Robert Milkins

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Robert Milkins

Born	March 6, 1976 (1976-03-06) (age 32)
Nationality	English
Professional	1995–current
Highest ranking	21
2008/09 ranking	51
Career winnings	£261,925 [1]
Highest break	147 (2006 World Championship Qualifiers)
Best ranking finish	Semi-finals: Failte Ireland Irish Masters 2005

Robert Milkins (born 6 March 1976) is an English professional snooker player from Gloucester. Robert's highest ever world ranking is 21, and he spent 4 seasons in the top 32, before dropping to #47 for the 2007/2008 season.

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). 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, leading Matthew Stevens 8-5 before losing 9-8.

He 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 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.

At the 2006 Grand Prix he and Ronnie O'Sullivan were the only players to win all 5 group matches, however Robert lost 5-0 to eventual finalist Jamie Cope in the last 16.