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{{short description|English former professional snooker player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox snooker player
{{Infobox snooker player
|name = David Gray
| name = David Gray
|image =
| image =
|caption =
| caption =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|9|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|9|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Lower Morden]], [[Greater London]]
| birth_place = [[Lower Morden]], London, England
| Sport country = {{ENG}}
| Sport country = {{ENG}}
| Nickname = Casper
| Professional = 1996–2010
| High ranking = 12 ([[Snooker world rankings 2003/2004|2003/04]])
| Professional = 1996–
| Official maximums = 2
| High ranking = 12 <small>([[Snooker world rankings 2003/2004|2003/04]])</small>
| Current rank = 107
| Ranking wins = 1
| World champ =
| Prize money = [[Pound sterling|GB£]]633,240<ref name="Yahoo! Sport (2009)"/>
| High break = 147 <small>(2004 [[UK Championship (snooker)|UK Championship]], [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 10]])</small>
| Ranking wins = 1
| Other wins = 2
| World champ =
}}
}}
'''David Gray''' (born 9 February 1979 in [[Lower Morden]], [[Greater London]], [[England]]) is an [[English people|English]] [[snooker]] player.
'''David Gray''' (born 9 February 1979) is an English former professional [[snooker]] player from [[London]].


Gray turned professional in 1996 after becoming the youngest ever winner of the prestigious English Amateur Championship. He went on to win the [[2003 Scottish Open]], break into the top 16 in the world rankings and reach the final of the [[2004 UK Championship]] (where he made his first of two competitive maximums) - despite these successes early in his career, his form declined until he eventually dropped off the tour in 2010 aged just 31.
==Career==


==Career==
Gray turned professional in 1996, after becoming the youngest winner of the English amateur title in 1995. He first demonstrated his potential by beating future [[List of World Snooker Champions|World Champion]] [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] 10–9 in the first round of the [[World Snooker Championship 2000|2000 World Championship]], a match in which O'Sullivan scored 5 {{Cuegloss|Century|centuries}} and also went on to win his first World Championship the following year. However, he was unable to repeat this success in the second round and lost 1–13 to [[Dominic Dale]], scoring just 208 points, a record low for a best-of-25 match.
Gray turned professional in 1996, after becoming the youngest winner of the English amateur title in 1995. Gray first qualified for the World Championship aged 19 in 1998 where he narrowly lost in round one to [[Alan McManus]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Davis scrapes through |first=Clive |last=Everton |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=21 April 1998 |access-date=27 September 2023 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/davis-scrapes-through-1.144529 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230927095311/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/davis-scrapes-through-1.144529 |archive-date=27 September 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> He first demonstrated his potential by beating future seven-time [[List of World Snooker Champions|World Champion]] [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] 10–9 in the first round of the [[2000 World Snooker Championship|2000 World Championship]], a match in which O'Sullivan scored five {{Cuegloss|Century|centuries}}. However, he was unable to repeat this success in the second round and lost 1–13 to [[Dominic Dale]], scoring just 208 points, a record low for a best-of-25 match.


After winning the non-[[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] 1998 [[Benson &amp; Hedges Championship]] and following his [[Snooker World Championship|World Championship]] performance in 2000, Gray was a consistent tournament quarter-finalist over the next eighteen months, but did not reach his first ranking final until the 2002 [[Players Championship (snooker)|Scottish Open]]. In this tournament, Gray eliminated defending champion [[Peter Ebdon]] 6–3 in the semi-finals, having already taken out [[Stephen Hendry]] and [[John Higgins (snooker player)|John Higgins]]. [[Stephen Lee]] eventually defeated Gray in the final, 9–2. However, in the same tournament a year later, Gray again eliminated Higgins and Hendry en route to the final, and this time won the event, defeating newcomer [[Mark Selby]] 9–7.
After winning the non-[[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] 1998 [[Benson &amp; Hedges Championship]] and following his [[Snooker World Championship|World Championship]] performance in 2000, Gray was a consistent tournament quarter-finalist over the next eighteen months, but did not reach his first ranking final until the [[2002 Scottish Open (snooker)|2002 Scottish Open]]. In this tournament, Gray eliminated defending champion [[Peter Ebdon]] 6–3 in the semi-finals, having already taken out [[Stephen Hendry]] and [[John Higgins]]. [[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]] eventually defeated Gray in the final, 9–2. However, in the [[2003 Scottish Open (snooker)|same tournament a year later]], Gray again eliminated Higgins and Hendry en route to the final, and this time won the event, defeating newcomer (and another eventual world champion) [[Mark Selby]] 9–7.


