Mark Davis (snooker player)

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Mark Davis
Mark Davis PHC 2016-3.jpg
Davis at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1972-08-12) 12 August 1972 (age 52)
St Leonards, Sussex, England
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
NicknameThe Battler from Hastings [1]
Professional1991–present
Highest ranking 12 (June 2013 and March–May 2014)
Current ranking 55 (as of 28 October 2024)
Maximum breaks 2
Century breaks 287 (as of 4 November 2024)
Best ranking finishRunner-up (x1)

Mark Davis (born 12 August 1972) is an English professional snooker player from St Leonards in Sussex. He became professional in 1991, and for many years was considered something of a journeyman; however, he vastly improved his game in the late 2000s, and as a result in 2012 made his debut in the top 16. The highlights of his career so far have been winning the Benson & Hedges Championship in 2002 (earning him an appearance at the Masters), and the six-red snooker world championships three times (in 2009, 2012 and 2013). Davis reached his first ranking event final in 2018, losing to Stuart Bingham in the final of the English Open.

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Career

Davis made his debut in the main draw of the World Championship in 1994, losing in the first round to Terry Griffiths. In the following year he won his first match at the Crucible, beating Ken Doherty in the first round before being knocked out by Peter Ebdon in the second. Davis came close to losing his Main Tour status in the late 1990s, but recovered in the early 2000s to return to the top 48. Reaching the quarter-finals of the 2001 Regal Scottish tournament, his second career quarter-final, was the main catalyst for this. His success in reaching the 2008 World Championship came after two poor seasons, leaving him at No. 58 in the rankings. He opened the 2008/2009 season strongly by qualifying for the Northern Ireland Trophy and defeating local hope Joe Swail 5–4 in the first round, before beating Ding Junhui 5–4 in the last 32 in one of the best wins of his career. He was beaten 5–2 in the last 16 by Ali Carter. He followed this up by also qualifying for the Bahrain and UK Championships, though in the latter he was forced to pull out early in his last-32 match against Joe Perry, due to a stomach upset. [2] He exceeded his 2007/2008 ranking points total after only five of the eight events of the 2008/2009 season. Davis won the Six-Red World Championship in 2009. In 2010, he reached the second round of the World Championship for the first time in 15 years by defeating sixth seed Ryan Day.

He also qualified for the 2010 Shanghai Masters event where he reached the last-eight beating Marco Fu and Stephen Maguire on the way before surrendering a 4–1 lead against Jamie Burnett and going out 5–4. However, his strong performances continued and took him to a career-high ranking of 18.

2011/2012 season

Davis qualified for all but two of the ranking events in the 2011–12 season. [3] He could only advance beyond the first round in the Australian Goldfields Open, where he lost 3–5 to Mark Selby in the last 16. [3] Davis played in all 12 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events during the season, reaching the final of Event 4, where he lost to Selby 0–4. This result was a large contributory factor to Davis finishing 16th on the PTC Order of Merit, inside the top 24 who made the Finals. [4] At the Finals he beat Tom Ford, before losing to Stephen Maguire in the last 16. [3] Davis' season came to an end when he suffered a heavy 2–10 loss, while feeling unwell, in the World Championship to Ali Carter. [5] He finished the season ranked world number 19, with the elite top 16 places still eluding him. [6]

2012/2013 season

Davis started the 2012–13 season very successfully by reaching the first ranking event semi-final of his 21-year professional career at the Wuxi Classic. [7] His run included wins over local favourite Ding Junhui, Jamie Burnett and Graeme Dott to set up a last 4 clash with Stuart Bingham who had won the previous week's Asian PTC. [7] [8] He trailed 0–4 at the mid-session interval, before coming back to play inspired snooker to lead 5–4 in the best of 11 frames match. However, Bingham then levelled the contest before compiling a 134 break to win the decider and end Davis' hopes of a first ranking final. [9] At the Six-red World Championship he claimed the title by defeating Shaun Murphy 8–4 in the final. [10] The winner's cheque of £40,000 is the biggest of his career to date. [11] In the Australian Goldfields Open Davis saw off Jack Lisowski (5–2), home favourite Neil Robertson (5–1) and Martin Gould (5–2), to reach his second successive ranking semi-final. [12] There he played close friend Barry Hawkins and was beaten 4–6. [13]

