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David Gray (snooker player) - Definition

David Gray
Personal Information
Date of birth February 9, 1979
Nickname The Mighty Atom
Nationality English
Career
Professional 1996—current
2004/5 World Ranking 14
Best World Ranking 12 (2003/04)
World Championship Best Quarter-final (2004)
Highest Break 147 (2004)
Ranking Tournament Wins
Regal Scottish Open 2003

David Gray (born 9 February, 1979) is an English professional snooker player.

Gray turned professional in 1996, after becoming the youngest winner of the English amateur title in 1995.

He won the 1998 Benson & Hedges Championship. His only ranking tournament victory so far is the 2003 Regal Scottish. He broke into the top 16 in the world rankings in the 2002/03 season. On 28 November, 2004 he reached the final of the UK Championship, losing 10-1 to Stephen Maguire. It was during this tournament that Gray scored his first maximum break - the 50th made in professional play - in the fifth frame of his last 32 match against Mark Selby.

Gray is a practice partner of Jimmy White.

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