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Dennis Taylor

Nationality: Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland); Male; Born: 19 Jan 1949 (75 years)
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1972; Last season as pro: 1999; Ranking wins: 2;

Twitter: @dennistaylor147; Other sources: CueTracker
2020/2021
World Seniors Championship (6-9 May 2021)
Rd 1 England Barry Pinches 3-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)   Details 

This was Taylor's last competitive match.

2019/2020
World Seniors Championship (19-22 Aug 2020)
Rd 1 Ireland Michael Judge (a) 4-1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)   Details 
UK Seniors Championship (24-25 Oct 2019)
Rd 1 Ireland Rodney Goggins (a) 3-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  

Goggins made a break of 100 in the 3rd frame

World Seniors Championship (15-18 Aug 2019)
Rd 2 England Stuart Watson (a) 3-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
2018/2019
Seniors Irish Masters (5-6 Jan 2019)
QF England Joe Johnson (a) 3-1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
UK Seniors Championship (24-25 Oct 2018)
Rd 1 Thailand Suchakree Poomjang (a) 3-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
2017/2018
Seniors Masters (12 Apr 2018)
QF England Johnathan Bagley (a) 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
World Seniors (21-24 Mar 2018)
Rd 1 Jersey Aaron Canavan (a) 3-1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
Seniors Irish Masters (6-7 Jan 2018)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 3-1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
UK Seniors (23-26 Oct 2017)
Rd 1 England Les Dodd (a) 3-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
2016/2017
World Seniors (22-24 Mar 2017)
QF England Peter Lines (a) 3-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) [4]  
2014/2015
World Seniors (2-3 Mar 2015)
Rd 1 Wales Darren Morgan (a) 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)   Details 

78-0, 55-43

2013/2014
World Seniors Championship (19-20 Oct 2013)
Rd 1 England Steve Davis 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head Details 

94 by Davis

2012/2013
World Seniors Championship (27-28 Oct 2012)
Rd 1 England Nigel Bond 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head Details 
2011/2012
World Seniors Championship (5-6 Nov 2011)
QF England Jimmy White 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 2-0 England Nigel Bond Head to head Details 
2010/2011
Hainan Classic, C (10-11 Mar 2011)
Grp England Ali Carter 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
Grp China Tian Pengfei (a) 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
Grp England Shaun Murphy 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
World Seniors Championship (5-7 Nov 2010)
QF England John Parrott (a) 2-0 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1999/2000
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 2000)
Q Rd 1 England Sean Lanigan (a) 10-8 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
1998/1999
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 1999)
Q Rd 4 England Nick Walker (a) 10-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
1997/1998
World Championship Qual (2 Jan - 22 Mar 1998)
Q Rd 5 England Gary Ponting (a) 10-6 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
1996/1997
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 25 Mar 1997)
Q Rd 8 Wales Lee Walker (a) 10-7 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
1995/1996
World Championship Qual (1 Jan - 22 Mar 1996)
Q Rd 4 England Rod Lawler (a) 10-5 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
1994/1995
World Championship Qual (4-20 Jan 1995)
Q Rd 4 Wales Anthony Davies (a) 10-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
1993/1994
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1994)
Rd 1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 10-6 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
Taylor made his final appearance at the World Championship.
Masters (6-13 Feb 1994)
QF England Neal Foulds (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-0 England Willie Thorne (a) Head to head
1992/1993
World Championship (17 Apr - 3 May 1993)
QF England Jimmy White (a) 13-8 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-11 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) Head to head
record for the longest best-of-25-frames match in professional play at almost 800 minutes
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 10-9 Malta Tony Drago (a) Head to head
Masters (7-14 Feb 1993)
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1991/1992
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1992)
Rd 1 Ireland Mick Price (a) 10-6 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  

This was Price's first time at the crucible.

Masters (2-9 Feb 1992)
Rd 1 England Steve Davis (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
World Seniors Championship (18-22 Sep 1991)
SF Australia Eddie Charlton (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
QF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 Wales Colin Roscoe (a)  
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 India Michael Ferreira (a)  
1990/1991
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1991)
QF England Steve Davis (a) 13-7 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-8 England Tony Jones (a)  
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 10-6 England Joe Johnson (a) Head to head
Johnson's last Crucible appearance
Masters (3-10 Feb 1991)
Rd 1 Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Shoot-Out (26-28 Sep 1990)
Rd 1 Scotland Murdo MacLeod (a) 67-43 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
1989/1990
World Championship (13-29 Apr 1990)
Rd 1 England Neal Foulds (a) 10-8 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Masters (4-11 Feb 1990)
Rd 1 England Willie Thorne (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1988/1989
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 1989)
Rd 2 England John Parrott (a) 13-10 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 10-3 Ireland Eugene Hughes (a)  
Masters (21-29 Jan 1989)
Rd 1 England John Parrott (a) 5-1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1987/1988
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1988)
Rd 2 Malta Tony Drago (a) 13-5 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 10-8 Canada Bill Werbeniuk (a)  
This was Werbeniuk's last appearance at the World Snooker Championship finals.
Masters (24-31 Jan 1988)
Rd 1 England Mike Hallett (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1986/1987
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1987)
Rd 2 England Neal Foulds (a) 13-10 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 10-4 England Mark Bennett (a)  
Masters (25 Jan - 1 Feb 1987)
Final Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 9-8 Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) Head to head
Taylor trailed 5-8.