At the UK Championship he beat Cao Yupeng 6–1 in the first round and led three-time champion John Higgins 5–2 in the second round, before withstanding a fightback from Higgins which included a 147, to win a decider. [14] Davis saw off Matthew Stevens 6–4 in the quarter-finals, however his lack of experience on the big stage showed in his semi-final against Mark Selby, as he was beaten 4–9. [15] Davis qualified for the 2013 Masters tournament thanks to his form earning him a place in the top 16. At his first outing in the tournament for 13 years he faced world number nine Mark Allen in the first round and lost 2–6. [16] This began a dip in form for Davis as he lost in the qualifying round of the Welsh Open, the first round of both the World Open and Players Tour Championship Finals and in the second round of the China Open. [12] However, he was still ranked 16 in the world at the cut-off for the 2013 World Championship, [17] but was forced to qualify due to world number 28 and reigning champion Ronnie O'Sullivan deciding to defend his title after taking a year away from professional snooker. [18] [19] O'Sullivan was therefore the number one seed, meaning Davis dropped out of the top 16 who were guaranteed a spot in the event. [20] Davis beat Liang Wenbo 10–6 in qualifying. [12] He faced four-time champion John Higgins in the first round and claimed the best win of his career by winning 10–6 and played Stuart Bingham in the last 16. [21] The match proved to be very tight, but from 10 to 10 Bingham pulled away to win 13–10 with Davis saying afterwards that he had done well to win 10 frames such was his disappointment at the way he had performed. [22] However, he finished the season inside the top 16 for the very first time, at world number 13. [23]

2013/2014 season

Davis reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Goldfields Open but lost 5–3 to Mark Selby. [24] At the 2013 Six-red World Championship he defended his title by defeating Neil Robertson 8–4 in the final. [25] Only a week later he won his next tournament, the General Cup in Hong Kong, beating Robertson again in the final, this time by 7–2. [26] A second ranking event quarter-final of the year came at the Shanghai Masters with comfortable 5–2 and 5–1 victories over Ali Carter and John Higgins. However, he then squandered a 4–2 lead over Xiao Guodong to be beaten 5–4. [27] At the Masters he forced a decider in the first round against Mark Selby, having been 4–0 down but lost the 55-minute final frame to be defeated 6–5. [28] In the quarter-finals of the German Masters, Davis lost in an extremely close match with Rod Lawler 5–4. [29] Davis was an automatic qualifier for the World Championship for the first time in his career this season and said before the event that his minimum goal was to win through to the quarter-finals, but he was beaten 10–5 in the first round by Dominic Dale. [30] [31] Davis hung on to his top 16 ranking at the end of the season as he was the world number 16. [32]

2014/2015 season

Mark Davis at the 2015 German Masters Mark Davis at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2015-02-05 03.jpg
Mark Davis at the 2015 German Masters

Davis began his season at the Australian Goldfields Open, with his quarter-final match against Stuart Bingham containing ten breaks above 50 in the nine frames played, which Davis edged 5–4. [33] In Davis' fourth ranking event semi-final he lost 6–2 to home favourite Neil Robertson. [34] His second quarter-final in a ranking event of the year came at the UK Championship, but he was defeated 6–1 by Judd Trump. He followed that up with a semi-final showing at the minor-ranking Lisbon Open where he was whitewashed 4–0 by Stephen Maguire. [35] Davis was beaten 3–2 by Stuart Bingham in the final of the non-ranking Championship League. [36]

Davis' consistent season continued as he restricted John Higgins to just 38 points to thrash him 4–0 in reaching the last eight of the Indian Open, but he lost 4–2 against Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. [37] Davis progressed through to his fourth ranking quarter-final of the season, the most in a single season of his career, at the PTC Grand Final by eliminating Neil Robertson 4–1. [38] He was unable to play in the semi-finals however, as Bingham knocked him out 4–1. [39] Davis earned a 4–0 early advantage over Ding Junhui at the World Championship and won the first session 5–3. However, he went on to be beaten 10–7. [40]

