- On 12 May 2010, welcomed his first child with his Norwegian girlfriend Mille. A baby boy named Alexander.
- As of 1 December 2015, his ranking is 3.
- Fan of Seinfeld (1989) and Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000).
- In 2003 won the qualifying tournament for a wildcard place at the 2004 Masters. He lost 2-6 to Jimmy White in the first round.
- In the 2005 -2006 season he moved up to the top 16 of the rankings.
- Began his snooker career at 14, when he became the youngest player to make a century break in an Australian ranking event.
- Has made 858 century breaks during his career.
- Parents are Alison Hunter and Ian Robertson.
- At the age of 17, he reached the third qualifying round of the 1999 World Championship.
- Achieved the highest break of 147 in 2010 China Open, 2013 Wuxi Classic Qualifying and 2015 UK Championship.
- Made his breakthrough in the 2006-2007 season.
- Qualified for the final stages of the 2005 World Championship, losing 7-10 to Stephen Hendry in the first round.
- In July 2003 won the World Under-21 Snooker Championship in New Zealand.
- Began his professional snooker career during the 1998-1999 season.
- Is a fan of Larry David.
- On 19 April 2017 during the World Championship made his 500 career century break.
- His intro song is the theme from Pirates of the Caribbean.
- On 17 December 2017 won the Scottish Open as he defeated Cao Yupeng 9-8 in the final.
- Runner-up at the 2018 International Championship. He lost 5-10 to Mark Allen in the final.
- Winner of the 2019 Welsh Open. He defeated Stuart Bingham 9-7 in the final.
- Winner of the 2019 China Open. He defeated Jack Lisowski 11-4 in the final.
- Claimed fellow player and Australian Quinten Hann asked him to throw matches which he refused. Hann was given an eight year ban for match-fixing in 2006.
- Studied at Norwood Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia.
- Was an avid gamer but gave up this hobby in April 2017, believing he was spending too much time playing games and it was affecting his snooker form.
- In June 2016 became an ambassador of electronic snooker simulator app Snooker Live Pro.
- Began to pursue a plant-based diet, following an advice from Peter Ebdon and has been a vegan since 2014.
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