Although Gray was unable to qualify for the [[World Snooker Championship 2003|2003 World Championship]], his success at the 2003 Scottish Open (to date, his only ranking tournament win) saw him break into the top 16 in the [[Snooker world rankings 2003/2004|2003/2004 world rankings]], where he remained through [[Snooker world rankings 2005/2006|2005/2006]]. In the [[World Snooker Championship 2004|2004 World Championship]], he advanced to the quarter-finals, losing 13–9 to [[Graeme Dott]]. This performance helped him to no. 12 in the [[Snooker world rankings 2004/2005|2004/2005 world rankings]] (to date, his best-ever position).
Although Gray was unable to qualify for the [[2003 World Snooker Championship|2003 World Championship]], his success at the 2003 Scottish Open (his only ranking tournament win) saw him break into the top 16 in the [[Snooker world rankings 2003/2004|2003/2004 world rankings]], where he remained through [[Snooker world rankings 2005/2006|2005/2006]]. In the [[2004 World Snooker Championship|2004 World Championship]], he advanced to the quarter-finals, losing 13–9 to [[Graeme Dott]]. This performance helped him to no. 12 in the [[Snooker world rankings 2004/2005|2004/2005 world rankings]] (to date, his best-ever position).


On 28 November 2004 he reached his third – and to date, latest – ranking final in the [[UK Championship (snooker)|UK Championship]]. He lost 10–1 to [[Stephen Maguire]] in the final. It was during this tournament that Gray scored his first [[maximum break]]<ref name="Yahoo! Sport (2009)"/> – the 50th ever made in professional play – in the fifth {{Cuegloss|Frame|frame}} of his last-32 match against [[Mark Selby]] (whom he had defeated in the 2003 Scottish Open final). His semi-final against [[Joe Perry (snooker player)|Joe Perry]] was particularly memorable as he was 7–8 down and requiring Snookers. However a simple missed red by Perry enabled Gray to extract the required points and he managed to clinch the frame. Gray sealed victory by constructing a majestic 139 total clearance in the decider.
On 28 November 2004 he reached his third – and to date, latest – ranking final in the [[UK Championship]]. He lost 10–1 to [[Stephen Maguire]] in the final. It was during this tournament that Gray scored his first [[maximum break]]<ref name="Yahoo! Sport (2009)"/> – the 50th ever made in professional play – in the fifth frame of his last-32 match against [[Mark Selby]] (whom he had defeated in the 2003 Scottish Open final). His semi-final against [[Joe Perry (snooker player)|Joe Perry]] was particularly memorable as Perry appeared to have won the match 9-7 by potting a colour leaving Gray requiring a snooker, but Perry himself was snookered on the next red, failed to hit it, and didn't score another point as Gray cleared the table then hit a 139 total clearance in the deciding frame.


Gray bested [[Jimmy White]] (his long-time practice partner)<ref>[http://www.worldsnooker.com/player_list-8263.htm Player profile on World Snooker]</ref> at the [[World Snooker Championship 2006|2006 World Championship]], but in the second round Peter Ebdon beat Gray 13–2 with a {{Cuegloss|Session to spare|session to spare}}, becoming one of the few players to have lost two best-of-25-frame matches in a World Championship so emphatically. Gray has yet to advance beyond the quarter-finals in a World Championship.
Gray defeated [[Jimmy White]] (his long-time practice partner)<ref>[http://www.worldsnooker.com/player_list-8263.htm Player profile on World Snooker]</ref> 10–5 at the [[2006 World Snooker Championship|2006 World Championship]], but in the second round Peter Ebdon beat Gray 13–2 with a {{Cuegloss|Session to spare|session to spare}}, making Gray one of the few players to have lost two best-of-25-frame matches in a World Championship so emphatically. Gray never advanced beyond the quarter-finals in a World Championship.