2015/2016 season

Davis' first quarter-final of the 2015–16 season came at the Shanghai Masters, courtesy of 5–1 and 5–3 wins over Michael White and Shaun Murphy, but he was beaten 5–1 by Mark Allen. He lost in the third round of the UK Championship 6–4 to Stephen Maguire. [41] Davis claimed the World Seniors Championship, his first televised title in the UK, by seeing off Darren Morgan in the final. [42] He failed to qualify for the World Championship for the first time since 2011 after losing 10–5 to Zhang Anda. [41]

2016/2017 season

2016 Paul Hunter Classic Mark Davis PHC 2016-4.jpg
2016 Paul Hunter Classic

Davis lost 4–1 to Mark Selby in the quarter-finals of the Paul Hunter Classic. At the European Masters he beat Shaun Murphy 4–1 and Liang Wenbo 4–3 to reach another quarter-final and was defeated 4–1 by Ronnie O'Sullivan. His third quarter-final of the year came at the Scottish Open after he squeezed past Mark Williams 4–3, but he was heavily beaten 5–1 by Marco Fu. [43] Davis knocked out Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–3 in the second round of the Welsh Open after being 3–0 down and then made the event's high break of 144 as he eliminated Fergal O'Brien 4–2. [44] Davis lost 4–3 to Scott Donaldson in the fourth round. He could not reach the World Championship for the second year in a row after being defeated 10–7 in the qualifiers by Yan Bingtao. [43]

