Steve Davis / Achievements
This article lists all of the achievements of snooker player Steve Davis . Davis was the dominant player of the 1980s, winning the World Cup and UK Championship six times and the Masters three times. In 1988 he was voted British Sportsman of the Year as the only snooker player to date .
Davis began his professional career in 1978 and quickly rose to the top of the world. After winning the UK Championship in 1980, he won the World Snooker Championship in 1981 . By winning the Masters in 1982 , he won all three Triple Crown tournaments and thus fully established himself in the top places in the world rankings. After an early exit at the 1982 World Cup , he won the following two editions again and finally rose to the top of the world.
After two defeats in the next two World Cup finals (including the legendary 1985 World Cup final against Dennis Taylor ), Davis won all three other World Cups by the end of the decade, the last of them with the highest final victory ever. In the following decade, Davis won significantly fewer tournaments as Stephen Hendry now dominated the sport. Even though Davis temporarily slipped out of the top 16 in the world rankings, he stayed on the tour in the new millennium. He surprisingly reached the final of the UK Championship in 2005 , which he lost to Ding Junhui and made it into the top 16 on his 50th birthday in 2007. In the last few years of his career, Davis has shifted more and more to commenting, but he stayed Professional player until well into the 2010s. Shortly after the death of his father Bill, he announced his retirement from active snooker as part of the 2016 World Snooker Championship .
Ranking positions and triple crown successes
This list shows the ranking positions of Steve Davis during his career and his performance in the Triple Crown tournaments , with the respective editions of the tournaments and the respective world rankings are linked.
Legend | |||||
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S. | winner | F. | finalist | ||
HF | Semi-finalist | VF | Quarter finalist | ||
AF | Round of 16 | #R | Eliminated in an earlier round | ||
QR | not qualified | A. | did not participate in the tournament | ||
oR | without ranking | S / N | Victories / defeats |
competition | 1978/ 1979 |
1979/ 1980 |
1980/ 1981 |
1981/ 1982 |
1982/ 1983 |
1983/ 1984 |
1984/ 1985 |
1985/ 1986 |
1986/ 1987 |
1987/ 1988 |
1988/ 1989 |
1989/ 1990 |
1990/ 1991 |
1991/ 1992 |
1992/ 1993 |
1993/ 1994 |
1994/ 1995 |
1995/ 1996 |
1996/ 1997 |
1997/ 1998 |
1998/ 1999 |
1999/ 2000 |
2000/ 2001 |
2001/ 2002 |
2002/ 2003 |
2003/ 2004 |
2004/ 2005 |
2005/ 2006 |
2006/ 2007 |
2007/ 2008 |
2008/ 2009 |
2009/ 2010 |
2010/ 2011 |
2011/ 2012 |
2012/ 2013 |
2013/ 2014 |
2014/ 2015 |
2015/2016 | Career S / N |
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World snooker ranking | oR | 18th | 13 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 17th | 21st | 25th | 11 | 13 | 15th | 11 | 15th | 29 | 23 | 22nd | 44 | 51 | 51 | - | - | |
UK Championship | A. | VF | S. | S. | VF | HF | S. | S. | S. | S. | HF | F. | F. | AF | HF | VF | 2R | 1R | AF | 1R | VF | AF | 2R | 2R | AF | 2R | AF | F. | VF | 1R | 1R | 1R | QR | 1R | 1R | A. | 1R | A. | UK Championship: 6/38 |
Masters | A. | A. | AF | S. | VF | VF | AF | HF | AF | S. | HF | HF | AF | VF | VF | AF | AF | VF | S. | HF | AF | A. | A. | A. | AF | AF | A. | A. | AF | QR | A. | A. | A. | A. | A. | A. | A. | A. | Masters: 3/38 |
World Snooker Championship | 1R | VF | S. | 1R | S. | S. | F. | F. | S. | S. | S. | HF | HF | 1R | AF | HF | 1R | VF | AF | AF | 1R | AF | QR | QR | 1R | 1R | VF | AF | 1R | 1R | 1R | VF | QR | QR | QR | QR | QR | QR | WM: 6/38 |
Overview of the finals
Davis stood in 117 finals during his 38-year career, of which he decided 82 for himself or his team. He was in the finals of Triple Crown tournaments 21 times (ie the Masters , the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championship ). He won 15 times, six times each at the World Cup and the UK Championship and three times at the Masters.
