Jamie Burnett

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Jamie Burnett
Jamie Burnett at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-01-29 01.jpg
Burnett at the 2014 German Masters
Born (1975-09-16) 16 September 1975 (age 48)
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sport countryFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Professional1992–2017
Highest ranking 27 (1999/2000)
Maximum breaks 1
Century breaks 136
Best ranking finishRunner-up (x1)

Jamie Burnett (born 16 September 1975) is a Scottish former professional snooker player from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.

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A journeyman, Burnett was ranked within the world's top 64 players for 20 consecutive years between 1996 and 2016, reaching his career best ranking, 27th, in 1999. He appeared in one major final, at the 2010 Shanghai Masters, where he lost 10–7 to Ali Carter, and reached the final of one minor-ranking event, the 2012 Gdynia Open, where Neil Robertson beat him 4–3. Jamie now in his spare time competes in British 8 Ball and has won numerous Scottish event titles and represented Scotland at International Level.

Career

Burnett 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. [1]

During the qualifying stages of the 2004 UK Championship, he was the first player to complete a break of over 147 in a professional match, playing against Leo Fernandez. After being awarded a free ball Burnett took the brown as an extra red, then a brown, then added 15 reds and 12 blacks, two pinks and a blue. He then potted the colours to complete a 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] [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. Everton said in commentary "An independent inquiry should be conducted by snooker people with knowledge to appreciate the relative difficulty of shots. The last two frames should be studied particularly closely." [5]

The World Snooker Association 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. [8] Following a report from Strathclyde Police, the Crown announced that it had found insufficient evidence to justify a criminal prosecution. [9]

Burnett qualified for the 2010 Shanghai Masters. He started in the wildcard round, and benefited 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.

Burnett could not qualify for a single ranking tournament during the 2011–12 season. [10] He finished it ranked world number 39 and needed to perform well in the first three tournaments of next season, before he lost the large number of ranking points he gained for reaching the 2010 final in Shanghai. [11]

Burnett did start the new season strongly as he qualified for the first two ranking events, the Wuxi Classic and Australian Goldfields Open. In Wuxi he beat Neil Robertson 5–1 in the first round, before losing to Mark Davis 3–5. [12] In Australia Burnett defeated world number one Mark Selby 5–3, [13] [14] but then exited the tournament in the second round again following a 1–5 defeat to Marco Fu, with Burnett bemoaning a lack of consistency in his game. [15] Despite this he then almost won his first professional title at the minor-ranking Gdynia Open, which formed part of the Players Tour Championship series, by reaching the final where he faced Neil Robertson. He trailed 0–3 in the best of seven frames match, but came back to level the match at 3–3. The decider lasted 52 minutes with Burnett missing a black off its spot with one red left to lose 3–4. [16] However, his run to the final helped him to qualify for the Finals by finishing 12th on the PTC Order of Merit. [17] In the Finals he faced Robertson once more and was beaten again, this time by a 2–4 scoreline. [12] Burnett also qualified for the International Championship, but lost 3–6 to Stephen Maguire in the first round. [18] From December 2012 until the end of the season Burnett could not win another match, culminating in a 6–10 loss to Yu Delu in the third round of World Championship Qualifying. [19] He ended the season where he began it, ranked world number 39. [20]

Jamie Burnett at the 2014 German Masters. Jamie Burnett at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-01-29 02.jpg
Jamie Burnett at the 2014 German Masters.

Burnett's deepest run in a ranking event in the 2013–14 season was at the German Masters where he beat Ratchayothin Yotharuck 5–2, Joel Walker 5–2, before losing 5–1 to Xiao Guodong in the last 16. [21] He won three matches in World Championship concluding with a 10–8 victory over Ben Woollaston to reach the Crucible for the fourth time. [22] Burnett led Joe Perry 6–3 after the opening session, but was defeated 10–7 and said afterwards that he was not enjoying snooker any more and that it was becoming a chore. [23]

