Paul Nicholson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Nicholson
Occupation	Darts Player
Date Of Birth	May 10, 1979(1979-05-10)
Age	45
Birthplace	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Country	Australia
Birth City	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Horoscope	Taurus

Paul Nicholson Biography

Paul Nicholson is one of the most popular and richest Darts Player who was born on May 10, 1979 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Australia. He continued his form by winning through to a European tour semi-final, where he was beaten by Adrian Lewis; this run effectively sealed his spot in the European Championships, as the 32nd seed, and the World Championships, due to there being more spots open to Pro Tour qualifiers this year.

In 2010, Nicholson claimed his first PDC title, The Totesport Player’s Championship. He had to play the quarter-final, the semi-final and the final in the same day. In the quarter-final he defeated Adrian Lewis 9-7. He then overcame reigning champion Phil Taylor 10-9 in the semi-finals, and followed this up with a 13-11 victory over Mervyn King in the final. During the latter stages of the tournament, the crowd started to support Nicholson due to his efforts against higher ranked and more experienced opponents (in particular Taylor), and as a result he relaxed his behaviour leading many pundits such as Alan Warriner-Little to suggest that he might give up the ‘bad boy’ image and just be himself. In March 2010, he moved into the top 16 of the PDC Order of merit for the first time. In the UK Open 2010, he beat Kirk Shepherd 9-6 in the third round, and 7-9 to Gary Anderson in the fourth round. On his World Matchplay debut, he lost 3-10 to Steve Beaton in the first round.

In the 2011 UK Open, Nicholson defeated Phil Taylor in the last 16 by 9 legs to 8 and supposedly waved goodbye to him. While being interviewed at that year’s World Matchplay, Nicholson spoke of Taylor’s reaction and stated that when they met again, if Taylor did not bring his ‘A’ game he would “put him to bed”. Nicholson defended the gesture saying: ‘I was waving bye-bye to the demons which had dogged me in too many televised tournaments’. The comments garnered much media attention. Taylor reacted angrily to Nicholson’s comments, telling BBC Radio Stoke, “I think he’s very, very silly.” Taylor added that Nicholson “has a big mouth and won’t keep it shut”. He played Taylor in an eagerly anticipated match at the 2011 European Darts Championships and was beaten 10-7, despite being 7-6 ahead. He was then defeated at the 2011 World Grand Prix by Taylor 3-0.

At the 2011 Championship League Darts, Nicholson lost 6-1 to Phil Taylor in the final.

Nicholson earned qualification for the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship through the DPA rankings. He defeated Adrian Gray in the first round, winning all nine legs for a three sets to nil victory. He then beat world number 6 Adrian Lewis in the second round 4-3 and then came from two sets down to beat world number 11 Dennis Priestley 4-2 to advance to the quarter finals. In the quarter-finals, he lost to world number 3 at the time, James Wade but his tournament performance lifted him into the top 50 on the PDC Order of Merit.

Paul Nicholson Net Worth

Paul Nicholson is one of the richest Darts Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Nicholson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Paul Michael Nicholson (born 10 May 1979) is a British professional darts player who played in the Professional Darts Corporation events. He won a major event, the 2010 Players Championship Finals, where he defeated Mervyn King in the final. He was also the runner up to Phil Taylor in the 2011 Championship League Darts, and part of the Australia team which lost a sudden death shoot- out to England in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts final. He also acts as a sports commentator, and TV and radio pundit. He was nicknamed The Asset, and was known for coming on to the stage with sunglasses, and was also known for his Wrestling-style walk ons, using Club Foot as his walk on music for most of his career. He was also known for having a feud with Phil Taylor during the 2011 UK Open, in which he supposedly “waved goodbye” to Taylor after beating him in a sudden death leg to reach the quarter-finals.

Before joining the PDC Pro Tour, Nicholson was one of the top players in the Australian Grand Prix circuit, winning 15 titles in 2008. His performances led him to the top of the DPA rankings and earned him a spot in the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts. He was drawn in Group H with Kevin Painter, Darryl Fitton and WDF number one Gary Anderson. Nicholson caused a surprise, as he beat Anderson 5-4 in his opening group game. This was despite constant booing from the crowd, who began chanting “Who Are You?” during his walk-on and after his first three darts which was a maximum 180, he put his finger to his mouth at the crowd which caused the crowd to boo him almost every time he threw his darts. Despite beating Anderson, losses to Fitton and Painter eliminated him at the group stage.

During his walk-on in his second-round match against Raymond van Barneveld in the 2011 World Matchplay, Nicholson mimicked former WWE wrestler CM Punk by having X’s marked on his hands, and also lifted up a Nexus scarf. However, he lost the match, 13-9. Then, when he met Phil Taylor, he once again mimicked CM Punk during his walk-on, using his signature pose on one knee, shouting “It’s clobberin’ time” and punching the air. During Taylor’s walk-on, Nicholson sat Indian-style on the stage, another trait of CM Punk, in an attempt to anger Taylor.

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Nicholson made it to the last 16 of the 2012 World Championship by recording 3-1 and 4-0 victories over Mensur Suljović and Alan Tabern respectively. He next played Belgian Kim Huybrechts and won the first set, before losing 12 of the next 14 legs to exit the tournament 1-4. He hit 21% of his doubles in the match.

Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Darts Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Paul Nicholson celebrates birthday on May 10 of every year.

Nicholson lost 9–5 to John Bowles in the third round of the UK Open. In the opening round of the World Matchplay he saw 4–1 and 8–7 leads over Dave Chisnall turn into a 10–8 defeat and was in tears on the stage during the final leg. Nicholson said later that the feeling of not having enough during the match was too much to handle, but hoped the experience would be a starting point for a new phase in his career. He reached the last 16 of the Grand Slam of Darts losing heavily to James Wade 10–1.

How is Paul Nicholson Australian?

Nicholson was dubbed as the ‘Aussie-Geordie’ by legendary commentator Sid Waddell because he was born in Newcastle and holds Australian nationality. He was the top player on the Australian Grand Prix circuit, winning title after title down-under.

Is Paul Nicholson retired?

Paul Nicholson
PDC| 2007–2019, 2020 Q School
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch’ship| Quarter Final: 2009
World Matchplay| Last 16: 2011, 2014

Does Paul Nicholson still play darts?

Nicholson not ready for 2022 Q-School return: “I’m not going to go and get flogged” Paul Nicholson as ever will be working at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship for Talksport and having been in the venue la…

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Why did Paul Nicholson represent Australia?

Nicholson has played under the Australian flag for all of his career; due to holding a passport in the country after originally being born in Newcastle.