Paul S. Davison

Name: Paul S. Davison

DOB: October 1st, 1971

Nationality: English

Turned Pro: 1992

Highest Ranking: #73 (2011)

Highest Break: 144 (2001 World Championship)

Career Highlights: PIOS Events 3 & 7 Winner 2009/10

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Career Summary

A pro since 1992, Paul first qualified for the main tour in 1996 though his first three years with the big players proved to be tough going as he managed to get his ranking no higher than 127th before losing his place in 1999.

Returning to the tour in 2001, he again managed to stay on the circuit for three consecutive years, though again success was hard to come by and he could only make it up to 98th place..

After another few years off he again managed to secure his return for the 2008/9 season by finishing 7th in the PIOS in 2008, largely as a result of winning the third of the eight events with a 6-2 victory over Michael King in the final.

Paul at the 2010 World Open

2008/9

Paul’s return was to be short-lived however as although he won four matches, he rarely threatened to go beyond the second qualifying round. His best chance came against Stuart Pettman in the Bahrain Championship qualifiers but eventually he lost out in a deciding frame finish.

2009/10

Paul gave his chances of an immediate return to the tour a significant boost in August 2009 when he won the third event of the PIOS season with a 6-4 victory over Kyren Wilson in the final. He was to struggle during the next three events as his tour bid hung in the balance but a series of excellent performances to win Event Seven ensured that he would bounce back into the top 96 at the first attempt for 2010/11.

2010/11

Back on the professional circuit, Paul’s campaign began slowly before a run to the TV stages of the World Open gave him a much needed ranking points boost. As well as that however, that run also appeared to lift his confidence as he began to win more matches during the Players Tour Championship, his best result being a quarter-final which came during the EPTC5 event in Hamm where he eventually lost out to Shaun Murphy.

Paul chats with Anthony McGill following their 2011 World Championship match

Another strong run came at the Welsh Open in February as he saw off Dermot McGlinchey, Stuart Pettman and Peter Lines to reach the final qualifying round before coming short against an impressive Stuart Bingham to miss out on a second venue of the season.

Further victories were to come at the World Championship where he defeated Stephen Rowlings and young Scottish talent Anthony McGill, but a 10-4 defeat to Fergal O’Brien would ultimately bring his season to an end. He could at least rest easy in the knowledge that his main tour place for 2011/12 was secured as he finished at a career high ranking of 73.

2011/12

Paul made a slow start to the 2011/12 season, his best result during the PTC series being a last 32 run at PTC6, while he won just one match from the qualifying tournaments for the first three full ranking tournaments of the season.

Better was to come for Davison at the German Masters qualifiers however as he defeated Matt Selt, David Morris and then Dominic Dale to qualify for the venue stages of the event in Berlin.