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Dimitri Van den Bergh
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Van den Bergh in 2021
Personal information
Full nameDimitri Barbara Peter Van den Bergh[1]
NicknameThe DreamMaker
Born (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)
Antwerp, Belgium
Home townIlkeston, England
Darts information
Darts23g Target Signature Gen 1
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Happy" by Pharrell Williams
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2012–2013
PDC2013–
Current world ranking13 Steady (30 October 2022)[2]
WDF Platinum – best performances
World MastersLast 256: 2013
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter Final: 2018, 2020
World MatchplayWinner (1): 2020
World Grand PrixQuarter Final: 2022
UK OpenQuarter Final: 2020
Grand SlamSemi Final: 2020
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2017, 2019
Premier League5th: 2021
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 32: 2016, 2021
MastersLast 16: 2022
World Series FinalsRunner Up: 2021
Other tournament wins
British Teenage Open 2013
Hemeco Open Rosmalen 2016
PDC Challenge Tour England 2013
PDC Development Tour 2014 (x3), 2015 (x2)
2016, 2017, 2018 (x2)
PDC World Youth Championship 2017, 2018

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2021
Players Championship (NIE) 2021

World Series of Darts

Dutch Darts Masters 2022
Nordic Darts Masters 2022
Other achievements
2016 Breaks into the top 64 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time

2018 Hits first televised nine-dart leg at 2018 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
Men's Darts
Representing  Belgium
EDF European Ch'ship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Podčetrtek Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Podčetrtek Men's cricket

Dimitri Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time World Youth Champion and the 2020 World Matchplay champion, after beating Gary Anderson 18–10 in the final, in his first time competing in the Matchplay.

Career

BDO

In 2013, Van den Bergh won the British Teenage Open by beating Billy Longshaw 3–0 in the final.[4] Two months later he claimed the 16th PDC Challenge Tour event of the year by whitewashing Reece Robinson 4–0.[5]

PDC

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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] He finished top of the Youth Tour Order of Merit which earned him a two-year card for the main PDC tour.[9]

2015

Van den Bergh claimed two Development Tour titles in 2015.[10] 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.[11] Van den Bergh was also knocked out in the second round of three European Tour events.[10] 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.[12][13]

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.[14] 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.[15] He lost 4–2 to Benito van de Pas in the following round.[16] Van den Bergh won the 14th Development Tour event by overcoming Steve Lennon 4–2.[17] 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.[18] In the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship, Van den Bergh was beaten 6–3 by Corey Cadby.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21]

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.[22] 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.[23]

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.[24] 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. [25][26] 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.[27]

World Championship performances

PDC

Career finals

PDC major finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)

Legend
World Matchplay (1–1)
World Series of Darts Finals (0–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[a]
Winner 1. 2020 World Matchplay Scotland Gary Anderson 18–10 (l)
Runner-up 1. 2021 World Matchplay Scotland Peter Wright 9–18 (l)
Runner-up 2. 2021 World Series of Darts Finals Wales Jonny Clayton 6–11 (l)

PDC world series finals: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
World Series of Darts (2–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[a]
Runner-up 1. 2018 German Darts Masters Austria Mensur Suljović 2–8 (l)
Winner 1. 2022 Nordic Darts Masters Scotland Gary Anderson 11–5 (l)
Winner 2. 2022 Dutch Darts Masters Netherlands Dirk van Duijvenbode 8–2 (l)

Performance timeline

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 2R 1R QF 3R QF 4R 2R
UK Open Did not qualify 1R 6R QF 4R 5R
World Matchplay Did not qualify W F SF
World Grand Prix Did not qualify 1R 2R 1R QF
European Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 2R
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR DNQ QF RR SF WD
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R DNQ 1R 1R 1R 2R
Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts Did not play C DNP 5th DNP
The Masters Did not qualify 1R 2R
PDC World Cup of Darts Did not play SF QF SF 2R QF
World Series of Darts Finals DNQ 1R DNQ QF 1R DNQ 1R F 2R
PDC World Youth Championship 3R 1R SF W W Did not play
Career statistics
Year-end ranking NR 59 51 39 33 29 9 9


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


Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded L# lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

Nine-dart finishes

See also: Nine-dart finish
Dimitri Van den Bergh televised nine-dart finishes
Date Opponent Tournament Method Prize
14 November 2018 England Stephen Bunting Grand Slam of Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £25,000

Notes

  1. ^ a b (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

References

  1. ^ @DanDartsDawson (20 April 2021). "Evidence. The man top of the @unibet..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Dimitri Van den Bergh hits a nine-darter at Grand Slam of Darts". SKY Sports. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ^ "2013 British Teenage Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ^ "2013 PDC Challenge Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  6. ^ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  7. ^ "German Darts Championship Round One". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  8. ^ "2014 PDC Under 21 World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Brown & Reynolds Earn Youth Wins". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Dimitri van den Bergh 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  11. ^ "2015 PDPA Players Championship Barnsley Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  12. ^ "2015 World Series Of Darts Finals Qualifier Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  13. ^ "2015 World Series Of Darts Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  14. ^ "2016 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  15. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Three". PDC. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  16. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Nine". PDC. Archived from the original on 28 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Dean & Dimitri's Development Tour Wins". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  18. ^ "Nine-Dart van Gerwen's Barnsley Double". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  19. ^ "2016 PDC Youth World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  20. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  21. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  22. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  23. ^ "Super Suljovic's German Darts Masters Glory".
  24. ^ "Cazoo World Darts Championship".
  25. ^ "Van den Bergh & Whitlock shine on Ladbrokes Masters Day One".
  26. ^ "Whitlock KO's Wright to reach Ladbrokes Masters quarter-finals".
  27. ^ "Van den Bergh dominates in Denmark to claim Nordic Darts Masters glory". www.pdc.tv. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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