g Target Signature Gen 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Play Hard" by David Guetta ft. Ne-Yo & Akon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2012–2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2013– (Tour Card: 2015–) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | (PDC) 16 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 256: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Winner (1): 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Semi Final: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Winner (1): 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Semi Final: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Premier League | 5th: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Last 16: 2022, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Masters | Semi Final: 2024, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Series Finals | Runner Up: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championships
World Series of Darts
Youth events
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Other achievements | |||||||||||||||||||||
2018 Hits first televised nine-dart leg at Grand Slam of Darts against Stephen Bunting[3] 2020 Wins first ranked PDC premier title. Moves into top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 sixteen; 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 twelve PDC Development Tours, making him one of the most successful players in the history of the PDC's youth system.