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Dene O'Kane

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New Zealand snooker player (1963–2024)

Dene O'Kane
Born	(1963-02-24)24 February 1963^[1] Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	14 May 2024(2024-05-14) (aged 61) Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Sport country	New Zealand
Professional	1984–2001, 2006–2007
Highestranking	18
Best ranking finish	Runner-up (x1)

Dene O'Kane (24 February 1963 – 14 May 2024) was a New Zealand professionalsnooker player.

Career

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O'Kane won the 1980 New Zealand Amateur Championship,^[2]^: 141 and represented New Zealand at the 1982IBSF World Snooker Championship, winning six of his nine group matches, but failing to qualify onframe difference.^[2]^: 151 He turned professional in 1984.^[3]

In his first professional tournament, the1984 International Open, he won four qualifying matches (5–2 againstMaurice Parkin, 5–1 againstEddie McLaughlin, 5–4 againstJack Fitzmaurice and 5–4 againstMike Hallett) before losing 3–5 toWillie Thorne.^[3] Also in his debut season, he reached the quarter-finals of the1985 British Open, and progressing through the qualifying rounds with four wins and awalkover, reached the last 32 of the1985 World Snooker Championship, in which he lost 4–10 toDavid Taylor.^[4]

O'Kane reached the quarter-finals of theWorld Championship in1987 and1992.^[4] He reached the final stages (last 32 or better) of the World Championship six times, but never in consecutive years.^[1] He was the runner-up in the1989 Hong Kong Open, losing 8–9 to Mike Hallett after leading 8–6.^[5]

O'Kane first reached the top 32 in theworld rankings for the 1985/1986 season, returning three years later. In1991/1992 he reached his career high position of 18. He remained in the top 32 until1996/1997.^[1]

Having won £415,000 in prize money during his career, O'Kane started a career inreal estate in 2007.^[6]

Death

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O'Kane died after suffering a brain bleed caused by a fall at his place of residence on 14 May 2024, aged 61.^[7]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Tournament	1984/ 85	1985/ 86	1986/ 87	1987/ 88	1988/ 89	1989/ 90	1990/ 91	1991/ 92	1992/ 93	1993/ 94	1994/ 95	1995/ 96	1996/ 97	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2006/ 07	2008/ 09
Ranking^[8]^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}	32	39	35	23	28	23	18	18	22	20	18	27	35	57	77	96	^{[nb 3]}	^{[nb 4]}
Ranking tournaments
Grand Prix	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	A	A
UK Championship	LQ	1R	2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	WD	LQ	A
Malta Cup^{[nb 5]}	Tournament Not Held				1R	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	NR	LQ	Not Held		LQ	NH
Welsh Open	Tournament Not Held							2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
China Open^{[nb 6]}	Tournament Not Held													NR	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
World Championship	1R	LQ	QF	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	QF	LQ	1R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red Snooker International	Tournament Not Held																		2R
The Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	A	LQ	A	LQ	A	A	A	LQ	A
Former ranking tournaments
Canadian Masters	NH	Non-Ranking			LQ	Tournament Not Held
Hong Kong Open^{[nb 7]}	Non-Ranking Event				NH	F	Not Held				NR		Tournament Not Held
Classic	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	2R	QF	3R	1R	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open	Tournament Not Held							3R	Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic^{[nb 8]}	Tournament Not Held				NR	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	SF	LQ	Tournament Not Held
German Open	Tournament Not Held											LQ	LQ	WD	NR	Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held										Non-Ranking Event					LQ	NR	Not Held
Thailand Masters^{[nb 9]}	Non-Ranking Event			Not Held		2R	2R	QF	2R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	NR	NH
Scottish Open^{[nb 10]}	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	Not Held		2R	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	Not Held
British Open	QF	1R	LQ	QF	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
New Zealand Masters	A	Not Held			QF	QF	Tournament Not Held
Shoot-Out	Tournament Not Held						2R	Tournament Not Held
Hong Kong Open^{[nb 11]}	A	A	A	1R	NH	R	Not Held				SF	A	Tournament Not Held

Performance Table Legend
LQ	lost in the qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)	QF	lost in the quarter-finals
SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament
DNQ	did not qualify for the tournament	A	did not participate in the tournament	WD	withdrew from the tournament

NH / Not Held				means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				means an event is/was a ranking event.
RV / Ranking & Variant Format Event				means an event is/was a ranking & variant format event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Event				means an event is/was a pro-am event.
VF / Variant Format Event				means an event is/was a variant format event.

^From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
^New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.
^New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.
^He was an amateur.
^The event ran under different names such as the European Open (1988/1989 to 1996/1997) and Irish Open (1998/1999)
^The event also ran as the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
^The event also ran as the Australian Masters (1983/1984–1987/1988 & 1995/1996)
^The event ran under different names such as Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and Asian Classic (1996/1997)
^The event ran under different names such as Asian Open (1989/1990 to 1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994 to 1996/1997)
^The event ran under different names such as International Open (1984/1985, 1986/1987 to 1996/1997) and Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
^The event also ran as the Australian Masters (1983/1984–1987/1988 & 1995/1996)

Career finals

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Ranking finals: 1

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Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1989	Hong Kong Open	Mike Hallett	8–9

Team finals: 1

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Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team/partner	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1989	World Cup	Rest of the World	England	8–9

Amateur finals: 12 (8 titles)

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Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1980	New Zealand Amateur Championship	Peter Mischefski	4–1
Runner-up	1.	1981	Junior Pot Black	Dean Reynolds	79–151^{[n 1]}
Winner	2.	2004	World Amateur Championship – Masters	Eugene Hughes	5–2
Winner	3.	2005	Australian Open Championship	Glen Wilkinson	8–7
Winner	4.	2005	World Amateur Championship – Masters(2)	Joe Delaney	5–4
Winner	5.	2006	Oceania Championship	Aaron Mahoney	6–5
Runner-up	2.	2006	Australian Open Championship	Steve Mifsud	7–8
Winner	6.	2007	Oceania Championship(2)	Daniel Haenga	6–5
Winner	7.	2008	Australian Open Championship(2)	Stuart Lawler	6–2
Winner	8.	2008	World Amateur Championship – Masters(3)	Geet Sethi	5–1
Runner-up	3.	2009	World Amateur Championship – Masters	Darren Morgan	0–6
Runner-up	4.	2020	Oceania 6-red Championship	Kurt Dunham	3–5

^Final decided on aggregate score over two frames

References

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^^a ^b ^cKobylecky, John (2019).The Complete International Directory of Snooker Players – 1927 to 2018. Kobyhadrian Books. p. 180.ISBN 978-0993143311.
^^a ^bEverton, Clive (1985).Snooker: The Records. Enfield, UK: Guinness Superlatives Ltd.ISBN 0851124488.
^^a ^bHale, Janice (1987).Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury, UK: Queen Anne Press. pp. 137–138.ISBN 0356146901.
^^a ^bHayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004).The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft, UK: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 767–769.ISBN 978-0954854904.
^"Final recovery – Snooker".The Times. London. 14 August 1989.
^Millmow, Jonathan (1 March 2014)."O'Kane enjoying life after snooker".stuff.co.nz.Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved13 November 2020.
^"New Zealand snooker legend Dene O'Kane has died after accident at Waiheke home".The New Zealand Herald. 15 May 2024. Retrieved15 May 2024.
^"Ranking History". Snooker.org.Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved9 February 2018.

External links

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Profile at World Snooker at theWayback Machine (archived 10 November 2006)
Dene O'Kane at Snooker.org

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