Allan Taylor (snooker player)
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| Born |
28 November 1984 Liverpool, Merseyside |
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| Sport country |
 England
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| Nickname | Albino Assassin |
| Professional | 2013– |
| Highest ranking | 84 (November 2016) |
| Current ranking | 94 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £40,329 |
| Highest break | 133 (2016 Welsh Open) |
| Century breaks | 11 |
| Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2017 Gibraltar 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.
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.
Taylor managed to win just two matches during the 2013/2014 season to end his first season on tour ranked world number 123.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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