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{{short description|British snooker and pool player}}
{{short description|British pool and snooker player}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox snooker player
{{Infobox snooker player
|name = Mark Gray
|name = Mark Gray
|image = MC2008 M11 004 - Mark Gray.JPG
|image = MC2008 M11 004 - Mark Gray.JPG
|caption =
|caption = Gray in 2008
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|08|16|df=y}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|08|16|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Baston]], [[Lincolnshire]], England
|birth_place = [[Baston]], [[Lincolnshire]], England
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|death_place =
|death_place =
| Sport country = {{ENG}}
| Sport country = {{ENG}}
| Professional = Snooker 1992–2008, pool 2008-present
| Nickname =
⚫
| High ranking = 79 (1999/2000)
| Professional = 1992–2003, 2004/2005
| Official maximums =
⚫
| High ranking = 79 {{smaller|(1999/2000)}}
| Best finish = Last 32 (x2)
| Current rank =
| Prize money = £72,505
| High break = '''145''': <br> {{smaller|2002 Scottish Open (qualifying)}}
| Century break = 15
| Best finish = ''Last 32'' {{smaller|(1998 British Open, 1999 British Open)}}
| Ranking wins =
| Ranking wins =
| World champ = [[2010 World Team Championship|Team]] ([[World Team Championship (pool)|2010]])
| Other wins = 1
| World champ =
}}
}}
'''Mark Gray''' (born 16 August 1973) is an English professional [[Pool (cue sports)|pool]] player and former professional [[snooker]] player.
'''Mark Gray''' (born 16 August 1973) is an English professional [[Pool (cue sports)|pool]] player and former professional [[snooker]] player.
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The following season saw Gray repeat his feat at the British Open, beating [[Bjorn Haneveer]] 5–2, [[Paul Wykes]] 5–4 and [[Jamie Burnett]] 5–3, having trailed Burnett 1–3. He was again eliminated at the last 32 stage, this time 4–5 by [[Peter Ebdon]].
The following season saw Gray repeat his feat at the British Open, beating [[Bjorn Haneveer]] 5–2, [[Paul Wykes]] 5–4 and [[Jamie Burnett]] 5–3, having trailed Burnett 1–3. He was again eliminated at the last 32 stage, this time 4–5 by [[Peter Ebdon]].


Gray's ranking improved to a career-best 79th for the 1999/2000 season, but his form declined thereafter. In the 2000 UK Championship, he again met Small and led 3–2, but succumbed 3–9; he met [[Steve Davis]] in the last 48 at the 2001 Scottish Open, but was whitewashed 5–0 by the six-time World Champion.<ref>http://cuetracker.net/Players/Mark-Gray/2000-2001</ref>
Gray's ranking improved to a career-best 79th for the 1999/2000 season, but his form declined thereafter. In the 2000 UK Championship, he again met Small and led 3–2, but succumbed 3–9; he met [[Steve Davis]] in the last 48 at the 2001 Scottish Open, but was whitewashed 5–0 by the six-time World Champion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cuetracker.net/Players/Mark-Gray/2000-2001|title = CueTracker - Mark Gray - Season 2000-2001 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics Database}}</ref>


Gray reached his first quarter-final at the 2001 Benson & Hedges Championship, but was defeated 1–5 by the eventual finalist, [[Hugh Abernethy]].
Gray reached his first quarter-final at the 2001 Benson & Hedges Championship, but was defeated 1–5 by the eventual finalist, [[Hugh Abernethy]].
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==Career finals==
==Career finals==
===Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)===
===Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
{| class="sortable wikitable"
⚫
!width="80"| Outcome
|-
|width="80"|'''Outcome'''
!width="20"| No.
|width="20"|'''No.'''
!width="50"| Year
!style="width:250px;"| Championship
⚫
|width="50"|'''Year'''
| style="width:250px;"|'''Championship'''
!style="width:200px;"| Opponent in the final
| style="width:200px;"|'''Opponent in the final'''
!style="width:50px;"| Score
| style="text-align:center; width:50px;"|'''Score'''
|-
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 1.
| 2001
| 2001
| [[International Open Series|WPBSA Open Tour – Event 1]]
| WPBSA Open Tour – Event 1
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Shaun Murphy]]
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Shaun Murphy]]
| style="text-align:center;"|5–2<ref name="Hayton">{{citebook|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker |year=2004|publisher=Rose Villa Publications|location=Suffolk|isbn=978-0-9548549-0-4|ref=harv|pages=Introduction & 178–186}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5–2<ref name="Hayton">{{cite book|last=Hayton|first=Eric|title=The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker |year=2004|publisher=Rose Villa Publications|location=Suffolk|isbn=978-0-9548549-0-4|pages=Introduction & 178–186}}</ref>
|-
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Runner-up
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Runner-up
| 1.
| 1.
| 2002
| 2002
| [[International Open Series|WPBSA Open Tour – Event 5]]
| WPBSA Open Tour – Event 5
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Spick]]
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Spick]]
| style="text-align:center;"|3–5<ref name="Hayton" />
| style="text-align:center;"|3–5<ref name="Hayton" />
|}
|}


