Doug Mountjoy

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Doug Mountjoy
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Personal Information
Date of birth June 8, 1942
Nationality Welsh
Career
Professional 1976 - 1997
Best World Ranking 5 (1990/91)
World Championship Best runner-up (1981)
Highest Break  ?
Ranking Tournament Wins
UK Championship 1988
Mercantile Credit Classic 1989
Other Tournament Wins
UK Championship 1978
Benson & Hedges Masters 1977
Irish Masters 1979
Pot Black 1978, 1985

Doug Mountjoy (born 8 June, 1942) is a retired Welsh Snooker player.

Originally a miner, Mountjoy turned professional in 1976, after winning many amateur tournaments.

Highlights of his career were two UK Championship victories, and reaching the final of the World Championship, which he lost 18-12 to Steve Davis. Although he only won 2 ranking titles, he did so in successive tournaments.pl:Doug Mountjoy