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Steve Davis, ( behave 22 August 1957 ) is an english retired professional snooker actor from Plumstead, London. He is good known for dominating the sport during the 1980s, when he reached eight World Snooker Championship finals in nine years, won six universe titles, and held the global number one rank for seven consecutive seasons. The first gear player to make an formally recognised maximum fail in professional contest, and the foremost to earn £1 million in career prize money, he famously was runner-up to Dennis Taylor in one of the sport ‘s most memorable matches, the 1985 World Snooker Championship final. Its dramatic black-ball conclusion attracted 18.5 million viewers, setting UK records for any broadcast after midnight and any broadcast on BBC Two that still stand to this sidereal day. Davis was named the BBC ‘s Sports Personality of the year in 1988 and remains the only snooker musician to win the award.
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In addition to his six worldly concern titles, Davis won the UK Championship six times and the Masters three times for a total of 15 Triple Crown titles, placing him third gear on the all-time list behind Ronnie O’Sullivan ( 20 ) and Stephen Hendry ( 18 ). During the 1987–88 season, he became the first actor to win all three Triple Crown events in a single season, a feat that only Hendry and Mark Williams have since emulated. His career sum of 28 ranking titles places him fourth on the all-time list behind O’Sullivan ( 37 ), Hendry ( 36 ), and John Higgins ( 31 ). Davis won his last major title at the 1997 Masters, but competed at a high level into his 50s, making the stopping point of his record 30 crucible appearances in 2010, when he defeated the defend populace supporter John Higgins to become the oldest populace quarter-finalist since 1983. Davis retired from professional competition in April 2016 after 38 seasons, but he remains active as a observer and analyst for the BBC ‘s snooker coverage. outside snooker, Davis competed in nine-ball pool tournaments, most notably representing Europe in the Mosconi Cup eleven times between 1994 and 2004. He defeated Earl Strickland in 2002 to clinch the cup for Europe, ending six years of american laterality. He besides reached the final at an event on the World Pool League, and the last 16 of the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. A keen chess and poker player, he served as president of the british Chess Federation between 1996 and 2001 and has competed in telecast poker tournaments. He has an ongoing career as a radio broadcaster, club DJ, and musician ; with Kavus Torabi and Michael J. York, he co-founded the electronic music band The Utopia Strong. He has authored or co-author books on snooker, chess, cook, and music, american samoa well as three autobiographies. In 2013, he featured as a dissenter on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! He was made a MBE in the 1988 Birthday Honours and an OBE in the 2000 New Year Honours .
career [edit ]
early career ( 1970–1979 ) [edit ]
Davis was born on 22 August 1957 in Plumstead, London, England. [ 4 ] Davis ‘s father Bill, a keen player, introduced him to snooker at age 12, and took him to play at his local working men ‘s club. Bill gave Steve an instructional book : How I Play Snooker by Joe Davis. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] They studied the reserve, Davis late basing his technique on it during the 1970s. [ 7 ] He began playing at the Lucania Snooker Club in Romford. The club coach brought his talent to the attention of Barry Hearn ( president of the Lucania chain of snooker halls ) when Davis was 18, and Hearn became his supporter and coach. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Paid £25 a match by Hearn, Davis toured the United Kingdom and participated in challenge matches against established professionals such as Ray Reardon, John Spencer and Alex Higgins. Around this time he was nicknamed “ Nugget ” because, according to Hearn, “ you could put your case of money on him and you knew you were going to get paid. ” [ 8 ] Davis won the english Under-19 Billiards Championship in 1976. [ 10 ] One of his stopping point wins as a snooker amateur was against Tony Meo, another future professional, in the final examination of the 1978 Pontins Spring Open. [ 11 ] He defended his title a year late, defeating future rival Jimmy White 7–4 in the final. [ 12 ] Davis applied in 1978 to become a professional and was initially rejected, [ 13 ] before being accepted with effect from 17 September 1978, becoming the youngest of the master players. He made his professional television debut on Pot Black, where he played against Fred Davis. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] He played in his first World Snooker Championship in 1979, having won two qualifying matches, [ 17 ] but lost 11–13 to Dennis Taylor in the first round proper. [ 18 ]
