Dean Reynolds (born 11 January 1963 in

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) is an

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former professional

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player whose career spanned twenty years from 1981 to 2001.

Career

Before turning professional, Reynolds won the first-ever Junior Pot Black in 1981, beating

Dene O'Kane Dene O'Kane (born 24 February 1963) is a former professional snooker player from Auckland, New Zealand. Career O'Kane won the 1980 New Zealand Amateur Championship, and represented New Zealand at the 1982 IBSF World Snooker Championship, winn ...

, another future professional, with a 2- aggregate score of 151–79. He twice reached a ranking tournament final, but lost both times, in the 1989 British Open 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 ...

and in the 1989 Grand Prix to

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. Reynolds is one of the select band of players who have compiled a sixteen- clearance (143 ) in competition at the 2006 European Team Championships in

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. In April 2009 Reynolds suffered a stroke and had to relearn his snooker technique.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Ranking finals: 2

Non-ranking finals: 3 (2 titles)

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

References

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