Ronnie O'Sullivan

Ronnie Antonio O'Sullivan OBE (English: Ronnie Antonio O'Sullivan, born December 5, 1975), an English professional snooker player, became a Hong Kong resident through the Excellent Talents Entry Program in 2024. He is also the holder of many records in the snooker field, including tying with Stephen Hendry for the record of seven world championships in the professional era. He is also widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game. Since turning professional in 1992, O'Sullivan has won 7 World Snooker Championships, a record 8 Snooker Masters championships and a record 8 British Snooker Championships. He has won a total of 23 championships in the three snooker majors, which is unprecedented. He is one of 11 professional Grand Slam players (that is, he has won all three majors), and ranks first in history with 41 ranking event titles. In the 1993 British Championships, he became the youngest player to win the championship title at the age of 17 years and 358 days. He is also the youngest player to win the Masters in 1995 at the age of 19 years and 69 days. In addition, he is also the record holder for the oldest winner of three major championships, namely the 2022 World Championship (46 years and 150 days), the 2023 British Championship (47 years and 364 days) and the 2024 Masters (48 years and 40 days). He has won more than £11 million in career winnings, the highest of any snooker player. In addition, O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Williams, who were born in the same year, were also players who won ranking events in the 1990s, 2000s, 10s and 20s. The three of them were collectively known as the "Three Heroes of 75". Osu Liyun has been ranked No. 1 in the world many times, and has been No. 1 in the world at the end of the year six times, for a total of more than 7 years. In March 2019, O'Sullivan returned to the world's No. 1 position after winning the first Tour Championship. The last time he ranked No. 1 in the world was in May 2010. Returning to the number one spot in the world after nearly nine years has also set a record in the history of snooker for the longest time between two rankings. O'Sullivan is a player who has broken 100 in a single stroke many times, and is the only player to break 100 in more than 1,300 strokes. He reached the milestone of 1,000 strokes in the 14th game of the 2019 Players Championship final and defeated Neil Robertson 10-4 to win the championship that year.