1985年世界斯诺克锦标赛决赛：修订间差异

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[[世界斯诺克锦标赛]]是[[1927年世界斯诺克锦标赛|1927年]]首度举办的职业[[斯诺克]]比赛，[[1969年世界斯诺克锦标赛|1969年]]开始成为年度赛事<ref name="hC6vY">{{cite news | title = Snooker championship | work = Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer | date = 1927-05-11 | access-date = 2019-05-12 | via = British Newspaper Archive | url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19270511/425/0020}}{{Subscription required}}</ref><ref name="World Snooker list">{{cite web | title = History of the World Snooker Championship | url = http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/BetfredcomWorldChampionshipTournamentsArticle/0,,13165~2306123,00.html | work = worldsnooker.com | publisher = World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association | access-date = 2013-10-29 | archive-date = 2013-10-29 | dead-url = yes | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195714/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/BetfredcomWorldChampionshipTournamentsArticle/0,,13165~2306123,00.html}}</ref><ref name="snookerscene">{{cite web | title = Embassy World Championship | url = http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 | access-date = 2013-01-24 | dead-url = yes | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071753/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 | publisher = Snooker Scene | archive-date = 2013-01-24}}</ref>。[[1985年世界斯诺克锦标赛]]决赛是1984至1985年斯诺克赛季[[斯诺克职业选手世界排名|世界排名]]的最后一战，属全季最高潮。比赛共有32人参加，其中16名[[种子 (体育运动)|种子选手]]，16人经赛前资格赛打入。<ref name="BH3">{{cite book | last = Everton | first = Clive | author-link = 克里夫·艾佛顿 | year = 1986 | title = Benson and Hedges Snooker Year | location = Aylesbury | publisher = Pelham Books | isbn = 0863691668 | page = 9 | edition = Third}}</ref>每场比赛至少有十余局，决赛是35局18胜制，分成四场<ref name="87HALE">{{cite book | last = Hale | first = Janice | year = 1988 | title = Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 | location = Aylesbury | publisher = Queen Anne Press | pages = 260–261 | isbn = 0-356-14690-1}}</ref><ref name="87HALEA">{{cite book | last = Hale | first = Janice | year = 1988 | title = Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 | location = Aylesbury | publisher = Queen Anne Press | pages = 6–8 | isbn = 0-356-14690-1}}</ref>。本场决赛已是[[英国广播公司]]连续第八年直播<ref name="news_BBCS">{{Cite web | title = BBC sports host David Vine dies | work = BBC Sport | date = 2009-01-23 | access-date = 2021-02-14 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/7824275.stm | archive-date = 2020-12-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201201185653/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/7824275.stm | dead-url = no}}</ref>，冠军奖金六万英镑（{{inflation|UK|60,000|1985|fmt=eq}}英镑），创下斯诺克比赛新纪录<ref name="EVERTONG">{{cite book | last = Everton | first = Clive | year = 1985 | title = Guinness Snooker – The Records | publisher = Guinness Superlatives Ltd | pages = 86–87 | isbn = 0851124488}}</ref>。

