his career as he was 16th. 2015/2016 season Milkins lost 5–3 in the second round of the Australian Goldfields Open to Joe Perry and 5–0 in the first round of the Shanghai Masters to Judd Trump. He reached the semi-finals of the Asian Tour's Haining Open, but was defeated 4–1 by Ricky Walden. Milkins was knocked out in the second round of the UK Championship 6–2 by David Grace. His second last 16 appearance in a ranking event this season came at the PTC Finals courtesy of eliminating Tian Pengfei 4–1. He had chances in the deciding frame against Barry Hawkins to make the quarter-finals, but failed to take them to lose 4–3. Milkins ensured his place in the World Championship draw by beating Kurt Maflin 10–7. He fell 7–2 behind Mark Selby after the first session, before winning four frames in a row upon the resumption of play to trail by one. However, Selby then took the three frames he needed to overcome Milkins 10–6. 2016/2017 season Milkins lost in the third round of the Indian Open 4–2 to amateur David Lilley. He did not win another match at the venue stage of a ranking event until November when he beat Hamza Akbar 6–1 at the UK Championship. Milkins followed that up with a 6–5 victory over Hammad Miah, before playing in his opinion the worst match of his professional career as he was defeated 6–1 by Mark Selby. His first ranking event quarter-final in two years came at the Scottish Open by beating Anthony Hamiltom 4–3, but he lost 5–3 to Judd Trump. At the next Home Nations event, the Welsh Open he went one better by overcoming Kurt Maflin 5–2 to play in his sixth ranking event semi-final. Stuart Bingham whitewashed him 6–0. Personal life Milkins has spoken openly about problems with debt, lack of motivation and over-dependence on alcohol consumption. He was coached by 1979 World Champion Terry Griffiths up until the end of the 2014/2015 season. He has three children. Performance and rankings timeline Career finals Ranking finals: 2 (2 titles) Minor-ranking finals: 1 Non-ranking finals: 3 (1 title) Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title) References External links Robert Milkins at worldsnooker.com Profile on the Global Snooker 1976 births Living people English snooker players Sportspeople from Gloucester 20th-century English people 21st-century English people