Ronnie O’Sullivan Player Profile
Ronnie O’Sullivan Stats
Date of birth: 5 December, 1975
Nationality: England
First turned professional: 1992
Highest ranking: 1
Ranking titles: 41
Triple Crown titles: 23
Crucible best: champion (7 times)
Masters appearances: 29
147 breaks: 15
SHQ Stars:
★★★★★★★
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Summary
Thousands of words could be written on a player profile of Ronnie O’Sullivan, but his career can possibly be summed up by one term – GOAT.
There will still be some who disagree, but the majority of fans and analysts alike now have O’Sullivan as the Greatest of all Time.
Nicknamed the Rocket for his explosive talent and speed around the table, the Englishman first turned professional in 1992.
By then, he was already a big name having a year earlier triumphed in the then-prestigious IBSF World Amateur Championship.
It didn’t take O’Sullivan long to make his mark on the professional scene, winning 74 out of his first 76 qualifying matches and romping to glory in the 1993 UK Championship at the age of just 17.
It took eight further years for him to fulfill his destiny of becoming a world champion at the Crucible Theatre for the first time.
However, after landing that maiden success in 2001, few felt that it would be his last.
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Additional successes in Sheffield were earned in 2004, 2008, 2012, and miraculously in 2013 when he defended the crown having taken a full year away from the baize.
In 2020, O’Sullivan emerged victoriously for a sixth time and duly equalled Stephen Hendry’s long-standing record of seven World Championship titles in 2022.
With seven UK trophies and seven Masters wins also under his belt, O’Sullivan boasts an incredible tally of 21 wins from Triple Crown events.
Indeed, records have constantly been equalled or broken, including his career ranking event and centuries hauls.
O’Sullivan is the only player so far to have recorded more than 1,000 competitive century breaks, and his total of 15 maximum breaks is the highest of anybody too.
A world number one at the start of the 2023/24 snooker season, O’Sullivan is showing no signs that his time at the highest echelons are nearing an end.
Indeed, O’Sullivan’s back-to-back victories in the 2023 UK Championship and the 2024 Masters reflected the first time he’d won successive Triple Crown titles in the same season.
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Ranking Event Victories
- 1993 UK Championship
- 1994 British Open
- 1996 Asian Classic
- 1996 German Open
- 1997 UK Championship
- 1998 Scottish Open
- 1999 China Open
- 2000 Scottish Open
- 2000 China Open
- 2001 World Snooker Championship
- 2001 UK Championship
- 2003 European Open
- 2003 Irish Masters
- 2004 Welsh Open
- 2004 World Snooker Championship
- 2004 Grand Prix
- 2005 Welsh Open
- 2005 Irish Masters
- 2007 UK Championship
- 2008 World Snooker Championship
- 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy
- 2009 Shanghai Masters
- 2012 German Masters
- 2012 World Snooker Championship
- 2013 World Snooker Championship
- 2014 Welsh Open
- 2014 UK Championship
- 2016 Welsh Open
- 2017 English Open
- 2017 Shanghai Masters
- 2017 UK Championship
- 2018 World Grand Prix
- 2018 Players Championship
- 2018 UK Championship
- 2019 Players Championship
- 2019 Tour Championship
- 2020 World Snooker Championship
- 2021 World Grand Prix
- 2022 World Snooker Championship
- 2023 UK Championship
- 2024 World Grand Prix
Other Notable Victories
- The Masters (1995, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2024)
- Champion of Champions (2013, 2014, 2018, 2022)
- Premier League (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
- Shanghai Masters (2018, 2019, 2023)
- Scottish Masters (1998, 2000, 2002)
- Riyadh Season World Masters of Snooker (2024)
- Irish Masters (2001, 2007)
- Charity Challenge/Champions Cup (1996, 2000)
- Nations Cup (2000)
- Minor ranking events (2011 PTC 1, 2011 Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy, 2013 Paul Hunter Classic)
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Ronnie O’Sullivan Player Profile
SHQ Stars: How it works
Rating | SHQ Stars | Career Requirements |
---|---|---|
Black | ★★★★★★★ | multiple world champion; 30+ ranking titles; career triple crown; world no.1 (at least 3) |
Pink | ★★★★★★ | world champion; 10+ ranking titles; multiple winner of triple crown events; member of top 2; 15+ seasons in top 16 (at least 3) |
Blue | ★★★★★ | winner of triple crown event; 5+ ranking titles; member of top 4; 12+ seasons in top 16 (at least 2) |
Brown | ★★★★ | 2+ ranking titles; member of top 8; triple crown event finalist; 8+ seasons in the top 16 (at least 2) |
Green | ★★★ | ranking title; member of top 16 (at least 1) |
Yellow | ★★ | member of top 64 |
Red | ★ | professional |