Tony Eccles was born on January 8th, 1970 in England. He has the nickname the Viper and made his TV debut in 2002 at the BDO World Championship. In his first five appearances at Lakeside he won just one match. However in 2007 he reached the Quarter Finals losing 4 - 5 to Mervyn King.

Later that year he joined the PDC and played in the 2008 World Championship. He had wins over Wayne Jones and Steve Maish in the opening two rounds. In the third round he narrowly lost 3 - 4 to Adrian Lewis to end an excellent tournament debut.