[[史蒂夫·戴维斯]]是[[斯诺克世界排名第一选手]]，在第一轮以十比八战胜[[尼尔·富尔兹]]（{{lang|en|Neal Foulds}}）晋级，此后连战连胜直到决赛，而且每局领先幅度都超过第一轮<ref name="book_Inte">{{Cite book | title = Interesting: My Autobiography | last = Davis | first = Steve | date = 2015-04-09 | access-date = 2021-02-14 | url = https://books.google.com.tw/books?id=VwTIBQAAQBAJ&q=dennis+taylor+autobiography&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=dennis%20taylor%20autobiography&f=false | isbn = 9781473502482 | archive-date = 2021-01-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210110174537/https://books.google.com/books?id=VwTIBQAAQBAJ&q=dennis+taylor+autobiography | dead-url = no}}</ref>。他的第二场比赛对手是[[大卫·泰勒]]（{{lang|en|David Taylor}}），期间至少领先三局，最后八局七次获胜，以13比4轻取对手<ref name="book_Inte" /><ref name="tneTs">{{cite news | title = Davis smoothly into last eight | last = Everton | first = Clive |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=19 April 1985 |page=24}}</ref>。戴维斯在八强赛遇到[[泰瑞·格里菲斯]]时首度落后，格里菲斯先赢四局，但戴维斯马上连追四局扳平比分<ref name="K2Lv9">{{cite news | title = Parrott fashions overnight lead | last = Everton | first = Clive | newspaper = The Guardian | location = London | date = 1985-04-23 | page = 26}}</ref>。接下来八局戴维斯又拿下六局，以十比六反超，并以13比6拿下对手<ref name="DAVGRIFF">{{cite magazine | title = Embassy World Championship | magazine = Snooker Scene | publisher = Everton's News Agency | location = Birmingham | date = 1985-06 | pages = 15–17}}</ref><ref name="prizebarrier">{{cite news | title = Davis in mood to break prize barrier | last = Everton | first = Clive | newspaper = The Guardian | location = London | date = 1985-04-24 | page = 26}}</ref>。半决赛原定四场，但戴维斯只用三场就以16比5轻取[[雷·里尔顿]]<ref name="Taylor-ed">{{cite news | title = Victory Taylor-ed for Davis | last = Everton | first = Clive | newspaper = The Guardian | location = London | date = 1985-04-27 | page = 14}}</ref><ref name="book_TheC">{{Cite book | title = The Crucible's Greatest Matches: Forty Years of Snooker's World Championship in Sheffield | year = 2017 | isbn = 978-1-78531-284-7 | last = Nunns | first = Hector | publisher = Pitch Publishing}}</ref>。

[[丹尼斯·泰勒]]世界排名第11<ref name="CrucibleDiary">{{cite news | title = Crucible Diary | work = Snooker Scene | date = 1985-06-20 | last = Hale | first = Janice}}</ref>，开赛后就以八比一领先[[西尔维诺·弗朗西斯科]]（{{lang|en|Silvino Francisco}}），并以十比二取胜<ref name="Fallenhero">{{cite news | title = Francisco now the fallen star | last = Everton | first = Clive | newspaper = The Guardian | location = London | date = 1985-04-16 | page = 26}}</ref><ref name="Francisco">{{cite news | title = Cue for a throng | last = Pithers | first = Malcolm | newspaper = The Guardian | location = London | date = 1985-04-16 | page = 21}}</ref>；第二轮又以13比6拿下[[埃迪·查尔顿]]（{{lang|en|Eddie Charlton}}）<ref name="1N3sM">{{cite web | title = Embassy World Championship | url = http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071753/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 | archive-date = 2013-01-24 | work = Snooker Scene | access-date = 2013-01-24}}</ref>。泰勒与[[克里夫·索本]]对抗的八强赛节奏缓慢<ref name="K2Lv9" />，花费九个多小时打完前两场后以十比五领先，第三场连胜三局以13比5胜出<ref name="prizebarrier" />。泰勒在半决赛前两局不敌[[托尼·诺尔斯]]（{{lang|en|Tony Knowles}}），接下来19局共拿下16局，像戴维斯一样以16比5进入决赛<ref name="book_TheC" /><ref name="Throwncue">{{cite book | title = Crucible Diary | work = Snooker Scene | publisher = Everton's News Agency | location = Birmingham | date = 1985-06-20 | page = 19}}</ref>。

