Stefan Bellmont (born 3 May 1989) is a Swiss professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a one-time semi-finalist in the PDC's ranked Players Championship events. He has also won three titles on the PDC's second-tier tour, the Challenge Tour.

Career

2019

Bellmont made his PDC European Tour debut at the 2019 European Darts Grand Prix, where he lost 6–2 to Jeffrey de Zwaan in the first round. He also qualified for the 2019 Czech Darts Open, but lost again 6–2 in the first round, this time to Danny Noppert.

2022

Bellmont represented Switzerland at 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts, along with Thomas Junghans. They lost to New Zealand 3–5 in the first round. In 2022, he qualified for three European Tour events, in each he lost in the first round. Bellmont won event 7 on the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour series, defeating Karel Sedláček 5–4, winning in a deciding leg.[5]

2023

In 2023 he represented Switzerland again at 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts, this time partnering Marcel Walpen. In the new format of the event, they lost 3–4 to Italy and 1–4 to Sweden and were eliminated in the round robin group stage. During the year he qualified for two European Tour events, securing his first ever win on the stage against Robert Owen at the 2023 Belgian Darts Open.[6] He lost to Rob Cross 4–6 in the second round. Bellmont secured another victory at the 2023 Czech Darts Open, where he defeated Rowby-John Rodriguez 6–4 in the first round.[7] In the second round he lost 6–4 to Dimitri Van den Bergh.

2024

On the Challenge Tour, Bellmont made the semi-finals of event 1, losing there to eventual winner Richie Burnett 5–3.[8][9] Bellmont won event 4, whitewashing Pál Székely 5–0 in the final.[10][11] He reached the quarter-finals twice in the 2024 Players Championships. Bellmont took part in the West Europe Qualifier for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship on November 16, where he defeated Jimmy van Schie 7–6 in the final.[12][13] This made him the first player to represent Switzerland at the PDC World Darts Championship.[14] He lost to Jermaine Wattimena 3–0 in the first round.[15]

2025

Bellmont started into the year with a win on the Challenge Tour. He won event 5, defeating Danny Jansen 5–1 in the final.[16] At event 1, he reached the final, but lost to Beau Greaves 5–4.[17] In February, Bellmont was the first Swiss player to reach the semi-final of a PDC ranking event as he lost 7–6 to Ryan Searle at Players Championship 4.[18] He made his debut at the 2025 UK Open, but was defeated by Beau Greaves in the first round.[19]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament 2016 2019
BDO Ranked televised events
Winmau World Masters 1R 1R

PDC

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship Did not qualify 1R
UK Open Did not qualify 1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup 1R RR RR
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC) 170 163 106

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2019 Did not qualify EDG
1R
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
1R
DNQ
2020 DNQ EDG
1R
IDO
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
1R
DNQ EDG
1R
DDC
1R
DNQ
2023 Did not qualify BDO
2R
CDO
2R
DNQ

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
2022[nb 1] Did not participate NIE
1R
NIE
1R
DNP
2023[nb 1] DNP HIL
3R
HIL
1R
DNP HIL
1R
HIL
1R
DNP HIL
3R
HIL
1R
DNP
2024[nb 1] WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
QF
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
QF
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
DNP WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
DNP LEI
2R
LEI
1R
2025[nb 1] WIG
1R
WIG
1R
ROS
1R
ROS
SF
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
  1. ^ a b c d Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
L#
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

  1. ^ "Stefan Bellmont player profile". Mastercaller.
  2. ^ "Dart Profis - Stefan Bellmont - "Belli"".
  3. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  4. ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  5. ^ Gill, Samuel (1 April 2022). "Bellmont edges past Sedlacek to seal PDC Challenge Tour event seven". Darts News. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  6. ^ Gill, Samuel (6 May 2023). "Bellmont finally gets first win on Euro Tour: 'It's been a long road'". Darts News. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  7. ^ Gill, Samuel (12 May 2023). "Bellmont withstands late fightback to down Rodriguez, Lukeman powers through and Nentjes punishes astonishing Pisek miscount". Darts News. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  8. ^ Gorton, Josh (19 January 2024). "Burnett & Jansen claim titles on 2024 Challenge Tour opening day". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  9. ^ "PDC Challenge Tour 01". DartConnect TV. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  10. ^ Gorton, Josh (20 January 2024). "Lukasiak & Bellmont claim Challenge Tour wins in Milton Keynes". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  11. ^ "PDC Challenge Tour 04". DartConnect TV. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  12. ^ "PDC W. Europe World Championship Qualifier 2024". DartConnect. 16 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  13. ^ Gorton, Josh (16 November 2024). "Swiss star Bellmont wins West Europe Qualifier to confirm Ally Pally debut". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  14. ^ Heeb, Cédric (18 November 2024). "Darts: «Realisiere es noch nicht» – Stefan Bellmont erfüllt sich WM-Traum" [Darts: "I don’t believe it yet" – Stefan Bellmont fulfils his World Championship dream]. Blick (in German). Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  15. ^ Keogh, Frank (15 December 2024). "World Darts Championship 2025 results: Luke Humphries beats Thibault Tricole to reach third round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  16. ^ Gorton, Josh (19 January 2025). "Bellmont bags Winmau Challenge Tour Five title". PDC. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  17. ^ "Beau Greaves wins first Challenge Tour event in opening competition of 2025 to become second woman to claim series title". Sky Sports. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  18. ^ Gorton, Josh (18 February 2025). "Searle sweeps aside Menzies to secure PC4 success". PDC. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  19. ^ Gorton, Josh (28 February 2025). "Humphries survives Greaves test on opening day of 2025 Ladbrokes UK Open". PDC. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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