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Dene O'Kane
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Male; New Zealand (New Zealand); Born: 24 Feb 1963 Died: 14 May 2024 (61 years)
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1984; Last season as pro: 2006; Best performance: Runner-up Hong Kong Open 1989, 2x QF World Championship (1987 & 1992); Other sources: CueTracker
Other: WPBSA obituary

2019/2020
World Seniors Championship (15‑18 Aug 2019)
Rd 1 Malta Tony Drago (a) 3-2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
2013/2014
World Seniors Championship (19‑20 Oct 2013)
Rd 1 England Nigel Bond 2-0 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head Details 
2012/2013
World Seniors Championship (27‑28 Oct 2012)
SF Wales Tony Chappel (a) 2-1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)   Details 
QF New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 2-1 England Jimmy White Head to head Details 
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 2-0 England Barry West (a) Head to head Details 
2011/2012
World Seniors Championship (5‑6 Nov 2011)
QF England Steve Davis 2-0 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 2-1 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head Details 
2009/2010
World Games (22‑26 Jul 2009)
Rd 1 England Nigel Bond 3-0 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
2008/2009
6 Red World Championship (8‑13 Jul 2008)
Rd 1 Afghanistan Saleh Mohammad (a) 6-1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
2006/2007
World Championship Qualifier Rounds 1-4 (24 Feb - 2 Mar 2007)
Q Rd 2 China Liu Song 10-3 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  

47-61, 73-30, 4-95 (53), 67-8, 67-8, 48-59, 72-58, 73-66, 130-6 (69), 77-47, 70-56 (52), 63-54, 75-1
2000/2001
World Championship Qual (20 Feb - 4 Mar 2001)
Q Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 10-9 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
1999/2000
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 2000)
Q Rd 3 England Stuart Bingham (a) 10-9 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
Q Rd 2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 10-8 England Steve James (a) Head to head
Q Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 10-5 England Barry Mapstone (a)  
1998/1999
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 1999)
Q Rd 4 England Alfie Burden (a) 10-4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
Grand Prix (14‑25 Oct 1998)
Rd 2 England Jason Ferguson (a) 5-4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-4 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
1997/1998
Scottish Open (12‑22 Feb 1998)
Rd 1 England Nigel Bond (a) 5-4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (2 Jan - 22 Mar 1998)
Q Rd 5 England Stuart Pettman (a) 10-5 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
1996/1997
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 25 Mar 1997)
Q Rd 8 England Brian Morgan (a) 10-6 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
Grand Prix (16‑27 Oct 1996)
Rd 1 Scotland Billy Snaddon (a) 5-4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
1995/1996
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1996)
Rd 1 England Peter Ebdon (a) 10-1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (1 Jan - 22 Mar 1996)
Q Rd 4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 10-7 Wales Paul Davies (a)  
Grand Prix (16‑29 Oct 1995)
Rd 3 England Steve James (a) 5-1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Rd 2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-4 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-1 England Leigh Griffin (a)  
1994/1995
World Championship Qual (4‑20 Jan 1995)
Q Rd 4 England Mark Davis (a) 10-4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
Grand Prix (10‑23 Oct 1994)
Rd 1 England Wayne Brown (a) 5-2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
1993/1994
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1994)
Rd 1 England Steve Davis (a) 10-3 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (8‑19 Jan 1994)
Q Rd 4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 10-6 England Stephen Lee (a)  
Grand Prix (18‑31 Oct 1993)
Rd 3 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Rd 2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-3 Wales Darren Morgan (a)  
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-0 Northern Ireland Terry Murphy (a)  
1992/1993
Grand Prix (12‑25 Oct 1992)
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins (a) 5-2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
World Championship Qual (20 Jun - 24 Sep 1992)
Q Rd 4 England Peter Ebdon (a) 10-5 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
1991/1992
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1992)
QF Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 13-6 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Rd 2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 13-10 Scotland Chris Small (a)  
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 10-9 England Steve James (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (21‑30 Mar 1992)
Q Rd 4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 10-4 England Shaun Mellish (a)  
Classic (1‑11 Jan 1992)
Rd 1 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-3 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (14‑27 Oct 1991)
Rd 3 England Ian Graham (a) 5-3 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Rd 2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-1 England Barry West (a) Head to head
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-4 England Malcolm Bradley (a)  
1990/1991
World Championship Qual (22 Mar - 1 Apr 1991)
Q Rd 5 England Ian Graham (a) 10-7 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Classic (1‑12 Jan 1991)
Rd 3 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) 5-2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Rd 2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-4 England David Roe (a)  
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-3 England Steve Longworth (a)  
Grand Prix (8‑21 Oct 1990)
Rd 3 England John Parrott (a) 5-2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
Rd 2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-3 Australia John Campbell (a)  
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-0 England Rex Williams (a)  
Shoot-Out (26‑28 Sep 1990)
Rd 2 England Neal Foulds (a) 78-0 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 73-39 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
1989/1990
Classic (2‑13 Jan 1990)
QF South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 5-4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Rd 3 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-1 England Martin Clark (a)  
Rd 2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-2 Scotland Stephen Hendry (a) Head to head
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-4 England Danny Fowler (a)  
Grand Prix (9‑22 Oct 1989)
Rd 1 England Tony Jones (a) 5-2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
1988/1989
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 1989)
Rd 1 England Jimmy White (a) 10-7 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Classic (1‑15 Jan 1989)
Rd 2 England Willie Thorne (a) 5-3 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-2 England Nigel Gilbert (a)  
Grand Prix (10‑23 Oct 1988)
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 5-0 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 5-4 England Dave Gilbert (a)  
1986/1987
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1987)
QF England Jimmy White (a) 13-6 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Rd 2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 13-5 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a)  
Rd 1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) 10-5 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
1985/1986
Grand Prix (19‑27 Oct 1985)
Rd 1 England Ray Edmonds (a) 5-2 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a)  
1984/1985
World Championship (12‑28 Apr 1985)
Rd 1 England David Taylor (a) 10-4 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (20‑28 Oct 1984)
Rd 1 England David Taylor (a) 5-1 New Zealand Dene O'Kane (a) Head to head