early achiever ( 1980–1984 ) [edit ]
At the 1980 World Snooker Championship he reached the quarter-finals, defeating Patsy Fagan and defending champion Terry Griffiths before losing to Alex Higgins 9–13. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] He won his first base major title that year, the 1980 UK Championship, beating Griffiths 9–0 in the semi-finals and Higgins 16–6 in the concluding. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] After winning his first title, he won the Wilson ‘s Classic in 1980, the Yamaha Organs and English Professional in 1981, [ 10 ] and was the bookmakers ‘ favored to win the 1981 World Snooker Championship despite being seeded 13th. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Davis reached the final by defeating White in the first round, Higgins in the second orotund, Griffiths in the quarter-finals and defending ace Cliff Thorburn in the semi-final. [ 25 ] In the concluding, he won 18–12 against Doug Mountjoy to take his beginning world championship. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Davis completed a 9–0 whitewash victory over Dennis Taylor in the International Open final and retained the UK Championship with a 16–3 winnings over Griffiths in the final, winning five events in 1981. [ 28 ] In January 1982, Davis compiled the first televised maximal break at the Classic at Queen Elizabeth Hall in Oldham against John Spencer. [ 29 ] As Lada were sponsoring the event, they offered Davis a car for completing the break. [ 30 ] He reached the concluding, but lost 8–9 to Griffiths in the final examination. [ 31 ] however, late that calendar month Davis defeated Griffiths 9–5 in the Masters final examination, to win his first title. [ 32 ] His 18-month period of dominance ended at the 1982 World Snooker Championship, where he lost 1–10 to Tony Knowles in the first round off. [ 18 ] Despite this, he finished the season as the earth count one for the inaugural clock. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Davis lost to Griffiths in the quarter-finals of the 1982 UK Championship late that year. [ 35 ] After those two defeats, he won the World Doubles Championship with partner Tony Meo. [ 10 ] He overcame Thorburn 18–6 in the 1983 World Snooker Championship, regaining the title with a session to spare in the final. [ 36 ] Davis led 7–0 against Higgins in the 1983 UK Championship final, but lost on a decide human body 15–16. [ 37 ] At the 1984 World Snooker Championship, he was the first musician to retain his title at the Crucible Theatre – the event ‘s venue since 1977 – by defeating Jimmy White 18–16 in the final, winning his second populace championship. [ 38 ] Davis besides won the 1984 UK Championship, beating Higgins 16–8 in the final. [ 39 ]
1985 World Snooker Championship [edit ]
At the 1985 World Snooker Championship, Davis defeated Neal Foulds, David Taylor, Griffiths and Reardon en route to the concluding, where his opposition was Dennis Taylor. [ 40 ] He won all of the frames in the first session, and the first of the flush school term, to lead 8–0 but Taylor recovered to trail 7–9. From 11 to 11, they traded frames before Davis forged ahead to lead 17–15. Taylor won the future two frames to level the meet at 17–17 and force a decide skeleton. With the scores close, Taylor potted the concluding colors to leave the black ball. The player who potted the ball would win the championship ; after a series of guard shots and attempts to pot it, Davis over-cut the black and left Taylor with a reasonably-straightforward pot to secure the backing. Taylor potted the ball to win the tournament. The final was watched by 18.5 million viewers, setting records for BBC Two and for a post-midnight hearing on british television. [ 41 ] The final, subsequently called the “ black ball final ”, was voted the ninth-greatest sporting consequence of all clock in a 2002 Channel 4 poll ; Davis ‘s incredulity and Taylor ‘s exultant, pointing finger have been replayed many times on television. [ 42 ]
former world championship victories ( 1985–1989 ) [edit ]
