Spencer Dunn (born 25 November 1969) is an
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former professional
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player.
Career
Dunn was born in 1969,
and turned professional in 1992. At the end of the 1992/1993 season, having failed to progress beyond the qualifying rounds of any tournament, he entered the
1993 World Championship. There, he won his first qualifying match against Ian Bullimore 5–1, before embarking on a run of another ten successive victories to reach the last 32 at the
Crucible Theatre.
Having beaten Bullimore, Dunn defeated Colin Mitchell by the same scoreline, Elliott Clark 5–4, Neil Selman 5–1, Julian Goodyear 5–1, Kieran McAlinden 5–4,
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Career
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5–2,
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10–2,
Colin Roscoe 10–7,
Dave Harold 10–7 and
Mark Bennett 10–9, setting up an encounter with
Nigel Bond. In the event, Dunn was unable to progress any further; he trailed 1–6 and, although he recovered to 4–8, could not prevent himself from losing 4–10.
Dunn's eleven qualifying wins to reach the main stages of the World Championship remain a tournament record; incidentally his nearest challengers,
John Giles and
Ronnie O'Sullivan who won ten matches, also achieved their feats in the 1993 event.
Dunn failed to progress further than the last 96 of any tournament in the following two seasons; having been ranked 145th in the world for the 1994/1995 season, he lost his professional status in 1995.
References
English snooker players
Living people
1969 births
Sportspeople from Stourbridge
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