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{{short description|English snooker player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox snooker player |name = David Roe |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|9|11|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Derby]], [[Derbyshire]], [[England]] |death_date = |death_place = | Sport country = {{ENG}} | Professional = 1986β2010 | High ranking = 13 ([[Snooker world rankings 1994/1995|1994/95]])<ref name="KOBY" /> | Official maximums = | Best finish = Quarter-final (x4) | Ranking wins = | World champ = }} '''David Roe''' (born 11 September 1965) is a former [[English people|English]] professional [[snooker]] player, and a four-time [[Snooker world rankings|ranking tournament]] quarter-finalist. ==Career== Roe was born on 11 September 1965 in Derby.<ref name="WHO">{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=Ian |date=1988 |title=Hamlyn Who's Who in Snooker |location=London |publisher=Hamlyn |isbn=9780600557135 |page=92 }}</ref> He began his professional career for the [[1986β87 snooker season]] after qualifying through the pro-ticket series.<ref name="WHO" /> In his second professional season he reached the last 32 or better in four tournaments, and a year later he reached the last 16 of the [[1989 World Snooker Championship]] on his debut in the main event,<ref name="CUESPORT">{{cite book |last1=Hayton |first1=Eric |last2=Dee |first2=John |date=2004 |title=The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History |publisher=Rose Villa Publications |location=Lowestoft |isbn=9780954854904 |pages=856β858}}</ref> to reach the top 32 of the rankings.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=New world ranking list |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=June 1989 |pages=20β21 }}</ref> He then had two poorer seasons, before two quarter-finals in [[1991β92 snooker season|1991/1992]].<ref name="CUESPORT" /> A year later he reached the top 16, despite not reaching a quarter-final in that season.<ref name="93R">{{cite magazine |title=Official world rankings |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=June 1989 |pages=18β20 }}</ref> Roe spent three successive seasons in the Top 16 and reached a highest position of 13th in [[Snooker world rankings 1994/1995|1994/1995]] (up from, and back down to, no. 16 in [[Snooker world rankings 1993/1994|1993/1994]] and [[Snooker world rankings 1995/1996|1995/1996]] respectively). Roe fell out of the top 32 after a succession of early defeats, and never regained this status.<ref name="CUESPORT" /><ref name="KOBY">{{cite book |last=Kobylecky |first=John |date=2019 |title=The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players β 1927 to 2018 |publisher=Kobyhadrian Books |isbn=9780993143311 |page=209}}</ref> A run to the last 16 of the [[China Open (snooker)|China Open]] was the best finish of Roe's [[2005β06 snooker season|2005β06 season]]. He had to win three qualifying matches to secure his position at the [[Beijing]] event, where he defeated [[Li Yin Xi]] (a [[Wild card (sports)|wild card]]) and [[Paul Hunter]], before ultimately losing 5β3 to [[Joe Swail]]. In 2006/2007 his best were two last-32 runs,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0700sports/1150snooker/tm_headline=snooker-davis-exits-after-final-frame-thriller-in-cup&method=full&objectid=18551144&siteid=50082-name_page.html |title=Davis exits after final frame thriller in cup |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=12 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412113432/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and another followed at the 2008 Welsh Open. He won just two matches in the 2008/2009 season, causing him to drop to 62nd in the rankings.<ref name="CUESPORT" /><ref name="KOBY" /> Roe dropped off the tour at the end of the 2009/2010 season, after 24 years as a professional.<ref name="BLACK" /> He moved to [[Iran]], where he coached their national team, and converted to [[Islam]].<ref name="BLACK">{{cite news |last=Black |first=Ian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/19/iran-snooker-david-roe-coach |title=UK coach David Roe makes cut with Iranian snooker team |date=19 October 2010 |access-date=12 April 2022 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925234625/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/oct/19/iran-snooker-david-roe-coach |url-status=live }}</ref> He later became a snooker coach at the [[Hong Kong Sports Institute]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sports Bulletin |url=https://www.hksi.org.hk/hksdb/html/pdf/sb/08_16/sb_e.html |publisher=Hong Kong Sports Institute |volume=8 |year=2016 |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=3 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403153958/http://hksi.org.hk/hksdb/html/pdf/sb/08_16/sb_e.html |url-status=live }}</ref> working with women's world champion [[Ng On-yee]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Careem |first=Nazvi |title=Super Typhoon Mangkhut worries prompt world champion Ng On-yee to call home β she hopes her UK win will lift Hong Kong spirits |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2164567/super-typhoon-mangkhut-plays-world-champion-ng-yees-mind-she-hopes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109043131/https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2164567/super-typhoon-mangkhut-plays-world-champion-ng-yees-mind-she-hopes |date=17 September 2019 |archive-date=9 November 2020 }}</ref> ==Performance and rankings timeline== <div style="width:auto; overflow:scroll"> {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" ! Tournament ! [[1986β87 snooker season|1986/<br/>87]] ! [[1987β88 snooker season|1987/<br/>88]] ! [[1988β89 snooker season|1988/<br/>89]] ! [[1989β90 snooker season|1989/<br/>90]] ! [[1990β91 snooker season|1990/<br/>91]] ! [[1991β92 snooker season|1991/<br/>92]] ! [[1992β93 snooker season|1992/<br/>93]] ! [[1993β94 snooker season|1993/<br/>94]] ! [[1994β95 snooker season|1994/<br/>95]] ! [[1995β96 snooker season|1995/<br/>96]] ! [[1996β97 snooker season|1996/<br/>97]] ! [[1997β98 snooker season|1997/<br/>98]] ! [[1998β99 snooker season|1998/<br/>99]] ! [[1999β2000 snooker season|1999/<br/>00]] ! [[2000β01 snooker season|2000/<br/>01]] ! [[2001β02 snooker season|2001/<br/>02]] ! [[2002β03 snooker season|2002/<br/>03]] ! [[2003β04 snooker season|2003/<br/>04]] ! [[2004β05 snooker season|2004/<br/>05]] ! [[2005β06 snooker season|2005/<br/>06]] ! [[2006β07 snooker season|2006/<br/>07]] ! [[2007β08 snooker season|2007/<br/>08]] ! [[2008β09 snooker season|2008/<br/>09]] ! [[2009β10 snooker season|2009/<br/>10]] |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref name="Ranking history">{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219070820/http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/history.asp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref