This article is about the snooker player. For other people, see Dennis Taylor (disambiguation).
Dennis Taylor
Taylor in 2004
Born
(1949-01-19) 19 January 1949 (age 75) Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Sport country
Northern Ireland
Professional
1972–2000
Highest ranking
2 (1979/1980)
Tournament wins
Ranking
2
World Champion
1985
Dennis Taylor (born 19 January 1949) is a Northern Irish retired professional snooker player and current commentator. In the 1985 World Snooker Championship final, against defending champion Steve Davis, Taylor lost the first eight frames, but recovered to win 18–17 in a duel on the last black ball. The final's conclusion attracted 18.5 million viewers, setting UK viewership records for any post-midnight broadcast and for any broadcast on BBC Two that still stand.
Taylor had previously been runner-up at the 1979 World Snooker Championship, where he lost the final 16–24 to Terry Griffiths. His highest world ranking came in 1979–1980, when he was second. He won one other ranking title at the 1984 Grand Prix, where he defeated Cliff Thorburn 10–2 in the final, and also won the invitational 1987 Masters, defeating Alex Higgins 9–8 in the final. He made the highest break of his career at the 1987 Carling Challenge, a 141.
Beginning in 1983, Taylor wore glasses designed by Jack Karnehm specifically for playing snooker, which were often described as looking upside-down. Since retiring from the main professional tour in 2000, he has been a regular commentator on BBC snooker broadcasts. He competed on the World Seniors Tour until he announced the end of his competitive playing career in 2021, aged 72. Outside snooker, he appeared on the third series of Strictly Come Dancing, finishing eighth alongside dance partner Izabela Hannah.
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number one ranking for seven consecutive seasons. He was runner-up to DennisTaylor in one of snooker's most famous matches, the 1985 World Championship...
won the World Doubles Championship with White in 1984 and played with DennisTaylor and Eugene Hughes on the all-Ireland team that won the World Cup three...
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major tournament on the professional snooker circuit, Thorburn defeated DennisTaylor 9–8 in the first round then lost 15–16 to Williams in the second round...
and Mike Hallett won the 1987 World Doubles Championship, defeating DennisTaylor and Cliff Thorburn 12–6 in the final. He reached the quarter-finals...
before eventually winning the match 19–17 at 1.40 am. He then beat DennisTaylor 24–16 in the final, winning the record first prize of £10,000. Canadian...
morning to watch the conclusion of the World Championship final between DennisTaylor and Steve Davis, a record viewership in the UK for any broadcast on...
was eliminated in the quarter-finals after losing 8–13 to DennisTaylor. Griffiths met Taylor in the final, which was a best-of-47-frame match. Griffiths...
the time). En route to the final, he beat Tony Meo, Steve Davis and DennisTaylor. He overcame the reigning world champion Terry Griffiths in the final...
Griffiths beat Werbeniuk 13–5. DennisTaylor led Parrott 11–7, before Parrott won four frames in a row to level at 11–11. Taylor, who was the more consistent...
Mans was defeated by DennisTaylor 15–12. Mans was down by two frames after the first session, but recovered to 7–7, before Taylor pulled ahead in the...
champions Ken Doherty, Stephen Hendry, John Parrott, Joe Johnson and DennisTaylor were among the invited players. COVID-19 travel restrictions meant that...
Snooker Championship. He reached the final of the event where he defeated DennisTaylor by 24 frames to 16. This was only the second time a qualifier had won...
Hearn's management (along with Davis, Terry Griffiths, Willie Thorne and DennisTaylor) who appeared on "Snooker Loopy", a hit single about the game recorded...
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