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| Born | (1977-05-12)12 May 1977 (age 48) Larkhall,South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Scotland |
| Nickname | The Pocket Dynamo[1] |
| Professional | 1994–present |
| Highestranking | 2 (2007/08) |
| Current ranking | 66 (as of 9 November 2025) |
| Maximum breaks | 2 |
| Century breaks | 271 |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 2 |
| World Champion | 2006 |
Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professionalsnooker player and snooker coach fromLarkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the2006 World Snooker Championship and the2007 China Open, and was runner-up in the World Championships of2004 and2010. He reached number 2 in the world rankings in 2007, but a subsequent episode of clinical depression seriously affected his form, causing him to drop to number 28 for the2009–10 season. He then recovered his form, regained his top-16 ranking, and reached a third World Championship final. In 2011, he published his autobiography,Frame of Mind: The Autobiography of the World Snooker Champion.
In 2025, Dott was charged with sexually abusing two children. Prosecutors alleged that he abused a girl between 1993 and 1996, beginning when she was around 10 years old, and a boy between 2006 and 2010, beginning when he was around 7 years old. On 9 April, two days before he was scheduled to compete in the2025 World Snooker Championship qualifying rounds, theWPBSA announced that it had suspended him from competition. Dott has pleaded not guilty to the charges and will stand trial at Scotland'sHigh Court of Justiciary in August 2026. Although released on bail, he remains suspended from competitive snooker pending the outcome.
After winning the UK Under-19 Championship in 1992 and Scottish Amateur Championship in 1993, Dott turned professional in 1994. He slowly climbed therankings, reaching the top sixteen in2001, where he remained until 2009. Early successes included reaching the quarter-final of the 1996 Welsh Open and qualifying for the World Championship for the first time in1997. Dott was a runner-up in the1999 Scottish Open, the2001 British Open, the2004 World Championship and the2005 Malta Cup. He scored his first competitive147 break in the 1999 British Open.
Dott started his campaign with a 10–3 victory over former championJohn Parrott, before beating veteranNigel Bond 13–9 in the second round. In his quarter-final match against Australia'sNeil Robertson, Dott took a 12–8 lead, before being pegged back to 12–12, and then edging through the deciding frame to win 13–12. In the semi-finals, he faced then two-time championRonnie O'Sullivan in a rematch of their2004 Championship final. They finished the second session tied 8–8, but Dott swept O'Sullivan in the third session en route to a 17–11 victory.
Dott facedPeter Ebdon in the final for the £200,000 prize. He began the last session leading 15–7, but Ebdon won six successive frames to reduce the deficit to two. Dott eventually won 18–14,[2] after winning some vital frames with impressive clearances.
It stands as the longest final ever, and was, at the time, the latest to finish (John Higgins's victory overMark Selby the following year now holds the record). The previous record holder had been the classic final frame black ball finish1985 final betweenEnglishmanSteve Davis andNorthern IrishmanDennis Taylor, which ended at 12:19 a.m. (GMT). The Dott–Ebdon match finished half an hour later, despite featuring three fewer frames, reflecting the slow overall pace of the match, so slow that both afternoon sessions only had six frames, rather than the usual eight. Moreover, at over 74 minutes, the 27th frame was the then longest in the history of the World Championship, beating the previous record of 70 minutes set byCanadianCliff Thorburn andWelshmanDoug Mountjoy, a record that would stand until 2009.[citation needed]
The victory over Ebdon took Dott's ranking up to number 6 for the2006/2007 season, a career high at the time.
Dott reached the semi-finals of the2006 UK Championship, where he lost 7–9 toStephen Hendry after an earlier 7–5 lead.[citation needed] Dott briefly became the provisional world number one in the rankings system after overcomingJamie Cope 9–5 to win the2007 China Open, his second ranking tournament win.[3] Prior to this, he disliked going to China, not helped by a disastrous match in 2002.[4] However, going into the2007 World Championship as defending champion, he suffered a shock 7–10 defeat in the first round toIan McCulloch[5] in the opening match of the tournament, which dented his prospects of remaining world number 1. Newly crowned world championJohn Higgins overtook him. The loss against McCulloch also maintained the "Crucible curse", as Dott became the seventeenth consecutive first-time champion to lose his title the very next year.
