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Stephen Lee

Lee’s best run of the 2009/10 season took him to the last 16 of the Pukka Pies UK Championship. After winning his qualifying match, he edged out Mark Allen 9-8 at the venue, before losing 9-5 to Ali Carter.
The Betfred.com World Snooker Championship qualifiers saw Lee produce his best performance of the season to beat Mike Dunn 10-2. At the Crucible, however, he was on the wrong end of a 10-4 scoreline against Stephen Maguire.
“I'm obviously disappointed because I've worked very hard preparing for this tournament, but never really played well enough throughout the match. But that's how it is in sport,” said Lee, who finished the season with a rise of two places in the world rankings to No 23.
Lee enjoyed a superb run in the 2008 Masters, where he reached the final for the first time.
Victories over Graeme Dott, Peter Ebdon and Marco Fu set up a final clash with Mark Selby, but that did not go to plan for the Wonder of Wiltshire as he fell 10-3.
Lee’s trophy cabinet required a welcome reshuffle in March 2006 as he won his first piece of major silverware for almost four years.
He beat Drew Henry, Mark Selby, Graeme Dott and Anthony Hamilton to reach the Welsh Open final – then produced an impressive performance to record a 9-4 victory over Shaun Murphy.
The best season of his career was 2001/02 when he won more ranking points than any other player. He was victorious at the inaugural LG Cup at the Guild Hall in Preston, beating Peter Ebdon 9-4 in the final, as well as the Scottish Open in Aberdeen when he beat David Gray 9-2.
Lee’s first ranking title also came at the Guild Hall – that was the 1998 Grand Prix secured with a 9-2 defeat of Marco Fu.
He holds the record for the most consecutive frames won in rankings events – he notched up 33 on the spin during qualifying events in Blackpool in 1992.
He married long-term partner Laura in the summer of 2005 in Florida and is the proud father of four children including twin boys Ronnie and Alfie.

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