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David Taylor
	Taylor in 1968
Born	29 July 1943 (age 81); Bowdon, Cheshire, England
Sport country	England
Nickname	The Silver Fox
Professional	1968–1997
Highest ranking	7 (1981/82)
Best ranking finish	Runner-up (x1)

David Taylor (born 29 July 1943)^[2] is an English former professional snooker player. He won the World and English Amateur Championships in 1968, before the success of those wins encouraged him to turn professional. He was nicknamed "The Silver Fox" because of his prematurely grey hair.

Career

Taylor (left) with Alex Higgins at an exhibition at Queen's University Belfast, 1968

Taylor reached three major finals, but lost them all. The first was the 1978 UK Championship in 1978 (he lost to Doug Mountjoy 9–15). Then, in 1981, he lost to Steve Davis in the Yamaha Organs Trophy (later the British Open) 6–9, and he lost 6–9 to Tony Knowles in the 1982 Jameson International.^[2] The last of these was his only ranking event final; the others would be ranking events in the future but were not at the time he reached the final. In the quarter-finals of this event he beat the then World Champion, Steve Davis 5–3. Three times a defeated quarter-finalist, his best performance in the World Championship was at the 1980 event, when he lost to Cliff Thorburn 7–16 in the semi-final having beaten the number one seed and 6 times World Champion Ray Reardon 13–11 in the quarter-final. His only major tournament win was with Steve Davis and John Spencer during the 1981 State Express World Team Classic for the England team. He was a member of the elite Top 16 World Rankings for 10 consecutive years until the 1985/86 season, reaching a high of No 7 in the 1981/82 season.

He made a surprise return to enter the 2010 World Snooker Championship qualifying rounds, aged 66 but lost to Paul Wykes 1–5 in Match 2 on 26 February 2010.^[3]

Outside snooker

He was one of the two commentators during Steve Davis's first televised maximum break. After his career wound down he ran a hotel.

He currently runs a guest house with his wife in Little Bollington near Altrincham in Cheshire.

He was the first snooker player to pot all balls in the final round of BBC snooker gameshow Big Break.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1969/ 70	1970/ 71	1971/ 72	1972/ 73	1973/ 74	1974/ 75	1975/ 76	1976/ 77	1977/ 78	1978/ 79	1979/ 80	1980/ 81	1981/ 82	1982/ 83	1983/ 84	1984/ 85	1985/ 86	1986/ 87	1987/ 88	1988/ 89	1989/ 90	1990/ 91	1991/ 92	1992/ 93	1993/ 94	1994/ 95	1995/ 96	1996/ 97
Ranking^[4]	No ranking system							16	12	13	15	9	7	8	10	16	14	21	25	28	38	33	44	104	67	104	106	151
Ranking tournaments
Asian Classic^{[nb 1]}	Tournament Not Held																			NR	1R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Grand Prix^{[nb 2]}	Tournament Not Held													2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
UK Championship	Tournament Not Held								Non-Ranking Event							2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
German Open	Tournament Not Held																										LQ	A
Welsh Open	Tournament Not Held																						LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
International Open^{[nb 3]}	Tournament Not Held												NR	F	1R	2R	3R	3R	2R	3R	LQ	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
European Open	Tournament Not Held																			1R	2R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Thailand Open^{[nb 4]}	Tournament Not Held														Non-Ranking Event				Not Held		1R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
British Open^{[nb 5]}	Tournament Not Held										Non-Ranking Event					1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
World Championship	Non-Ranking Event				1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	SF	QF	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	Tournament Not Held					A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	A	A
Irish Masters^{[nb 6]}	Tournament Not Held					A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Matchroom League^{[nb 7]}	Tournament Not Held														RR	Not Held		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Canadian Masters^{[nb 8]}	Tournament Not Held					Non-Ranking							Tournament Not Held				Non-Ranking			2R	Tournament Not Held
Hong Kong Open^{[nb 9]}	Tournament Not Held										Non-Ranking Event									NH	1R	Tournament Not Held
Classic	Tournament Not Held										Non-Ranking Event				1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open	Tournament Not Held																						1R	Tournament Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Stratford Professional	NH	A	F	A	Tournament Not Held
Men of the Midlands	Not Held		RR	A	Tournament Not Held
World Championship	QF	A	QF	2R	Ranking Event
Norwich Union Open	Tournament Not Held				2R	A	Tournament Not Held
Watney Open	Tournament Not Held					1R	Tournament Not Held
Holsten Lager International	Tournament Not Held									QF	Tournament Not Held
International Open^{[nb 10]}	Tournament Not Held												QF	Ranking Event								Not Held		Ranking Event
Tolly Cobbold Classic	Tournament Not Held									A	A	A	QF	A	A	Tournament Not Held
Classic	Tournament Not Held										A	SF	QF	QF	Ranking Event
UK Championship	Tournament Not Held								2R	F	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	Ranking Event
British Open^{[nb 11]}	Tournament Not Held										RR	F	2R	2R	RR	Ranking Event
New Zealand Masters	Tournament Not Held															SF	Not Held			A	A	Tournament Not Held
Pot Black	A	RR	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	RR	A	1R	1R	1R	Tournament Not Held					A	A	A	Tournament Not Held
Australian Masters^{[nb 12]}	Tournament Not Held										A	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	A	A	NH	R	Tournament Not Held				A	A	NH
English Professional Championship	Tournament Not Held											2R	Not Held			QF	1R	2R	1R	1R	Tournament Not Held
Shoot-Out	Tournament Not Held																					1R	Tournament Not Held
World Masters	Tournament Not Held																					1R	Tournament Not Held

