Dominic Dale

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Dominic Dale
Dominic Dale PHC 2016-1.jpg
Dale in 2016
Born (1971-12-29) 29 December 1971 (age 52)
Coventry, England
Sport countryFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
NicknameThe Spaceman [1]
Professional1992–present
Highest ranking 19 (1999/00)
Current ranking 44 (as of 16 December 2024)
Century breaks 246 (as of 15 December 2024)
Tournament wins
Ranking 2
Minor-ranking 1

Dominic Dale (born 29 December 1971) is a Welsh [2] professional snooker player, as well as snooker commentator and presenter for the BBC and Eurosport.

Contents

Career

Dale was born in Coventry, England. [2] He won the Welsh Amateur Championship, which allowed him to compete at the World Amateur Championship in Bangkok. Dale reached the final, but lost 9–11 against Noppadon Noppachorn. Dale turned professional for the 1992–93 season. [2]

He has won two ranking tournaments in his career, the first of which – the Grand Prix in 1997 – he won while ranked number 54 in the world, beating then world number 2 John Higgins 9–6 in the final. It took him a decade to repeat the achievement at the 2007 Shanghai Masters, where he defeated compatriot Ryan Day 10–6 in the final, from 2–6 behind. On his way to the Shanghai final he beat Rory McLeod, Ken Doherty, Adrian Gunnell, Dave Harold and Mark Selby. [3]

Both of his ranking victories were in the season-opening tournaments; he also reached the semi-finals of the season-opening events in 2002 (LG Cup) and 2006 (Northern Ireland Trophy). He also beat Peter Ebdon at the 2008 Malta Cup, despite a bout of stomach cramps and a drinking session the night before the match. [4]

Dale is the only player to have won multiple ranking tournaments without ever reaching the top 16, but he was 14th on the one-year list for both 1997/1998 and 1999/2000 (missing out due to an unsuccessful 1998/1999 season).

His best World Championship performances were in 2000 and 2014, when he reached the quarter-finals.

Dale won the third professional tournament of his career when he won Event 6 of the Players Tour Championship 2010/2011, beating Martin Gould 4–3 in the final. This win, along with other consistent performances, were enough to see him back into the top 32 players. He also qualified for the World Championship for the first time since 2004, [5] although he was comprehensively beaten 10–2 in the first round by Ronnie O'Sullivan.

2011/2012 season

Dale during the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic Dominic Dale PHC 2011-1.jpg
Dale during the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic

Dale had a good start to his 2011–12 season as he reached the quarter-finals of the first event, the Australian Goldfields Open. Dale was originally due to meet Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round, but due to his withdrawal for medical reasons he instead played amateur Steve Mifsud and won 5–2. [6] He then beat home favourite Neil Robertson on the final black in a 5–4 win lasting almost four hours, [7] before losing to Mark Williams in another final-frame decider, having never been behind in the match until the end. [8] He then reached the final stages of the UK Championship for the first time since 2005 by beating Nigel Bond in the final qualifying round and was drawn against Judd Trump in the last 32. Dale led 4–2 before Trump had a large slice of fortune in the seventh frame by fluking a pink. Dale would eventually lose the match 4–6. [9] He also reached the 2012 PTC Finals courtesy of finishing twentieth in the Order of Merit. [10] His qualification was largely due to making the final of Event 10, where he was beaten by Michael Holt 2–4. [11] In the Finals he lost 2–4 to Xiao Guodong in the first round. [12] Dale qualified for the World Championship with a 10–3 victory over Ben Woollaston to set up another first round meeting with Judd Trump. [12] He led the match 7–6 against an opponent who later revealed to be suffering from food poisoning, before conceding four successive frames to lose 7–10. [13] Dale finished the season ranked world number 23, meaning he had climbed 8 places during the year. [14]

2012/2013 season

2013 German Masters Dominic Dale at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2013-01-30 03.jpg
2013 German Masters

