Wayne Jones (born 24 December 1959) is a former

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professional

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player. He won the Welsh Amateur snooker championship in 1983 by defeating

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in the final, and turned professional in 1984. 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

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, where he lost to

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11–13, despite at one stage leading 11–9. He qualified for the

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on four occasions, but only ever progressed beyond the first round once, in

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, with a 10–9 victory over

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, but was beaten 13–3 by

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in the last 16.

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