Doug Mountjoy
Doug Mountjoy ( born June 8, 1942 in Glamorgan ) is a retired Welsh snooker player.
With 34 years he was a professional player in 1977 and won the prestigious Masters. In 1978, he won the second UK Championship, but was not yet a ranking tournament. In the previous year he had failed in the final.
After Mountjoy in 1979 and 1980 with Wales the Nations Cup won, he fell ill, so his face was partially paralyzed. Back in 1981, reached Mountjoy However, the first time the finals of the World Snooker Championship, in which he was subject, however, Steve Davis. In the semifinals, he defeated his compatriot Ray Reardon, scoring with a 145 CI break the hitherto highest break at a World Cup.
1985 Mountjoy again reached the final of the Masters, losing to Cliff Thorburn from Canada. In the same year he won for the second time ( after 1978) the Pot Black Cup. But then followed a weaker phase, which led to the abandonment of the Top 16 in 1988. With victories in the meantime the world ranking tournament aufgestiegenem UK Championship and the Classic Mountjoy won his only two ranking tournaments. He again reached the Top 16 and won in 1990 # 5 in the world rankings, the highest position of his career.
Mountjoy remained until 1993 in the top 16, then became ill with lung cancer, which was attributed to its strong tobacco. In 1997 he ended his active career as a player and coach was until 1999 in the United Arab Emirates.
Tournament Win
- Benson & Hedges Masters (1977 )
- Pot Black (1978, 1985)
- UK Championship (1978, 1988)
- Irish Masters (1979 )
- World Cup (1979, 1980) with Wales
- Welsh Professional Championship (1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989 )
- Champion of Champions (1980 )
- Snooker player (Wales )
- Born in 1942
- Man