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'{{Blacklisted-links|1= *http://prosnookerblog.com/players/d-f/paul-s-davison/ *:''Triggered by <code>\bprosnookerblog\.com\b</code> on the local blacklist'' *http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/players.php?ID=88 *:''Triggered by <code>\bcuetracker\.net\b</code> on the local blacklist'' *http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=285 *:''Triggered by <code>\bcuetracker\.net\b</code> on the local blacklist''|bot=Cyberbot II|invisible=false}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox snooker player | name = Paul Davison | image = Paul Davison PHC 2016.jpg | caption = Paul Hunter Classic 2016 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|10|1}} | birth_place = [[Pickering, North Yorkshire|Pickering]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], England | death_date = | death_place = | Sport country = {{ENG}} | Nickname = Snowy | Professional = 1992–2005, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2010–2014, 2015– | High ranking = 70 <small>(November–December 2012)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Issued after the UK PTC4 2012|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/a5/b9/0,,13165~178597,00.pdf|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] | format=PDF|date=15 November 2012|accessdate=15 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Issued after the Bulgarian Open (ET4) 2012|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/b2/b9/0,,13165~178610,00.pdf|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] | format=PDF|date=19 November 2012|accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> | Prize money = [[Pound sterling|£]]102,267<ref name="cuetracker">{{cite web|title=Paul Davison|url=http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/players.php?ID=88|publisher=CueTracker – Snooker Database|accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> | High break = 144 <small>([[2001 World Snooker Championship|2001 World Championship Qualifying]])</small><ref>{{cite web|title=2001 World Championship|url=http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/tournaments.php?ID=285|publisher=CueTracker – Snooker Database|accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> | Century break = 69<ref name="cuetracker" /> | Best finish = ''Last 16'' <small>([[2017 Riga Masters]])</small> | Ranking wins = | Other wins = }} '''Paul S. Davison''' (born 1 October 1971) is a professional [[snooker]] player from [[Pickering, North Yorkshire]]. He has earned a place on the main snooker tour from Qualifying School on three occasions. ==Career== ===Early career=== In the [[Snooker season 2009/2010|2009/2010 season]] he finished third in the PIOS rankings, and thus retained his place on the 2010/2011 professional Main Tour.<ref>{{cite web|title=2009–10 PIOS Rankings|url=http://www.global-snooker.com/PIOS-Rankings-2009-to-10.asp|publisher=Global Snooker|accessdate=6 July 2010}}</ref> He came through three qualification matches, concluding with a narrow 5–4 victory over [[Dominic Dale]], to progress to the wildcard round of the [[2012 German Masters]].<ref name="pd">{{cite web | url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/9390326.Pickering_s_Paul_Davison_through_to_final_stages_of_snooker_s_German_Masters/ | title=Pickering's Paul Davison through to final stages of snooker's German Masters | publisher=''[[The Press (York)|The Press, York]]'' | date=29 November 2011 | accessdate=2 February 2012}}</ref> He beat Pole Krzysztof Wróbel 5–2 to reach the main stage of a ranking event for the first time, drawing reigning [[2011 UK Championship (snooker)|UK Champion]] [[Judd Trump]] and was soundly beaten 1–5 in only 75 minutes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2204254,00.html | title=PartyPoker.net German Masters | publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]] | date=2 February 2012 | accessdate=2 February 2012}}</ref> The run earned him valuable ranking points as he continued to strive towards his goal of getting into the top 64 in the world to ensure his place on the tour for next season.<ref name="pd"/> However, he did not win another match in the remainder of the season and finished it ranked world number 81, meaning he had to enter Q School to have a chance of playing in the [[Snooker season 2012/2013|2012/2013 season]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/1d/b0/0,,13165~176157,00.pdf | title=Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season | accessdate=9 May 2012}}</ref> In May, Davison won five matches at the second Q School event, concluding with a 4–2 win over Gareth Allen to earn a place on the tour for the next two years.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=23&season=2011 | title=Paul Davison 2011/2012 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=23 May 2012}}</ref> ===2012/2013 season=== Davison almost qualified for the [[2012 International Championship]], the fourth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season. He saw off Fraser Patrick, [[Peter Lines]] and [[Ben Woollaston]], but then lost 3–6 to [[Dominic Dale]] in the final round.<ref name="2012/13">{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=23&season=2012 | title=Paul Davison 2012/2013 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=13 April 2013}}</ref> Davison had a consistent year in the minor-ranking [[Players Tour Championship 2012/2013|Players Tour Championship Events]], with his best result coming in the third [[European Tour 2012/2013 – Event 3|European Tour Event]], where he beat Ricky Norris, [[Joel Walker (snooker player)|Joel Walker]] and [[Chris Norbury]], before losing to world number one [[Mark Selby]] 3–4 in the last 16.