Davis and Taylor met again in the final of the 1985 Grand Prix, but this meter Davis won in a deciding frame. At 10 hours 21 minutes, it was the longest one-day final examination in snooker history. [ 43 ] Davis trailed Willie Thorne 8–13 in the 1985 UK Championship final. Thorne missed a blue off the spot, which would have given him a 14–8 precede ; Davis won the human body and seven of the adjacent eight to win 16–14. [ 44 ] Davis besides won the 1986 british Open, with a 12–7 gain over Thorne. [ 45 ] At the 1986 World Championship, Davis defeated White 13–5 in the quarter-finals and Thorburn 16–12 in the semi-finals. [ 46 ] His opponent in the final was Joe Johnson, who started the tournament as an foreigner to win, with odds of 150–1. davis lost the match, 12–18. [ 47 ] At the end of 1986, he beat Foulds 16–7 to retain the 1986 UK Championship. [ 39 ] Davis began 1987 by winning the classical 13–12 against defending supporter Jimmy White. [ 48 ] At the 1987 World Snooker Championship, he defeated Griffiths 13–5 in the quarter-final and White 16–11 in the semi-final. [ 49 ] Meeting Johnson again in the concluding, he established a 14–10 lead after three sessions. Johnson reduced Davis ‘s leave to 14–13, but Davis took four of the future five frames to win the match 18–14 and regain the style, his fourth world championship. [ 50 ] In December he retained his UK title with a 16–14 gain against White in the final examination. [ 39 ] Davis retained the Classic in 1988 before claiming his second Masters title : in the final he completed a 9–0 whitewash of Mike Hallett, the merely such result in the event ‘s history. [ 32 ] He besides won the World Cup with England and secured his fourth irish Masters title. In that year ‘s World Championship Davis defeated Hallett 13–1, Tony Drago 13–4 and Thorburn 16–8 en route to the final examination, where he met Griffiths. Davis established a 5–2 lead after the first seance, but Griffiths levelled at 8–8 after the moment. On the second day of the match, Davis took ten out of thirteen frames to win his fifth world title 18–11. [ 51 ] He won the first ranking event of the 1988–89 snooker season, a 12–6 victory over White in the International Open. During the same match, Davis became the first actor to make three back-to-back century breaks in a major tournament. [ 52 ] In October, he won the Grand Prix final 10–6 against Alex Higgins and held the World, UK, Masters, Grand Prix, Classic and Irish Masters titles simultaneously. His four-year unbeaten prevail in the UK Championship ended in December with a 3–9 semi-final loss to Hendry. [ 53 ] Davis did not win another major title until the 1989 World Championship, where he beat Hendry 16–9 in the semi-finals before the most decisive victory in a world final of the modern earned run average : an 18–3 win against John Parrott, for his one-sixth universe championship. [ 54 ] He retained the Grand Prix in October, beating Dean Reynolds 10–0 in the final – the first whitewash in a ranking-event final. [ 55 ] By the end of the 1980s, Davis was snooker ‘s first millionaire. [ 10 ]
last rank event winnings ( 1990–1995 ) [edit ]
Davis began the 1990s by winning the irish Masters for the fifth time, defeating Taylor 9–4. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Davis was denied an eighth consecutive appearance in the 1990 World Snooker Championship final examination by Jimmy White, who won their semi-final 16–14. [ 58 ] He was succeeded as worldly concern number one by new universe champion Stephen Hendry, at the end of the 1989–90 snooker season, Davis having held the spot for seven consecutive seasons. [ 59 ] The follow season, Davis reached the final of the UK Championship again and played Hendry, losing on a deciding skeleton 15–16. [ 60 ] Davis won the irish Masters again, defeating Parrott 9–5 in the final examination. [ 57 ] At the universe backing, Davis reached the semi-final but lost to Parrott 16–10. [ 61 ] Davis won the classic kill Hendry 9–8 and then won the asian Open beat Alan McManus 9–3. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] He did not win a match at the 1992 World Snooker Championship, however, as he was beaten 4–10 by Peter Ebdon, the beginning clock he had lost in the first step round in nine years. [ 64 ] He won the european Open in 1993 where he completed a 10–4 victory against Hendry in the final. [ 65 ] Davis won a seventh irish Masters event in 1993, where he defeated McManus 9–4. [ 57 ] At the 1993 World Snooker Championship, Davis defeated Ebdon, who had defeated him the year previously 10–3, but lost again to McManus in the second gear round of golf 13–11. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] Davis won his eighth ( and final ) irish Masters event in 1994 with a deciding skeletal system acquire over McManus. [ 57 ] Davis progressed past the second round for the beginning time in three years at the 1994 World Snooker Championship, defeating Dene O’Kane, Steve James and Wattana but was defeated by Hendry 9–16 in the semi-final. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] Over the next two seasons, Davis won consecutive Welsh Open titles. At the 1994 event, he completed three back-to-back whitewash 5–0 victories, and won the final examination 9–6 over McManus. [ 70 ] The keep up season at the 1995 event, he defeated John Higgins 9–3 in the final. [ 71 ] This victory was his last rank title of his career. [ 72 ]
