Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy Doug Mountjoy (born 8 June 1942) is a retired Welsh snooker player. He was a mainstay of the world's top 16 during the late 1970s and 1980s, and won the Masters in 1977, the UK Championship in 1978 and the Irish Masters in 1979. He reached the 1981 World Championship final, where he lost to Steve Davis. Mountjoy enjoyed an Indian summer in his 40s, winning back-to-back ranking events (the UK Championship and The Classic) during the 1988/89 season. His world ranking peaked at #5 in the 1990/91 season. In later years he was the coach to the
Doug Mountjoy run of titles; he won the Welsh Professional Championship in 1982 and 1984 to go with his 1980 title. He was back in the final of a major again in the 1985 Masters tournament, losing to Cliff Thorburn. Mountjoy also reclaimed the "Pot Black" title in March that year, having previously won it in 1978. He won another Welsh title in 1987 but otherwise he struggled, including a 1–9 defeat to Steve Longworth in the 1986 UK Snooker Championship. By 1988 he was out of the top 16 in the World Rankings. It was at this time that he turned