Dean Reynolds (born 11 January 1963 in Grimsby) is an English former professional snooker player whose career spanned twenty years from 1981 to 2001.
Early and personal life
From Grimsby, Reynolds is a left-handed player and started playing snooker at the age of five years-old with his father 'Butch' who was a league standard club player. By the age of 12 years-old, Reynolds was displaying aptitude for the game, and in 1979 he won the Grimsby Boys Championships and the Lincolnshire and South Humberside Junior Championships.
In his first professional event, he qualified for The Crucible stages of the 1982 World Snooker Championship, after beating Ray Edmonds in the final round of qualifying. At the Championship he was the youngest player to qualify, and was drawn against the oldest, and he triumphed, winning 10-7 against Fred Davis, before his run was ended by South African Silvino Francisco. and the second at the 1989 Grand Prix against Steve Davis.
Reynolds is one of the select band of players who have achieved a in competition, having made a 143 after potting a at the 2006 European Team Championships in Carlow.
In April 2009, Reynolds suffered a stroke and had to relearn his snooker technique.
Performance and rankings timeline
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! Tournament
! 1981/<br/>82
! 1982/<br/>83
! 1983/<br/>84
! 1984/<br/>85
! 1985/<br/>86
! 1986/<br/>87
! 1987/<br/>88
! 1988/<br/>89
! 1989/<br/>90
! 1990/<br/>91
! 1991/<br/>92
! 1992/<br/>93
! colspan="2"|1993/<br/>94
! 1994/<br/>95
! 1995/<br/>96
! 1996/<br/>97
! 1997/<br/>98
! 1998/<br/>99
! 1999/<br/>00
! 2000/<br/>01
! 2001/<br/>02
! 2002/<br/>03
! 2011/<br/>12
! 2012/<br/>13
! 2013/<br/>14
! 2014/<br/>15
! 2015/<br/>16
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking
|align="center"|
|align="center"|22
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|22
|align="center"|24
|align="center"|29
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|22
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|19
|align="center" colspan="2"|28
|align="center"|29
|align="center"|30
|align="center"|38
|align="center"|51
|align="center"|54
|align="center"|55
|align="center"|69
|align="center"|
|align="center"|
|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking
|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German Masters
|align="center" colspan="15" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open
|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix
|align="center" colspan="26" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players Championship Grand Final
|align="center" colspan="23" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|China Open
|align="center" colspan="17" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|colspan="30"|Non-ranking tournaments
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Seniors Championship
|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="12" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|The Masters
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|WR
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot-Out
|align="center" colspan="9" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" colspan="13" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|colspan="30"|Former ranking tournaments
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Canadian Masters
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Classic
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Strachan Open
|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Asian Classic
|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Malta Grand Prix
|align="center" colspan="14" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Thailand Masters
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European Open
|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|-
|colspan="30"|Former non-ranking tournaments
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Ranking Event
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|International Masters
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Kent Classic
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Matchplay
|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Pot Black
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Strachan Challenge
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| 1981
| British Under-19 Championship
| Tommy Murphy
| align=center|3–1
|}