In the 2006 [[Grand Prix (snooker)|Grand Prix]], he advanced from the group stage (in which the world's top 32 plus sixteen qualifiers are split into groups of six, who play each other [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] with the two most successful players in each group progressing), before losing 2–5 to O'Sullivan in the last 16. He did not qualify for the [[World Snooker Championship 2007|2007 World Championship]], losing to [[World Snooker Championship 1991|1991 winner]] [[John Parrott]], and dropped out of the top 32 in the [[Snooker world rankings 2007/2008|2007/2008 rankings]]. A lack of success continued into the next season, with defeat to [[Liu Chuang (snooker player)|Liu Chuang]] in World Championship qualifying ensuring that he would be outside the top 40 of the rankings for the following year.
In the 2006 [[Grand Prix (snooker)|Grand Prix]], he advanced from the group stage (in which the world's top 32 plus sixteen qualifiers are split into groups of six, who play each other [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] with the two most successful players in each group progressing), before losing 2–5 to O'Sullivan in the last 16. He did not qualify for the [[2007 World Snooker Championship|2007 World Championship]], losing to [[World Snooker Championship 1991|1991 winner]] [[John Parrott]], and dropped out of the top 32 in the [[Snooker world rankings 2007/2008|2007/2008 rankings]]. A lack of success continued into the next season, with defeat to [[Liu Chuang (snooker player)|Liu Chuang]] in World Championship qualifying ensuring that he would be outside the top 40 of the rankings for the following year.


Gray fell off the circuit after the 2008–09 season but a World Snooker wildcard was awarded to him to allow him to remain on tour for the 2009–10 season.
Gray fell off the circuit after the 2008–09 season but a World Snooker wildcard was awarded to him to allow him to remain on tour for the 2009–10 season.
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After yet another poor performance in the Q school stages in May 2012 also saw him fail to qualify for the 2012/2013 professional tour.
After yet another poor performance in the Q school stages in May 2012 also saw him fail to qualify for the 2012/2013 professional tour.


The same was to follow in May 2013, as another poor performance in the Q School qualifying rounds led to disappointment, as he failed to qualify for the 2013/2014 tour.
The same was to follow in May 2013, as another poor performance in the Q School qualifying rounds led to disappointment, as he failed to qualify for the 2013/2014 tour. He did however enter himself into the first tournament of the season; the [[European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 1|Bulgaria Open]] and was drawn against [[Gerard Greene]] in the last 128, however he withdrew from the tournament before it started and has not played another match since.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
On 7 October 2009, whilst on holiday in Thailand, Gray was found unconscious and rushed to hospital after blacking out. He was rescued by paramedics after being found collapsed and wearing only his underpants in a grove in the Thai holiday resort of [[Pattaya]]. He blacked out after drinking with friends and woke to find himself on a trolley in the Banglamung Hospital. 110sport Group chairman Lee Doyle said he will offer every assistance to help Gray.<ref name="Tourist Mystery">{{cite web |title=Tourist Mystery |date=8 October 2009 |publisher=Pattaya People Radio |url=http://www.pattayapeopleradio.com/default.asp?Folder=16&IdArticle=19419 |access-date=29 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gray Day For David |date=11 October 2009 |publisher=Global Snooker |url=http://www.global-snooker.com/global-snooker-news-gray-day-for-david-091011.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015070851/http://www.global-snooker.com/global-snooker-news-gray-day-for-david-091011.asp |archive-date=15 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=David Gray Statement |date=10 October 2009 |publisher=Snooker Scene Blog |url=http://snookerscene.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/david-gray-statement.html |access-date=29 March 2015}}</ref>
Gray lives in the notable development of The Hamptons in [[Worcester Park]], Surrey.