Ranked tournaments
Davis reached the final of a ranking tournament 41 times, he won 28 times. These included eight World Cup finals, six of which he won.
Color meanings : Tournament of Triple Crown Tournament with no special status with regard to Triple Crown
Invitation tournaments
Davis reached the final of invitation tournaments 52 times and won 35 times. These included three finals at the Masters , of which he won all three.
Color meanings : Tournament of Triple Crown Tournament with no special status with regard to Triple Crown
Non-ranking tournaments
In total, Davis was in 16 finals of non-ranking tournaments, which were open to everyone, but had no influence on the world rankings. He has won 13 times, two wins at the UK Championship , which was a world ranking tournament from 1984.
Color meanings : Tournament of Triple Crown Tournament with no special status with regard to Triple Crown
Result | year | competition | Opponent in the final | Final score |
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winner | 1980 | UK Championship | Alex Higgins | 16: 6 |
winner | 1981 | Yamaha Organs Trophy | David Taylor | 9: 6 |
winner | 1981 | English Professional Championship | Tony Meo | 9: 6 |
winner | 1981 | International Open | Dennis Taylor | 9-0 |
winner | 1981 | UK Championship | Terry Griffiths | 16: 3 |
winner | 1982 | International Masters | Terry Griffiths | 9: 7 |
winner | 1982 | Pontins Professional | Ray Reardon | 9: 5 |
finalist | 1983 | UK Championship | Alex Higgins | 15:16 |
winner | 1984 | International Masters | Dave Martin | 3-0 |
winner | 1984 | Hong Kong Masters | Doug Mountjoy | 4: 2 |
winner | 1985 | English Professional Championship | Tony Knowles | 9: 2 |
finalist | 1991 | European Challenge | Jimmy White | 1: 4 |
winner | 1991 | Thailand Masters | Stephen Hendry | 6: 3 |
winner | 1991 | Belgian Challenge | Stephen Hendry | 10: 9 |
finalist | 2011 | World Seniors Championship | Darren Morgan | 1: 2 |
winner | 2013 | World Seniors Championship | Nigel Bond | 2: 1 |
Pro-Am tournaments
Result | year | competition | Opponent in the final | Final score |
winner | 1978 | Pontins Spring Open | Tony Meo | 7: 6 |
winner | 1981 | Guinness Pro-Am | Mike Darrington | 6: 4 |
Other tournaments
The following table primarily lists league tournaments in which an additional knockout mode was played after a kind of group phase .
Result | year | competition | Opponent in the final | Final score |
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winner | 1987 | Matchroom League | Neal Foulds | league |
winner | 1988 | Matchroom League | Stephen Hendry | league |
winner | 1989 | Matchroom League | John Parrott | league |
winner | 1990 | Matchroom League | Stephen Hendry | league |
winner | 1991 | European Masters League | James Wattana | league |
finalist | 1992 | Matchroom League | Stephen Hendry | 2: 9 |
finalist | 1996 | European League | Ken Doherty | 5:10 |
winner | 1998 | Champions Super League | Stephen Hendry | league |
winner | 2018 | Seniors Irish Masters | Jonathan Bagley | 4-0 |
Team competitions
Davis reached 11 finals in team competitions, nine of which he won. Four times he won the World Cup with the English team, previously World Team Classic, and two more times he was in the final. With Tony Meo he also won the World Doubles Championship four times and in 1991 the World Masters in mixed doubles with Allison Fisher .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Steve Davis In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Steve Davis In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Steve Davis In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Steve Davis In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed April 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Steve Davis In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed April 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Steve Davis In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed April 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Steve Davis - Season 1977-1978 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed September 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Steve Davis - Season 1980-1981 - Non-professional Results. Cuetracker.net, accessed on September 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Steve Davis In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed April 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Steve Davis In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed April 7, 2019 .
- ^ Davis Wins Seniors Irish Masters. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , January 8, 2018, accessed September 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Chris Turner: World Cup / World Team Classic / Nations Cup - Team Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on April 28, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Chris Turner: World Doubles Championship - Non Ranking Event. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on April 28, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Chris Turner: Mita / Sky World Masters - Invitation Event. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on April 28, 2019 (English).