The2007–08 season was more of a struggle for Dott,[6] who described his late-2007 form as "hopeless ... nowhere near to playing a good enough standard".[7] His season started promisingly, as he reached the semi-finals of the season-opening2007 Shanghai Masters, where he defeatedMichael Holt 5–4, tournament favouriteDing Junhui 5–1, andStephen Lee 5–4, before losing his semi-final againstRyan Day 2–6, to close the gap on world number 1John Higgins, who went out in the second round; however, Dott then won no further matches that season; a run of twelve consecutive defeats, including all five group matches in the2007 Grand Prix, started from October 2007 onwards. In the2007 UK Championship he was eliminated in the first round, 7–9, by unseededDave Harold, while in theMasters he lost 5–6 to eventual runner-upStephen Lee for the third successive year.[8] Another first-round elimination followed in the2008 Malta Cup, this time toMark Williams.
In the2008 Welsh Open Dott lost his opening match againstMichael Judge 4–5. In frame 7, when leading 4–2, he missed the pack completely with his break-off after miscuing, and also failed to hit the bunch on his next shot after being snookered. Dott announced that he might miss the2008 World Championship for personal reasons, and his manager said he had been suffering from depression.[9] However, he did eventually participate in the tournament, but was eliminated in the first round for a consecutive year, losing 7–10 toJoe Perry,[10] dropping him to number 13 in thenew world rankings, and finishing the season outside the top 32 in the one-year rankings. In the early part of the2008–09 season, Dott sustained a broken left arm while playing football which forced him to pull out of the2008 Shanghai Masters[11] and the2008 Grand Prix.
Dott won the Berlin leg of theWorld Series of Snooker,[12] but withdrew from the Moscow event two days before it began, as his wife was preparing to give birth.[13] He reached the second round of the2009 World Championship for the first time since winning the title in 2006, but lost toMark Selby 10–13, causing him to drop out of the top 16.[citation needed]
At the2010 World Championship, Dott produced an unlikely run to his third World final in six years. He had not had much success in the2009–10 season going into the World Championship, with only one ranking last 16 finish in the2010 Welsh Open. However, a newly inspired Dott convincingly knocked outPeter Ebdon in the first round 10–5. He then thrashed fellow ScotStephen Maguire 13–6 in the second round, and for the first time since winning the title in 2006, advanced to the quarter-finals where he recovered from 10 to 12 behind to see offMark Allen 13–12. In his 17–14 defeat ofMark Selby in the semi-final, he scored the second 146 clearance in the 83-year history of the World Championship (the first had been scored by Mark Allen just days earlier in his second round match). Dott was eventually defeated in the final 13–18 byNeil Robertson, who had never beaten Dott previously. Despite having to settle for runner-up spot, Dott's efforts were ultimately rewarded with a return to the top 16 for 2010/2011.[14]
He returned a year later with a strong campaign at theWorld Championship, beatingMark King andAli Carter before losing to in-formJudd Trump in the quarter-finals.[15] He finished the2010–11 season rankedworld number 10.[16]
Dott missed the first ranking event of the2011–12 season, theAustralian Goldfields Open due a neck injury,[17] but he took part in the remaining seven ranking tournaments. He was knocked out in the first round in theShanghai Masters andWelsh Open and did not get past the last 16 of the2011 UK Championship,German Masters or theChina Open. Dott's best run of the season came at theWorld Open, where he beatBarry Hawkins andMarcus Campbell, before losing 1–5 toStephen Lee in the quarter-finals.[18] He also reached the quarter-finals of theMasters, where he was defeated byJohn Higgins 3–6.[19]
Dott lost 2–4 toBen Woollaston in the final ofEvent 3 of the minor-rankingPlayers Tour Championship, after earlier having overcomeRonnie O'Sullivan,Stephen Hendry and John Higgins.[20] He also reached three semi-finals after playing in 11 of the 12 events throughout the season. Those results meant that Dott finished 7th on the PTCOrder of Merit and therefore qualified to the last 16 of theFinals, where he lost 2–4 toJoe Perry.[21][22] Dott played in the first ever professional snooker tournament in South America, the non-rankingBrazil Masters, and reached the final only to be whitewashed 0–5 byShaun Murphy.[23] He also lost in the final of theSnooker Shoot-Out toBarry Hawkins, in a tournament where the winner of each round is decided by a 10-minute frame.[24]
Dott's season came to an unceremonious end when he suffered his heaviest ever World Championship defeat, losing to Joe Perry 1–10. He stated after the match that it was the worst he had played as a professional.[25] Nevertheless, he maintained his place in the elite top 16 at number 13.[26]
During the 2012/2013 season, Dott lost in the last 16 of the2012 UK Championship (2–6 toShaun Murphy), theGerman Masters (4–5 to Murphy), theWelsh Open (1–4 toPankaj Advani), theWorld Open (0–5 toNeil Robertson), and theChina Open (4–5 toMarcus Campbell). He reached the quarter-finals of theWuxi Classic, where he lost 0–5 toMark Davis, and theShanghai Masters, where he lost 4–5 toJudd Trump.[27]
At the2013 Masters, Dott defeatedStephen Maguire 6–5[28] and Trump 6–1[28] to reach the semi-finals. Despite taking a 4–1 lead in his semi-final match, Dott lost 5–6 to eventual tournament winnerMark Selby.[29]