1985年4月27日，决赛在英格兰[[谢菲尔德]][[克鲁西布剧院]]举行并持续到29日凌晨<ref name="BBC 1985 bbf">{{cite news | title = 1985: The black ball final | access-date = 2021-02-14 | archive-date = 2021-01-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210107024925/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2953933.stm | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2953933.stm | work = BBC Sport | date = 2003-04-18 | dead-url = no}}</ref>。戴维斯是比赛的卫冕冠军<ref name="1984f" />，曾在[[1984年斯诺克世界锦标赛|1984年世锦赛]]半决赛以16比9击败泰勒<ref name="DAVUND">{{cite news | last = Friskin | first = Sydney | title = Davis undermines White's confidence | newspaper = The Times | page = 16 | date = 1984-05-07}}</ref><ref name="WWU">{{cite news | last = Hale | first = Janice | date = 1984-05-06 | title = White wakes up the Crucible | newspaper = The Observer | page = 35}}</ref>。两人过去九度交手，泰勒只赢过一次<ref>{{cite book | isbn = 9781840188721 | title = Masters of the Baize | last1 = Williams | first1 = Luke | last2 = Gadsby | first2 = Paul | year = 2005}}</ref>。戴维斯曾获[[1981年世界斯诺克锦标赛|1981]]、[[1983年世界斯诺克锦标赛|1983]]和[[1984年世界斯诺克锦标赛|1984年]]世锦赛冠军，这是他第四次打入决赛<ref name="1984f">{{Cite web | title = 1984: Davis outshines White | work = BBC Sport | access-date = 2021-02-14 | archive-date = 2021-01-07 | dead-url = no | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2953919.stm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210107024947/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2953919.stm}}</ref>。泰勒是第二次闯进决赛，上次是[[1979年世界斯诺克锦标赛|1979年]]以16比24不敌格里菲斯<ref name="IqRnD">{{Cite web | title = 1979: Griffiths creates miracle | work = BBC Sport | access-date = 2021-02-14 | dead-url = no | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2953771.stm | archive-date = 2021-02-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210107024923/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2953771.stm}}</ref><ref name="Than and Now: Griffiths">{{cite web | title = Then and Now: Terry Griffiths | dead-url = yes | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121007052303/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/04022010/58/terry-griffiths.html | url = http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/04022010/58/terry-griffiths.html | publisher = Eurosport UK | access-date = 2012-10-07 | archive-date = 2012-10-07}}</ref>。戴维斯此前从未在排名赛决赛失手<ref>{{cite book | isbn = 9780851123646 | title = Snooker Records, Facts and Champions | last = Thompson | first = Ian | year = 1989 | publisher = Gullane Children's Books}}</ref>。

1985年决赛开局后泰勒先单杆拿到50分，但戴维斯很快反超，在第一场七局比赛大获全胜，第二场又拿下第一局，以八比零领先<ref name="BBC 1985 bbf" />。第九局戴维斯在绿球失手，泰勒打进粉球扳回一局<ref name="Taylor snatches final">{{Cite web | last = Phillips-Knight | first = Rob | title = Taylor snatches the 'black-ball final' | publisher = ESPN | access-date = 2021-02-14 | url = http://en.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/19916.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201104080458/http://en.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/19916.html | archive-date = 2020-11-04 | dead-url = no}}</ref>。接下来七局泰勒赢得六局，并以单杆98分创下决赛纪录，虽然还是落后，但比分已追到七比九<ref name="BBC 1985 bbf" /><ref name="The greatest Crucible final" />。第二天戴维斯在第三场先赢两盘以11比8领先，但又被追到11平<ref name="BBC 1985 bbf" /><ref name="The greatest Crucible final" />。接下来两局戴维斯都凭最后打进黑球获胜，以13比11再度领先<ref name="BBC 1985 bbf" />。此后六局泰勒拿下四局，比分变成15平<ref name="The greatest Crucible final" />。戴维斯再下两局，以17比15拿到赛点<ref name="The greatest Crucible final" />，但泰勒又在第33局以微弱优势取胜，第34局单杆打出57分追成17平，双方需在第35局一定乾坤<ref name="BBC 1985 bbf" />。

第35局是决胜局，共持续68分钟<ref name="BBC 1985 bbf" /><ref name="The greatest Crucible final">{{cite web | title = April 29 down the years: The greatest Crucible final | url = http://en.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/135.html | publisher = ESPN | access-date = 2021-02-14 | dead-url = no | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201107084214/http://en.espn.co.uk/onthisday/sport/story/135.html | archive-date = 2020-11-07}}</ref>。戴维斯以62比44领先，台面上只剩下共22分的四个彩色球<ref name="The greatest Crucible final" />。戴维斯在棕球失手，泰勒接手后先把棕球打入球台另一头的角袋，再慢推母球将蓝球切入，然后从[[撞球术语列表#颗星|库]]边打进粉球<ref name="Snooker Scene">{{cite magazine | title = Taylor's Desert Island frame | magazine = Snooker Scene | publisher = Everton's News Agency | location = Birmingham | date = 1985-06 | pages = 20–21}}</ref>。此前泰勒以59比62落后三分，台上只剩七分的黑球<ref name="Snooker Scene" />。

