Dave Finbow

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Dave Finbow
birthday 27th February 1968 (age 52)
nationality EnglandEngland England
professional 1991 - 2005
Prize money £ 275,795
Highest break 140 ( WM 1997, Q )
Century Breaks 34
World rankings
Highest WRL place 28 ( 1996/97 )
Best results
Ranked tournaments 4 × quarter-finals
Other professional tournaments 1 × round of 16
Amateur tournaments 1 × quarter-finals

David "Dave" Finbow (born February 27, 1968 ) is an English snooker player who played on the professional tour for 14 seasons between 1991 and 2005 and has been taking part in various amateur tournaments regularly since 2019.

Career

The Worcester -born Finbow first attracted attention when he reached the round of 32 of the U21 Amateur World Cup in 1987 . After losing both in qualifying for the English Amateur Championship and in the third event of the WPBSA Pro Ticket Series in the round of 16 in 1988, he was defeated in 1989 in the second round of the professional play-offs Andrew Cairns and in the final of the qualification for the British championship Barry Pinches . In 1991 he was given the opportunity to participate in the World Masters , where he lost to former world champion Dennis Taylor after defeating Geet Sethi . Subsequently, when the pro tour opened to all players, Finbow became a pro player.

First professional years

Finbow's first professional season was the 1991/92 season , which was successful for Finbow. Several times he reached the final qualifying rounds of a tournament; apart from participating in the round of 64 of the Benson and Hedges Satellite Championship , he was eliminated from the Dubai Classic and the Strachan Open in the final qualifying round. He survived this thanks to a victory over Brady Gollan at the Grand Prix , where he then defeated James Wattana , Doug Mountjoy and Mark Bennett in the main round and only lost in the quarter-finals to six-time former world champion Steve Davis . With this great success he immediately made it onto the world rankings; he was led on this in the following on rank 63, which he could save most qualifying rounds.

The next season was marked by defeats in the last two qualifying rounds; even at the snooker world championship , only an 8:10 defeat by Dean Reynolds prevented him from moving into the Crucible . However, he was eliminated in three tournaments only in the first main round, at the British Open in the subsequent round of the last 32 and at the Dubai Classic only in the round of 16. This enabled him to keep his 63rd place.

The 1993/94 season was very similar : While he was often eliminated in the (pre-) last qualifying round as well as the International Open in the round of 64 and at the Thailand Open in the wildcard round, he had to withdraw from the Dubai Classic and at the Welsh Open only to be beaten in the round of the last 32. However, he achieved his best result in a tournament without any influence on the world rankings, when he reached the quarter-finals at the first event of the Strachan Challenge and only lost there to Stefan Mazrocis . Even if this success had no impact on the world rankings, it improved significantly on this, so that he was ranked 41st in the following.

Highs and lows between ranks 28 and 68

The 1994/95 season went a little worse with numerous early defeats. The better results included two defeats each in one round of the last 64 - at the International Open and the British Open - and in one round of the last 48, here at the European Open and at the World Snooker Championship in the form of the last qualifying round. He achieved his best result at the Dubai Classic when he reached the round of 32. This also affected the world rankings in the form of a deterioration of seven places.

The following season was more successful for Finbow, however, when he was eliminated in only three of eleven tournaments before the round of 64 and he moved into the round of 32 in five tournaments. While he was eliminated in this round at the Grand Prix and the German Open , he only had to admit defeat at the European Open in the round of 16. At the Thailand Classic and the International Open , however, it was enough for the quarter-finals, which he equaled his record for the best result from 1991, even if both tournaments were over in this round. These successes were also reflected on the world rankings when he had the best position of his career in the following season with rank 28.

