User:Montgomery15/sandbox/David Grimwood
David Grimwood
[edit]| Born | 3 January 1947 (age 70) |
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| Sport country |  England |
| Professional | 1991–1997 |
| Highest ranking | 176 (1992/1993) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 96 (1992 Strachan Open) |
David Grimwood (born 3 January 1947) is an English former professional snooker player.
Career
[edit]Born in 1947, Grimwood turned professional in 1991. In his first tournament, the 1991 Dubai Classic, he defeated opponents including Peter Lines and Fred Davis - whitewashing the latter 5–0 - before being eliminated in the last 128, 5–1 by Marcel Gauvreau. That season also saw his best performance in a ranking event at the 1992 Strachan Open; there, Stephen Murphy defeated Grimwood 5–3.
Grimwood never again progressed beyond the last 128 stage at a ranking tournament. In the 2001/2002 season, having fallen off the tour in 1997, he reached the semi-final of a Challenge Tour event, losing 3–5 to Ryan Day. In that year's World Championship, he made a break of 103 in losing 3–5 to Willie Thorne; Thorne would lose in the fifth qualifying round, retiring from the game at the end of the season.
Grimwood continued to enter qualifying events until 2004, when he lost 3–5 in the 2004 World Championship to Clark Smith; the match would be Grimwood's last at competitive level, and he left snooker thereafter, aged 57.