Dale qualified for nine of the eleven ranking events during the 2012–13 season, but lost in the first round in eight of them. [15] The exception was at the International Championship where he beat Graeme Dott 6–3, before losing 5–6 to 14-year-old Lü Haotian in the second round. [16] Dale's best run in the PTC's came at Event Three by reaching the semi-finals in a run that included a 4–2 over Mark Selby, but he lost to world number 65 Rod Lawler 0–4. [15] Dale finished 28th on the Order of Merit, just outside the top 26 who qualified for the Finals. [17] Dale reached the opening round of the World Championship by dispatching Alfie Burden 10–5 and played Judd Trump at this stage for the second successive year where he was defeated 10–5. [15] His end of season ranking was world number 23 for the second year in a row. [18]

2013/2014 season

2014 German Masters Dominic Dale at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-01-30 05.jpg
2014 German Masters

Dale reached his second quarter-final in the Australian Goldfields Open in three years in the early stages of the 2013–14 season. He eliminated Mike Dunn and Fergal O'Brien, but then lost 5–1 to Marco Fu. [19] In the next four ranking events he lost in the first round of two and failed qualify for both of the others. [19]

In January 2014, Dale won the Snooker Shoot-Out final in Blackpool, beating Stuart Bingham in a close frame. Dale had received significant support from the crowd and had promised to sing My Way should he win the event. In his post-match interview he sang a short rendition of the song, showcasing an impressive baritone voice. [20] The result seemed to kick start his season as the following week he beat Steve Davis and John Higgins at the German Masters, but let a 3–1 lead slip in the last 16 against Ding Junhui to lose 5–3. [21] Dale also won two matches before falling at the third round in the Welsh Open and World Open, losing to Mark Selby and Alan McManus respectively. [19]

Dale qualified for the World Championship courtesy of defeating Andrew Higginson in the final round of qualifying. [22] He faced Mark Davis in the first round and beat him 10–5, marking his first win at the Crucible since 2000. [23] Dale followed this up with a 13–4 win over Michael Wasley (who had beaten pre-tournament second favourite Ding Junhui in his opening match) to reach the quarter-finals for the second time, 14 years after the first. [24] Dale played Barry Hawkins and trailed 11–5 after the second session, but then amazingly won seven frames in a row to be just one away from reaching the semi-finals and matching the biggest comeback at this stage ever at the Crucible. However, Hawkins won the two frames he required without giving Dale a chance to beat him 13–12. Later, Dale revealed that he had reverted to an old cue action before the start of the final session. [25]

2014/2015 season

Dale lost 5–3 to Mark Davis in the first round of the Australian Goldfields Open and he reached the semi-finals of the Six-red World Championship, where Ricky Walden beat him 7–1. [26] At the Shanghai Masters he knocked out Judd Trump 5–2, before losing 5–1 to Stuart Bingham. [27] This last 16 defeat would prove to be Dale's best finish in a ranking event this season as he could not win another match at a venue until the China Open, when he ousted Jimmy Robertson 5–3, but then fell 5–2 to Barry Hawkins in the second round. [26] He had a consistent year in the minor-ranking European Tour events with a pair of last 16 exits helping him to finish 25th on the Order of Merit to claim the last qualification place for the Grand Final, where he was whitewashed 4–0 by Mark Selby in the opening round. [26]

2015/2016 season

At the International Championship, Dale defeated Matthew Selt 6–1 and then lost 6–3 to Joe Perry in the second round. [28] His second round match with Peter Ebdon at the UK Championship finished at 1:30am as Dale relinquished a 5–4 advantage to be beaten 6–5. [29] Breaks of 72, 73, 82 and 61 saw Dale sneak past Mark Williams in the opening round of the Players Championship Finals 4–3, before he lost 4–1 to Shaun Murphy. [30] Dale won more than one match at a ranking event for the only time this season when he knocked out Jamie Jones and Darryl Hill at the China Open, but then was beaten 6–1 by Stephen Maguire in the third round. [28]

2016/2017 season

2016 Paul Hunter Classic Dominic Dale PHC 2016-1.jpg
2016 Paul Hunter Classic

Dale saw off Ishpreet Chadha 4–2 and Marco Fu 4–0 to reach the third round of the Indian Open, where he lost 4–1 to Peter Ebdon. At the Paul Hunter Classic he enjoyed victories over Ben Woollaston, Ian Glover, Michael Holt, Yan Bingtao and Jimmy White to play in the semi-finals of a ranking event for the first time since 2007. [31] Dale was defeated 4–2 by Mark Selby. [32] He lost in the second round of the International Championship 6–2 to Stuart Bingham and won three frames in a row to take his third round match with Shaun Murphy at the UK Championship in to a final-frame decider. He had chances in it but could not take them to be ousted 6–5. [33] In the final World Championship qualifying round Dale made the 200th century break of his career, but would be defeated 10–5 by Luca Brecel. [31]

