Wayne Jones (snooker player) Wayne Jones (snooker player) Wayne Jones (born December 24, 1959) is a former Welsh professional snooker player. Despite never breaking into the top 16, he reached the last 16 and quarter-finals of many ranking events. His most notable run was to the final of the 1989 Classic with victories over the likes of Jimmy White, where he lost to Doug Mountjoy 11–13, despite at one stage leading 11–9. He qualified for the World Championship on four occasions, but only ever progressed beyond the first round once, in 1989, with a 10–9 victory over Neal Foulds, but was beaten 13–3 by
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