David Finbow

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David Finbow
Born (1968-02-27) 27 February 1968 (age 57)
Worcester, England
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
Professional1991–2005
Highest ranking 28 (1996/1997)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (x4)

David Finbow (born 27 February 1968) is an English former professional snooker player from Worcester.

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Career

In his career, he managed to beat players such as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ken Doherty and James Wattana. Originally a soccer player, he was introduced to snooker by a neighbourhood friend. He attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto for high school, where he became a star in his new sport for the Bulldogs, who began dominating the Toronto league in 1978. Throughout his career he reached five quarter-finals in ranking tournaments, as well as the last 16 of many events and he once looked as if he could get into the top 16 of the world rankings. [1] However, his results in tournaments suffered, which was partly due to suffering from anxiety attacks which caused him to feel nauseated and unable to concentrate in a match. Finbow could not find a cure, and despite taking prescribed medication and trying a number of solutions it did not cure his anxiety attacks completely. After beating David Gray and Dave Harold to reach the last 16 of the 2001 UK Championship he was playing Ronnie O'Sullivan, but suffered a particularly bad anxiety attack, and was forced to retire the match at 0–8 down. [2] After the match he expressed his distress and by the end of the 2002–2003 season he announced his retirement from the game altogether. [3]

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 		2019/
20
Ranking [4] [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] 63 63 41 47 28 39 68 52 39 47 49 52 60 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
World Open [nb 4] A QF LQLQLQ 2R 1R LQLQ 2R LQLQ 1R LQLQA
UK Championship ALQLQLQLQ 1R 1R LQLQLQ 1R 3R LQLQLQA
Scottish Open [nb 5] Not HeldLQ 1R 1R QF 2R 1R 1R 1R LQ 1R LQWDNHA
European Masters [nb 6] ALQLQLQLQ 2R LQNHLQNot HeldLQ 2R LQAA
German Masters [nb 7] Tournament Not Held 1R 1R LQNRTournament Not HeldA
World Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldDNQ
Welsh Open ALQ 1R 2R LQLQ 1R 1R 1R LQLQLQLQLQAA
Players Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQ
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not HeldLQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQ
World Championship ALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAA
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters ALQLQAALQALQLQLQLQLQAAAA
Former ranking tournaments
Classic ALQTournament Not Held
Strachan Open NHLQMRTournament Not Held
Asian Classic [nb 8] ALQ 3R 1R 1R QF LQTournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking EventLQNRTournament Not Held
Thailand Masters [nb 9] ALQ 1R WR LQLQLQLQ 1R LQ QF 1R NRTournament Not Held
British Open ALQ 2R LQ 1R LQ 1R 1R 2R 1R LQLQLQLQANH
Irish Masters Non-Ranking EventLQLQANH
China Open [nb 10] Tournament Not HeldNR 1R LQLQLQNot HeldANH
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Masters 1R Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open NHRMR 2R LQTournament Not Held
Performance table legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi–finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew 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. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (1990/1991–2000/2001, 2004/2005–2008/2009) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  5. ↑ The event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  6. ↑ The event was called the European Open (1990/1991-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004), the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005)
  7. ↑ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
  8. ↑ The event was called the Dubai Classic (1990/1991-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  9. ↑ The event was called the Asian Open (1990/1991-1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)
  10. ↑ The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)

References

  1. ↑ "Dave hopes to make his mark". Worcestershire News. 27 October 2000. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Anxiety attack forces Finbow out". BBC. 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "Dave Finbow - Why panic forced me to quit". Ronnie O'Sullivan. 17 December 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
  4. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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