 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Taylor akasvika mumakwikwi makuru matatu, asi akarasikirwa nawo ose. Yokutanga yaiva 1978 UK Championship muna 1978 akarasikirwa kuna Doug Mountjoy 915. Zvadaro, muna 1981, akarasikirwa naSteve Davis muYamaha Organs Trophy yakazozivikanwa seBritish Open 69, uye akarasikirwa ne69 kuna Tony Knowles muna 1982 Jameson International. Wokupedzisira waiva mutambo wake wokupedzisira; vamwe vaizova mitambo yokuronga munguva yemberi asi vakanga vasiri panguva yaakasvika kumagumo. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira emutambo uyu akakunda mukwikwidzi wepasi rose panguva iyoyo, Steve Davis 53. Katatu akakundwa mu quarter-finalist, kuita kwake kwakanakisisa muWorld Championship kwaiva pamusangano wa1980, apo akarasikirwa naCliff Thorburn 716 mumasemi-fainari mushure mekurova nhamba yekutanga mbeu uye 6 nguva World Champion Ray Reardon 1311 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira. Kukunda kwake chete mumakwikwi makuru kwaive naSteve Davis naJohn Spencer panguva ye1981 State Express World Team Classic yechikwata cheEngland. 