David Grace (snooker player)
Grace in 2012
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5 May 1985 Leeds, England |
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| Sport country |
 England
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| Nickname | Amazing Grace | ||||||||||||
| Professional | 2008/2009, 2011– | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 44 (May 2017) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 48 (as of 18 December 2016) | ||||||||||||
| Career winnings | £113,798 | ||||||||||||
| Highest break | 139 (2011 PTC3) | ||||||||||||
| Century breaks | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Best ranking finish | Semi-final (2015 UK Championship) | ||||||||||||
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| Non-ranking | 6 | ||||||||||||
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David Grace (born 5 May 1985) is an English professional snooker player and painter. After being a successful junior and amateur player, notably winning the English Amateur Championship in 2005 and 2008, he became a professional in 2008, gaining his place by winning the 2008 European Snooker Championships, where he beat Craig Steadman in the final.
In 2009, Grace took part in the men's singles snooker competition at the World Games in Kaohsiung, finishing as the runner-up in this event, winning the silver medal. He entered the 2015 UK Championship as the world number 81, but progressed through to his first ranking event semi-final which he lost 6–4 to Liang Wenbo.
As a new player on the tour Grace would need to win four qualifying matches in order to reach the main draw of the ranking events. He failed to win more than one match in each of his first six attempts to do this until he played in the qualifying for the China Open. There he beat Daniel Wells, Barry Pinches and Matthew Selt, before losing in the final round 4–5 to Tom Ford.
Grace played in all 12 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, with his best finishes coming in Event 10 and Event 12, where he reached the last 16. He was ranked 63rd in the PTC Order of Merit. Grace ended the season ranked world number 77 and would ordinarily be relegated from the snooker tour as he did not finish in the top 64 who retain their places. However, due to his performances in the PTC events he earned his place for the 2012/2013 season.
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