Jamie Burnett
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Jamie Burnett at the 2014 German Masters
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| Born |
16 September 1975 Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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| Sport country |
 Scotland
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| Professional | 1992– |
| Highest ranking | 27 (1999/2000) |
| Current ranking | 68 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £654,749 |
| Highest break | 148 (2004 UK Championship Qualifying) |
| Century breaks | 136 |
| Best ranking finish | Runner-up (2010 Shanghai Masters) |
Jamie Burnett (born 16 September 1975) is a British professional snooker player from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
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.
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 a brown, then added 15 reds and 12 blacks, two pinks and a blue. He then potted the colours to complete a 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."
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. 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 " I've seen some things in my time including someone with Nougat sticks instead of legs,but if this match isn't investigated I'll eat my own kidney!"
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