泰勒把黑球灌入角袋后将球杆举过头并晃动手指庆祝<ref name="BBC 1985 bbf" />，他在2009年接受采访时称，当时是在向鼓励他肯定能赢的“好伙伴”[[特雷弗·伊斯特]]（{{lang|en|Trevor East}}）致敬<ref name="inde_Grea">{{Cite web | title = Great Sporting Moments: Dennis Taylor defeats Steve Davis 18–17 at the Crucible | newspaper = The Independent | location = London | date = 2009-07-12 | access-date = 2021-02-14 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/great-sporting-moments-dennis-taylor-defeats-steve-davis-18-17-at-the-crucible-1741225.html | archive-date = 2021-02-08 | dead-url = no | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210208184524/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/great-sporting-moments-dennis-taylor-defeats-steve-davis-18-17-at-the-crucible-1741225.html}}</ref>。戴维斯赛后接受[[大卫·维恩]]（{{lang|en|David Vine}}）采访时表示，自己输得“心服口服”<ref name="Taylor snatches final" />，泰勒自认这是他一生最重要的比赛<ref name="BBCmedia">{{Cite AV media | title = The '85 Black Ball Final: Final Frame | work = BBC iPlayer | access-date = 2021-02-14 | archive-date = 2020-11-27 | dead-url = no | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p03gxy98/the-85-black-ball-final-final-frame | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201127072128/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p03gxy98/the-85-black-ball-final-final-frame}}</ref>。泰勒认为八强赛遇到的索本是“世界最强硬球手”，戴维斯是“世界最佳球手”，能打败这两位选手，他自认是“今年世界最佳球手”<ref name="BBCmedia" />。

下表列出决赛数据，括弧内代表该局单杆最高分，获胜得分旁边附有{{dagger}}符号<ref name="EVERTONG" /><ref name="Seeding">{{cite web | location = Birmingham | access-date = 2013-01-24 | title = Embassy World Championship | url = http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 | dead-url = yes | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071753/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=36 | archive-date = 2013-01-24 | work = Snooker Scene | publisher = Everton's News Agency}}</ref><ref name="1aruF">{{cite book | last = Downer | first = Chris | title = Crucible Almanac | year = 2012 | pages = 20–21}}</ref>

