World Ranking: 13
Provisional Ranking: 24
Date Of Birth: 12/05/77
World Championship best: Last 16 - 2002, 2003

The dogged Scot held on to his top-16 spot by the skin of his teeth last season, but this year he is unlikely to be so fortunate.

Early exits have been the norm this term, although Dott did reach the quarter-finals in Dublin recently where Paul Hunter was among his victims.

He took Ken Doherty the distance at the Crucible last year as his bid to reach the last eight for the first time fell just short.

He has a televised 147 among his career highlights and will need to discover similar form to go well here.

He faces a tough opener against the in-form Mark King and will do well to get past that one given his own troubles in 2004.