Neil Robertson hopes to inspire a new generation of Australian snooker players following a landmark victory at the British Grand Prix in Aberdeen.

At the age of just 24, the Melbourne left-hander achieved a feat that eluded even the great Eddie Charlton.

The Cambridge-based Victorian became the first Australian to win a ranking tournament by beating England's Jamie Cope 9-5 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.

"Hopefully this will get more younger (Australian) players playing," he said after being a 33-1 chance to win the title on tournament eve.

"Hopefully they can see my success and try to achieve the things I'm starting to achieve."

He sounded intent on celebrating his triumph after what he described as the "best week" of his life.

"I haven't had a drink of alcohol or gone out to a club for about a month ¨C I've been practising really hard for this ¨C so I'm definitely going to enjoy next week, that's for sure," Robertson said.

He predicted his mother would be doing cartwheels back in Australia following his success.

"My mum watches the live scoring all the time," he said.

"She gets up at about three in the morning and just stares at the computer watching the scores tick over, it's quite incredible.

"So she'll be jumping up and down at the moment, doing cartwheels and all sorts.

"I get a great deal of support, especially being the only Australian on the tour at the moment.

"I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who sends emails and all that."

Robertson led 8-2 in the best-of-17 frames final at one stage before Cope rallied.

However the Australian took out the 14th frame and punched the air in delight and will receive ?60,000 ($148,000) for his efforts.

"I was twitching all over the place toward the end there," he said.

"Thankfully the crowd's quite far away or I would have knocked a few people out with my elbow."

Robertson's talent was identified early on after he became the youngest player to make a century break in an Australian ranking event at 14.

By the age of 17 he had turned professional and headed over for his first stint in the United Kingdom, but he struggled to accumulate sufficient ranking points and found living abroad difficult.

He returned to Australia before having another crack at the main professional tour in 2003 and has steadily scaled the rankings.

Robertson is set to leap from No.13 to seventh in the world rankings following his victory.

Warren King was the last Australian to reach a ranking event final, but he lost 10-6 to Steve James at the 1990 Classic final in Blackpool.

The rankings system was introduced during the 1970s and in the first few seasons only the world championship counted.