Dave Martin (snooker player) the quarter-finals of the Mercantile Credit Classic in 1988, beating Doug Mountjoy 5-4, and Jimmy White 5-2, before losing 1-5 against Tony Knowles. His last appearance in the main stages of a tournament came at the 1992 UK Open, where he lost in the first round 3-9 to Jimmy White. Dave Martin (snooker player) Dave Martin (born 9 May 1948) is a retired English snooker player. Martin turned professional in 1980 by beating Eugene Hughes 9–6 in the final of the 1980 Professional Ticket Event, and reached the first round of the World Championship the same season, losing 4-10 to
David Gilbert (snooker player) and general farm, and had planned to do so during the 2007 World Championship had he not qualified for the event. David Gilbert (snooker player) David Brown Gilbert (born 12 June 1981 in Derby) is an English professional snooker player. Gilbert is a former World Snooker Young Player of Distinction and practises in Tamworth, Staffordshire, at Tamworth Cue Sports Leisure Club. Having never previously been beyond the last 16 of a ranking event, Gilbert reached the final of the 2015 International Championship where he lost 5–10 to John Higgins. Gilbert began his professional career by playing UK Tour in 1999,