Trump beat Xiao Guodong 6-3 in Saturday's first semi-final, then Melbourne's Robertson delighted his fans with a 6-2 win over Mark Davis. They will do battle over 17 frames tomorrow for the trophy and $75,000 top prize. It will be a rematch of their World Championship quarter-final clash when Robertson won 13-11.
Bristol's 24-year-old Trump has the chance to win the fourth ranking title of his career and first since the 2012 International Championship in China - when he beat Robertson 10-8 in the final.
He showed his superb break-building skills in beating China's Xiao, knocking in runs of 114, 101, 67 and 94 in taking a 4-2 lead. Xiao pulled one frame back before Trump added further breaks of 67 and 69 to win the last two frames.
"I started off really well today," said Trump, whose last ranking final came at the German Masters five months ago when he lost to Ding Junhui. "I could have made a more centuries. The table conditions are the best we play on all year and that's why there's a lot of big breaks. I try to play the same against any opponent, pot as many long balls as I can and create chances.
"The standard is so high now that's it's hard to get to finals, so that's an achievement in itself. I want to say thanks to the crowd because we had a lot of support today and it will be a cracking atmosphere tomorrow. Neil and I have had a lot of very good games, he's a tough opponent who doesn't give you chances so you have to score heavily when you get them. The early part of the match is going to be key."
Robertson won the Wuxi Classsic in China last week and is aiming to win the first two ranking events of the season. Victory tomorrow would give him his 11th career ranking title as well as a trophy in his homeland for the first time, having lost to Marco Fu in last year's final.
The 32-year-old rarely looked in danger in a comfortable win over Davis. He went 3-0 up with top breaks of 84 and 80, and after losing the next two frames, he won three in a row with high scores of 100 and 75.
"I started the match pretty well, Mark made some mistakes and I was able to attack him," said Robertson. "To win last week and then get to the final here is amazing. Let's hope I've got a bit left in the tank for tomorrow. Judd has an advantage because he has had five or six hours more rest. Hopefully I can get the job done."