group="nb">From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb">New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1987/1988|83]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1988/1989|39]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1989/1990|26]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1990/1991|36]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1991/1992|50]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1992/1993|32]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1993/1994|16]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1994/1995|13]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1995/1996|16]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1996/1997|34]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1997/1998|49]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1998/1999|48]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 1999/2000|58]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2000/2001|55]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2001/2002|49]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2002/2003|48]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2003/2004|57]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2004/2005|52]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2005/2006|61]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2006/2007|56]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2007/2008|55]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2008/2009|52]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2009/2010|62]] |- | colspan="30" | '''Ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Shanghai Masters (snooker)|Shanghai Masters]] | colspan="21" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Grand Prix (snooker)|Grand Prix]]<ref group="nb">The event was also called the LG Cup (2001/2002β2003/2004)</ref> | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1986 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1987 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1994 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1997 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 LG Cup (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Grand Prix (snooker)|RR]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[UK Championship]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1986 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1987 UK Championship|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 UK Championship|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 UK Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1991 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 UK Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 UK Championship|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1994 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 UK Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]] | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[1994 Welsh Open (snooker)|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[China Open (snooker)|China Open]]<ref group="nb" name="CHN">The event was also called the China International (1997/1998β1998/1999)</ref> | colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 China Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 World Snooker Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1994 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 World Snooker Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |colspan="30" | '''Non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Masters (snooker)|The Masters]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1994 Masters (snooker)|WR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 Masters (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 Masters (snooker)|WR]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A |- |colspan="30" | '''Former ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Canadian Masters (snooker)|Canadian Masters]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Hong Kong Open (snooker)|Hong Kong Open]]<ref group="nb" name="AUS">The event was also called the Australian Masters (1986/1987β1987/1988 and 1995/1996) and Australian Open (1994/1995)</ref> | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 Hong Kong Open|3R]] | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR | colspan="14" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Classic (snooker)|Classic]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 Classic (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 Classic (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1991 Classic (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | colspan="20" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Strachan Open]] | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[1992 Strachan Open|QF]] | colspan="20" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Dubai Classic]]<ref group="nb" >The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and Asian Classic (1996/1997)</ref> | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 Dubai Classic|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 Dubai Classic|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[1991 Dubai Classic|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 Dubai Classic|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 Dubai Classic|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1994 Dubai Classic|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 Thailand Classic|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[German Masters]]<ref group="nb" name="GER">The event was also called the German Open (1995/1996β1997/1998)</ref> | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[1995 German Open (snooker)|QF]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Malta Grand Prix]] | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Non-Ranking Event | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Thailand Masters]]<ref group="nb" >The event was also called the Asian Open (1989/1990β1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994β1996/1997)</ref> | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 Asian Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 Asian Open|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 Asian Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 Thailand Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 Thailand Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 Thailand Masters|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]<ref group="nb" >The event was also called the International Open (1986/1987β1989/1990 and 1992/1993β1996/1997) and Players Championship (2003/2004)</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1987 International Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 International Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 International Open|1R]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 International Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1994 International Open|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 International Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 International Open|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1997 International Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 Scottish Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[British Open (snooker)|British Open]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1987 British Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 British Open|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 British Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 British Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1991 British Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 British Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 British Open|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1994 British Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 British Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 British Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 British Open (1998/1999)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 British Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 British Open|1R]] | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Irish Masters]] | colspan="16" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Non-Ranking Event | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Malta Cup]]<ref group="nb" name="MAL">The event was also called the European Open (1988/1989β1996/1997 and 2001/2002β2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999)</ref> | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 European Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 European Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 European Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 European Open (1992/1993)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 European Open (1993/1994)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1994 European Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 European Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 European Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 European Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Malta Cup|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Northern Ireland Trophy]] | colspan="19" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Northern Ireland Trophy|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Bahrain Championship]] | colspan="22" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH |- |colspan="30" | '''Former non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | {{nowrap|[[English Professional Championship]]}} | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 English Professional Championship|2R]] | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker Shoot-Out|Shoot-Out]] | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[1990 Shoot-Out|QF]] | colspan="19" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Pot Black]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="5"|Tournament Not Held | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[1993 Pot Black|QF]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="11"|Tournament Not Held | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="30"|Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[1995 Red & White Challenge|Red & White Challenge]] | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center;background:yellow;" |[[1995 Red & White Challenge|SF]] | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[1996 Guangzhou Masters|Guangzhou Masters]] | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[1996 Guangzhou Masters|QF]] | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Malta Grand Prix]] | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[1995 Malta Grand Prix|QF]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Champions Cup (snooker)|Charity Challenge]]<ref group="nb">The event was also called the Champions Cup (2000/2001β2002/2003)</ref> | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 Charity Challenge|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 Charity Challenge|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan="6"|Performance table legend |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament<br />(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | lost in the quarter-finals |- | align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF | lost in the semiβfinals | align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F | lost in the final | align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W''' | won the tournament |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A | did not participate in the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD | withdrew from the tournament |} {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || event was not held. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || event is/was no longer a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || event is/was a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || event is/was a minor-ranking event. |} {{Reflist|group=nb}} </div> ==Career finals== ===Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)=== {| class="wikitable" !width="80"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="50"| Year !style="width:250px;"| Championship !style="width:200px;"| Opponent in the final !style="width:50px;"| Score |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 1995 | WPBSA Minor Tour Event β 5 | {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Tony Drago]] | align=center|6β3 |} ===Pro-am finals: 1 === {| class="wikitable" !width="80"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="50"| Year !style="width:250px;"| Championship !style="width:200px;"| Opponent in the final !style="width:50px;"| Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 1985 | Warners Open | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steve James (snooker player)|Steve James]] | align=center|2β4<ref>{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=Ian |date=1986 |title=The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker |location=Twickenham |publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group |isbn=0600501922 |page=147}}</ref> |} ===Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)=== {| class="wikitable" !width="80"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="50"| Year !style="width:250px;"| Championship !style="width:200px;"| Opponent in the final !style="width:50px;"| Score |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 1984 | WPBSA Pro Ticket Series Event 1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jon Wright (snooker player)|Jon Wright]] | align=center|5β4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 1984 | WPBSA Pro Ticket Series Event 2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jon Wright (snooker player)|Jon Wright]] | align=center|1β5 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Roe, David}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English snooker players]] [[Category:Converts to Islam]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Derby]] [[Category:English Muslims]]
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