<ref name="2012/13"/> He reached the last 32 on two other occasions which helped Davison finish 48th on the PTC Order of Merit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Issued after Munich Open 2013 (ET6) |date=7 January 2013 |work=World Snooker |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/7a/ba/0,,13165~178810,00.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=27 May 2013 }}</ref> Davison's season ended when he lost 7–10 to [[Alfred Burden|Alfie Burden]] in the second round of [[2013 World Snooker Championship#Qualifying|World Championship Qualifying]], which saw him end the year ranked world number 75.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=225 | title=Betfair World Championship Qualifiers | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=13 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/49/bc/0,,13165~179273,00.pdf | title=Official World Snooker Ranking List for the 2013/2014 Season | publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] | accessdate=24 May 2013}}</ref> [[File:Paul Davison at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-01-29 13.jpg|thumb|Paul Davison at 2014 German Masters]] ===2013/2014 season=== In the qualifiers for the [[2013 Australian Goldfields Open|Australian Goldfields Open]] Davison won his first match of the season 5–4 against [[Andrew Norman]], making a 141 break during the match.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://livescores.love-snooker.com/FrameDetails.aspx?t=13371&m=158721 | title=Paul Davison 5–4 Andrew Norman | publisher=Love Snooker | accessdate=15 April 2014}}</ref> Further wins over [[Peter Lines]] and [[Mark King (snooker player)|Mark King]] followed to see Davison into the main draw of a ranking event for the second time in his career.<ref name="2013/14">{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=23&season=2013 | title=Paul Davison 2013/14 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref> In the first round he made breaks of 112 and 124 to lead [[Mark Davis (snooker player)|Mark Davis]] 4–3 with his opponent requiring a snooker with one red left. Davis got the snooker on the final pink and potted the pink and black to level the match. Davison also led the deciding frame 49–10 but would ultimately lose the match 5–4.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3233700,00.html | title=Fu Denies Doherty | publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] | accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref> Davison defeated [[Gerard Greene]] 6–4 in the first round of the [[2013 UK Championship (snooker)|UK Championship]] and raced into a 3–0 second round lead against world number seven [[Shaun Murphy (snooker player)|Shaun Murphy]], before conceding six frames in a row to exit the event. After the match Davison said that he loved the experience and had done very little wrong in the match as Murphy's fightback was as good matchplay snooker as you could see.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/sport/10855005.Paul_Davison___s_delight_at_UK_Snooker_experience/ | title=Paul Davison's delight at UK Snooker experience | publisher=''Gazette & Herald'' | accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref> Davison's second last 32 appearance of the season came at the [[2013 German Masters|German Masters]] after he recorded one of the best results of his career by knocking out world number nine [[Marco Fu]] 5–2.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/other/indoor/snookernews/10974882.Snooker__Paul_Davison_revels_in_German_Masters_conquest_of_Marco_Fu/ | title=Snooker: Paul Davison revels in German Masters conquest of Marco Fu | publisher=''[[The Press]]'' | accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref> He led [[Rod Lawler]] 4–1 in the next round but could not reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time as he was defeated 5–4.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/10980924.Snooker__Paul_Davison_loses_to_Rod_Lawler_in_German_Masters/?ref=rss | title=Snooker: Paul Davison loses to Rod Lawler in German Masters | publisher=''[[The Press]]'' | accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref> After Davison lost 10–2 against [[Alan McManus]] in [[2014 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] qualifying he could no longer reach the top 64 in the world rankings as he was placed 82nd and therefore played in [[World Snooker Tour#Q School|Q School]] in an attempt to earn his place back.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0,,13165~180593,00.pdf | title=World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship | publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] | accessdate=9 May 2014}}</ref> He lost in the last 64 in both events to fall well short of doing so.<ref name="2013/14"/> ===2014/2015 season=== {{Quote box|quote=It’s nice to be back as a pro because it was tough last year playing as an amateur. I believe I am as good a player as I’ve ever been and that age is no barrier – Stuart Bingham showed that by winning the World title for the first time at the age of 38. I’m sure most players think about giving up snooker at some point. But I keep myself in good shape and still believe I can play for another five or ten years. |align=left|source=Davison on winning his place back on the tour.