Masters supporter for the last prison term ( 1996-2000 ) [edit ]
In 1996, Davis reached the quarter-finals of both the Masters and populace backing, losing to McManus and Ebdon, respectively. [ 77 ] The following year, at the 1997 Masters, Davis reached the final, defeating McManus, Ebdon and Doherty. [ 78 ] Trailing O’Sullivan 4–8 in the final examination, Davis won six frames in a quarrel, securing a 10–8 victory. [ 79 ] The winnings was Davis ‘ last amply professional title of his career, his third base Masters entitle. [ 80 ] At the earth backing later that class, Davis defeated David McLellan in the opening round, before losing to Doherty 3–13. [ 81 ] He besides reached the second polish in the 1998 event, where he defeated Simon Bedford, but lost to Williams 6–13. [ 75 ] For the 1998–99 temper Davis ‘ best result was reaching the quarter-finals at the 1998 UK Championship, the first time he had progressed past the third round in five years, but lost to Paul Hunter. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] He besides reached the lapp stagecoach at the 1999 Welsh Open, but lost to Williams. [ 84 ] however, at the 1999 World Snooker Championship, he was unable to win a pit, losing in the first round on a deciding frame to Joe Perry. He did reach the quarter-finals of the 1999 british Open in 1999–2000, [ 85 ] [ 86 ] but entirely won one match at the 2000 World Snooker Championship, defeating Graeme Dott, but losing to Higgins 11–13. [ 87 ] After this loss, Davis fell out of the top 16 in the earth rank for the 2000–01 season for the first time since 1980 and would not play in the Masters for the foremost clock time since he first qualified. [ 59 ]
Fall out of the top 16 ( 2000–2005 ) [edit ]
Davis ‘ best leave during the season was a quarter-final appearance at the 2001 irish Masters losing to O’Sullivan. [ 57 ] Davis failed to qualify for the 2001 World Snooker Championship, losing 6–10 to Andy Hicks in the last qualify round. [ 88 ] This was the first time Davis would be absent from the event since his debut in 1979. [ 89 ] [ 90 ] After the loss, he contemplated retirement, but said that it would be the “ easy thing to do ”. [ 91 ] Since he even enjoyed the challenge of master shimmer he continued into the 2001–02 snooker temper and reached the semi-finals of the 2002 LG Cup and the quarter-finals of the 2003 irish Masters the following season. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] however, Davis was ineffective to qualify for the 2002 World Snooker Championship, losing 8–10 to Robin Hull in the final circle of qualification. [ 94 ] Despite this, his previous results were enough to regain his place in the top 16 for the 2003–2004 season, starting ranked 11th in the worldly concern. [ 59 ] Despite not progressing past the third round in any early events, Davis reached the final at the 2004 Welsh Open. This was nine years after he final won a rate event at the 1995 Welsh Open. He defeated Mark King, Higgins, Milkins and Marko Fu and met O’Sullivan in the final. [ 95 ] In the best of 17 frames equal, he led 8–5, but lost 8–9. [ 96 ] [ 97 ] He reached the quarter-finals of the 2005 World Snooker Championship, losing to eventual winner Shaun Murphy. [ 98 ]
late career ( 2005–2010 ) [edit ]
Davis during a 2008 pit against Ville Pasanen Davis reached his hundredth major career final at the 2005 UK Championship in York, [ 4 ] his first appearance in the event ‘s final since 1990. [ 39 ] He beat defending supporter Stephen Maguire and Hendry before he lost 6–10 to Ding Junhui in the final examination. [ 99 ] [ 100 ] Davis brushed off suggestions of retirement before the World Championships, [ 101 ] and reached the moment rung where he lost to Murphy. [ 102 ] His performances during the 2006–07 season, including reaching the 2006 UK Championship quarter-finals and the Welsh Open semi-finals, ensured that Davis was placid a top-16 musician at age 50. [ 3 ] Although Davis dropped out of the top sixteen a class late, he reached consecutive quarter-finals