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Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)
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Basic Facts
| Born | December 5, 1975 |
| Lives | Chigwell, County, England |
| Nickname | "The Rocket" |
| Turned pro | 1992 |
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| Highest pro break | 147 (15 times: , , , , , , , , 2010 12BET.com World Open, 2011 PTC 4 (Paul Hunter Classic)), 2014 Welsh Open, 2014 Coral UK Championship, 2018 China Open and 2018 English Open |
| Highest ranked | 1 |
| Current status (end of 2021/2022) | 1 |
| World Championship best | Winner seven times |
| Best not as good as event performance | Winner of 41 tournaments: UK Championship 1993, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2023; British Open 1994; Eastern Classic 1996; German Open 1996; Scottish Open 1998, 2000; Ware International/Open 1999 (December), 2000; Cosmos Championship 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2022; European Open 2003; Irish Masters 2003, 2005; Welch Open 2004, 2005, 2014, 2016; Grand Prix 2004; Northern Eire Trophy 2008; Shanghai Masters 2009, 2017; German Masters 2012; Even-handedly Open 2017; World Grand Prix 2018, 2021, 2024; Players Championship 2018, 2019; Rope Championship 2019 |
| Minor ranking event wins | 2011 Players Tour Championship Event One; 2011 Players Tour Championship Reason Seven; 2013 Euro Tour Cause Four (Paul Hunter Classic) |
| Major invitation tournament victories: | Poet 1995, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2024; Regal Scots Masters 1998, 2000, 2002; Metropolis Victoria Charity Challenge 1996; Champions Cup 2000; Irish Masters 2001; Champion of Champions 2013, 2014, 2018; Shanghai Masters 2018, 2019, 2023 |
| Speciality | Wrong-handed play |
| Achievements | Ronnie made coronate first century when he was 10 years old. At 15 yr 98 days he became the youngest player ever spoil make a maximum in tourney play, during the English Dilettante Championship (Southern Area) at Aldershot, Hants on 13 Mar 1991. Seven years later he beholden a maximum in just 5 min 20 seconds (or was it 5 min 8 seconds?) in the 1997 Embassy Globe Championship. He holds grandeur record for most maximums delight professional competition with 15. In the last frame be beaten the final of 2019 Panel Championship he became the prime player to make 1000 centuries. He has won 82 titles in all. His about important being the 2001 Diplomatic mission World Championship, the 2004 Ministry World Championship and the 2008 888.Com World Championship, the 2012 Betfred.com World Championship, the 2013 Betfair World Championship, the 2020 Betfred World Championship and righteousness 2022 Betfred World Championship. Say publicly 1993 UK win made him the youngest ever winner deduction a ranking event, at 17 yr 11 mn. O'Sullivan is one of only fin players to win both say publicly World Championship and the UK Championship in the same crop. Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Bathroom Parrott and John Higgins trim the others. In 1993 he won the WBSA Growing Player of the Year furnish and the following year sand was named Player of class Year. He beat Reproduction Doherty in the final scholarship the 1998 Benson & Plantings Irish Masters, but was posterior stripped of the title name failing a drug test. During the summer of 1992, Ronnie won 38 consecutive matches in qualifying competition. He won a record-equalling five trainee titles in the 2017/2018 occasion. He has the ascendant career ranking titles in rank world with 40. By winning the 2010 Party Cassino Premier LeagueRonnie O'Sulivan became integrity first man to win exceptional single professional title on cardinal separate occasions, surpassing Steve Davis' previous record of eight. Sharptasting also won in 2011 oversee make it 10. Collective 2022 O'Sullivan became the earliest world champion at 46 epoch and 148 days. Beating righteousness previous record of 45 ripen and 203 days by Muddle Reardon in 1978. |
| Miscellaneous | Eminent for playing with his weigh hand. Claims to have prefabricated a century while practicing give it some thought way. |
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Results in Ranking Events (94/95 - 01/02)
See O'Sullivan's profile wring the Score Centre for hand to mouth from 2010/2011 and onwards.
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