== Performance and rankings timeline ==
On 7 October 2009, whilst on holiday in Thailand, Gray was found unconscious and rushed to hospital after blacking out. The 30-year-old was rescued by paramedics after being found collapsed and wearing only his underpants in a grove in the Thai holiday resort of [[Pattaya]]. He blacked out after drinking with friends and woke to find himself on a trolley in the Banglamung Hospital. 110sport Group chairman Lee Doyle said he will offer every assistance to help Gray.<ref>[http://www.global-snooker.com/global-snooker-news-gray-day-for-david-091011.asp Global Snooker News: Gray Day For David]</ref><ref name="Tourist Mystery">''Tourist Mystery'', 2009. [Video] Pattaya People Media Group, [[YouTube]]. Available at: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2sb1b8D3PY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2sb1b8D3PY] [Accessed 19 November 2009].</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! Tournament
! [[1996–97 snooker season|1996/<br/>97]]
! [[1997–98 snooker season|1997/<br/>98]]
! [[1998–99 snooker season|1998/<br/>99]]
! [[1999–2000 snooker season|1999/<br/>00]]
! [[2000–01 snooker season|2000/<br/>01]]
! [[2001–02 snooker season|2001/<br/>02]]
! [[2002–03 snooker season|2002/<br/>03]]
! [[2003–04 snooker season|2003/<br/>04]]
! [[2004–05 snooker season|2004/<br/>05]]
! [[2005–06 snooker season|2005/<br/>06]]
! [[2006–07 snooker season|2006/<br/>07]]
! [[2007–08 snooker season|2007/<br/>08]]
! [[2008–09 snooker season|2008/<br/>09]]
! [[2009–10 snooker season|2009/<br/>10]]
|-
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref name="Ranking history">{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref><ref group="nb">From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb">New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1997/1998|152]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1998/1999|61]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1999/2000|60]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2000/2001|52]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2001/2002|30]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2002/2003|19]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2003/2004|12]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2004/2005|14]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2005/2006|23]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2006/2007|23]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2007/2008|35]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2008/2009|49]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2009/2010|65]]
|-
| colspan="30" | '''Ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Shanghai Masters (snooker)|Shanghai Masters]]
| colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Open (snooker)|Grand Prix]]<ref group="nb">The event also ran under the name LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)</ref>
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1997 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 LG Cup (snooker)|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2002 LG Cup (snooker)|QF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 LG Cup (snooker)|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2005 Grand Prix (snooker)|QF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[UK Championship]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 UK Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1997 UK Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 UK Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 UK Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 UK Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 UK Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 UK Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 UK Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|[[2004 UK Championship|F]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 UK Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 UK Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 Welsh Open (snooker)|3R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[China Open (snooker)|China Open]]<ref group="nb" name="CHN">The event ran under different name as China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)</ref>
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NH
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 China Open (snooker)|WR]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 World Snooker Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2004 World Snooker Championship|QF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 World Snooker Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
|-
|colspan="30" | '''Non-ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Masters (snooker)|The Masters]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 Masters (snooker)|WR]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
|-
|colspan="30" | '''Former ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Dubai Classic|Asian Classic]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[German Masters|German Open]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 German Open (snooker)|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR
| colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Malta Grand Prix]]
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Non-Ranking Event
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 Malta Grand Prix|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR
| colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Thailand Masters]]<ref group="nb" >The event also ran under the name Thailand Open (1996/1997)</ref>
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Thailand Masters|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 Thailand Masters|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR
| colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]<ref group="nb" >The event also ran under the names International Open (1996/1997) and Players Championship (2003/2004)</ref>
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Scottish Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|[[2002 Scottish Open (snooker)|F]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|[[2003 Scottish Open (snooker)|'''W''']]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Players Championship (snooker)|2R]]
| colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[British Open (snooker)|British Open]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 British Open|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 British Open|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 British Open|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 British Open|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 British Open|3R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 British Open|2R]]
| colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Irish Masters]]
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Non-Ranking Event
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Irish Masters|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 Irish Masters|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NH
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR
| colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Malta Cup]]<ref group="nb" name="MAL">The event also ran as the European Open (1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999)</ref>
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NH
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 European Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 European Open (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 European Open (snooker)|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 Malta Cup|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR
| colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Northern Ireland Trophy]]
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Northern Ireland Trophy|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Northern Ireland Trophy|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Northern Ireland Trophy|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NH
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Bahrain Championship]]
| colspan="12" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NH
|-
|colspan="30" | '''Former non-ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Scottish Masters]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| A
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| A
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| A
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| A
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ
| colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | {{nowrap|[[Masters Qualifying Event]]<ref group="nb">The event also ran as the Benson & Hedges Championship (1996/1997-2002/2003</ref>}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1997 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|4R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|[[1999 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|'''W''']]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2001 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|QF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NH
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| A
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2007 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|SF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|3R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2010 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|QF]]
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || event was not held.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || event is/was no longer a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || event is/was a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || event is/was a minor-ranking event.
|}
{{refbegin}}
{{Reflist|group=nb}}
{{refend}}