at the Shanghai Masters and Grand Prix in 2008. [ 103 ] At the 2009 World Snooker Championship, Davis lost 2–10 to Neil Robertson in the first round. [ 104 ] At the 2009 UK Championship, he defeated Michael Judge 9–7 to set up a first-round match against Hendry which he lost 6–9. [ 105 ] [ 106 ] He qualified for the 2010 World Snooker Championship, his thirtieth prison term at the event, by defeating Adrian Gunnell 10–4. [ 107 ] In the first gear cycle, Davis beat Mark King 10–9, and at 52, he was the oldest player to win a meet at the Crucible since Eddie Charlton defeated Cliff Thorburn in 1989. [ 108 ] In the second round, against defending champion John Higgins, Davis won 13–11, a win observer Clive Everton called “ the greatest disturbance in the 33 years the Crucible has been hosting the backing. ” [ 109 ] This made him the oldest earth quarter-finalist since Charlton in 1983. In the quarter-final match against australian Neil Robertson, Davis lost 5–13. [ 110 ] Despite having his best run at the World Championship for five years and reaching the quarter-finals for entirely the second time since 1994, this was his final appearance at the Crucible ; he failed to qualify for the tournament again before his retirement. [ 111 ] Davis participated in the Players Tour Championship in 2010 ; his best result was at the Paul Hunter Classic, where he reached the quarter-finals before losing 1–4 to Shaun Murphy. [ 112 ] He finished 67th on the order of Merit. [ 113 ] He reached the concluding of the 2010 World Seniors Championship, losing 1–4 to Jimmy White. [ 114 ] He narrowly reached the last modify round of the 2011 World Snooker Championship by defeating Jack Lisowski 10–9 before losing 2–10 to Stephen Lee. [ 115 ]
Retirement ( 2010–2016 ) [edit ]
Davis began the 2011–12 season ranked world number 44, his lowest rank and file since turning professional. [ 59 ] [ 116 ] Davis reached the concluding of the 2011 World Seniors Championship before losing 1–2 to Darren Morgan. [ 117 ] He participated in the 2011–12 Players Tour Championship ; his best solution was in the Warsaw Classic, where he reached the semi-finals before losing 3–4 to Ricky Walden, [ 118 ] eat up at count 26 on the club of Merit. [ 119 ] He qualified for the 2011 UK Championship by defeating Ian McCulloch and Andrew Higginson, [ 120 ] but lost 1–6 in the first gear round to O’Sullivan. [ 121 ] He reached the last 16 of the Welsh Open before losing 0–4 to Murphy. [ 122 ] [ 123 ] Davis did not qualify for the World Snooker Championship 7–10 to Ben Woollaston. [ 124 ] [ 125 ] He qualified for the 2012 Shanghai Masters, [ 126 ] [ 127 ] before losing 4–5 to Ricky Walden. [ 128 ] He qualified for the final stages of the 2012 UK Championship, [ 129 ] before losing 2–6 to Carter. [ 130 ] He again participated in the Players Tour Championship ; his best results were in the Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy and the scottish Open, where he reached the last 16 before losing 3–4 to John Higgins and 1–4 to Ding Junhui. [ 131 ] [ 132 ] He placed 52nd on the tour ‘s order of Merit. [ 133 ] He finished the season in the qualify stage of the World Championship, losing 7–10 to Maflin. [ 134 ] He won his first gear World Seniors Championship in 2013 by defeating Nigel Bond, 2–1. [ 135 ] After being beaten by Craig Steadman 8–10 in the second round of the 2014 World Snooker Championship reservation, Davis finished the season outside the top 64 on the money list and dropped off the main professional go after 36 years. [ 136 ] Davis received an invitational tour card for tournaments in the 2014–15 season. [ 137 ] He played in the 2014 Champion of Champions event after qualifying with the 2013 World Seniors Championship, [ 138 ] losing 1–4 to Mark Selby in the group semi-final. [ 139 ] Davis entered the 2016 World Snooker Championship qualifiers, and lost to Fergal O’Brien in his final examination professional match. [ 140 ] During a live 17 April 2016 BBC broadcast, he announced his retirement from professional snooker, citing the holocene death of his beget as the main cause. Davis entered the Crucible Theatre holding the World Championship trophy, and received a standing ovation from the hearing. [ 140 ] During his career he won over £5.5 million in choice money. [ 141 ] [ 142 ] As of 2021, he continues to play exhibitions, and is a initiate and observer for the BBC ‘s snooker coverage of Triple Crown events. [ 140 ]
early sports [edit ]
