David Finbow (born 27 February 1968) is an English former professional snooker player from Worcester.
Career In his career, he managed to beat players such as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ken Doherty and James Wattana. Originally a soccer player, he was introduced to snooker by a neighbourhood friend. He attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto for high school, where he became a star in his new sport for the Bulldogs, who began dominating the Toronto league in 1978. Throughout his career he reached five quarter-finals in ranking tournaments, as well as the last 16 of many events and he once looked as if he could get into the top 16 of the world rankings. However, his results in tournaments suffered, which was partly due to suffering from anxiety attacks which caused him to feel nauseated and unable to concentrate in a match. Finbow could not find a cure, and despite taking prescribed medication and trying a number of solutions it did not cure his anxiety attacks completely. After beating David Gray and Dave Harold to reach the last 16 of the 2001 UK Championship he was playing Ronnie O'Sullivan, but suffered a particularly bad anxiety attack, and was forced to retire the match at 0–8 down. After the match he expressed his distress and by the end of the 2002–2003 season he announced his retirement from the game altogether.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1990/91 1991/92 1992/931993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2019/20RankingFrom the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season. He was an amateur.New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.63634147283968523947495260Ranking tournamentsWorld OpenThe event was called the Grand Prix (1990/1991–2000/2001, 2004/2005–2008/2009) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)AQFLQLQLQ2R1RLQLQ2RLQLQ1RLQLQAUK ChampionshipALQLQLQLQ1R1RLQLQLQ1R3RLQLQLQAScottish OpenThe event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)Not HeldLQ1R1RQF2R1R1R1RLQ1RLQWDNHAEuropean MastersThe event was called the European Open (1990/1991-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004), the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005)ALQLQLQLQ2RLQNHLQNot HeldLQ2RLQAAGerman MastersThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)Tournament Not Held1R1RLQNRTournament Not HeldAWorld Grand PrixTournament Not HeldDNQWelsh OpenALQ1R2RLQLQ1R1R1RLQLQLQLQLQAAPlayers ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQGibraltar OpenTournament Not HeldLQTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQWorld ChampionshipALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAANon-ranking tournamentsThe MastersALQLQAALQALQLQLQLQLQAAAAFormer ranking tournamentsClassicALQTournament Not HeldStrachan OpenNHLQMRTournament Not HeldAsian ClassicThe event was called the Dubai Classic (1990/1991-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)ALQ3R1R1RQFLQTournament Not HeldMalta Grand PrixTournament Not HeldNon-Ranking EventLQNRTournament Not HeldThailand MastersThe event was called the Asian Open (1990/1991-1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)ALQ1RWRLQLQLQLQ1RLQQF1RNRTournament Not HeldBritish OpenALQ2RLQ1RLQ1R1R2R1RLQLQLQLQANHIrish MastersNon-Ranking EventLQLQANHChina OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)Tournament Not HeldNR1RLQLQLQNot HeldANHFormer non-ranking tournamentsWorld Masters1RTournament Not HeldStrachan OpenNHRMR2RLQTournament Not Held Performance table legendLQ lost in the qualifying draw#R lost in the early rounds of the tournament(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)QF lost in the quarter-finalsSF lost in the semi–finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held means an event was not held.NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
References
External links Profile on the Global Snooker Centre