Player Profile - Paul Davies
DOB: 22 Jun 1970
Lives: Cardiff
Provisional Ranking: 52nd (Main Tour) Ranking Points this Season
Last 5 Seasons: 58-65-80-74-65
Turned Pro: 1991
Best Ranking Performance: Semi-finals - Dubai Duty Free Classic 1991, Asian Open 1993
Last Seasons Prize Money: £18,800
Career Prize Money: (up to start of 2008/09 season): £305,500
Highest Tournament Break: 147 - DDO Masters 1992

Davies continued where he left off after the 2006/07 season, reaching the venue stages of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix and the Maplin UK Championship.
To qualify for Aberdeen he finished top of his group, collecting five wins from his seven matches. Although he didn't progress from the group finishing fifth, he did have the satisfaction of claiming the scalps of Stephen Hendry and Jamie Cope in final frame deciders.
To get to Telford he saw off Kurt Maflin, Mark Davis and Dominic Dale to book a first round encounter with Shaun Murphy. They were all square after the first session but Murphy showed his experience to pull away for a 9-5 victory. As a result he is up to No. 57 in the world.
Paul Davies had made a strong start to the 2006/07 season, reaching the last 48 of the Northern Ireland Trophy.
He beat Jamie Jones and Fergal O’Brien in the qualifiers then put up a real battle against Ding Junhui in Belfast, losing 5-4 to the eventual champion.
But that turned out to be the Welshman’s best run of the season and he slipped four places in the rankings to No 62.
Based in Cardiff but a supporter of Ipswich Town, Davies reached his first ranking event semi-final, the Dubai Duty Free Classic, during his debut season in the professional ranks.
He beat Martin Clark 5-2 in the quarter-finals only to be whitewashed 6-0 by eventual winner John Parrott in the semis.
“The bubble burst today,” he said afterwards. “I was geared up before the match but when I got out there I felt nothing.”
Davies took his revenge on Parrott in the quarter-finals of the 1993 Asian Open, winning 5-2 before losing 5-2 to Dave Harold in the semis. His conqueror once again went on to lift the trophy.

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