==Career finals==
==Career finals==
===Ranking finals: 3 (1 title)===

===Ranking event finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)===

{|
| valign=top width=40% align=left |
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Legend
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|'''Legend'''
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb"
| World Championship (0–0)
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9"
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9"
| UK Championship (0–1)
| UK Championship (0–1)
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{| class="sortable wikitable"
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="80"| Outcome
|-
|width="80"|'''Outcome'''
!width="20"| No.
|width="20"|'''No.'''
!width="50"| Year
|width="50"|'''Year'''
!width="250"| Championship
|width="250"|'''Championship'''
!width="200"| Opponent in the final
|width="200"|'''Opponent in the final'''
!width="100"| Score
|width="100"|'''Score'''
|-
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 1.
| [[2002 Scottish Open (snooker)|2002]]
| [[2002 Scottish Open (snooker)|2002]]
| [[Players Championship (snooker)|Scottish Open]]
| [[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Stephen|Lee}}
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Stephen|Lee|dab=snooker player}}
| 2–9
| 2–9
|-
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 1.
| [[2003 Scottish Open (snooker)|2003]]
| 2003
| [[Players Championship (snooker)|Scottish Open]]
| [[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Mark|Selby}}
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Mark|Selby}}
| 9–7
| 9–7
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| 2.
| 2.
| [[2004 UK Championship (snooker)|2004]]
| [[2004 UK Championship (snooker)|2004]]
| [[UK Championship (snooker)|UK Championship]]
| [[UK Championship]]
| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Stephen|Maguire}}
| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Stephen|Maguire}}
| 1–10
| 1–10
|}
|}


===Non ranking wins: (2)===
===Non-ranking finals: 2 (2 titles)===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
* Merseyside Professional Championship (non sanctioned) - 1997
!width="80"| Outcome
*[[Masters Qualifying Event|Benson & Hedges Championship]] 1998
!width="20"| No.
!width="50"| Year
!width="250"| Championship
!width="200"| Opponent in the final
!width="100"| Score
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 1996
| [[Merseyside Professional Championship]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Sweeny
| 5–2<ref>{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=Merseyside Professional Championship|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc3.html#Mersey|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|access-date=20 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160441/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc3.html#Mersey|archive-date=16 February 2012}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| [[1999 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|1998]]
| [[Masters Qualifying Event|Benson & Hedges Championship]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Dave|Harold}}
| 9–6
|}


===Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)===
==External links==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
* {{CueTracker player|id=152|name=David Gray}}
!width="80"| Outcome
* [http://www.worldsnooker.com/players_head_to_head-8263.htm Profile on worldsnooker.com]
!width="20"| No.
* [http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Players/Global_Europe/Global_England/p_profile044davidgray.htm Profile on globalsnookercentre.co.uk]
!width="50"| Year
* [http://prosnookerblog.com/players/g-h/david-gray/ Profile at Pro Snooker Blog]
!width="360"| Championship
!width="200"| Opponent in the final
!width="100"| Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 1994
| [[IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship|IBSF World Under-21 Championship]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Quinten|Hann}}
| 10–11
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 1995
| [[English Amateur Championship]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Paul|Hunter}}
| 8–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 1995
| [[EBSA European Snooker Championships|EBSA European Championship]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Lilley (snooker player)|David Lilley]]
| 7–8
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| 2013
| Snookerbacker Classic 2013 - Qualifier 6 - Gloucester
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Harris
| 3–1
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 3.
| 2013
| Snookerbacker Classic 2013 - Grand Finals
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kyren Wilson]]
| 4–2
|}


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="Yahoo! Sport (2009)">
<ref name="Yahoo! Sport (2009)">
Yahoo! Sport. 2009. ''David Gray''. [Online] [[Yahoo!]] UK (Updated 2010) Available at: [http://uk.yahoo.eurosport.com/snooker/person_prs28975.shtml http://uk.yahoo.eurosport.com/snooker/person_prs28975.shtml] [Accessed 15 February 2010].
Yahoo! Sport. 2009. ''David Gray''. [Online] [[Yahoo!]] UK (Updated 2010) Available at: [http://uk.yahoo.eurosport.com/snooker/person_prs28975.shtml http://uk.yahoo.eurosport.com/snooker/person_prs28975.shtml] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226192243/http://uk.yahoo.eurosport.com/snooker/person_prs28975.shtml |date=26 December 2008 }} [Retrieved 15 February 2010].
</ref>
</ref>


}}
}}


==External links==
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125225518/http://www.worldsnooker.com/players_head_to_head-8263.htm |date=dmy |title=David Gray at World Snooker}}
| NAME = Gray, David
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226115613/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Players/Global_Europe/Global_England/p_profile044davidgray.htm |date=dmy |title=David Gray at Global Snooker Centre}}
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
* [http://prosnookerblog.com/players/g-h/david-gray/ David Gray at Pro Snooker Blog]
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = English snooker player

| DATE OF BIRTH = 1979-02-09
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Lower Morden]], [[Greater London]]
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English snooker players]]
[[Category:Snooker players from London]]
[[Category:People from Merton (London borough)]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Merton]]