At theWorld Championship, Dott defeatedPeter Ebdon 10–6 in a first-round match that lasted 7 hours 18 minutes, with an extra session added after the players failed to complete the match in the time allotted for the first two sessions. After the match, Dott criticised Ebdon's slow, deliberative style of play and called for a rule to limit the amount of time a player could spend over a shot.[30] Dott became the only Scottish player to reach the second round, afterJohn Higgins,Stephen Maguire,Marcus Campbell, andAlan McManus all suffered first-round defeats. FacingShaun Murphy in his second-round match, he trailed 2–6 after the first session. During the second session, he complained about receivingstatic shocks when he touched the table, and the players took their mid-session interval a frame early while the carpet was sprayed with water to address the problem.[31] Dott managed to level the match at 8–8 after the second session, but went on to lose 11–13.[32] His defeat meant that, for the first time since 1988, no Scottish player competed in the World Championship quarter-finals.[33]
Dott's 2013/2014 season got off to a poor start, as he was whitewashed 0–5 byJimmy Robertson in the last 64 of the season's first major ranking event, the2013 Wuxi Classic.[34] More disappointing results followed, including a 2–4 loss toRatchayothin Yotharuck in the last 128 of the2013 Indian Open, but he recovered to reach the semi-finals of theInternational Championship, where he lost 7–9 to eventual tournament winnerDing Junhui.[35] Dott reached the last 16 of the2013 UK Championship, but was beaten 2–6 byMark Selby.[36]
Dott advanced to the quarter-finals of theWorld Open and reeled off four consecutive frames to level his match againstShaun Murphy, but was defeated 5–4 after Murphy fluked the final black in the deciding frame.[37] At theChina Open, Dott reached another quarter-final but lost 3–5 to world number oneNeil Robertson.[38] Dott missed out on playing in theWorld Championship for the first time since 1999 as he was knocked out byKyren Wilson 7–10 in the final qualifying round.[39] Dott ended the season outside the top 16 for the first time in six years, as world number 17.[40]
In July 2014, Dott started coaching snooker professionally to help encourage and influence the rising number of younger players within his native Scotland.[41]
Dott's first quarter-final appearance of theseason came at theShanghai Masters after he defeated Yan Bingtao 5–2 andShaun Murphy 5–3, but he lost 2–5 toDing Junhui.[42][43] He suffered a 1–6 first round loss toCraig Steadman at theInternational Championship, before whitewashingRobert Milkins 6–0 to faceNeil Robertson in the fourth round of the2014 UK Championship.[44] He went 5–0 up, only for Robertson to level at 5–5, before Dott won the decider to reach the quarter-finals of the event for the first time since 2006.[45] Dott said that he had reverted to the way he played in 2010, with a more carefree approach to the game which he felt had helped his good form in the tournament.[46] In the quarter-finals, he once again let his lead slip but this time was unable to recover asStuart Bingham came back from 1–4 down to defeat him 6–5.[47] At the inauguralWorld Grand Prix, Dott lost 1–4 toRonnie O'Sullivan in the quarter-finals.[48]
Dott advanced to the third round of theInternational Championship courtesy of wins overJamie Burnett andPeter Ebdon, but he was defeated 1–6 byNeil Robertson. He lost in the second round of the2015 UK Championship 5–6 toJack Lisowski.[49] At theGerman Masters, he knocked outTian Pengfei 5–0,Barry Hawkins 5–3, andStephen Maguire 5–1, to play in his first ranking event semi-final in over two years. He was well below his best againstMartin Gould as he lost the first four frames of the match and was defeated 2–6.[50] Dott was eliminated in the third round of both theWelsh Open andChina Open, 2–4 toMarco Fu and 1–5 toNoppon Saengkham respectively.[49][51] Three tight wins helped him qualify for theWorld Championship, but he lost 4–10 toMark Williams in the opening round.[52]
The2016–17 season proved to be the first since 2002/2003 that Dott failed to reach the quarter-finals of a ranking event. He had to wait until the2017 Welsh Open in February to play in the third round of an event, after beatingRicky Walden andAdam Stefanów, but he lost 2–4 toLee Walker.[53] He qualified for theWorld Championship and beatAli Carter 10–7 in the first round, before being defeated 6–13 byBarry Hawkins.[54][55]
In his 2011 autobiographyFrame of Mind, Dott describes his childhood growing up in the run-down Easterhouse estate inGlasgow.[56] As a boy, he developed a strong relationship with Alex Lambie, a snooker club owner from Larkhall in Lanarkshire, who mentored Dott from the age of 12 and went on to manage his professional career. Dott has described Lambie as a "second father" to him.[57] In 1997, Dott began a relationship with Lambie's daughter Elaine.[58] The couple married in 2003 and had their first child, a son named Lewis, in 2004.[58]
In January 2006, Alex Lambie was diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer. Although he lived to see Dott win the World Championship in May of that year, he died on 16 December 2006, while Dott was playing in the2006 UK Championship. Weeks afterward, Elaine, who was pregnant, had a cancer scare when doctors discovered potentially cancerous cysts on her ovaries. Although she turned out not to have cancer, she suffered a miscarriage while Dott was playing in the2007 Masters.[59] After these experiences, Dott entered a severe depression, which affected his commitment to practice and his performance in matches.[58] He lost 15 consecutive professional matches and slid down the rankings, dropping out of the top 16.[57][58] Medication subsequently helped him recover his place in the top 16, although he expects his battle with depression to be lifelong.[57] Dott and his wife had a second child, a daughter Lucy, born in November 2008.[58]