| colspan="4" align="right" | [[史蒂夫·戴维斯]] (1)<br/>英格兰

| colspan="4" align="left" | [[丹尼斯·泰勒]]（11）<br/>北爱尔兰

|colspan="12" align="center"|丹尼斯·泰勒赢得1985年[[世界斯诺克锦标赛]]冠军<br/>{{dagger}} = 该局胜出

球员和球迷把1985年决赛称为斯诺克史上名赛<ref name="spor_Cruc">{{Cite web | title = Crucible champions: Part one of Nick Metcalfe's look at World Snooker Championship winners | last = Metcalf | first = Nick | archive-date = 2020-11-22 | dead-url = no | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122222915/https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/crucible-champions-part-one/179242 | url = https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/crucible-champions-part-one/179242 | date = 2020-07-21 | access-date = 2021-02-14 | work = Sporting Life | publisher = Hestview}}</ref><ref name="euro_Snoo">{{Cite web | title = Snooker news – All-time top 10 : What are the greatest Crucible finals? O'Sullivan, Trump, Davis | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210110174435/https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2019-2020/snooker-news-all-time-top-10-what-are-the-greatest-crucible-finals-o-sullivan-trump-davis_sto7730798/story.shtml | work = Eurosport | access-date = 2021-02-14 | archive-date = 2021-01-10 | dead-url = no | url = https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2019-2020/snooker-news-all-time-top-10-what-are-the-greatest-crucible-finals-o-sullivan-trump-davis_sto7730798/story.shtml | quote = Despite record viewing figures of 18.5m on BBC2 for snooker's most famous match}}</ref><ref name="wst._best">{{Cite web | title = best snooker world championship finals | work = World Snooker | access-date = 2021-02-14 | url = https://wst.tv/10-great-crucible-finals/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210113060032/https://wst.tv/10-great-crucible-finals/ | dead-url = no | archive-date = 2021-01-13}}</ref>，至今保持多项纪录。首先是比赛时长，35局共耗时14小时50分<ref name="BBC 1985 bbf" />；其次是观众人数，决赛尾声吸引1850万观众，至今保持[[英国广播公司第二台]]节目纪录和英国午夜后时间段节目纪录<ref name="CrucibleDiary" /><ref name="BBC 1985 bbf" />。[[1986年世界斯诺克锦标赛]]期间，泰勒在第一轮就被淘汰，戴维斯第五次打入决赛，但以12比18不敌[[乔·约翰逊 (斯诺克球手)|乔·约翰逊]]<ref name="FqAZC">{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2953941.stm | title = 1986: Johnson stuns snooker world | date = 2003-04-18 | work = BBC Sport | access-date = 2021-02-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210107024927/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/2953941.stm | archive-date = 2021-01-07 | dead-url = no}}</ref>。1987至1989年，戴维斯连获三次世锦赛冠军，共次胜出达六次<ref name="Turner World Champs">{{cite web | last = Turner | first = Chris | title = World Professional Championship | url = http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html | access-date = 2016-06-06 | dead-url = yes | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160606102115/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/world.html | archive-date = 2016-06-06 | work = cajt.pwp.Greatestueyonder.co.uk | publisher = Chris Turner's Snooker Archive}}</ref>。戴维斯和泰勒此后只在[[1991年世界斯诺克锦标赛]]八强赛再度相遇，戴维斯以13比7轻松取胜<ref name="aB4wE">{{cite book | last = Downer | first = Chris | title = Crucible Almanac | year = 2012 | pages = 32–33}}</ref>。泰勒再也没有打入世锦赛决赛<ref name="Turner World Champs" />，但在[[1987年斯诺克大师赛]]决赛对阵[[亚历克斯·希金斯]]时后来居上取胜<ref name="4kuVK">{{cite web | location = Birmingham | access-date = 2013-01-24 | title = The Masters | url = http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 | work = Snooker Scene | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071627/http://www.snookerscene.co.uk/page.php?id=60 | archive-date = 2013-01-24 | publisher = Everton's News Agency}}</ref>。

泰勒的母亲在1984年9月去世，同年十月他获[[1984年斯诺克世界公开赛|斯诺克世界公开赛]]冠军，告慰母亲在天之灵<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine = Snooker Scene | title = Snooker Scene's 50 Classic Matches | last = Hendon | first = David | date = 2015-10-26}}</ref>，他还用1985年的世锦赛冠军向亡母致敬<ref name="Belfast">{{cite news | title = I've not done bad from a wee lad from Coalisland | newspaper = The Belfast Telegraph | date = 2017-02-07 | last = Beacon | first = Stephen}}</ref>。泰勒返回北爱尔兰并在一万人的胜利游行中乘[[路虎]]返回故乡[[考利斯兰]]（{{lang|en|Coalisland}}）<ref name="Parade">{{cite news | title = Snooker ace's triumph | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 1985-05-07 | page = 1 | via = The Times Digital Archive | url = https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=TTDA&u=wes_ttda&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCS17272999&asid=1613365200000~819c9091 | access-date = 2021-02-14 | archive-date = 2021-01-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210110174437/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=TTDA&u=wes_ttda&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCS17272999&asid=1610427600000~5e7295a2 | dead-url = no}}</ref>。他在游行当时借穿市长长袍，夫人和三个孩子陪在身边<ref name="Parade" />。此后他和[[巴里·赫恩]]签署五年合同，请赫恩当他的经纪人<ref name="qmGJs">{{cite news | last = Friskin | first = Sydney | title = Snooker | newspaper = The Times | location = London | date = 1985-05-07 | page = 26 | via = The Times Digital Archive | url = https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=TTDA&u=wes_ttda&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCS437227687&asid=1613365200000~a4bb2fb3 | access-date = 2021-02-14 | archive-date = 2021-01-10 | dead-url = no | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210110174603/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=TTDA&u=wes_ttda&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CCS437227687&asid=1610427600000~b95bbc4a}}</ref>。戴维斯在赛后记者招待会上面对大卫·维恩提问只回复一个字：“[[吐痰|呸]]”，随后就不再说话，媒体称他“输不起”<ref name="book_Inte" /><ref name="CrucibleDiary" />。英国讽刺剧《[[仿制人 (英国电视)|仿制人]]》（''{{lang|en|Spitting Image}}''）后将戴维斯改编成剧中[[常设角色]]<ref name="book_Inte" />。