Davis playing a flim-flam shot : potting a ball under a fabric From 1994 to 2007, Davis regularly participated in master nine-ball pool events ; he was implemental in creating the Mosconi Cup, an annual nine-ball pond tournament contested between teams representing Europe and the United States. [ 2 ] He represented Europe in the tournament eleven times, and was a penis of the triumphant 1995 and 2002 teams ; [ 143 ] his victory against the US ‘s Earl Strickland clinched the 2002 contest for Europe. [ 144 ] [ 145 ] [ 146 ] In 2001, Davis reached the final of his first pool event at the World Pool League before losing 9–5 to Efren Reyes. [ 147 ] Sky Sports observer Sid Waddell gave him the nickname “ Romford Slim ”, calling him Britain ‘s answer to American pool musician Rudolf “ Minnesota Fats ” Wanderone. [ 2 ] Davis dislikes banish pool as played on English-style tables in british pubs and clubs, considering it a “ Mickey Mouse bet on ” when played with a smaller cue ball than the early balls, although he is happy with the game when played with undifferentiated balls. [ 148 ] He reached the last 16 of the 2003 WPA World Nine-ball Championship in Cardiff, Wales, where he faced three-time champion Strickland. [ 149 ] The match was noteworthy for the behavior of its players. Strickland accused members of the crowd of bias towards Davis ; [ 150 ] when warned by referee Michaela Tabb, he told her to “ shut up ”. [ 151 ] He complained after Davis took a second toilet respite ( when only allocated one ), and Davis by and by admitted that the second break was gamesmanship against his opposition. [ 150 ] Strickland won the meet, and proceeded to the semi-finals. [ 150 ] Davis has become a technical poker player, with successful appearances at telecast tournaments ; [ 152 ] they included an appearance at the final table of the 2003 Poker Million with Jimmy White, who finally won. [ 153 ] He finished 579th at event 41 of the 2006 World Series of Poker, winning $ 20,617. [ 154 ] At event 54 of the 2008 World Series of Poker, Davis finished 389th and won $ 28,950. [ 155 ] He finished 131st, winning $ 5,491, at event 56 of the 2010 World Series of Poker. [ 156 ] At event 22 of the 2011 Grand Poker Series, Davis finished eighth and won $ 2,049. [ 157 ] A lament chess musician, he served as president of the british Chess Federation from 1996 until 2001. [ 158 ] [ 159 ] Davis co-author Steve Davis Plays Chess, a 1995 book. [ 158 ] [ 160 ]
In early media [edit ]
Davis has become known for his coldness and conduct in hard-hitting situations. [ 4 ] His initial lack of emotional expression and humdrum consultation style earned him a reputation as bore, and the satirical television serial Spitting Image nicknamed him “ Interesting ”. [ 161 ] Davis has since played on this double, and says it helped him gain populace acceptance. [ 162 ] He co-authored How to Be Really Interesting with Geoff Atkinson, a 1988 ledger on whose cover he wears boxing regalia and holds a clue. [ 163 ] [ 164 ] Davis has worked with a serial of television games. He appeared in a parody on-line promotion for the Nintendo DS game World Snooker Championship: Season 2007–08, parodying a Nicole Kidman Brain Training ad, and worked with the World Snooker Championship franchise and Virtual Snooker. [ 165 ] He besides gave his appoint to two video games, Steve Davis Snooker in 1984 and Steve Davis World Snooker in 1989. [ 166 ] [ 167 ] In 2010, Davis played himself on The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret ; other television appearances include the Christmas 1981 episode of The Morecambe & Wise Show. [ 168 ] Davis has published a number of other books. Five associate to snooker : Successful Snooker ( 1982 ), [ 169 ] Frame and Fortune ( 1982 ), [ 170 ] Steve Davis: Snooker Champion ( 1983 ), [ 171 ] Matchroom Snooker ( 1988 ) [ 172 ] and The Official Matchroom 1990 Snooker Special. [ 173 ] He co-authored two chess books in 1995 with David Norwood : Steve Davis Plays Chess [ 174 ] and Grandmaster Meets Chess Amateur. [ 175 ] Davis wrote three 1994 cookbooks : Simply Fix – the Steve Davis Interesting Cookbook No 1 – Interesting Things to Do With Meat, [ 176 ] Simply Fix – The Steve Davis Interesting Cookbook No 2 – Interesting Things to Make with Poultry, [ 177 ] and Simply Fix – the Steve Davis Interesting Cookbook No 3 – Interesting Things to Make Using Vegetables. [ 178 ] His third autobiography, Interesting, was published in 2015. [ 179 ] Davis besides co-produced a music book with Kavus Torabi titled Medical Grade Music in 2021. [ 180 ] He participated in the thirteenth series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in 2013, finishing in eighth identify. [ 181 ] The Rack Pack, a 2016 BBC television receiver film about professional snooker during the 1970s and 1980s focusing on Davis ‘s competition with Alex Higgins, featured Will Merrick as Davis. [ 182 ]