Personal life

Dale was originally named Chris but changed his name while working at a law firm, as they offered to do it for free. He chose Dominic because he worked with two people called Dominic and Dominique and said he just "liked the name". [34]

Dale's personality, dress sense and hair styles make him one of the more flamboyant players on the circuit. In his early years he wore a white suit with colourful shirts. In 2007 he sported bleached blonde hair with a bright pink shirt. His interests include snooker memorabilia, Art Deco and operatic singing. After his Shanghai Masters semi-final win, he celebrated by singing "My Way" at the post-match conference. [35] [36] and also did so after his victory in 2014 Snooker Shoot-Out. In December 2007 Dale moved to Vienna with his then girlfriend. [37] His form declined after this move, which he attributed to not having a professional training partner in Vienna, [38] and he returned to live in the UK four years later, although only for a year. [36]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1992/
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14 		2014/
15 		2015/
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20 		2020/
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22 		2022/
23 		2023/
24 		2024/
25
Ranking [39] [nb 1] [nb 2] 164 99 79 87 54 23 19 20 20 20 28 32 34 39 31 32 34 45 31 23 23 24 33 38 32 46 [nb 3] 70 61 59 61 40
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 2R RR RR RR RR
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 3R
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not HeldA
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R LQ 1R 1R 1R
British Open LQ 2R LQLQ 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R Tournament Not Held 2R LQ 1R LQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held 1R LQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 4R 1R 1R 1R 3R LQ 1R 1R 1R
International Championship Tournament Not Held 2R LQ 1R 2R 2R 2R LQLQNot Held 2R LQ
UK Championship LQLQLQLQ 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R LQLQLQLQLQ 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R LQLQLQ
Shoot Out Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 3R 1R 4R 2R 1R 1R SF QF A
Scottish Open [nb 4] LQ 1R LQLQLQ 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R Tournament Not HeldMRNot Held 4R 2R 2R 1R 2R LQLQ 3R LQ
German Masters [nb 5] Not HeldLQLQLQNRTournament Not Held 2R LQ 1R 3R LQLQ 1R LQLQLQ 2R LQLQLQ
Welsh Open LQLQLQ 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R LQ 1R SF 2R 1R LQ 1R 1R 1R 1R LQ 1R 3R 1R 1R 3R 2R 2R 4R 1R LQ 2R QF
World Open [nb 6] LQLQ 1R LQLQ W 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R RR RR LQLQLQ 1R 1R 3R Not HeldLQ 1R 1R 1R Not Held 2R
World Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldNRDNQ 1R DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ 1R
Players Championship [nb 7] Tournament Not Held 2R 1R DNQDNQ 1R 2R DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship LQLQLQLQ 2R LQ 1R QF LQ 1R LQ 1R LQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R 1R 1R QF LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R
Non-ranking tournaments
Champion of Champions Tournament Not HeldA 1R AAAAAAAAAA
The Masters LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAAALQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Championship League Tournament Not Held RR AAA RR RR RR RR RR A RR A RR AAAA
World Seniors Championship Tournament Not HeldAAAA QF QF AAAAAAAA
Former ranking tournaments
Asian Classic [nb 8] LQLQ 2R LQLQTournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 1R NRTournament Not Held
Thailand Masters [nb 9] LQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R SF LQLQNRNot HeldNRTournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking EventLQLQLQNHNRTournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not HeldNR SF 2R 2R Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Wuxi Classic [nb 10] Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 1R 1R LQTournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open [nb 11] Not HeldNon-RankingTournament Not held QF 1R QF 1R LQTournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held W 1R LQLQ 1R 1R LQ 2R LQLQ 1R Non-RankingNot HeldNon-Ranking
Paul Hunter Classic [nb 12] Tournament Not HeldPro-am EventMinor-Ranking Event SF 3R 2R NRTournament Not Held
Indian Open Tournament Not Held 1R LQNH 3R 2R 1R Tournament Not Held
China Open [nb 13] Tournament Not HeldNR 1R LQ 2R 1R Not HeldLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R LQ 2R 2R 3R LQLQ 1R Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters [nb 14] Tournament Not HeldMinor-RankLQLQLQLQTournament Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not HeldNRLQLQ 1R Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held 2R Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not HeldLQNot Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not HeldMR 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R Not Held
European Masters [nb 15] 1R LQLQLQLQNH 1R Not Held 1R LQLQLQ SF LQNRTournament Not Held 1R 1R LQLQ 1R LQ 2R 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Malta Masters Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Malaysian Masters Not Held W Tournament Not Held
Scottish Masters AAAAAAAALQLQLQTournament Not Held
Malta Cup [nb 15] Ranking EventNHRNot HeldRanking Event RR Tournament Not Held
Masters Qualifying Event [nb 16] MRLQ 3R 1R 1R 3R 4R 3R 4R 2R 3R F NHAA 1R AATournament Not Held
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 1R Ranking Event
General Cup [nb 17] Tournament Not Held F Tournament Not HeldANHAAAAATournament Not Held
Shoot Out Tournament Not Held 2R QF 3R W 1R 1R Ranking Event
Paul Hunter Classic Tournament Not HeldPro-am EventMinor-Ranking EventRanking Event QF Tournament Not Held
Six-red World Championship [nb 18] Tournament Not HeldAAANH QF 3R SF A 3R AAANot HeldANot Held
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
DQdisqualified from the tournament
NH / Not Heldevent was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventevent is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  3. ↑ Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points
  4. ↑ The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  5. ↑ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  7. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)
  8. ↑ The event was called the Dubai Classic (1992/1993–1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  9. ↑ The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
  10. ↑ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  11. ↑ The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995–1995/1996) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)
  12. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)
  13. ↑ The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  14. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  15. 1 2 The event was called the European Open (1992/1993–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004), the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
  16. ↑ The event was also called the Benson & Hedges Championship (1990/1991–2002/2003)
  17. ↑ The event was called the General Cup International (2004/2005, 2009/2010 and 2011/2012)
  18. ↑ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 2 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1. 1997 Grand Prix Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 9–6
Winner2. 2007 Shanghai Masters Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day 10–6

