Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. He won the 2006 World Championship, which was his first ranking title after four previous runner-up spots. He won the 2007 China Open and reached #2 in the game's World Rankings, but has subsequently suffered from depression and experienced a loss of form dropping out of the top 16 for the 2009/2010 season.
After being UK Under-19 champion in 1992 and Scott...
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Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. He won the 2006 World Championship, which was his first ranking title after four previous runner-up spots. He won the 2007 China Open and reached #2 in the game's World Rankings, but has subsequently suffered from depression and experienced a loss of form dropping out of the top 16 for the 2009/2010 season.
After being UK Under-19 champion in 1992 and Scottish Amateur champion in 1993, Dott turned professional in 1994. He slowly climbed the rankings, reaching the top sixteen in 2001, where he remained until 2009. Early successes included reaching the quarter-final of the 1996 Welsh Open, qualifying for the World Championship for the first time in 1997, reaching the 1999 Scottish Open final, and reaching the semi-finals of both the Grand Prix and Scottish Open in 2000.
With his World Championship victory he was up to number 6 in the rankings for 2006/07, then his highest ever position. This is a...
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