| Born | 16 September 1975 Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Sport country | Scotland |
| Professional | 1992– |
| Highest ranking | 27 (1999/2000) |
| Current ranking | 43 |
| Career winnings | GB£391,370[1] |
| Highest <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">break</dfn> | 148 (147) – Travis Perkins UK Championship |
| Century breaks | 103 |
| Best ranking finish | Runner-up: 2010 Shanghai Masters |
Jamie Burnett (born 16 September 1975) is a professional snooker player from Hamilton, Scotland.
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During the qualifying stages of the 2004 UK Championship, he achieved the impressive feat of becoming the first ever player to compile a break over 147 in a professional match, in which he made a break of 148 against Leo Fernandez. After being awarded a free ball Burnett took the brown as an extra red, then added the brown again and went on to pot all 15 reds with one blue, two pinks and 12 blacks . He then potted the colours to complete an historic and remarkable 148 break. He afterwards commented "I didn’t really know how to react afterwards. At first I thought it was no big deal, but then I realised I’d made history.”[2]
The Scot made his mark in the 1997 German Open by reaching the quarter finals and equalled his best run the following year in the 1998 Grand Prix.In a 1997/98 season dominated by Stephen Hendry, Burnett claimed two victories over the world number one as well as recorded victories over Stephen Lee and Mark Williams. He made his first appearance in the final stages of the World Championship in 1996, when he led Terry Griffiths 5–0 and 9–5 before losing 9–10. His second appearance did not come until 2009, equalling Barry Pinches' record for the longest gap between Crucible appearances.[3]
Burnett qualified for the 2008 UK Championship, losing 3–9 to his practice partner Stephen Maguire in the first round. Bookmakers ceased taking bets on the exact scoreline after a surge of bets for that result.[4] In frame 12 Burnett had a chance to make the scoreline 4–8, missing a straightforward final black by so much that BBC analyst John Parrott suggested that an amateur player would be unhappy. The BBC's Clive Everton commented that the circumstances of the final two frames merited investigation.[5]
The World Snooker decided to investigate the circumstances behind the result,[6][7] before a formal police investigation was launched, days before Burnett met Maguire in the 2009 World Championship.Following a report from Strathclyde Police, the Crown announced that it had found insufficient evidence to justify a criminal prosecution[8]
Burnett qualified for the 2010 Shanghai Masters. He started in the wildcard round, and benefitted from Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrawal of the main draw to receive a bye to the second round. Burnett then beat Andrew Higginson, Mark Davis (coming back from 0-3 and 1-4), and Jamie Cope en route to his first ranking event final, where he was defeated 7-10 by world number 4 Ali Carter.
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