Performance Table Legend
LQ	lost in the qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)	QF	lost in the quarter-finals
SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament
DNQ	did not qualify for the tournament	A	did not participate in the tournament	WD	withdrew from the tournament

NH / Not Held				means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				means an event is/was a ranking event.

^ The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Dubai Classic (1989/1990 to 1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
^ The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/93–1983/1984)
^ The event was also called the Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
^ The event was also called the Thailand Masters (1983/1984–1986/1987) and the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993)
^ The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)
^ The event was also called the Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (1974/1975–1976/1977)
^ The event was also called the Professional Snooker League (1983/1984)
^ The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)
^ The event was also called the Australian Masters (1979/1980–1987/1988))
^ The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
^ The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)
^ The event was also called the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and Australian Open (1994/1995)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1982	International Open	Tony Knowles	6–9

Non-ranking finals: 4 (1 title)

Legend
UK Championship (0–1)
Other (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1971	Stratford Professional	John Spencer	2–5
Runner-up	2.	1978	UK Championship	Doug Mountjoy	9–15
Runner-up	3.	1981	Yamaha Organs Trophy	Steve Davis	6–9
Winner	1.	1988	WPBSA Invitational – Event 3	Steve Meakin	9–1

Team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team/partner	Opponent(s) in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1981	World Team Classic	England	Wales	4–3

Amateur finals: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1968	English Amateur Championship	Chris Ross	11–6
Winner	2.	1968	World Amateur Championship	Max Williams	8–7

References

^ Jackson, Jamie (3 May 2009). "Back to the 80s when we were all snooker loopy". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 162–165. ISBN 0356146901.
^ "Former world champions set for Crucible qualifying". BBC Sport. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

[5] The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Dubai Classic (1989/1990 to 1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)

[6] The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/93–1983/1984)

[7] The event was also called the Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)

[8] The event was also called the Thailand Masters (1983/1984–1986/1987) and the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993)

[9] The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)

[10] The event was also called the Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (1974/1975–1976/1977)

[11] The event was also called the Professional Snooker League (1983/1984)

[12] The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)

[13] The event was also called the Australian Masters (1979/1980–1987/1988))

[14] The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)

[15] The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)

[16] The event was also called the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and Australian Open (1994/1995)

[1] Jackson, Jamie (3 May 2009). "Back to the 80s when we were all snooker loopy". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

[87HALE-2] Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 162–165. ISBN 0356146901.

[3] "Former world champions set for Crucible qualifying". BBC Sport. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[Ranking_history-4] "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

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David Taylor (snooker player)

Career

Outside snooker

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1

Non-ranking finals: 4 (1 title)

Team finals: 1 (1 title)

Amateur finals: 2 (2 titles)

References

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