Robert Milkins
Robert Milkins at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
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| Born | 6 March 1976 |
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| Sport country |
 England
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| Nickname | The Milkman |
| Professional | 1995– |
| Highest ranking | 12 (February–March 2014) |
| Current ranking | 32 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £930,265 |
| Highest break | 147 (2 times) |
| Century breaks | 132 |
| Best ranking finish | Semi-finals (x6) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Non-ranking | 1 |
Robert Milkins (born 6 March 1976) is an English professional snooker player from Gloucester.
Milkins turned professional in 1995, but dropped off the Main Tour when it was reduced in size after the 1996/1997 season, but returned a year later via the UK Tour. After four seasons of solid progress with occasional last-16 runs, he reached the last 16 of the World Snooker Championship in 2002, and the first round in each of the next three years.
He made history in qualifying for the 2006 World Snooker Championship by making a 147 break in his match against Mark Selby. He became only the sixth player to achieve a maximum in the tournament, and the first to do so in qualifying (as a result, he earned £5,000; in the main tournament it would have been worth £147,000). He ultimately lost to Selby 4–10, becoming only the second player to lose a World Championship match despite a 147, the other being Ronnie O'Sullivan against Marco Fu in 2003. Milkins also made a maximum break against Xiao Guodong in the fourth qualifying round of the 2012 tournament, and this time he won the match 10–4. He has also been on the wrong end of a 147 in the tournament – Mark Williams completed a 10–1 victory in the first round of the 2005 tournament with a final-frame maximum.
In 2005 he reached the Irish Masters semi-final, but lost 8–9 against Matthew Stevens.
He lost in the final qualifying round of the World Championships for the second year in a row in 2007 – 10–4 against Mark Allen. In 2008 he did not get this far, losing 10–4 to Barry Pinches.
At the 2006 Grand Prix he and Ronnie O'Sullivan were the only players to win all 5 group matches, however Milkins lost 5–0 to eventual finalist Jamie Cope in the last 16. The 2007/2008 season was a poor one for Milkins, and he has slipped down the rankings to number 51.
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