- Robert Milkins
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Robert Milkins Born 6 March 1976 Sport country 
EnglandProfessional 1995–current[1] Highest ranking 21 Current ranking 36 Career winnings GB£261,925 [1] Highest break 147 (2006 World Championship Qualifiers) Best ranking finish Semi-finals (twice):
Failte Ireland Irish Masters 2005
Grand Prix 2009Tournament wins Non-ranking 1 Robert Milkins (born 6 March 1976) is an English professional snooker player from Gloucester. Milkins' highest ever world ranking is 21, and he spent 4 seasons in the top 32, before dropping to #47 for the 2007/2008 season.
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Career
He turned professional in 1995, but dropped off the Main Tour when it was reduced in size after the 1996/1997 season, but returned a year later via the UK Tour. After four seasons of solid progress with occasional last-16 runs, he reached the last 16 of the World Snooker Championship in 2002, and the first round in each of the next three years.
He made history in qualifying for the 2006 World Snooker Championship by making a 147 break in his match against Mark Selby. He became only the sixth player to achieve a maximum in the tournament, and the first to do so in qualifying (as a result, he earned £5,000; in the main tournament it would be worth £147,000).[2] He ultimately lost to Selby 10–4, becoming only the second player to lose a World Championship match despite a 147, the other being Ronnie O'Sullivan against Marco Fu in 2003. He has also been on the wrong end of a 147 in the tournament – Mark Williams completed a 10–1 victory in the first round of the 2005 tournament with a final-frame maximum.
In 2005 he reached the Irish Masters semi-final, but lost 8–9 against Matthew Stevens.[3]
He lost in the final qualifying round of the World Championships for the second year in a row in 2007 – 10–4 against Mark Allen. In 2008 he did not get this far, losing 10–4 to Barry Pinches.
At the 2006 Grand Prix he and Ronnie O'Sullivan were the only players to win all 5 group matches, however Milkins lost 5–0 to eventual finalist Jamie Cope in the last 16. The 2007/2008 season was a poor one for Milkins, and he has slipped down the rankings to number 51.
Milkins had a strong run at the 2008 Bahrain Championship. After being elevated into the top 48 seeds due to a clash with previously-arranged Premier League Snooker matches, he won two qualifiers before reaching the quarter-finals at the venue, defeating Michael Holt 5–4 in the last 16 having trailed 0–3.
In 2009, Milkins joined player management company On Q Promotions.
Tournament wins
Non-ranking
- Pro Challenge Series – Event 3, 2009
References
- ^ a b "Robert Milkins". WorldSnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2007–2010 [copyright date]. "" section. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page//0,,{{{id}}}.html. Official WPBSA player profile.
- ^ "Maximum Breaks". Chris Turner. http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ "WWW Snooker Coverage". Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. http://www.snooker.org/Trn/0405/im2005_res.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
External links
- Official Website
- "Robert Milkins". WorldSnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2007–2010 [copyright date]. "" section. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page//0,,{{{id}}}.html. Official WPBSA player profile.
- Profile on the Global Snooker
- Profile on Pro Snooker Blog
- Results & Statistics on CueTracker
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- English snooker players
- People from Gloucester
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