63-37, 16-89 (56), 49-69, 89-41, 69-33 (65), 48-74, 73-11, 60-40 (60), 22-66, 53-30, 0-113 (98), 63-77, 25-92 (88), 61-50, 118-9 (74), 50-40, 82-0

Referee: John Smyth

SF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 6-5 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
QF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-3 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 England Neal Foulds (a) Head to head
1985/1986
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1986)
Rd 1 England Mike Hallett (a) 10-6 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Masters (26 Jan - 2 Feb 1986)
QF England Jimmy White 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 5-2 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
1984/1985
World Championship (12-28 Apr 1985)
Final Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 18-17 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
Davis won all seven frames of the opening session to lead 7�0.

The final between Davis and Taylor attracted 18.5 million viewers on BBC2, the programme finishing at 12:23 a.m. after Taylor had won the title. The viewership was the highest for any broadcast after midnight in the United Kingdom, and the most-viewed show on BBC2. The match became known as "the black ball final".

Session 1:
88-50 (SD 50); 93-0 (87); 49-2; 65-38; 95-1 (55); 85-6 (66); 83-20 (58);

Session 2:
121-0 (64, 57); 49-59; 76-27 (57); 48-63; 27-75 (61); 19-99 (98); 1-71 (70); 0-100 (56); 48-77;

Session 3:
25-68 (53); 72-43; 66-58; 45-80; 2-73 (57); 1-80 (55); 64-56; 58-46;

Session 4:
86-13 (86); 43-82 (61); 78-17 (66); 29-84 (70); 4-72 (57); 29-83 (79); 66-6; 81-0; 47-75; 24-71 (57); 62-66

Referee: John Williams

SF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 16-5 England Tony Knowles (a) Head to head
Knowles led 2-0.
QF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-5 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-6 Australia Eddie Charlton (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 10-2 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
Masters (27 Jan - 3 Feb 1985)
Rd 1 Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1983/1984
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 1984)
SF England Steve Davis (a) 16-9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
QF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-8 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-11 England John Parrott (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 10-1 England Joe Johnson (a) Head to head
Johnson's 1st time at the Crucible
Masters (22-29 Jan 1984)
Rd 1 England Tony Knowles (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1982/1983
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1983)
Rd 2 England Steve Davis (a) 13-11 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 10-9 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) Head to head
1981/1982
World Championship (30 Apr - 16 May 1982)
Rd 1 South Africa Silvino Francisco (a) 10-7 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Dennis Taylor had lost one of his contact lenses the previous week and played without eyewear.
Masters (26-31 Jan 1982)
Rd 1 Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1980/1981
World Championship (7-20 Apr 1981)
QF Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) 13-8 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Rd 2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-11 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) Head to head
Stevens had been unable to use the practice table at the venue before the match because it was being used to record a programme for a television broadcast.
Masters (2-8 Feb 1981)
Rd 1 England John Spencer (a) 5-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Champion of Champions Group B (2-11 Oct 1980)
Grp Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Grp Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 9-0 Canada Kirk Stevens (a) Head to head
Grp England John Virgo (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Grp England Steve Davis (a) 5-4 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1979/1980
World Championship (22-5 May 1980)
Rd 2 Canada Jim Wych (a) 13-10 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
Masters (6-10 Feb 1980)
QF Wales Ray Reardon (a) 5-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1978/1979
World Championship (16-28 Apr 1979)
Final Wales Terry Griffiths (a) 24-16 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
Griffiths miscued three times in four shots during the first frame, but won it on the final pink.
The match were close until 17-16.

67-51, 63-54, 37-66, 75-49 (56), 120-9 (120), 106-24, 66-71 (71, 66), 1-91, 45-64, 84-38, 22-66 (57), 60-10, 3-97 (69), 57-66, 89-40, 42-66, 32-83 (70), 69-49, 22-86, 16-92 (92), 94-31, 85-35, 12-84, 76-41 (51), 4-90 (84), 36-66, 94-15, 59-22, 54-67, 73-27, 60-53, 127-2 (64), 51-62, 67-24, 115-5 (71), 104-1, 77-16, 84-43, 117-0 (50+), 92-16 (56)

Referee: John Williams

SF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 19-12 England John Virgo (a) Head to head
QF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-8 Wales Ray Reardon (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-11 England Steve Davis (a) Head to head
1977/1978
World Championship (17-29 Apr 1978)
Rd 1 England Fred Davis (a) 13-9 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)  
Masters (6-10 Feb 1978)
QF Northern Ireland Alex Higgins (a) 4-3 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1976/1977
World Championship (18-30 Apr 1977)
SF Canada Cliff Thorburn (a) 18-16 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
QF Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-11 Wales Doug Mountjoy (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) 13-11 South Africa Perrie Mans (a)  
Masters (7-11 Feb 1977)
Rd 1 England John Spencer (a) 4-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a) Head to head
1975/1976
Masters (26-30 Jan 1976)
Rd 1 England John Pulman (a) 4-2 Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor (a)