Dennis Hughes (snooker player)

Dennis Hughes
Born	30 January 1937 (age 87)
Sport country	England
Professional	1981–1995
Highest ranking	88 (1985–1986)

Dennis Hughes (born 30 January 1937) is an English former professional snooker player. He played professionally from 1981 to 1994.^[1]

Career

Hughes was accepted as a member by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in 1981.^[2] His first professional tournament was the 1981 International Open, where he defeated Jackie Rea 5–4 in the first qualifying round before being eliminated 1–5 by Bert Demarco.^[1] He lost to Mike Hallett 6–9 in qualifying for at the 1981 UK Championship^[1] and 2–3 at the 1982 Bass and Golden Leisure Classic.^[3] In the last tournament of his debut season, the 1982 World Snooker Championship, he recorded a 9–4 win over Clive Everton before losing in the second qualifying round (last 48) 4–9 to Tony Meo.^[1] He never reached further than the last 48 of a major tournament,^[4] and in 1990 was due to lose his professional status after being defeated 1–10 by Alan McManus in a play-off match, one of a series of matches where the lowest-ranked professionals faced leading amateurs with a place on the professional tour at stake.^[5] However, the WPBSA soon opened membership for events to anyone over the age of 16 that paid the relevant fee, and Hughes continued to play in professional tournaments until 1994,^[1]^[6] finishing the 1993–94 snooker season ranked 489,^[7] and dropping to 525 in the following year's list, having not competed for a year.^[8]

His highest ranking achieved as a professional was 88, in the snooker world rankings 1985/1986.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 550. ISBN 978-0954854904.
^ "Snooker". The Guardian. London. 18 April 1981. p. 22.
^ "£750 Golden Leisure for Rex". Cue World. July 1982. p. 17.
^ "Dennis Hughes". snookerdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
^ "Professional play-offs: Fred Davis bows out". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. July 1990. pp. 10–11.
^ Acteson, Steve (13 October 1990). "A motley cast of hundreds waiting for the cue – Snooker". The Times. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019 – via NewsBank.
^ "World rankings 1993-4: end of season list". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1994. pp. 22–24.
^ "Snooker: the end of season world rankings". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1995. pp. 24–27.
^ Kobylecky, John (2019). The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018. Kobyhadrian Books. p. 115. ISBN 9780993143311.