Latest revision as of 00:16, 5 September 2024

David Gray
Born (1979-02-09) 9 February 1979 (age 45)
Lower Morden, London, England
Sport country England
NicknameCasper[1]
Professional1996–2010
Highest ranking12 (2003/04)
Maximum breaks2
Tournament wins
Ranking1

David Gray (born 9 February 1979) is an English former professional snooker player from London.

Gray turned professional in 1996 after becoming the youngest ever winner of the prestigious English Amateur Championship. He went on to win the 2003 Scottish Open, break into the top 16 in the world rankings and reach the final of the 2004 UK Championship (where he made his first of two competitive maximums) - despite these successes early in his career, his form declined until he eventually dropped off the tour in 2010 aged just 31.

Career

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Gray turned professional in 1996, after becoming the youngest winner of the English amateur title in 1995. Gray first qualified for the World Championship aged 19 in 1998 where he narrowly lost in round one to Alan McManus.[2] He first demonstrated his potential by beating future seven-time World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 in the first round of the 2000 World Championship, a match in which O'Sullivan scored five centuries. However, he was unable to repeat this success in the second round and lost 1–13 to Dominic Dale, scoring just 208 points, a record low for a best-of-25 match.

After winning the non-ranking 1998 Benson & Hedges Championship and following his World Championship performance in 2000, Gray was a consistent tournament quarter-finalist over the next eighteen months, but did not reach his first ranking final until the 2002 Scottish Open. In this tournament, Gray eliminated defending champion Peter Ebdon 6–3 in the semi-finals, having already taken out Stephen Hendry and John Higgins. Stephen Lee eventually defeated Gray in the final, 9–2. However, in the same tournament a year later, Gray again eliminated Higgins and Hendry en route to the final, and this time won the event, defeating newcomer (and another eventual world champion) Mark Selby 9–7.

Although Gray was unable to qualify for the 2003 World Championship, his success at the 2003 Scottish Open (his only ranking tournament win) saw him break into the top 16 in the 2003/2004 world rankings, where he remained through 2005/2006. In the 2004 World Championship, he advanced to the quarter-finals, losing 13–9 to Graeme Dott. This performance helped him to no. 12 in the 2004/2005 world rankings (to date, his best-ever position).

On 28 November 2004 he reached his third – and to date, latest – ranking final in the UK Championship. He lost 10–1 to Stephen Maguire in the final. It was during this tournament that Gray scored his first maximum break[3] – the 50th ever made in professional play – in the fifth frame of his last-32 match against Mark Selby (whom he had defeated in the 2003 Scottish Open final). His semi-final against Joe Perry was particularly memorable as Perry appeared to have won the match 9-7 by potting a colour leaving Gray requiring a snooker, but Perry himself was snookered on the next red, failed to hit it, and didn't score another point as Gray cleared the table then hit a 139 total clearance in the deciding frame.

Gray defeated Jimmy White (his long-time practice partner)[4] 10–5 at the 2006 World Championship, but in the second round Peter Ebdon beat Gray 13–2 with a session to spare, making Gray one of the few players to have lost two best-of-25-frame matches in a World Championship so emphatically. Gray never advanced beyond the quarter-finals in a World Championship.

In the 2006 Grand Prix, he advanced from the group stage (in which the world's top 32 plus sixteen qualifiers are split into groups of six, who play each other round-robin with the two most successful players in each group progressing), before losing 2–5 to O'Sullivan in the last 16. He did not qualify for the 2007 World Championship, losing to 1991 winner John Parrott, and dropped out of the top 32 in the 2007/2008 rankings. A lack of success continued into the next season, with defeat to Liu Chuang in World Championship qualifying ensuring that he would be outside the top 40 of the rankings for the following year.

Gray fell off the circuit after the 2008–09 season but a World Snooker wildcard was awarded to him to allow him to remain on tour for the 2009–10 season.

After a disappointing 2009/2010 season he finished 77th for the 2010/2011 season and on 28 May 2011 Gray failed to qualify for the professional tour for the next season losing in the Q school qualifying stages.

