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Steve Davis : biography

22 August 1957 –

Steve Davis, OBE (born 22 August 1957 in Plumstead, London) is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s, when he was the world number one for seven years and became the sport’s first millionaire. He has won 28 ranking events in total, second only to Stephen Hendry.

Davis’ achievements also include three Masters and a record six UK Championship titles. In 1988 he became the first player to complete snooker’s Triple Crown in a single season. He is also a former four-time World Doubles champion with Tony Meo and won the World Team Classic/World Cup four times with England. In 1982, he became the first player to compile an official televised maximum break and is one of five players to have compiled over 300 competitive century breaks. Though he has not won a major tournament since 1997, he continues to play snooker at a high level and reached the quarter-finals at the 2010 World Championship. He was still ranked in the world’s top 16 at the age of 50, and is ranked number 51 after the 2013 Wuxi Classic.

Davis has also competed in pool and poker events and has written books on a variety of subjects. He played at the Mosconi Cup between 1994 and 2004 as a member of Team Europe, winning the event in 1995 and 2002, and reached the final table of the 2003 Poker Million. He was made an MBE in 1998 and an OBE in 2001. He now combines his playing career with his role as an established television analyst and occasional commentator for the BBC’s snooker coverage.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1978/1979 1979/1980 1980/1981 1981/1982 1982/1983 1983/1984 1984/1985 1985/1986 1986/1987 1987/1988 1988/1989 1989/1990 1990/1991 1991/1992 1992/1993 1993/1994 1994/1995 1995/1996 1996/1997 1997/1998 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014
RankingFrom the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season. 18 13 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 2 2 10 13 14 15 17 21 25 11 13 15 11 15 29 23 22 44 51 51
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Not held Non-ranking LQ 1R
NH N/A N/A N/A W N/A N/A N/A F N/A NH A Not held N/A Not held QR LQ A
Shanghai Masters Not held 2R QF LQ 1R LQ 1R
Not held LQ
UK Championship A QF W W QF F W W W W SF F F 2R SF QF 2R 1R 3R 2R QF 3R 2R 2R 3R 2R 3R F QF 1R 1R 1R LQ 1R 1R
German MastersThe event ran under different name as German Open (1995/1996 to 1997/1998). Not held 2R 1R LQ 1R Not held LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open Not held A 2R W W 3R 1R 3R QF 2R LQ 1R 1R F 2R 2R SF 3R 1R LQ LQ 2R LQ
World OpenThe event ran under different name as Professional Players Tournament (1982/1983 and 1983/1984), LG Cup (2001/2002 to 2003/2004) and Grand Prix (1984/1985 to 2000/2001 and 2004/2005 to 2009/2010). Not held A 2R SF W QF 3R W W 1R F QF QF QF QF 3R 3R 1R 3R 2R 2R SF 2R 3R 3R RR RR QF LQ LQ LQ LQ
Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
China OpenThe event ran under different names as China International (1997/1998 and 1998/1999) Not held W 2R LQ 1R 2R Not held 2R LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
1R QF W 1R W W F F W W W SF SF 1R 2R SF 1R QF 2R 2R 1R 2R LQ LQ 1R 1R QF 2R 1R 1R 1R QF LQ LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Masters A A 1R W QF QF 1R SF 1R W SF SF 1R QF QF 1R 1R QF W SF 1R 1R A WR 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 1R A A A A A
Championship League Not Held A RR RR A A A
Variant Format Tournaments
Shoot-Out Not Held 2R 1R 1R
Former ranking tournaments
Classic NH A W F W W SF QF W W 1R SF 3R W Not held
The event ran under different names such as International Open (1981/1982 to 1984/1985, 1986/1987 to 1996/1997), Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986) and Players Championship (2003/2004). Not held W QF W W QF QF W W W Not held F QF F 1R 2R 4R 1R 4R 2R 2R 2R 3R Not held MR NH
British OpenThe event ran under different names such as British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982 to 1983/1984). NH A W W N/A W SF W 2R 1R QF 3R SF SF W SF QF 1R SF 4R 3R QF 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R Not held
NH N/A N/A SF NH A A W 2R F 2R 2R 2R 2R QF LQ LQ 1R A NH A Not held
Irish Masters Non-ranking event QF 1R 2R NH NR Not held
Malta CupThe event ran under different names such as European Open (1988/1989 to 1996/1997 and 2001/2002 to 2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999). Not held 1R SF 1R QF W QF 2R 1R 1R NH 1R Not held A 1R 2R QF 1R 1R NR Not held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Not held W W SF W W 3R Not held
Scottish Masters NH SF W W W A A N/A NH SF QF F SF N/A SF QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A Not held
Irish Masters A A A F W W SF A W W SF W W QF W W QF F QF QF QF 1R QF A Ranking event NH A Not held
Premier LeagueThe event ran under different name as European League (1992/1993 to 1996/1997). Not held W W W W F F SF RR SF F RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR SF SF RR RR A A A A NH