Dimitri Van den Bergh | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 2 (2 February 2025)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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, having reached a peak of world number five in 2021. Nicknamed "The Dreammaker", Van den Bergh has won two PDC premier events – the World Matchplay and the UK Open, as well as two World Series titles in 2022. He defeated Gary Anderson 18–10 in the 2020 World Matchplay final, in his Matchplay debut, and defeated Luke Humphries 11–10 in the 2024 UK Open final.
Van den Bergh was the runner-up at both the World Matchplay and World Series Finals in 2021 and is also a former PDC World Championship semi-finalist from the 2023 event. He was also a back-to-back World Youth Champion.