Paul Davies (born 22 June 1970) is a Welsh former professional snooker player who lives in Cardiff. He turned professional in 1991.
Initially based in Hampshire, Davies began his career in which he was mentored by a local amateur snooker player by the name of Bert Garland who died in 1996. Paul now owns his snooker cue.
Career
He made an immediate impact, reaching two semi-finals in his first 3 seasons – the 1991 Dubai Classic and the 1993 Asian Open, losing to the eventual champions (John Parrott and Dave Harold) in each case. However he has never gone this far in a ranking event again. He has never qualified for the World Championship, losing in the final qualifying round four times.
He came close to defeating Ding Junhui in the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy, losing 4–5 in the last 48 to the eventual champion. He qualified for the 2007 Grand Prix, producing two shocks in his group, beating Jamie Cope the previous year's runner up and Stephen Hendry, effectively knocking the latter out the tournament. However he lost his other 3 matches eventually finishing 5th in his group.
He had a good run in the 2007 UK Championship, enjoying wins over Kurt Maflin 9–6, Mark Davis 9–8, before defeating Dominic Dale 9–3 to reach the last 32 and earn a place in the televised stages, where he did well to hold Shaun Murphy to 4–4, before Murphy eventually won 9–5.
^New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking
^The event was also called the Irish Open (1998/1999), the European Open (1990/1991-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005-2007/2008)
^The event was also called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
^The event was also called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
^The event was also called the Players Tour Championship Finals (2010/2011)
^The event was also called the Dubai Classic (1990/1991–1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
^The event was also called the Asian Open (1990/1991-1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)
^The event was also called the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (1990/1991-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010)
^The event was also called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)