Jamie Burnett

Burnett at the2014 German Masters
Born	(1975-09-16)16 September 1975 (age 50) Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sport country	Scotland
Professional	1992–2017
Highestranking	27 (1999/2000)
Maximum breaks	1
Century breaks	136
Best ranking finish	Runner-up (x1)

Jamie Burnett (born 16 September 1975) is a Scottish former professionalsnooker player fromHamilton, South Lanarkshire.

Ajourneyman, Burnett wasranked within the world's top 64 players for 20 consecutive years between 1996 and 2016, reaching his career best ranking, 27th, in1999. He appeared in one major final, at the2010 Shanghai Masters, where he lost 10–7 toAli Carter, and reached the final of one minor-ranking event, the2012 Gdynia Open, whereNeil 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.

Burnett made his mark in the1997 German Open by reaching the quarter finals and equalled his best run the following year in the1998 Grand Prix. In a1997–98 season dominated byStephen Hendry, Burnett claimed two victories over the world number one as well as recorded victories overStephen Lee andMark Williams. He made his first appearance in the final stages of theWorld Championship in1996, when he ledTerry Griffiths 5–0 and 9–5 before losing 9–10 in Griffiths' last victory in the World Championship. In the deciding frame Burnett potted the brown which would have left Griffiths requiring snookers, only for the cue ball to go in-off into the middle pocket, which allowed Griffiths to pot the four remaining colours for victory.^[1] Burnett's second appearance did not come until2009, equallingBarry Pinches' record for the longest gap between Crucible appearances.^[2]

During the qualifying stages of the2004 UK Championship, he was the first player to complete a break of over147 in a professional match, playing againstLeo Fernandez. After being awarded afree 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."^[3][4]

Burnett qualified for the2008 UK Championship, losing 3–9 to his practice partnerStephen Maguire in the first round. Bookmakers ceased taking bets on the exact scoreline after a surge of bets for that result.^[5] In frame 12 Burnett had a chance to make the scoreline 4–8, missing a straightforward final black by so much that BBC analystJohn Parrott suggested that an amateur player would be unhappy. The BBC'sClive 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."^[6]

The World Snooker Association decided to investigate the circumstances behind the result,^[7][8] before a formal police investigation was launched, days before Burnett met Maguire in the 2009 World Championship.^[9] Following a report from Strathclyde Police, the Crown announced that it had found insufficient evidence to justify a criminal prosecution.^[10]

Burnett qualified for the2010 Shanghai Masters. He started in the wildcard round, and benefited fromRonnie O'Sullivan withdrawal of the main draw to receive a bye to the second round. Burnett then beatAndrew Higginson,Mark Davis (coming back from 0–3 and 1–4), andJamie Cope en route to his first ranking event final, where he was defeated 7–10 by world number 4Ali Carter.

Burnett could not qualify for a single ranking tournament during the2011–12 season.^[11] 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.^[12]

Burnett did start thenew season strongly as he qualified for the first two ranking events, theWuxi Classic andAustralian Goldfields Open. InWuxi he beatNeil Robertson 5–1 in the first round, before losing toMark Davis 3–5.^[13] In Australia Burnett defeated world number oneMark Selby 5–3,^[14][15] but then exited the tournament in the second round again following a 1–5 defeat toMarco Fu, with Burnett bemoaning a lack of consistency in his game.^[16] Despite this he then almost won his first professional title at the minor-rankingGdynia Open, which formed part of thePlayers Tour Championship series, by reaching the final where he facedNeil 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.^[17] However, his run to the final helped him to qualify for theFinals by finishing 12th on the PTC Order of Merit.^[18] In the Finals he faced Robertson once more and was beaten again, this time by a 2–4 scoreline.^[13] Burnett also qualified for theInternational Championship, but lost 3–6 toStephen Maguire in the first round.^[19] From December 2012 until the end of the season Burnett could not win another match, culminating in a 6–10 loss toYu Delu in the third round ofWorld Championship Qualifying.^[20] He ended the season where he began it, ranked world number 39.^[21]

Burnett's deepest run in a ranking event in the2013–14 season was at theGerman Masters where he beatRatchayothin Yotharuck 5–2,Joel Walker 5–2, before losing 5–1 toXiao Guodong in the last 16.^[22] He won three matches inWorld Championship concluding with a 10–8 victory overBen Woollaston to reach theCrucible for the fourth time.^[23] Burnett ledJoe 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.^[24]

He began the2014–15 season with a quarter-final showing at theYixing Open, where he lost 4–2 toDing Junhui.^[25] Burnett overcameMatthew Stevens 6–1 in the first round of theInternational Championship and then knocked outJudd 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.^[26] He reached the quarter-finals with a 6–2 victory overPeter Ebdon, but had his mistakes punished byRicky Walden in a 6–1 thrashing.^[27] Burnett could not win a match at a ranking event during the rest of the season. He did win two games inWorld Championship qualifying, before losing 10–6 toCraig Steadman.^[25]

Three qualifying wins saw Burnett play at the2015 Australian Goldfields Open and he lost 5–3 toJoe Perry in round one. His best run of the2015–16 season was at theUK Championship, where wins overSanderson Lam,Alan McManus andLi Hang saw him reach the last 16.^[28] Burnett recovered from a 4–1 deficit againstJohn Higgins to level, but would be defeated 6–4.^[29] He entered the first three events of the2016–17 season, but has now not played a professional match since July 2016 and has been relegated from the tour.^[30]

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2010	Shanghai Masters	Ali Carter	7–10

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2012	Gdynia Open	Neil Robertson	3–4

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1989	Scottish Under-16 Championship	Paul Gow	4–0[32]
Winner	2.	1990	UK Under-15 Championship	Matthew Stevens	3–1[33]
Runner-up	1.	1990	Scottish Under-16 Championship	John Higgins	2–5[34]
Winner	3.	1992	Scottish Amateur Championship	Martin Dziewialtowski	6–2[35]

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