Neil Robertson | 2021/22 WST Player Of The Year

Sam Craigie

  • Title

  • Nationality

    English

  • Turned Pro

    2011

  • Highest Tournament Break

    143

  • Location

    Walkerville, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

  • D.O.B

    29 December 1993

  • Money List Earnings

    £89,500

  • Nickname

    -
Season Stats

  • Frames Played

    139

  • Frames Won

    73

  • Frames Lost

    66

  • Frames Won Percentage

    52.52%

  • Shots Played

    3624

  • Shots Per Frame

    26.07

  • Breaks Over 50

    40

  • 50 Break Rate

    3.48

  • Breaks Over 100

    4

  • 100 Break Rate

    34.75

Best ranking performance: Quarter-finals

Career highlights:

2010: Wins the World Under-21 Championship, beating his brother Stephen 7-6 in the semi-finals and Li Hang 9-8 in the final.
2017: Reaches the last 16 of the Northern Ireland Open.
2018: Drops off the pro tour but immediately regains his place via Q School.
2019: Reaches the quarter-finals of a ranking event for the first time at the China Open in Beijing, earning a career best pay day of £27,000. Knocks out Sunny Akani, Ryan Day, Ali Carter and Liang Wenbo before losing to Neil Robertson. Reaches the last 16 of the Indian Open. Climbs into the world’s top 70.
2021: Qualifies for the Crucible stages of the World Championship for the first time by beating Zhao Xintong 10-9 in a tense Judgement Day clash, before succumbing to a 10-4 defeat to Mark Williams.