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Peter Lines

After regaining a place on the pro Tour by finishing second in the 2007/08 Pontin’s International Open Series rankings, Lines won all his first round matches in 08/09 to achieve his pre-season aim of making the top 64.
His best run came at the Bahrain Snooker Championship where he beat Jimmy White and Alan McManus to leave himself one win from the venue stage. He lost to Stuart Bingham to deny him a place in the last 32.
Next season may be a tough one for the 39-year-old as his coach Steve Prest passed away in June 2009. "It’s devastating. We turned pro at the same time and we’d been mates for 23 years. I can’t put into words how much of a loss it is. He started coaching me when I was on the PIOS a couple of years ago. I was contemplating giving up snooker but he turned my game around and I got back on to the pro Tour," said the Yorkshireman.
Lines produced his best performance in a world ranking event at the 1999 China Open in Shanghai. He beat John Higgins 5-1 in the first round proper and Peter Ebdon 5-4 in round two before going out to Brian Morgan.
Lines reached the Crucible stage of the World Championship for the first time in 1998, losing 10-3 to John Parrott in the first round.

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