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
Tony Knowles (snooker player) 1986, which led to the pack breaking open more easily. He was involved in a directorial role for World Snooker in the early 2000s. He enters the qualifying event for the World Championship most years and managed to defeat tour professional Stefan Mazrocis in the first qualifying round in 2009. In 2009, Knowles won the inaugural Snooker Super 6s tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Knowles began the 2011/12 season by entering PTC1. He supports Bolton Wanderers. Tony Knowles (snooker player) Anthony "Tony" Knowles (born 13 June 1955, in Bolton, Lancashire) is an English former professional snooker player. He