Music [edit ]
When in the sixth shape at educate, Davis began listening to progressive rock ‘n’ roll and was introduced to the Canterbury setting, which immediately fascinated him. Interviewed in 2020, Davis said, “ I loved what bands like Soft Machine and Henry Cow were doing – it was challenging and identical complex. ” Regarding Robert Wyatt, he said, “ … one album in my solicitation that I would firm urge everyone to get is Rock Bottom. It ‘s the character of album that you have to hear when you ‘re smashed out of your expression. It is good an incredible record. [ 183 ] Davis is a fan of french progressive rock band Magma, and produced a London concert so he could see them, which directly caused their re-formation. [ 184 ] He has a criminal record solicitation with around 2,000 albums. [ 183 ] Davis joined Brentwood community radio station Phoenix FM in 1996, broadcasting a kind of soul and rock shows during the adjacent ten-spot years online and on FM under a Restricted Service Licence. When the station went full-time on FM in March 2007, he hosted The Interesting Alternative Show. [ 185 ] [ 186 ] As a leave of his broadcasts, Davis was a guest donor on BBC Radio 6 Music in 2011. [ 187 ] He branched out into club work in 2015, and has regular slots at London bars and nightclubs. [ 188 ] Davis performed with Kavus Torabi at the 2016 Glastonbury Festival ; [ 189 ] their collaboration led to the constitution of the Utopia Strong, an electronic-music band whose debut album was released on 13 September 2019. [ 190 ] He joined Chas & Dave and several other snooker stars ( as the Matchroom Mob ) on “ Snooker Loopy “, a 1986 knickknack record which was a top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart. [ 191 ] [ 192 ] A year former they released “ Romford Rap ”, a follow-up single which reached number 91 on the UK charts. [ 193 ]
bequest [edit ]
Davis won a record 84 professional titles and was the runner-up in 38 events, with 28 of these as ranking event victories. [ 194 ] [ 195 ] [ a ] His modern-era record of six world titles has been broken entirely by Hendry, [ 196 ] and his six UK Championship titles has been bettered lone by O’Sullivan. [ 197 ] Davis compiled 355 competitive centuries during his career. [ 194 ] [ 195 ] He was coached by Frank Callan for much of his career, who besides represented Hendry in the 1990s. [ 198 ] In 2011, Davis was inducted into World Snooker ‘s new Hall of Fame with seven other early populace champions. [ 199 ] In the ledger Masters of the Baize, a detail comparison and ranking of snooker professionals, Luke Williams and Paul Gadsby rated Davis as the third base greatest snooker actor of all time ( behind Joe Davis and Hendry ). [ 200 ] [ 201 ] Davis was one of the first professional players to play in China, touring through the 1980s. [ 202 ] [ 203 ] This, along with highly lucrative off-table endorsements, both set up by Hearn allowed him to become the United Kingdom ‘s highest paid sportsperson in the later half of the 1980s. [ 204 ] [ 205 ] During the 2010 earth championship, to mark the anniversary of the 1985 world backing final, Davis appeared with Taylor before the begin of the first semi-final to stage a humorous re-enactment of their historic final frame ; Taylor entered the stadium wearing a pair of comically-oversized glasses, and Davis arrived sporting a crimson wig. [ 206 ]
personal life and honours [edit ]
In 1988, Davis became the entirely snooker player named as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, [ 207 ] and was made an MBE. [ 208 ] [ 209 ] He was made an OBE in 2000, [ 210 ] [ 79 ] and has been honorary president of the united states of the Snooker Writers ‘ Association. [ 211 ] Although he was on the board of Leyton Orient F.C., he has been a Charlton Athletic F.C. winnow most of his life. He divorced his first wife Judith in 2005 after 15 years of marriage. They had two sons : Greg ( born in 1991 ) and Jack ( born in 1993 ). [ 213 ] In 2012, Greg Davis entered the Q-School with the draw a bead on of winning a place on the master snooker go. [ 214 ] [ 215 ]
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performance and rankings timeline [edit ]
career finals [edit ]
Ranking finals : 41 ( 28 titles ) [edit ]
Non-ranking finals : 81 ( 56 titles ) [edit ]
team finals : 12 ( 10 titles ) [edit ]
Pro-am finals : 2 ( 2 titles ) [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
- ^ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the rank at the beginning of the season .
