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

Career

Hughes was accepted as a member by the

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(WPBSA) in 1981. His first professional tournament was the

1981 International Open The 1981 Scottish Open (snooker), Jameson International was the first staging of the professional non-Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 September 1981 at the Derby Assembly Rooms, Assembly Rooms ...

, where he defeated

Jackie Rea John Joseph "Jackie" Rea (6 April 1921 – 20 October 2013) was a Northern Irish snooker player. He was the leading Irish snooker player until the emergence of Alex Higgins. Rea reached the semi-final of the 1952 World Championship losing to ...

5–4 in the first qualifying round before being eliminated 1–5 by

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. He lost to

Mike Hallett Mike Hallett (born 6 July 1959) is an English former professional snooker player and commentator. Career Hallett was born in Grimsby on 6 July 1959. Having won the national under-16 title in 1975, he turned professional in 1979. His world ran ...

6–9 in qualifying for at the

1981 UK Championship The 1981 UK Championship (also known as the 1981 Coral UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England, between 22 November and 5 December 1 ...

and 2–3 at the

1982 Bass and Golden Leisure Classic The 1982 Bass and Golden Leisure Classic was a professional invitational snooker tournament which took place on 29 May 1982. The tournament was open to professional players who were not ranked in the top sixteen. The competition was held at the ...

. In the last tournament of his debut season, the

1982 World Snooker Championship The 1982 World Snooker Championship (officially the 1982 Embassy World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 30 April and 16 May 1982 at the Crucible Theatre, in Sheffield, England. It w ...

, he recorded a 9–4 win over

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before losing in the second qualifying round (last 48) 4–9 to

Tony Meo Anthony Christian Meo (born 4 October 1959) is a retired English snooker player. He won the 1989 British Open by defeating Dean Reynolds 13–6 in the final, and was runner-up to Steve Davis at the 1984 Classic. He won four World Doubles Cham ...

. He never reached further than the last 48 of a major tournament, and in 1990 was due to lose his professional status after being defeated 1–10 by

Alan McManus Alan McManus (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player and current commentator who works for Eurosport. A mainstay of the world's top sixteen during the 1990s and 2000s, he has won two ranking events, the 1994 Du ...

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. 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, finishing the 1993–94 snooker season

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489, and dropping to 525 in the following year's list, having not competed for a year. His highest ranking achieved as a professional was 88, in the

snooker world rankings 1985/1986 The professional world rankings for snooker players in the 1985–86 season are listed below. The tournaments that counted towards these rankings were those which were open to all professional players over three seasons. These tournaments were ...

References

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