After yet another poor performance in the Q school stages in May 2012 also saw him fail to qualify for the 2012/2013 professional tour.

The same was to follow in May 2013, as another poor performance in the Q School qualifying rounds led to disappointment, as he failed to qualify for the 2013/2014 tour. He did however enter himself into the first tournament of the season; the Bulgaria Open and was drawn against Gerard Greene in the last 128, however he withdrew from the tournament before it started and has not played another match since.

Personal life

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On 7 October 2009, whilst on holiday in Thailand, Gray was found unconscious and rushed to hospital after blacking out. He was rescued by paramedics after being found collapsed and wearing only his underpants in a grove in the Thai holiday resort of Pattaya. He blacked out after drinking with friends and woke to find himself on a trolley in the Banglamung Hospital. 110sport Group chairman Lee Doyle said he will offer every assistance to help Gray.[5][6][7]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Tournament 1996/
97 		1997/
98 		1998/
99 		1999/
00 		2000/
01 		2001/
02 		2002/
03 		2003/
04 		2004/
05 		2005/
06 		2006/
07 		2007/
08 		2008/
09 		2009/
10
Ranking[8][nb 1] [nb 2] 152 61 60 52 30 19 12 14 23 23 35 49 65
Ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ
Grand Prix[nb 3] LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ 2R QF 2R 2R QF 2R LQ LQ LQ
UK Championship 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R F 1R 2R LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ
China Open[nb 4] NH NR LQ LQ 1R LQ Not Held 1R 1R LQ LQ WR LQ
World Championship LQ 1R LQ 2R LQ 1R LQ QF 1R 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQ LQ WR LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Asian Classic LQ Tournament Not Held
German Open 2R LQ NR Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Non-Ranking Event 1R NR Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 5] LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ 1R NR Not Held NR Not Held
Scottish Open[nb 6] LQ 1R LQ LQ 2R F W 2R Tournament Not Held
British Open LQ 1R LQ LQ 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event LQ 2R 1R NH NR Not Held
Malta Cup[nb 7] LQ NH LQ Not Held 1R 1R 2R 1R LQ LQ NR Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held NR 1R 2R 1R NH
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held LQ NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Scottish Masters A A A A LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Masters Qualifying Event[nb 8] 1R 4R W 2R QF 1R 2R NH A 2R SF 2R 3R QF
NH / Not Held event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ^ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ^ The event also ran under the name LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  4. ^ The event ran under different name as China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  5. ^ The event also ran under the name Thailand Open (1996/1997)
  6. ^ The event also ran under the names International Open (1996/1997) and Players Championship (2003/2004)
  7. ^ The event also ran as the European Open (1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999)
  8. ^ The event also ran as the Benson & Hedges Championship (1996/1997-2002/2003

Career finals

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Ranking finals: 3 (1 title)

[edit]
Legend
UK Championship (0–1)
Other (1–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2002 Scottish Open England Stephen Lee 2–9
Winner 1. 2003 Scottish Open England Mark Selby 9–7
Runner-up 2. 2004 UK Championship Scotland Stephen Maguire 1–10

Non-ranking finals: 2 (2 titles)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1996 Merseyside Professional Championship England Paul Sweeny 5–2[9]
Winner 2. 1998 Benson & Hedges Championship England Dave Harold 9–6

Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 1994 IBSF World Under-21 Championship Australia Quinten Hann 10–11
Winner 1. 1995 English Amateur Championship England Paul Hunter 8–7
Runner-up 2. 1995 EBSA European Championship England David Lilley 7–8
Winner 2. 2013 Snookerbacker Classic 2013 - Qualifier 6 - Gloucester England Anthony Harris 3–1
Winner 3. 2013 Snookerbacker Classic 2013 - Grand Finals England Kyren Wilson 4–2

References

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  1. ^ "Birthdays in sport on February 9". onthisday.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ^ Everton, Clive (21 April 1998). "Davis scrapes through". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ Yahoo! Sport. 2009. David Gray. [Online] Yahoo! UK (Updated 2010) Available at: http://uk.yahoo.eurosport.com/snooker/person_prs28975.shtml Archived 26 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine [Retrieved 15 February 2010].
  4. ^ Player profile on World Snooker
  5. ^ "Tourist Mystery". Pattaya People Radio. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Gray Day For David". Global Snooker. 11 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009.
  7. ^ "David Gray Statement". Snooker Scene Blog. 10 October 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  9. ^ Turner, Chris. "Merseyside Professional Championship". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
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