决战过去几个月后，戴维斯与泰勒一起录制特别节目，观看整场比赛并讨论每一次击球<ref name="RetroVideo">{{cite AV media | date = 2006-10 | title = The Greatest Snooker Final of All Time | type = DVD | publisher = Retro Videos | asin = B000EU1M4Y}}</ref>。戴维斯最后一次击球未能将黑球切入角袋，他在回顾时表示：“我当时自我提醒要打薄一点”，“就是打得不够薄才把机会拱手让人”。在他看来，泰勒虽然是打进最后的黑球才获胜，但实际上决定战负的是之前决胜局表现。戴维斯认为，改变决胜局走向的是其中一次粉球入袋。<ref name="RetroVideo" />这段回顾节目后来制成DVD《史上最了不起的斯诺克决赛》（{{lang|en|The Greatest Snooker Final of All Time}}）。2002年，[[第四台 (英国)|英国第四台]]的民意调查把黑球决赛评为史上最了不起的体育时刻第九名。<ref name="TDT BBF">{{cite news | title = Taylor still on song as he relives past glory | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/2358159/Taylor-still-on-song-as-he-relives-past-glory.html | newspaper = The Daily Telegraph | access-date = 2021-02-14 | location = London | date = 2005-04-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200328085611/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/2358159/Taylor-still-on-song-as-he-relives-past-glory.html | archive-date = 2020-03-28 | first = Robert | last = Philip | dead-url = no}}</ref><ref name="UMtpT">{{cite web | publisher = Channel 4 | access-date = 2010-01-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100118063332/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/sporting_moments/results.html | title = 100 Greatest Sporting Moments – Results | archive-date = 2010-01-18 | dead-url = yes | url = http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/sporting_moments/results.html}}</ref>

泰勒与戴维斯在[[2010年斯诺克世界锦标赛]]期间“重现”1985年决胜局，两人意在戏仿，还意图再现局末打黑球入袋失手。两人多次尝试，结果只有一次没有打进，正好对应1985年泰勒打进后赢得冠军的最后一击。<ref name="nhNu6">{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8587581.stm | title = Steve Davis & Dennis Taylor stage rematch of 1985 final | work = BBC Sport | access-date = 2021-02-14 | date = 2010-04-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122050417/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/8587581.stm | archive-date = 2020-11-22 | dead-url = no}}</ref>英国广播公司第二台在结束2010年世锦赛报道后播出一小时纪录片《戴维斯对战泰勒：85年黑球决赛》（{{lang|en|''Davis v Taylor: The '85 Black Ball Final''}}），[[科林·默里]]（{{lang|en|Colin Murray}}）主持<ref name="agtsl">{{cite AV media | title = Davis v Taylor: The '85 Black Ball Final | url = http://uk-tv-guide.com/programme-details/BBC+2+London/1+May+2011/17%3A00/Davis+v+Taylor%3A+The+'85+Black+Ball+Final/Sport/ | archive-url = https://archive.vn/20130205083455/http://uk-tv-guide.com/programme-details/BBC+2+London/1+May+2011/17:00/Davis+v+Taylor:+The+'85+Black+Ball+Final/Sport/ | dead-url = yes | archive-date = 2013-02-05 | publisher = UK TV Guide | access-date = 2013-02-05}}</ref>。

* [[YouTube]]：[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZSky37NGno 1985年世界斯诺克锦标赛，史蒂夫·戴维斯对战丹尼斯·泰勒“黑球决赛”]（44分钟）