During the 1996/97 season , however, the disadvantages of the success became noticeable: Thanks to his world rankings position, Finbow was set directly for almost all main rounds, but won only a little more than 15% of his games throughout the season; his only two victories he drove against Jason Weston at the German Open and against Leigh Griffin at the International Open . As a result, he slipped to 39th place on the world rankings and lost the advantages he had gained. The following season was hardly better; he won just under 30% of his games and never got past the round of 64. Thus, his loss on the world rankings increased significantly: within two seasons he had lost 40 places and was now only 68th.

Last form high and end of career

However, the 1998/99 season held ready for Finbow an improvement in form: he often made it into the main round of a tournament; He was eliminated twice in a round of the last 64 or in a round of the last 48. He made it into a round of the last 32 three times - at the Thailand Masters , the China International and the British Open - even if he was eliminated there. At the same time, he succeeded in reversing the trend in the world rankings: he improved to rank 52. After losing three times in a round of the last 64 in the next season despite several early defeats and at the China Open in the round of the last 48 and Had to admit defeat in the round of 32 at the Grand Prix , this trend continued and he improved to 39th place.

In the course of the 2000/01 season he often lost early, but in three tournaments it was not over until the round of the last 48. However, the Englishman achieved his best result at the Thailand Masters , where he reached the quarter-finals of a ranking tournament for the fourth time in his career before losing to John Higgins in this one . Nevertheless, he slipped back to 47th place in the world rankings. The following season continued the trend of the last, when he was eliminated twice in a round of the last 48 and only eliminated in the UK Championship in the round of 16. On the world rankings he lost another two places. The 2001/02 season was overshadowed by Finbow's round of 16 game at the UK Championship against Ronnie O'Sullivan , which he gave up when the score was 8-0. From the first frame on, he didn't feel well and he had a panic attack , Finbow said later. At this point Finbow was dissatisfied with his snooker and he had already suffered from an anxiety disorder , so he was toying with a career end at the end of the 2001/02 season.

Nevertheless, Finbow continued his career with the 2002/03 season, in which he also continued his general trend of early defeats and was again twice for him in a round of the last 48 final. Again, his best result was a round of 16 participation, this time at the European Open , where in the round of 16 there was a reunion with Ronnie O'Sullivan, who this time won 3-5 regularly. The next season Finbow's form continued to decline, winning only a few games without making a single round of the final 64. So in 2004 he was only placed 62nd. In the 2004/05 season Finbow then took part only to a limited extent, when he only registered for the Grand Prix and the UK Championship and there each lost his opening game against Neil Robertson . Crashed to 92nd place in the world rankings, Finbow then lost his professional status after 14 seasons.

Further life

After nearly a decade and a half with no games, Finbow attended Q School in 2019 ; his best result was the fourth from last lap at the second event . Through his Q-School participation, Finbow was able to take part in the Challenge Tour 2019/20 , where he never got past a round of the last 32. At the same time he took part in the WSF Open and was eliminated in the group stage, while he failed in the third qualifying round of Andrew Pagett at the professional tournament Gibraltar Open . Finbow also took part in the Senior British Open and was eliminated in the third qualifying round.

successes

output year competition Final opponent Result
Amateur tournaments
Second 1989 English Amateur Championship - South EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 3: 8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Dave Finbow - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Ron Florax: Ranking History For Dave Finbow. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b O'Sullivan opponent quits tourny. The Press, December 11, 2001, accessed July 26, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1987-1988 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1988-1989 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1988-1989 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1990-1991 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1991-1992 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1992-1993 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1993-1994 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1994-1995 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1995-1996 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1996-1997 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1997-1998 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1998-1999 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 1999-2000 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 2000-2001 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  18. ↑ a b Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 2001-2002 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  19. ^ Anxiety attack forces Finbow out. BBC Sport , accessed July 26, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 2002-2003 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 2003-2004 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 2004-2005 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 2019-2020 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Ron Florax: Dave Finbow - Season 2019-2020 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
  25. ↑ WSS 2020 British Open Qualifying Event in Clacton. SeniorSnooker, March 4, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Finbow, Dave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Finbow, David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1968