He began the 2014–15 season with a quarter-final showing at the Yixing Open, where he lost 4–2 to Ding Junhui. [24] Burnett overcame Matthew Stevens 6–1 in the first round of the International Championship and then knocked out Judd Trump 6–5. Despite this apparent big win against a top eight player, Burnett did not think he had played well due to needing three or four chances to win each frame. [25] He reached the quarter-finals with a 6–2 victory over Peter Ebdon, but had his mistakes punished by Ricky Walden in a 6–1 thrashing. [26] Burnett could not win a match at a ranking event during the rest of the season. He did win two games in World Championship qualifying, before losing 10–6 to Craig Steadman. [24]

Three qualifying wins saw Burnett play at the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open and he lost 5–3 to Joe Perry in round one. His best run of the 2015–16 season was at the UK Championship, where wins over Sanderson Lam, Alan McManus and Li Hang saw him reach the last 16. [27] Burnett recovered from a 4–1 deficit against John Higgins to level, but would be defeated 6–4. [28] He entered the first three events of the 2016–17 season, but has now not played a professional match since July 2016 and has been relegated from the tour. [29]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1992/
93 		1993/
94 		1994/
95 		1995/
96 		1996/
97 		1997/
98 		1998/
99 		1999/
00 		2000/
01 		2001/
02 		2002/
03 		2003/
04 		2004/
05 		2005/
06 		2006/
07 		2007/
08 		2008/
09 		2009/
10 		2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2015/
16 		2016/
17
Ranking [30] [nb 1] [nb 2] 221 105 73 54 38 31 27 33 36 44 46 49 56 54 46 45 40 37 39 39 39 41 46 58
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters [nb 3] Tournament Not HeldMinor-Rank.LQ
Indian Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R NH 1R
World Open [nb 4] LQLQ 2R LQ 1R 2R QF 1R 1R LQ 1R LQ 1R LQLQLQ 1R 1R LQLQLQLQNot HeldWD
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not HeldLQLQLQ F LQLQLQLQLQA
European Masters [nb 5] LQLQLQLQ 1R NHLQNot Held 1R 1R LQ 1R LQLQNRTournament Not HeldA
International Championship Tournament Not Held 1R 1R QF 1R A
UK Championship LQ 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R LQ 1R LQLQLQ 2R 2R LQ 1R LQLQLQLQ 3R LQ 4R A
Scottish Open [nb 6] 1R 2R LQLQ 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R LQLQ 3R Tournament Not HeldMRNot HeldA
German Masters [nb 7] Not HeldLQ 1R QF NRTournament Not HeldLQLQ 1R 3R WDLQA
Welsh Open LQ 1R LQLQ 2R QF 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R LQLQLQ 3R LQ 1R LQ 1R LQLQ 2R 1R WDA
Players Championship [nb 8] Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQ 1R DNQDNQDNQDNQ
China Open [nb 9] Tournament Not HeldNR 1R 1R LQLQNot HeldLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R LQA
World Championship LQLQLQ 1R LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R LQ 1R LQLQ 1R LQLQA
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQLQLQLQLQALQLQLQLQLQLQAALQLQALQAAAAAAA
World Seniors Championship Tournament Not HeldAAAAALQA
Former ranking tournaments
Dubai Classic [nb 10] LQLQLQLQLQTournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not HeldNon-Ranking EventLQNRTournament Not Held
Thailand Masters [nb 11] LQLQLQ 1R LQLQ 1R LQLQLQNRNot HeldNRTournament Not Held
British Open LQLQLQ 1R LQ 1R 1R 2R LQLQLQLQ 1R Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event 2R 1R LQNHNRTournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not HeldNR 2R 1R LQTournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not HeldLQTournament Not Held
Wuxi Classic Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 2R 1R 1R Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open Not HeldNRTournament Not HeldLQ 2R LQLQ 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Scottish Masters AAAAAALQLQAAATournament Not Held
Scottish Professional Championship Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R AR
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
DQdisqualified from the tournament
NH / Not Heldevent was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  4. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010), the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) and Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
  6. ↑ The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  7. ↑ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  8. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)
  9. ↑ The event was called the China International (1998/1999)
  10. ↑ The event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)
  11. ↑ The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 2010 Shanghai Masters Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 7–10

Minor-ranking finals: 1

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 2012 Gdynia Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 3–4

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.1992Scottish Amateur Championship Flag of Scotland.svg Martin Dziewialtowski 6–2

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