# David Finbow > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Finbow > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/David_Finbow.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Finbow > Source revision: 1335303083 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English snooker player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Use British English|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox snooker player | name = David Finbow | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|2|27}} | birth_place = [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_England), [England](/source/England) | Sport country = {{ENG}} | Professional = 1991–2005 | High ranking = 28 ([1996/1997](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1996%2F1997)) | Official maximums = | Best finish = Quarter-final (x4) | World champ = }} '''David Finbow''' (born 27 February 1968) is an English former professional [snooker](/source/snooker) player from [Worcester](/source/Worcester%2C_England). ==Career== In his career, he managed to beat players such as [Ronnie O'Sullivan](/source/Ronnie_O'Sullivan), [Ken Doherty](/source/Ken_Doherty) and [James Wattana](/source/James_Wattana). Originally a soccer player, he was introduced to snooker by a neighbourhood friend. He attended [Jarvis Collegiate Institute](/source/Jarvis_Collegiate_Institute) in [Toronto](/source/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.{{Cite web |url=http://archive.thisisworcestershire.co.uk/2000/10/27/350958.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505065703/http://archive.thisisworcestershire.co.uk/2000/10/27/350958.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-05-05 |title=Dave hopes to make his mark |publisher=Worcestershire News |date=2000-10-27 |access-date=2008-07-15 }} However, his results in tournaments suffered, which was partly due to suffering from [anxiety](/source/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](/source/David_Gray_(snooker_player)) and [Dave Harold](/source/Dave_Harold) to reach the last 16 of the [2001 UK Championship](/source/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.{{Cite web | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/1702257.stm | title = Anxiety attack forces Finbow out | publisher = [BBC](/source/BBC) | year = 2001 | access-date = 2008-07-15 }} After the match he expressed his distress and by the end of the [2002–2003 season](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_snooker_season) he announced his retirement from the game altogether.{{Cite web | url = http://www.smart-web.cz/danny/ronnie/index.php?nid=1380&lid=CZ&oid=299237 | title = Dave Finbow - Why panic forced me to quit | publisher = Ronnie O'Sullivan | date = 2001-12-17 | access-date = 2008-07-15 }} ==Performance and rankings timeline== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- ! Tournament ! [1990/
91](/source/1990%E2%80%9391_snooker_season) ! [1991/
92](/source/1991%E2%80%9392_snooker_season) ! [1992/
93](/source/1992%E2%80%9393_snooker_season) ! colspan="2"|[1993/
94](/source/1993%E2%80%9394_snooker_season) ! [1994/
95](/source/1994%E2%80%9395_snooker_season) ! [1995/
96](/source/1995%E2%80%9396_snooker_season) ! [1996/
97](/source/1996%E2%80%9397_snooker_season) ! [1997/
98](/source/1997%E2%80%9398_snooker_season) ! [1998/
99](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_snooker_season) ! [1999/
00](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_snooker_season) ! [2000/
01](/source/2000%E2%80%9301_snooker_season) ! [2001/
02](/source/2001%E2%80%9302_snooker_season) ! [2002/
03](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_snooker_season) ! [2003/
04](/source/2003%E2%80%9304_snooker_season) ! [2004/
05](/source/2004%E2%80%9305_snooker_season) ! [2019/
20](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_snooker_season) |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Ranking](/source/Snooker_world_rankings){{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=7 November 2017|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514065952/http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|url-status=live}}From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season. | align="center"|He was an amateur. | align="center"|New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking. | align="center"|[63](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1992%2F1993) | colspan="2" align="center"|[63](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1993%2F1994) | align="center"|[41](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1994%2F1995) | align="center"|[47](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1995%2F1996) | align="center"|[28](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1996%2F1997) | align="center"|[39](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1997%2F1998) | align="center"|[68](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1998%2F1999) | align="center"|[52](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1999%2F2000) | align="center"|[39](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_2000%2F2001) | align="center"|[47](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_2001%2F2002) | align="center"|[49](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_2002%2F2003) | align="center"|[52](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_2003%2F2004) | align="center"|[60](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_2004%2F2005) | align="center"| |- |colspan="20"|'''Ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[World Open](/source/World_Open_(snooker))The event was called the Grand Prix (1990/1991–2000/2001, 2004/2005–2008/2009) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[QF](/source/1991_Grand_Prix_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[2R](/source/1995_Grand_Prix_(snooker)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1996_Grand_Prix_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[2R](/source/1999_Grand_Prix_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2002_LG_Cup_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[UK Championship](/source/UK_Championship) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1995_UK_Championship) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1996_UK_Championship) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2000_UK_Championship) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[3R](/source/2001_UK_Championship) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Scottish Open](/source/Scottish_Open_(snooker))The event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1994_International_Open) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1995_International_Open) |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[QF](/source/1996_International_Open) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[2R](/source/1997_International_Open) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1998_Scottish_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1999_Scottish_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2000_Scottish_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2002_Scottish_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[European Masters](/source/European_Masters_(snooker))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) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[2R](/source/1996_European_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[2R](/source/2003_European_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[German Masters](/source/German_Masters)The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998) |align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1995_German_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1996_German_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[World Grand Prix](/source/World_Grand_Prix_(snooker)) |align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Welsh Open](/source/Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1993_Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|[2R](/source/1994_Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1997_Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1998_Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1999_Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Players Championship](/source/Players_Championship_(snooker)) |align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Gibraltar Open](/source/Gibraltar_Open) |align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Tour Championship](/source/Tour_Championship_(snooker)) |align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[World Championship](/source/World_Snooker_Championship) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |colspan="20"|'''Non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[The Masters](/source/Masters_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |colspan="20"|'''Former ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Classic](/source/Classic_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Strachan Open](/source/Strachan_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Asian Classic](/source/Dubai_Classic)The event was called the Dubai Classic (1990/1991-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[3R](/source/1992_Dubai_Classic) |align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1993_Dubai_Classic) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1994_Dubai_Classic) |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[QF](/source/1995_Thailand_Classic) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Malta Grand Prix](/source/Malta_Grand_Prix) |align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Thailand Masters](/source/Thailand_Masters)The event was called the Asian Open (1990/1991-1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1993_Asian_Open) |align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|[WR](/source/1994_Thailand_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1999_Thailand_Masters) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[QF](/source/2001_Thailand_Masters) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2002_Thailand_Masters) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[British Open](/source/British_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[2R](/source/1993_British_Open) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1995_British_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1997_British_Open) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1998_British_Open) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[2R](/source/1999_British_Open_(1998%2F1999)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1999_British_Open_(1999%2F2000)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|NH |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Irish Masters](/source/Irish_Masters) |align="center" colspan="13" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|NH |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[China Open](/source/China_Open_(snooker))The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999) |align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1999_China_International) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|NH |- |colspan="20"|'''Former non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[World Masters](/source/World_Masters) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1991_World_Masters) |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Strachan Open](/source/Strachan_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[2R](/source/1994_Strachan_Challenge_%E2%80%93_Event_1) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |- ! colspan="6"|Performance table legend |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | lost in the quarter-finals |- | align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF | lost in the semi–finals | align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F | lost in the final | align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W''' | won the tournament |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A | did not participate in the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD | withdrew from the tournament |} {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || means an event was not held. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || means an event is/was a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |} {{Reflist|group=nb}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080316034941/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Players/Global_Europe/Global_England/eng_dave_finbow.htm Profile on the Global Snooker Centre] {{DEFAULTSORT:Finbow, Dave}} Category:English snooker players Category:Sportspeople from Worcester, England Category:Living people Category:1968 births --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [David Finbow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Finbow) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Finbow?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.