Neil Robertson
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Title
2010 World Champion -
Nationality
Australian -
Turned Pro
1998 -
Highest Tournament Break
147 five times -
Location
Cambridge -
D.O.B
11 February 1982 -
Money List Earnings
£902,000 -
Nickname
The Thunder From Down Under
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Frames Played
405 -
Frames Won
245 -
Frames Lost
160 -
Frames Won Percentage
60.49% -
Shots Played
9956 -
Shots Per Frame
24.58 -
Breaks Over 50
184 -
50 Break Rate
2.2 -
Breaks Over 100
61 -
100 Break Rate
6.64
Ranking titles: 23
Triple Crown wins: Six (one World Championship, three UK Championships, two Masters)
Career highlights
2003: Becomes world under-21 champion and wins the Masters qualifying event
2006: Wins his first ranking title, beating Jamie Cope in the final of the Grand Prix
2010: Becomes only the third non-British player to win the world title, defeating Graeme Dott in the final. Wins World Open and has a spell as number one in the world rankings
2012: Wins the Masters, beating Shaun Murphy 10-6 in the final
2013: Completes the Triple Crown by winning the UK Championship, coming from 5-1 down to beat Mark Selby 10-7 in the final. He is the only non-British player to complete the Triple Crown.
2014: Becomes the first-ever player to make 100 century breaks in a single season (103). Completes this incredible feat at the Crucible during a quarter-final match with Judd Trump
2015: Wins the UK Championship for a second time and makes a 147 in the final
2017: Wins the Hong Kong Masters as well as winning the Scottish Open in Glasgow
2018: Takes the Riga Masters title
2019: Victory at the Welsh Open gives him a 15th ranking title. Wins the China Open, beating Jack Lisowski in the final to take the £225,000 top prize and win three ranking titles in a season for the first time. Reaches five consecutive ranking finals. Wins the Champion of Champions, beating Judd Trump 10-9 in an epic final, making five centuries.
2020: Wins the European Masters, beating Zhou Yuelong 9-0 in the final. It’s the first whitewash in a two-session ranking final since 1989. Two weeks later, Robertson wins the World Grand Prix in Cheltenham, beating Graeme Dott 10-8. Runner-up at the English Open and Champion of Champions. Wins the UK Championship for the third time, beating Judd Trump 10-9 in one of the most dramatic finals of all time, to secure his 19th ranking title.
2021: Wins the Tour Championship, beating Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-4 in the final with one of his best ever performances. That takes him to a landmark 20 ranking titles and continues his sequence of winning a tournament every year since 2006. Goes on to win his 21st ranking title at the English Open, beating John Higgins 9-8 in a dramatic final.
2022: Wins the Masters for the second time, beating Barry Hawkins 10-4 in the final. It’s his sixth Triple Crown title. Wins his 22nd ranking title with another victory over Hawkins, this time 10-5 in the final of the Players Championship. Then makes it 23 with an extraordinary final victory over John Higgins at the Tour Championship, as he comes from 9-4 down to win 10-9. Becomes the eighth player to make a 147 at the Crucible during his second round defeat against Jack Lisowski at the World Championship.