Dott supportsRangers[60] and paraded his World Championship trophy atIbrox, their home ground, during half-time of Rangers' final league match againstHearts on 7 May 2006.
In 2025, Dott was charged with child sex offences relating to two alleged victims.[61] Prosecutors claim that he sexually abused a girl between 1993 and 1996 inGlasgow, beginning when she was around 10 years old, and a boy between 2006 and 2010 in various locations inLanarkshire, beginning when he was around 7 years old.[62][63] He is alleged to have instructed the girl to remove her clothing, exposed his genitals to her, and sexually assaulted her.[64] He is alleged to have molested the boy, made sexual remarks to him, and watched him shower.[65] On 9 April 2025, two days before he was due to compete in the2025 World Snooker Championship qualifying rounds, theWorld Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) announced that he had been suspended from competition.[62][66] Dott subsequently pleaded not guilty to the charges, with his lawyer claiming during an August 2025 hearing that: "the allegations are fabricated and there is no truth in any of them."[67] He will stand trial at Scotland'sHigh Court of Justiciary, beginning on 17 August 2026.[65] He remains suspended from competitive snooker pending his trial.
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| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | 190 | 58 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 35 | 39 | 54 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Championship League | Tournament Not Held | Non-Ranking Event | 2R | 2R | RR | RR | RR | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | 4R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | WD | 1R | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | LQ | 2R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British Open | LQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | F | 2R | 2R | 2R | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | WD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | WD | LQ | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Championship | Tournament Not Held | 1R | SF | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | Not Held | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | QF | 2R | SF | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | QF | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 3R | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoot Out | Tournament Not Held | Non-Ranking Event | 2R | F | 3R | WD | WD | 1R | WD | 3R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scottish Open[nb 3] | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | F | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | Tournament Not Held | MR | Not Held | 2R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 1R | LQ | 1R | LQ | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German Masters[nb 4] | NH | LQ | LQ | 1R | NR | Tournament Not Held | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | LQ | SF | LQ | F | LQ | SF | 1R | LQ | LQ | 2R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | NR | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | F | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship[nb 5] | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | 2R | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh Open | 1R | QF | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | SF | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Open[nb 6] | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | 1R | 2R | SF | 3R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | RR | RR | WD | LQ | LQ | QF | 2R | QF | Not Held | 2R | 1R | LQ | 3R | Not Held | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | F | 1R | W | 1R | 1R | 2R | F | QF | 1R | 2R | LQ | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | WD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Masters | LQ | LQ | WD | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | QF | QF | SF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship League | Tournament Not Held | A | RR | A | RR | A | A | RR | A | WD | RR | WD | RR | F | SF | 2R | RR | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Asian Classic[nb 7] | 1R | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malta Grand Prix | Non-Ranking Event | LQ | NR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thailand Masters[nb 8] | LQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | NR | Not Held | NR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Irish Masters | Non-Ranking Event | 1R | QF | 1R | NH | NR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Trophy | Tournament Not Held | NR | QF | 2R | 2R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bahrain Championship | Tournament Not Held | 1R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuxi Classic[nb 9] | Tournament Not Held | Non-Ranking Event | QF | 1R | 2R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | Tournament Not Held | SF | WD | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | LQ | 3R | Non-Ranking | Not Held | Non-Ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | 3R | NH | 1R | 2R | 3R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Open[nb 10] | Not Held | NR | LQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | Not Held | 1R | 2R | W | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Riga Masters[nb 11] | Tournament Not Held | Minor-Rank | 2R | LQ | QF | 2R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Championship | Tournament Not Held | NR | 3R | 3R | 1R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | RR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | QF | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | 1R | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Masters[nb 12] | LQ | LQ | LQ | NH | 1R | Not Held | 2R | 2R | 2R | F | SF | QF | NR | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 2R | LQ | 2R | 2R | SF | 1R | WD | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scottish Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Trophy | Tournament Not Held | 1R | Ranking Event | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Irish Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Ranking Event | NH | QF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warsaw Snooker Tour | Tournament Not Held | SF | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pot Black | Tournament Not Held | A | QF | SF | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malta Cup[nb 12] | Ranking Event | Tournament Not Held | Ranking Event | RR | Tournament Not Held | Ranking Event | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Berlin | Tournament Not Held | W | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Grand Final | Tournament Not Held | SF | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Prague | Tournament Not Held | F | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hainan Classic | Tournament Not Held | SF | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scottish Professional Championship | Tournament Not Held | SF | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuxi Classic[nb 9] | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | QF | Ranking Event | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil Masters | Tournament Not Held | F | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Power Snooker | Tournament Not Held | A | QF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier League[nb 13] | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | A | A | A | A | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | QF | Ranking Event | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoot Out | Tournament Not Held | 2R | F | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | Ranking Event | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Six-red World Championship[nb 14] | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | NH | 3R | A | 2R | 2R | A | QF | 2R | 2R | Not Held | LQ | 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Legend |
|---|
| World Championship (1–2) |
| Other (1–6) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 1999 | Scottish Open | Stephen Hendry | 1–9 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2001 | British Open | John Higgins | 6–9 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2004 | World Snooker Championship |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 8–18 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2005 | Malta Cup | Stephen Hendry | 7–9 |
| Winner | 1. | 2006 | World Snooker Championship | Peter Ebdon | 18–14 |
| Winner | 2. | 2007 | China Open | Jamie Cope | 9–5 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2010 | World Snooker Championship(2) |  Neil Robertson | 13–18 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 2018 | German Masters |  Mark Williams | 1–9 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 2018 | Snooker Shoot Out |  Michael Georgiou | 0–1 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 2020 | World Grand Prix | Neil Robertson | 8–10 |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2011 | Sheffield Open | Ben Woollaston | 2–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2013 | FFB Open | Mark Selby | 3–4 |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2008 | World Series of Snooker Berlin | Shaun Murphy | 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1 | 2009 | World Series of Snooker Prague | Jimmy White | 3–5 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2011 | Brazil Masters | Shaun Murphy | 0–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2012 | Snooker Shoot Out | Barry Hawkins | 0–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2020 | Championship League (March) | Scott Donaldson | 0–3 |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 1994 | Pontins Spring Open | Wayne Brown | 3−7[68] |
| Winner | 1. | 1995 | Pontins Autumn Open | Stephen Lee | 5–1[68] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 1996 | Marseille International Open | Matthew Couch | 4–5[69] |
| Winner | 2. | 1997 | Austrian Open | Matthew Couch | 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2008 | Belgian Open | Ricky Walden | 0−4[70] |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2016 | PMK Invitational Pro-Am | Anthony McGill | 2−4[71] |
| Winner | 3. | 2017 | PMK Invitational Pro-Am | Eden Sharav | 4−3[72] |
| Winner | 4. | 2018 | PMK Invitational Pro-Am(2) |  Joe Swail | 4−0[73] |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2019 | PMK Invitational Pro-Am(2) | Michael Collumb | 3−4[74] |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Team | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2017 | CVB Snooker Challenge |  Great Britain |  China | 26–9 |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 1993 | Scottish Amateur Championship | Neil Martin | 8–4[75] |
| International | |
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| National | |
