Having lost his professional status at the end of the 1996/1997 season, Giles entered ten qualifying events to regain it for the following season, and was successful. However, he dropped off the tour once more in 1999, aged 29. Giles' last professional match was another against Dodd, in the 1999 World Championship; on this occasion, Dodd won their third-round qualifying encounter 10–8.