STEVE DAVIS
The Nugget
Here's a timeline of Steve Davis's Life
- - Born in Plumstead, London, England
- - Began playing at the Lucania Snooker Club in Romford.
- - won the English Under-19 Billiards Championship
- - After winning two qualifying matches, he played in his first World Snooker Championship, but lost 11–13 to Dennis Taylor in the first round.
- - At the World Snooker Championship he reached the quarter-finals, losing to Alex Higgins 9–13.
- - He won his first major title, the UK Championship beating Alex Higgins 16–6 in the final.
- - He won his first world title when he beat Doug Mountjoy 18-12.
- - World Championship - His 18-month period of dominance ended but he finished the season as the world number one for the first time.
- - He overcame Thorburn 18–6, regaining the title in the World Snooker Championship
- - He was the first player to retain his title at the Crucible Theatre by defeating Jimmy White 18–16 in the final of World Snooker Championship
- - World Snooker Champion
- - World Snooker Champion Davis became the only snooker player named as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year
- - World Snooker Champion
- - Steve Davis was made an OBE in 2000 and has been honorary president of the Snooker Writers' Association
- - Steve Davis called time on his glittering 38-year professional career. Announcing his decision at the World Championship
Quotes from Steve
When you are in sport you are tied into it... it takes a strange person to give it up. It's a much more natural progress to try to fight. I don't think it's clever to retire at the top. I think it's best to go out screaming.
- - Steve Davis
Six times World Snooker Champion
People are coming here now to have a good time. It's a destination location. It's the cuisine, it's the entertainment, it's the people-watching, it's the sharing of celebrity, and living vicariously through some of those folk.
- - Steve Davis
Six times World Snooker Champion
I told the kids, Right now, the true test is when you're down and you don't have people -- your fans and classmates -- behind you,' ... That's when you've got to rise up and accept the challenge
- - Steve Davis
Six times World Snooker Champion
I should have done it ages ago; I played a bit for my father. I am delighted to have such a great time in the game. I was lucky to have a hobby as my profession...The game will move on to other places but I feel like the grandfather of the sport.
- - Steve Davis
Six times World Snooker Champion on his retirement
Steve Davis's Legacy
Davis won a record 84 professional titles and was the runner-up in 38
events, with 28 of these as ranking event victories. His modern-era
record of six world titles has been broken only by Hendry, and his six
UK Championship titles has been bettered only by O'Sullivan. Davis
compiled 355 competitive centuries during his career.
In 2011, Davis was inducted into World Snooker's new Hall of Fame with
seven other former world champions. In the book Masters of the Baize,
a detailed comparison and ranking of snooker professionals, Luke
Williams and Paul Gadsby rated Davis as the third greatest snooker
player of all time (behind Joe Davis and Hendry).