Jimmy Robertson ( born Jimmy Robertson ; born May 3, 1986 ) is an English professional snooker player .
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| Date of Birth | |
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| Nickname | JR, J-Rob, Robbo |
| Professional career | 2002/03, 2009— n. at. |
| Highest rating | No. 32 (February 2018) |
| Prize money | GB £ 395 012 [1] |
| Highest break | 142 ( China Open 2013 , qualification; World Open 2017) |
| Century Number | 117 [1] ( MAX 24 - 2017/18) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Total wins | 1 (European Masters 2018) |
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Career
First hit the main tour in 2002, becoming the youngest player on the tour in the 2002/03 season . Then, after an unsuccessful season, he returned to his amateur career and only appeared on the main tour again in the 2007/08 season (before taking first place in the EASB Pro-Ticket Tour Rankings). But Robertson also did not succeed in the second season, and having dropped out of the tour after the season ended, he returned in 2009 after winning the amateur championship in England .
Season 2009/2010
In the 2009/10 season, Robertson reached the 1/32 finals at the Shanghai Masters and 1/48 at the UK Championship . At the main tournament of the season - the world championship - he reached the second round of qualification [2]
Season 2010/2011
In March 2011, Jimmy achieved the highest result in his career - defeating Xiao Godun, Tony Drago and Ken Doherty, he made his way to the main draw of the 2011 World Cup . But in the 1/16 finals, Robertson lost to Mark Selby , 1:10. At the end of this season, Robertson became the 53rd in the official ranking.
Jimmy recently became the owner of the O'Sullivan's Snooker Club in Bexhill . There he trains and sparring - in particular, with Mark Davis .
Season 2018/2019
The beginning of the season was unsuccessful for Jimmy, in Riga and at the World Open tournament he lost already in the 1/64 finals, at the low-ranking Paul Hunter Classic he won only two matches, completing the performance in the 1/8 finals (0-4 in the match with Jack Lisowski) , and after that lost second in the first round of the championship of China to Chan Bingui. However, in October 2018, he won the European Masters by consecutively beating Andy Lee, Jiang Yun, Tszyu Yulong, Anthony McGill, Mark Allen, Mark King, and in the final, Joe Perry with a score of 9: 6. This victory was the first in his fourteen-year professional career. In addition, in 2018, Jimmy made a major breakthrough in his career. Earlier at German Masters 2018, he first reached the quarter finals of a professional tournament (where he lost to future winner Mark Williams), and at European Masters he won the tournament for the first time in the semi-finals and finals of a professional tournament.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Statistics on Cue Tracker
- ↑ Qualification results for the 2010 World Cup (English) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 13, 2010. Archived April 12, 2012.