===Pro-am finals: 2 (2 runners-up)===
===Pro-am finals: 2 ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
{| class="sortable wikitable"
⚫
!width="80"| Outcome
|-
|width="80"|'''Outcome'''
!width="20"| No.
|width="20"|'''No.'''
!width="50"| Year
!style="width:250px;"| Championship
⚫
|width="50"|'''Year'''
| style="width:250px;"|'''Championship'''
!style="width:200px;"| Opponent in the final
| style="width:200px;"|'''Opponent in the final'''
!style="width:50px;"| Score
| style="text-align:center; width:50px;"|'''Score'''
|-
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Runner-up
| style="background:#ffa07a;" |Runner-up
| 1.
| 1.
| 2002
| 2002
| [[International Open Series|EASB Open Tour – Event 2]]
| EASB Open Tour – Event 2
| {{Flagicon|WAL}} [[Ryan Day (snooker player)|Ryan Day]]
| {{Flagicon|WAL}} [[Ryan Day (snooker player)|Ryan Day]]
| style="text-align:center;"|3–5<ref name="Hayton" />
| style="text-align:center;"|3–5<ref name="Hayton" />
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| 2.
| 2.
| 2003
| 2003
| [[International Open Series|EASB Open Tour – Event 3]]
| EASB Open Tour – Event 3
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Rory McLeod (snooker player)|Rory McLeod]]
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Rory McLeod (snooker player)|Rory McLeod]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2–5<ref name="Hayton" />
| style="text-align:center;"|2–5<ref name="Hayton" />
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===Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)===
===Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
{| class="sortable wikitable"
⚫
!width="80"| Outcome
|-
|width="80"|'''Outcome'''
!width="20"| No.
|width="20"|'''No.'''
!width="50"| Year
!style="width:250px;"| Championship
⚫
|width="50"|'''Year'''
| style="width:250px;"|'''Championship'''
!style="width:200px;"| Opponent in the final
| style="width:200px;"|'''Opponent in the final'''
!style="width:50px;"| Score
| style="text-align:center; width:50px;"|'''Score'''
|-
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
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| English Open
| English Open
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke Simmonds]]
| {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke Simmonds]]
| style="text-align:center;"|8–4<ref>{{citeweb|title=Other Tournaments Until 2020|url=http://bgsnooker.com/blog/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8/%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8/%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D1%82-2010/#t4|publisher=bgsnooker.com|accessdate=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103074138/http://bgsnooker.com/blog/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8/%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8/%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D1%82-2010/#t4|archive-date=3 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|8–4<ref>{{cite web|title=Other Tournaments Until 2020|url=http://bgsnooker.com/blog/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8/%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8/%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D1%82-2010/#t4|publisher=bgsnooker.com|access-date=3 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103074138/http://bgsnooker.com/blog/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8/%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8/%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%BE%D1%82-2010/#t4|archive-date=3 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}
|}


==Pool career==
==Pool career==
After his snooker career ended, Gray began playing pool, becoming a full-time professional player in 2010. In 2008, he was the number one [[nine-ball]] player in [[Great Britain|Britain]] and [[Europe]], having won the 2008 Swiss [[9-Ball]] Championship; Gray was also part of the [[Mosconi Cup]]-winning European team of 2008, 2014 and 2016. Alongside [[Daryl Peach]], Gray was the runner up at the [[2008 World Cup of Pool]], losing to the American team of [[Rodney Morris]] and [[Shane Van Boening]] 11&ndash;7.<ref name="azbi_Team">{{Cite web |title=Team USA wins World Cup of Pool |author= |work=azbilliards.com |date= |access-date=7 January 2019 |url= https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/4874-team-usa-wins-world-cup-of-pool/ |language= |quote=}}</ref>
After his snooker career ended, Gray began playing pool, becoming a full-time professional player in 2010. In 2008, he was the number one [[nine-ball]] player in [[Great Britain|Britain]] and [[Europe]], having won the 2007 Swiss [[9-Ball]] Championship; Gray was also part of the [[Mosconi Cup]]-winning European team of 2008, 2014 and 2016. Alongside [[Daryl Peach]], Gray was the runner up at the [[2008 World Cup of Pool]], losing to the American team of [[Rodney Morris]] and [[Shane Van Boening]] 11&ndash;7.<ref name="azbi_Team">{{Cite web |title=Team USA wins World Cup of Pool |work=azbilliards.com |date=12 October 2008 |access-date=7 January 2019 |url= https://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/4874-team-usa-wins-world-cup-of-pool/ }}</ref>

