Allan Taylor (snooker player)

Allan Taylor
Born 28 November 1984
Liverpool
Sport country  England
Nickname Albino Assassin
Professional 2013–
Highest ranking 100 (March–April 2015)[1][2]
Current ranking 103 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £16,592[3]
Highest break 112 (2012 Gdynia Open, 2014 Lisbon Open)
Century breaks 5[3]
Best ranking finish Last 64 (2014 Australian Goldfields Open, 2015 Indian Open)

Allan Taylor (born 28 November 1984) is an English professional snooker player, who lives in Basildon, Essex. He used to work at a police station in Birkenhead, supporting the police force by studying CCTV footage.[4]

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.[5]

Career

Debut season

Taylor managed to win just two matches during the 2013/2014 season to end his first season on tour ranked world number 123.[6][7]

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.[8] Taylor finished 62nd on the European Order of Merit which has earned him one of the eight two-year tour cards on offer for non-qualified players.[9]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11		 2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[10][nb 1] UR UR UR UR[nb 2] 123
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking A LQ LQ
Australian Goldfields Open NH A LQ LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters A A A LQ LQ
International Championship Not Held A LQ LQ
UK Championship A A A 1R 1R
German Masters A A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A A 1R 1R
Indian Open Not Held LQ 1R
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 3] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A A LQ LQ
World Championship A A A LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
World Open A A A LQ NH
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.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the Indian Open 2015" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "World Rankings after the Players Championship 2015" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Career-total Statistics for Allan Taylor – Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Taylor Made For Q School". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Tour Players 2013/2014" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Allan Taylor 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Prize Money Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Allan Taylor 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "European Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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