<ref name="Q School">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/q-school-event-two-winners/|title=Q School Event Two Winners|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]]|date=26 May 2015}}</ref>|width=30em |quoted=1}} Davison played in all six of the minor-ranking [[Players Tour Championship 2014/2015|European Tour]] events during the [[Snooker season 2014/2015|2014/2015 season]]. His best performance came at the [[European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 1|Riga Open]], where he reached the last 32 with 4–3 and 4–1 wins over [[Jack Lisowski]] and [[Gerard Greene]] respectively, but he then lost 4–2 to [[Matthew Selt]]. A 4–3 victory against [[Kyren Wilson]] at the [[European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 2|Paul Hunter Classic]] was his only other win in a European Tour event, with Davison losing 4–3 to [[Dechawat Poomjaeng]] in the subsequent round. He had two chances to rejoin the professional tour. The first came at the EBSA Play-offs where Davison was knocked out 4–3 by [[Martin O'Donnell (snooker player)|Martin O'Donnell]] in round two.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=23&season=2014 | title=Paul Davison 2014/2015 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=10 May 2015}}</ref> His second came at Q School and in [[Q-School 2015/16 - Event 2|event two]] Davison won six games, concluding with a 4–3 victory over Luke Simmonds to earn a two-year tour card.<ref name="Q School"/> ===2015/2016 season=== Davison lost eight matches in a row from October 2015 until April 2016 when he beat [[Yu Delu]] 10–9 in the first round of [[2016 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]]. He lost 10–7 to [[Thepchaiya Un-Nooh]] in the following round. He only won a total of four matches all season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=23&season=2015 | title=Paul S Davison 2015/2016 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=16 April 2016}}</ref> ===2016/2017 season=== Davison knocked out three players to reach the final qualifying round for the [[2016 Shanghai Masters|Shanghai Masters]], but he was thrashed 5–0 by [[Anthony McGill (snooker player)|Anthony McGill]]. He recovered from 2–0 down against [[Gary Wilson (snooker player)|Gary Wilson]] in the opening round of the [[2016 UK Championship|UK Championship]] to win 6–3, before losing 6–4 to [[Ben Woollaston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/uk_snooker_championship/14923621.UPDATED__Local_ace_Paul_Davison_to_play_Ben_Woollaston_after_first_round_victory_at_the_Betway_UK_Snooker_Championship/|title=Pickering's Paul Davison to play Ben Woollaston after first round victory at the Betway UK Snooker Championship|publisher=''[[The Press (York)]]''|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/14931232.Pickering_potter_Paul_Davison_exits_Betway_UK_Snooker_Championship/|title=Pickering potter Paul Davison exits Betway UK Snooker Championship|publisher=''[[The Press (York)]]''|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref> After beating [[Joe Swail]] 4–0 in the first round of the [[2017 Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]], Davison was defeated 4–1 by [[Zhou Yuelong]]. He qualified for the [[2017 China Open (snooker)|China Open]], but lost 5–0 in the opening round to [[Ding Junhui]] and entered Q School again to try and stay on the tour as he would have been relegated from it at the end of the season due to being ranked world number 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=23&season=2016|title=Paul S Davison 2016/2017|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings 2016/2017|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2016&template=31|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=7 May 2017}}</ref> He won through to the final round of the first event and was defeated 4–2 by [[Billy Joe Castle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/kleckers-books-tour-spot/|title=Kleckers Books Tour Sport|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]]|accessdate=14 May 2017}}</ref> Davison also got to the final round of the second event and this time beat [[James Cahill (snooker player)|James Cahill]] 4–2 to remain on tour and mean he has successfully advanced through Q School three times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/lam-secures-immediate-tour-return/|title=Lam Secures Immediate Tour Return|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]]|accessdate=21 May 2017}}</ref> == Performance and rankings timeline == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! '''Tournament''' ! [[Snooker season 1992/1993|1992/<br/>93]] ! [[Snooker season 1993/1994|1993/<br/>94]] ! [[Snooker season 1994/1995|1994/<br/>95]] ! [[Snooker season 1995/1996|1995/<br/>96]] ! [[Snooker season 1996/1997|1996/<br/>97]] ! [[Snooker season 1997/1998|1997/<br/>98]] ! [[Snooker season 1998/1999|1998/<br/>99]] ! [[Snooker season 1999/2000|1999/<br/>00]] ! [[Snooker season 2000/2001|2000/<br/>01]] ! [[Snooker season 2001/2002|2001/<br/>02]] ! [[Snooker season 2002/2003|2002/<br/>03]] ! [[Snooker season 2003/2004|2003/<br/>04]] ! [[Snooker season 2004/2005|2004/<br/>05]] ! [[Snooker season 2006/2007|2006/<br/>07]] ! [[Snooker season 2008/2009|2008/<br/>09]] ! [[Snooker season 2010/2011|2010/<br/>11]] ! [[Snooker season 2011/2012|2011/<br/>12]] ! [[Snooker season 2012/2013|2012/<br/>13]] ! [[Snooker season 2013/2014|2013/<br/>14]] ! [[Snooker season 2014/2015|2014/<br/>15]] ! [[Snooker season 2015/2016|2015/<br/>16]] ! [[Snooker season 