Minor-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2010 Players Tour Championship – Event 6 Flag of England.svg Martin Gould 4–3
Runner-up1.2011 Players Tour Championship – Event 10 Flag of England.svg Michael Holt 2–4

Non-ranking finals: 4 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1. 1996 Malaysian Masters Flag of Scotland.svg Drew Henry 8–3
Runner-up1. 2003 Masters Qualifying Event Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 5–6
Runner-up2. 2004 General Cup Flag of Thailand.svg Issara Kachaiwong 3–6
Winner2. 2014 Snooker Shoot Out Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 1–0

Pro-am finals: 7 (6 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2004Liam O'Connor Memorial Flag of Ireland.svg Mario Fernandez6–1 [40]
Winner2.2005Liam O'Connor Memorial (2) Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Jones 6–0 [41]
Runner-up1.2007Pontins Pro-Am - Event 2 Flag of Ireland.svg Leo Fernandez 2–4 [42]
Winner3.2007Pontins Pro-Am - Event 5 Flag of England.svg Stephen Craigie 4–2 [43]
Winner4.20083 Kings Open Flag of Ireland.svg Richard McHugh5–0 [44]
Winner5.20103 Kings Open (2) Flag of England.svg Matthew Couch 5–1 [45]
Winner6.20113 Kings Open (3) Flag of Malta.svg Tony Drago 5–1 [46]

Team finals: 2 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipTeam/partnerOpponent(s) in the finalScore
Winner1. 1999 Nations Cup Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 6–4
Runner-up1. 2000 Nations Cup Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Flag of England.svg  England 2–6

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.1991 Welsh Amateur Championship Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg David Bell8–7
Runner-up1.1992 World Amateur Championship Flag of Thailand.svg Noppadon Noppachorn 9–11

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