Paul Davies (snooker player)

Paul Davies (born 22 June 1970) is a Welsh former professional snooker player who lives in Cardiff. He turned professional in 1991.

Paul Davies
Born (1970-06-22) 22 June 1970
Sport country Wales
Professional1991–2011
Highest ranking35
Best ranking finishSemi-final (x2)

Initially based in Hampshire, Davies began his career in which he was mentored by a local amateur snooker player by the name of Bert Garland who died in 1996. Paul now owns his snooker cue.

Career

He made an immediate impact, reaching two semi-finals in his first 3 seasons – the 1991 Dubai Classic and the 1993 Asian Open, losing to the eventual champions (John Parrott and Dave Harold) in each case. However he has never gone this far in a ranking event again. He has never qualified for the World Championship, losing in the final qualifying round four times.

In 1997 he was runner up to Andy Hicks in the Benson and Hedges Qualifying, losing 6–9 in the final, denying him a place at the wildcard stage at Wembley. He reached the quarter-Finals of the 1997 Welsh Open with wins over Dave Harold, Chris Small and Ken Doherty before Mark Williams ended his run by beating him 5–3.

He came close to defeating Ding Junhui in the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy, losing 4–5 in the last 48 to the eventual champion. He qualified for the 2007 Grand Prix, producing two shocks in his group, beating Jamie Cope the previous year's runner up and Stephen Hendry, effectively knocking the latter out the tournament. However he lost his other 3 matches eventually finishing 5th in his group.

He had a good run in the 2007 UK Championship, enjoying wins over Kurt Maflin 9–6, Mark Davis 9–8, before defeating Dominic Dale 9–3 to reach the last 32 and earn a place in the televised stages, where he did well to hold Shaun Murphy to 4–4, before Murphy eventually won 9–5.

Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 1990/
91		 1991/
92		 1992/
93		 1993/
94		 1994/
95		 1995/
96		 1996/
97		 1997/
98		 1998/
99		 1999/
00		 2000/
01		 2001/
02		 2002/
03		 2003/
04		 2004/
05		 2005/
06		 2006/
07		 2007/
08		 2008/
09		 2009/
10		 2010/
11		 2020/
21
Ranking[1][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] 48 36 55 66 53 48 41 38 35 57 65 74 78 65 57 62 57 54 64 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
European Masters[nb 4] A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R NH 2R Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ NR Tournament Not Held A
UK Championship A LQ 1R LQ 1R 2R LQ 1R 2R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ A
Scottish Open[nb 5] Not Held QF LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ 2R 3R LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held A
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held DNQ
German Masters[nb 6] Tournament Not Held LQ 1R LQ NR Tournament Not Held A A
Shoot Out NR Tournament Not Held NR 1R
Welsh Open A 1R 1R LQ 3R LQ QF 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ WD A
Players Championship[nb 7] Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ
World Championship A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A A
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters A LQ A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A A LQ LQ A A A A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic A LQ Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open NH LQ MR NR Tournament Not Held
Asian Classic[nb 8] A SF 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event LQ NR Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 9] A LQ SF LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ NR Tournament Not Held NR Tournament Not Held
British Open A 2R 2R LQ 1R LQ LQ 2R 2R LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event LQ LQ 1R NH NR Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held NR 1R LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held LQ Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ NH
World Open[nb 10] A 2R LQ LQ 1R LQ 1R 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ RR LQ LQ LQ NH
China Open[nb 11] Tournament Not Held NR QF LQ LQ LQ Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Masters 2R Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open NH R MR 1R F Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 1R A A A A R A Tournament Not Held
Merseyside Professional Championship Tournament Not Held A A A A A A A A QF A 1R 1R Tournament Not Held
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking
  4. The event was also called the Irish Open (1998/1999), the European Open (1990/1991-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005-2007/2008)
  5. The event was also called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  6. The event was also called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
  7. The event was also called the Players Tour Championship Finals (2010/2011)
  8. The event was also called the Dubai Classic (1990/1991–1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  9. The event was also called the Asian Open (1990/1991-1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)
  10. The event was also called the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (1990/1991-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010)
  11. The event was also called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 2
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Runner-up 1. 1994 Strachan Challenge – Event 2 England Anthony Hamilton 4–9
Runner-up 2. 1997 Benson & Hedges Championship England Andy Hicks 6–9

Pro–am finals: 2 (1 title)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Runner-up 1. 1990 Pontins Spring Open England Tony Rampello 2–7
Winner 1. 2006 TCC Open Snooker Championship Wales Mark Williams 7–4 [2]

References
  1. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. "2008 TCC Open Snooker Championship". Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2008.

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