1985 World Snooker Championship final the 1985 match to win the championship. BBC Two aired a one-hour documentary on the final, "Davis v Taylor: The '85 Black Ball Final", presented by Colin Murray, after the conclusion of the coverage of the 2010 final. 1985 World Snooker Championship final The 1985 World Snooker Championship final, commonly known as the black ball final, was a snooker match played on the weekend of 27/28 April 1985 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was contested between defending World Champion Steve Davis and Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor, appearing in his second final. Taylor produced a determined comeback to
2002 World Snooker Championship in 2007 and superseded in 2009. The highest break of the tournament was 145, made by Matthew Stevens during his quarter-final match against Higgins. This was just the second time that the highest break of the tournament was 145, after Doug Mountjoy's in 1981. Hendry made 16 century breaks during the tournament, the record for most centuries at a ranking event. 2002 World Snooker Championship The 2002 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2002 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 April and 6 May