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| Nickname | The Pocket Dynamo |
|---|---|
| Professional | 1994– |
| Highest ranking | 12 (2002/03) |
| Current ranking | 56 (as of 16 December 2024) |
| Century breaks | 271 (as of 23 December 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Winner: 888.com World Snooker Championship (2006) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 1 |
| World Champion | 2006 |
Graeme Dott (born May 12, 1977) is a professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland.
Since turning professional in 1994, Dott has slowly climbed the rankings, reaching the top sixteen in 2001, where he has remained ever since.
A ranking tournament victory was finally acheived at the 2006 World Snooker Championship and he was previously runner-up in the 1999 Regal Scottish Open, the 2001 British Open and the 2005 Malta Cup.
In the 2006 888.com World Snooker Championship, after beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-final, Dott beat Peter Ebdon in the longest ever final for the £200,000 prize, winning 18 frames to 14. In the 2004 Embassy World Snooker Championship, he had lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan 18 frames to 8, despite having opened up a 5-0 lead at the beginning of the match. His run there narrowly saved his top 16 status - at one point in that season he was provisionally outside the top 32.
Graeme Dott scored his only competitive 147 break in the 1999 British Open.
He supports Rangers F.C.
Graeme married Elaine Lambie in 2001 and the couple celebrated the birth of their son, Lewis, in 2004. Elaine is the daughter of Graeme's manager, Alex Lambie who used to manage Partick Thistle F.C.
He became snooker World Champion on 02 May 2006 after an epic battle beating Peter Ebdon 14-18.
Dott went into the last session of the final leading 7-15, But Ebdon won six successive frames to reduce the deficit to two frames.
This was the longest final in crucible history, beating the classic Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor final in 1985
External links
- Profile at World Snooker
- "Small talk: Graeme Dott", a trivia interview by the Guardian
- "Graeme Dott". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.