Wayne Jones (snooker player)

Wayne Jones, born on 24 December 1959, is a Welsh former professional snooker player. He took up the game at the age of nine and was raised by his grandfather, who encouraged his playing after his mother died and his father moved away. He practised at Abertysswg Working Men's Club, where he compiled his first maximum 147 break in practice in 1986, and at the Scala Snooker Club in Merthyr Tydfil, and he worked as a bricklayer and landscape gardener before turning professional. He won the Welsh Amateur championship in 1983, beating Terry Parsons in the final, and turned professional in 1984. His best result in a ranking event was reaching the final of the 1989 Classic, where he lost 11-13 to Doug Mountjoy after beating Jimmy White and John Parrott on the way. He qualified for the World Championship four times and left the professional tour in 2001 after finishing 143rd in the world rankings.