Personal life

Davis lives with his wife Claire, their son Jack and their daughter Milly. [45]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Ranking [46] [nb 1] 119 91 65 59 55 47 56 78 77 60 37 35 40 42 37 43 58 47 26 19 19 13 16 19 26 36 41 33 39 49 54 65 57
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 2R 2R RR RR RR
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 1R
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 2R
English Open Tournament Not Held 2R 2R F 1R 3R 3R 1R 2R 1R
British Open LQ 1R LQLQLQ 2R 1R LQ 3R LQLQ 1R 3R 1R Tournament Not Held 2R LQLQ 2R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R WDLQ 1R 2R
International Championship Tournament Not Held 2R 3R 2R LQLQLQ 1R 2R Not Held 2R WD
UK Championship LQ 2R 1R LQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 3R 1R 1R 1R 3R LQLQ 1R LQ 1R 1R SF 2R QF 3R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R LQLQ
Shoot Out Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 1R SF 1R 2R 1R 1R 3R QF
Scottish Open [nb 2] NHLQLQ 2R 1R LQ 1R LQLQ QF LQLQ 1R Tournament Not HeldMRNot Held QF 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R LQ 1R
German Masters [nb 3] Tournament Not HeldLQ QF LQNRTournament Not HeldLQ 1R LQ QF 1R LQLQ 2R LQLQ 1R LQLQ 2R
Welsh Open LQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R 2R LQLQLQLQ 1R 1R 2R LQLQLQ 1R LQ 1R LQ 2R 2R 3R 4R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R LQLQ
World Open [nb 4] LQLQLQLQ 1R 1R LQLQ 1R LQ 2R 1R 1R 1R LQLQ RR LQ 2R 1R LQ 1R 2R Not Held 1R LQ 1R 2R Not HeldLQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldNRDNQDNQDNQ 2R DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Players Championship [nb 5] Tournament Not Held 2R 2R 1R 1R QF 1R DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship LQLQ 1R 2R LQ 1R LQLQLQ 1R LQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R LQ 2R LQ 1R 2R 1R 1R LQLQLQ 1R LQ 1R LQLQLQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Champion of Champions Tournament Not Held 1R AA 1R AAAAAAAA
The Masters ALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ WR LQAAALQAAAA 1R 1R AAAAAAAAAA
Championship League Tournament Not HeldAAA RR 2R RR RR F RR 2R A RR RR AAAA
World Seniors Championship ATournament Not HeldAAAALQ W AANHAAA QF A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic 1R Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open [nb 6] 1R MRNRTournament Not Held
Asian Classic [nb 7] A 1R 2R LQLQLQTournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not HeldNon-Ranking EventLQNRTournament Not Held
Thailand Masters [nb 8] ALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R NRNot HeldNRTournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking EventLQLQ 1R NHNRTournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not HeldNRLQLQ 3R Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held 1R Tournament Not Held
Wuxi Classic [nb 9] Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event SF AATournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open [nb 10] Not HeldNon-RankingTournament Not Held 2R SF QF SF 1R Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not HeldLQLQLQ QF 1R 1R QF LQ QF LQ 1R Non-RankingNot HeldNon-Ranking
Paul Hunter Classic [nb 11] Tournament Not HeldPro-am EventMinor-Ranking Event QF A 4R NRTournament Not Held
Indian Open Tournament Not Held 3R QF NH 2R 1R QF Tournament Not Held
China Open [nb 12] Tournament Not HeldNRLQLQLQ 1R Not Held WR LQLQLQLQ WR 2R LQ 2R LQ 2R 1R 2R 1R LQTournament Not Held
Riga Masters [nb 13] Tournament Not HeldMinor-Rank 1R 3R 3R LQTournament Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not HeldNR 3R 1R LQTournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held 2R Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not Held 1R Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not HeldMR 4R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 2R Not Held
European Masters [nb 14] LQLQLQLQLQLQNHLQNot Held 1R 1R LQLQLQLQNRTournament Not Held QF 3R 2R LQ 3R 1R LQ 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Malta Masters Tournament Not Held W Tournament Not Held
Poland Masters Tournament Not Held RR Tournament Not Held
Masters Qualifying Event [nb 15] MR 2R 3R 4R 2R 4R 3R 2R QF SF 1R W SF NHAA 2R AATournament Not Held
Brazil Masters Tournament Not Held 1R Tournament Not Held
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held QF Ranking Event
General Cup [nb 16] Tournament Not HeldATournament Not HeldANHA RR W SF RR Tournament Not Held
Shoot Out Tournament Not Held 2R QF 2R QF 1R 1R Ranking Event
Six-red World Championship [nb 17] Tournament Not Held 2R A 2R NH W W 3R 2R 2R RR AANot HeldLQNot Held
Haining Open Tournament Not HeldMRAA 1R 3R NHANHANH
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
DQdisqualified from the tournament
NH / Not Heldevent was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  2. ↑ The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  3. ↑ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  4. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (1991/1992–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
  7. ↑ The event was called the Asian Classic (1991/1992–1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  8. ↑ The event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
  9. ↑ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  10. ↑ The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)
  11. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)
  12. ↑ The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  13. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  14. ↑ The event was called the European Open (1991/1992–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004), the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
  15. ↑ The event was also called the Benson & Hedges Championship (1990/1991–2002/2003)
  16. ↑ The event was called the General Cup International (2004/2005–2011/2012)
  17. ↑ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 2018 English Open Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 7–9

Minor-ranking finals: 1

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 2011 Paul Hunter Classic Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 0–4

Non-ranking finals: 10 (8 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1. 1996 Malta Masters Flag of England.svg John Read 6–3
Winner2.2002 Merseyside Professional Championship Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 5–2
Winner3. 2002 Benson & Hedges Championship Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Mehmet Husnu 9–6
Runner-up1.2003 Merseyside Professional Championship Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 1–5
Winner4. 2009 Six-red World Championship Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 6–3
Winner5. 2012 Six-red World Championship (2) Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy 8–4
Winner6. 2013 Six-red World Championship (3) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 8–4
Winner7. 2013 General Cup Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 7–2
Runner-up2. 2015 Championship League Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 2–3
Winner8. 2016 World Seniors Championship Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Darren Morgan 2–1

Pro–am finals: 3 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.2004 Pontins Autumn Open Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 2–4
Winner1.2007German Open Flag of England.svg Joe Perry 4–3 [47]
Runner-up2.2016 Vienna Snooker Open Flag of England.svg Peter Ebdon 1–5

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