The title compound, [Ni(C(14)H(9))Cl(C(18)H(15)P)(2)], was synthesized from the reaction between 9-chloro-phenanthrene, NiCl(2)·6H(2)O and triphenyl-phosphane in ethanol. The bond angles around the Ni(II) atom indicate that it exists in a slightly distorted square-planar geometry.