==Career titles==
* 2016 [[Mosconi Cup]]
* 2016 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Austrian Open]]
* 2015 GB Midlands Classic Main Event
* 2015 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Treviso Open]]
* 2014 [[Mosconi Cup]]
* 2014 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Dutch Open]]
* 2012 GB Southern Masters Challenge Cup
* 2011 Sarajevo Coloseum 10-Ball Open
* 2011 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Treviso Open]]
* 2010 [[World Team Championship (pool)|WPA World Team Championship]]
* 2010 GB Midlands Classic Pro Cup
* 2009 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Costa del Sol Open]]
* 2008 [[Mosconi Cup]]
* 2007 [[Euro Tour]] [[List of Euro Tour tournaments|Swiss Open]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:People from South Kesteven District]]
[[Category:People from South Kesteven District]]
[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Lincolnshire]]

Latest revision as of 05:50, 28 April 2024

Mark Gray
Gray in 2008
Born (1973-08-16) 16 August 1973 (age 51)
Baston, Lincolnshire, England
Sport country England
ProfessionalSnooker 1992–2008, pool 2008-present
Highest ranking79 (1999/2000)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (x2)
Tournament wins
World ChampionTeam (2010)

Mark Gray (born 16 August 1973) is an English professional pool player and former professional snooker player.

Snooker career

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Born in 1973, Gray turned professional in 1992. He made little progress in any tournament until the 1997/1998 season, when he reached the last 64 at the German Open - losing 1–5 to Karl Broughton - the last 48 at the Thailand Masters, where Chris Small whitewashed him 5–0, and later made his first appearance in the last 32 at a ranking event, in the 1998 British Open. There, he defeated Jimmy Michie 5–3 and Jimmy White 5–4, but lost 3–5 to Dominic Dale.

The following season saw Gray repeat his feat at the British Open, beating Bjorn Haneveer 5–2, Paul Wykes 5–4 and Jamie Burnett 5–3, having trailed Burnett 1–3. He was again eliminated at the last 32 stage, this time 4–5 by Peter Ebdon.

Gray's ranking improved to a career-best 79th for the 1999/2000 season, but his form declined thereafter. In the 2000 UK Championship, he again met Small and led 3–2, but succumbed 3–9; he met Steve Davis in the last 48 at the 2001 Scottish Open, but was whitewashed 5–0 by the six-time World Champion.[1]

Gray reached his first quarter-final at the 2001 Benson & Hedges Championship, but was defeated 1–5 by the eventual finalist, Hugh Abernethy.

Having finished the 2002/2003 season ranked 103rd, Gray dropped off the tour, and entered several qualifying events the following season to regain his place. He was successful in this, but played only four matches in the 2004/2005 season; the last of these, a 3–5 Malta Cup defeat to Darren Morgan, was Gray's final at competitive level. Finishing that season ranked 97th, he left the professional game once more at the age of 31.

Career finals

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Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2001 WPBSA Open Tour – Event 1 England Shaun Murphy 5–2[2]
Runner-up 1. 2002 WPBSA Open Tour – Event 5 England Lee Spick 3–5[2]

Pro-am finals: 2

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2002 EASB Open Tour – Event 2 Wales Ryan Day 3–5[2]
Runner-up 2. 2003 EASB Open Tour – Event 3 England Rory McLeod 2–5[2]

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1997 English Open England Luke Simmonds 8–4[3]

Pool career

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After his snooker career ended, Gray began playing pool, becoming a full-time professional player in 2010. In 2008, he was the number one nine-ball player in Britain and Europe, having won the 2007 Swiss 9-Ball Championship; Gray was also part of the Mosconi Cup-winning European team of 2008, 2014 and 2016. Alongside Daryl Peach, Gray was the runner up at the 2008 World Cup of Pool, losing to the American team of Rodney Morris and Shane Van Boening 11–7.[4]

Career titles

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References

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  1. ^ "CueTracker - Mark Gray - Season 2000-2001 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
  2. ^ a b c d Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Suffolk: Rose Villa Publications. pp. Introduction & 178–186. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
  3. ^ "Other Tournaments Until 2020". bgsnooker.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Team USA wins World Cup of Pool". azbilliards.com. 12 October 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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