10 Facts About Phill Nixon

Phillip Nixon was an English darts player from Ferryhill, County Durham.

Phill Nixon was the runner up in the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship in his first appearance.

Phill Nixon came through three separate qualifying competitions at county, national and international level to secure his Lakeside debut.

Phill Nixon beat number 7 seed Darryl Fitton, number 10 seed Martin Atkins and number 15 seed Paul Hanvidge to the reach the semi-finals and beat Dutchman Niels de Ruiter the number 11 seed for a place in the final against top seed Martin Adams.

Phill Nixon was knocked out at the Group Stage of the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts, losing to Phil Taylor and Vincent van der Voort but defeated Andy Jenkins though it was too late for Phill Nixon to qualify.

Phill Nixon was back in his position from 2007 of having to win at least five matches to qualify for the event and lost to Henny van der Ster.

Phill Nixon failed to qualify for the 2010,2011,2012 and 2013 BDO World Darts Championship.

Phill Nixon did reach the quarter-finals of the Winmau World Masters in 2012, losing to Wesley Harms ten years after his previous appearance in the last eight of the tournament.

Phill Nixon began to concentrate on his darts to a greater degree when he was made redundant.

Phill Nixon was diagnosed with cancer of the liver, lung and stomach in June 2013.