NEIL ROBERTSON (Australia)

Date of birth: 11/02/82
Home town: Cambridge, England
Turned professional: 1998
World ranking: 10
Last five seasons (working backwards): 7/13/28/68/74
Provisional ranking: 10
Highest ever ranking: 7 (2007/08)
Prize money last season: £84,775
Prize money this season: £110,600
Crucible prize money: £60,800
Total career prize money: £463,595
Career centuries: 88
Centuries last season: 20
Centuries this season: 11
Crucible centuries: 6
Highest tournament break: 142 – 2008 Championship League
Ranking titles: (3) 2006 Grand Prix; 2007 Welsh Open; 2008 Bahrain Championship

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD

1999: Quals – lost 10-5 to Leo Fernandez
2000: Scr
2001: Quals – lost 10-8 to Ian McCulloch
2002: Quals – lost 10-9 to James Reynolds
2004: Quals – lost 10-6 to Stephen Maguire
2005: First round – lost 10-7 to Stephen Hendry
2006: Quarter-finals – lost 13-12 to Graeme Dott
2007: Second round – lost 13-10 to Ronnie O’Sullivan
2008: Second round – lost 13-7 to Stephen Maguire

Crucible appearances (inc. 2009): 5
Matches played: 8
Matches won: 4
Highest Crucible break: 140 (2007)

First Round in World Championship 2009

v Steve Davis

Previous Meetings

Robertson wins (1)
6-3 SF 2007 Welsh Open

Davis wins (3)
5-3 Rd1 2004 Players Championship
4-2 2007 Premier League
5-4 Rd1 2008 Grand Prix