- ^ New players on the Main Tour do not have a rank .
- ^ Players issued an invitational tour calling card began the temper without ranking points .
- a b The event ran under different names as australian Masters ( 1979/1980 to 1987/1988 and 1995/1996 ), Hong Kong Open ( 1989/1990 ) and australian Open ( 1994/1995 ) .
- a b The consequence ran under different name as german Open ( 1995/1996 to 1997/1998 ) .
- ^ The event ran under different name as Players Tour Championship Grand Finals ( 2010/2011 to 2012/2013 ) .
- a b The event ran under different names as China International ( 1997/1998 and 1998/1999 )
- ^ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International ( 2008/2009 ) and the Six-red World Grand Prix ( 2009/2010 )
- a b The event run under different names as canadian Open ( 1974/1975 to 1980/1981 )
- a b The event run under different names as Dubai Masters ( 1988/1989 ), Thailand Classic ( 1995/1996 ) and asian Classic ( 1996/1997 )
- a b The event ran under unlike names such as asian Open ( 1989/1990 to 1992/1993 ) and Thailand Open ( 1993/1994 to 1996/1997 ) .
- ^ 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 ) .
- a b The 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 ) .
- ^ The consequence ran under unlike names such as european Open ( 1988/1989 to 1996/1997 and 2001/2002 to 2003/2004 ) and irish Open ( 1998/1999 ) .
- a b The tournament was known as Northern Ireland Classic ( 1981/1982 )
- ^ The event ran under different identify as Professional Players Tournament ( 1982/1983 and 1983/1984 ), LG Cup ( 2001/2002 to 2003/2004 ), Grand Prix ( 1984/1985 to 2000/2001 and 2004/2005 to 2009/2010 ), the World Open ( 2010/2011 ) and the Haikou World Open ( 2011/2012–2013/2014 ) .
- ^ The event ran under different name as Jiangsu Classic ( 2008/2009 to 2009/2010 ) .
- ^ The event ran under different names such as International Open ( 1981/1982 to 1984/1985, 1986/1987 to 1996/1997 ), Matchroom Trophy ( 1985/1986 ) and Players Championship ( 2003/2004 ) .
- ^ The event was besides called the Hong Kong Masters ( 1983/1984–1988/1989 )
- ^ The consequence was besides called the Kent Cup ( 1986/1987–1987/1988 and 1989/1990–1990/1991 )
- ^ The event ran under a unlike name as the Charity Challenge ( 1994/1995–1998/1999 )
- ^ The event was besides called the Professional Snooker League ( 1983/1984 ), Matchroom League ( 1986/1987 to 1991/1992 ) and the European League ( 1992/1993 to 1996/1997 )
- ^ Final decided on an aggregate score over three frames
- ^ Final was decided on a three-man round robin basis, the one-third person was John Dunning
- ^ full amounts calculated from the [ [ # Career finals| ] ] section
- ^[274] Aggregate seduce of three matches .
References [edit ]
foster read [edit ]
- Taylor, Dennis (1985). Frame by frame: my own story. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 978-0356121796.
- Davis, Steve (1982). Successful Snooker. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. ISBN 978-0850974379.
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