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Doug Mountjoy

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Born
1942-06-08
Tir-y-Berth, Gelligaer, Glamorgan, Wales

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Snooker Player

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Doug Mountjoy (8 June 1942 – 14 February 2021) was a Welsh snooker player from Tir-y-Berth, Gelligaer, Glamorgan, Wales. He was a member of the professional snooker circuit from the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, and remained within the top 16 of the world rankings for 11 consecutive years. He began his professional snooker career by taking the 1977 Masters, which he entered as a reserve player. He won both the 1978 UK Championship and the 1979 Irish Masters. Mountjoy reached the final of the 1981 World Snooker Championship where he was defeated by Steve Davis. He was also runner-up at the 1985 Masters losing to Cliff Thorburn, but by 1988 he had dropped out of the top 16.

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UK Snooker Championship	_Deceased Snooker	1988
Champion of Champions	_Deceased Snooker	1980
UK Snooker Championship	_Deceased Snooker	1978
Masters Snooker	_Deceased Snooker	1977

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