2016/2017|2016/<br/>17]] ! [[Snooker season 2017/2018|2017/<br/>18]] |- | 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|accessdate=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" name="NEW">New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1993/1994|283]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1994/1995|237]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1995/1996|202]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1996/1997|165]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1997/1998|UR]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1998/1999|127]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1999/2000|UR]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2000/2001|153]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2001/2002|182]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2002/2003|98]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2003/2004|UR]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2004/2005|UR]] | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="NEW"></ref> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="NEW"></ref> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="NEW"></ref> | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2011/2012|72]] | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="QS">Players qualified through Q School started the season without prize money ranking points.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2013/2014|74]] | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="AMA">He was an amateur.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="NEW"></ref> | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2016/2017|79]] | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="QS"></ref> |- | colspan="30" | '''Ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Riga Masters (snooker)|Riga Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)</ref> | colspan="19" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|MR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Riga Masters|3R]] |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[China Championship (snooker)|China Championship]] | colspan="21" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| {{nowrap|[[Paul Hunter Classic]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)</ref>}} | colspan="12" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Pro-am Event | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Minor-Ranking Event | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Paul Hunter Classic|1R]] |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Paul Hunter Classic|3R]] |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Indian Open (snooker)|Indian Open]] | colspan="18" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Indian Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Open (snooker)|World Open]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Grand Prix (snooker)|RR]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[European Open (snooker)|European Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the European Open (1992/1993–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[English Open (snooker)|English Open]] | colspan="21" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 English Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 English Open (snooker)|1R]] |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[International Championship]] | colspan="17" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 International Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Shanghai Masters (snooker)|Shanghai Masters]] | colspan="14" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Northern Ireland Open (snooker)|Northern Ireland Open]] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="14" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Northern Ireland Open|1R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[UK Championship (snooker)|UK Championship]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 UK Championship (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 UK Championship|2R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]<ref group="nb" >The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|MR | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Scottish Open (snooker)|1R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[German Masters]]<ref group="nb" name="GER">The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)</ref> | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 German Masters|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 German Masters|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker Shoot-Out|Shoot-Out]] | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Variant Format Event | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Snooker Shoot-Out|2R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Grand Prix (snooker)|World Grand Prix]] | colspan="19" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Gibraltar Open]] | colspan="20" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| MR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Gibraltar Open|1R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| {{nowrap|[[Players Championship (snooker)|Players Championship]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)</ref>}} | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[China Open (snooker)|China Open]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)</ref> | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 China Open (snooker)|1R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | |- |colspan="30" | '''Non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Masters (snooker)|The Masters]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Seniors Championship]] | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A |- |colspan="30" | '''Former ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Dubai Classic]]<ref group="nb" >The event was called the Thailand Classic in 1995/1996 and the Asian Classic in 1996/1997</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Thailand Masters]]<ref group="nb" >The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[British Open (snooker)|British Open]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Irish Masters]] | colspan="10" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Non-Ranking Event | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Northern Ireland Trophy]] | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Bahrain Championship]] | colspan="14" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Wuxi Classic]]<ref group="nb" name="WUC">The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)</ref> | colspan="14" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not held | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Non-ranking | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | {{nowrap|[[Australian Goldfields Open]]<ref group="nb" name="AUS">The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995) and Australian Masters (1995/1996)</ref>}} | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not Held | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Australian Goldfields Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not Held |- |colspan="30" | '''Former variant format tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker Shoot-Out|Shoot-Out]] | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Snooker Shoot-Out|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Snooker Shoot-Out|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Ranking |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend |- | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;" width="30"|LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament<br />(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:#cccccc;" width="30"|DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;" width="30"|A | did not participate in the tournament | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;" width="30"|WD | withdrew from the tournament |- | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;" width="30"|DQ | disqualified from the tournament | | | | |} {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || event was not held. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || event is/was no longer a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || event is/was a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || event is/was a minor-ranking event. |} {{Reflist|group=nb}} ==Career finals== ===Non-ranking event finals: 1 (1 runner-up)=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- |width="80"|'''Outcome''' |width="20"|'''No.''' |width="50"|'''Year''' |width="250"|'''Championship''' |width="200"|'''Opponent in the final''' |width="100"|'''Score''' |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 2003 | [[Challenge Tour (snooker)|2003 Challenge Tour - Event 1]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stefan Mazrocis]] | 2–6 |} ===Amateur event finals: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)=== {| class="sortable wikitable" |- |width="80"|'''Outcome''' |width="20"|'''No.''' |width="50"|'''Year''' |width="250"|'''Championship''' |width="200"|'''Opponent in the final''' |width="100"|'''Score''' |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 2004 | [[International Open Series|EASB Open Tour - Event 8]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Cooper (snooker player)|Wayne Cooper]] | 4–2 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 2006 | [[International Open Series|International Open Series - Event 5]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Melling (pool player)|Chris Melling]] | 5–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | 2006 | [[International Open Series|International Open Series - Event 6]] | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Liu Song (snooker player)|Liu Song]] | 3–6 |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 2. | 2007 | [[International Open Series|International Open Series - Event 6]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} Michael King | 6–2 |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 3. | 2009 | [[International Open Series|International Open Series - Event 3]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kyren Wilson]] | 6–4 |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 4. | 2010 | [[International Open Series|International Open Series - Event 7]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Justin Astley]] | 6–2 |} ==References== {{reflist|2}} == External links == {{Commons category|Paul Davison}} * {{World Snooker|active|13165~2233686,00}} * {{CueTracker player|pid=paul-davison}} * [http://www.global-snooker.com/Paul-Davison.asp Global Snooker Profile] * [http://prosnookerblog.com/players/d-f/paul-s-davison/ Pro Snooker Blog Profile] {{DEFAULTSORT:Davison, Paul}} [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Pickering, North Yorkshire]] [[Category:English snooker players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Yorkshire]]'