Allan Taylor (snooker player)

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Allan Taylor
Allan Taylor PHC 2014-3.jpg
Paul Hunter Classic 2014
Born (1984-11-28) 28 November 1984 (age 39)
Liverpool, Merseyside
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
NicknameAlbino Assassin [1]
Professional2013–2019, 2020–present
Highest ranking 73 (November 2018)
Current ranking 100 (as of 8 September 2024)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (x12)

Allan Taylor (born 28 November 1984) is an English professional snooker player, who comes from Basildon, Essex but resides in Southend. He used to work at a police station in Birkenhead, supporting the police force by studying CCTV footage. [2]

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Taylor turned professional in 2013 after being the sixth highest ranked amateur on the PTC Order of Merit, winning a tour card for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. [3] He then remained on tour until 2019, however upon finishing outside the top 64 he lost his tour card and was unable to re-qualify for the tour through the 2019 Q School. He practices and prepares in St Mary's Mens Club.

Career

Debut season

Taylor won just two matches during the 2013–14 season to end his first season on tour ranked world number 123. [4] [5]

2014/2015 season

Taylor lost 6–2 to Anthony McGill in the first round of the UK Championship. A few weeks later he beat Michael Holt 4–3 to qualify for the Indian Open, where he was defeated 4–3 by Li Hang in the first round. [6] At the end of the season Taylor was the world number 107 which would have seen him lose his place on the tour, however he finished 62nd on the European Order of Merit which earned him one of the eight two-year cards on offer for non-qualified players. [7] [8]

2015/2016 season

A 5–2 win over Simon Dent and successive last frame deciders against Stuart Carrington and Li Hang saw Taylor reach the final qualifying round for the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open in which he made a 132 break against Mark King, but lost 5–4. [9] [10] He could not win another match until February when, at the Welsh Open, he tasted victory at the venue stage of a ranking event for the first time in his career by defeating Oliver Lines 4–1. Taylor lost 4–2 to Anthony Hamilton in the second round. [10]

2016/2017 season

Taylor qualified for the 2016 Riga Masters, World Open and Indian Open, but was knocked out in the first round of each. He lost in the second round of the Northern Ireland Open and Welsh Open 4–2 to Li Hang and 4–1 to Robin Hull respectively. At the Gibraltar Open, Taylor advanced to the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time with wins over Saqib Nasir and Elliot Slessor. He moved 3–2 ahead of Shaun Murphy, but would be defeated 4–3. [11] [12] Taylor needed to come through the 2017 Q School to remain on tour as he lost his spot at the end of the season, due to his world ranking of 86. [13] In the last 16 of the first event he needed a snooker when 3–2 down to Daniel Ward. He got it when Ward went in-off and made a 96 in the deciding frame, before whitewashing Sean O'Sullivan 4–0 to earn a new two-year tour card. [14]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2015/
16 		2016/
17 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2019/
20 		2020/
21 		2021/
22 		2022/
23 		2023/
24 		2024/
25
Ranking [15] [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 123 [nb 4] 111 [nb 5] 78 [nb 2] [nb 3] 77 [nb 6] 81 [nb 5]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR RR RR RR
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldLQ
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 3R
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R 2R A 3R WDLQ 1R 1R
British Open Tournament Not Held 3R LQLQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not HeldLQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 2R 1R 1R A 3R 1R LQLQ
International Championship Not HeldALQLQLQLQLQLQANot HeldLQ
UK Championship AAA 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R LQLQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking Event 2R 3R 3R A 3R 3R 1R 1R
Scottish Open Not HeldMRNot Held 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1R 1R LQ
German Masters AAALQLQLQLQLQLQALQLQLQLQ
Welsh Open AAA 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 1R 1R LQ 1R
World Open AAALQNot Held 1R 2R LQANot HeldLQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Players Championship [nb 7] DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship AAALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-RankingALQLQTournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open NHALQLQLQLQTournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters AAALQLQLQLQLQNon-RankingNot HeldNon-Ranking
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 1R 1R 2R NRTournament Not Held
Indian Open Not HeldLQ 1R NH 1R LQLQTournament Not Held
China Open AAALQLQLQ 1R LQLQTournament Not Held
Riga Masters [nb 8] Tournament Not HeldMinor-Rank 1R LQLQ 1R Tournament Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not HeldNR 2R 1R ATournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not HeldLQNot Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not HeldMR 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 2R Not Held
European Masters Tournament Not HeldLQLQ 2R A 3R LQA 2R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship ANHAAAAAAAANot HeldLQNot Held
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 1 2 3 4 He was an amateur
  3. 1 2 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. ↑ Players qualified through European Tour Order of Merit started the season without prize money ranking points
  5. 1 2 Players qualified through Q School started the season without prize money ranking points
  6. ↑ Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points
  7. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)
  8. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 2 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1. 2020 Challenge Tour – Event 5 Flag of Scotland.svg Michael Collumb 3–1
Winner2. 2020 Challenge Tour – Playoffs Flag of England.svg Adam Duffy 4–0

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  2. ↑ "Taylor Made For Q School". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Tour Players 2013/2014" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Allan Taylor 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Prize Money Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Allan Taylor 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "European Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "World Rankings After 2015 World Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Mark King v Allan Taylor". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Allan Taylor 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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  13. ↑ "Rankings 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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  15. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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