| Born |
December 5, 1975 |
| Lives |
Chigwell, Essex, England |
| Nickname |
"The Rocket" |
| Turned pro |
1992 |
| Manager: |
110 Sport Ltd
Kerse Road
Sterling
Scotland
FK7 7SG
Tel 01786 462634
|
| Match stats |
1998/99 ranking events; 1999/2000 ranking events
|
| Highest pro break |
147 (nine times:
1997 Embassy World Championship,
1999 We,
1999 Grand Prix
2000 Regal Scottish Open,
2001 LG Cup,
2003 Embassy World Championship (video),
2007 Northern Ireland Trophy,
2007 Maplin UK Championship and
2008 888.Com World Championship
) |
| Highest ranked |
1 (2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009) |
| Current ranking |
1 |
| World Championship best |
Winner three times
(2001,
2004 and
2008)
|
| Best ranking event performance |
Winner of 22 tournaments:
UK Championship 1993,
1997,
2001,
2007;
British Open 1994;
Asian Classic 1996;
German Open 1996;
Scottish Open 1998,
2000;
China International/Open 1999 (December),
2000;
World Championship 2001,
2004,
2008;
European Open 2003;
Irish Masters 2003,
2005;
Welsh Open 2004,
2005;
totesport Grand Prix 2004;
Northern Ireland Trophy 2008;
Shanghai Masters 2009
|
| Major invitation tournament victories: |
Masters 1995,
2005,
2007,
2009;
Regal Scottish Masters 1998,
2000;,
2002;
Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1996;
Champions Cup 2000;
Irish Masters 2001
|
| Career centuries |
154 (end of 1997/98 season) |
| Career earnings |
£2,409,780 (through the 2001 Thailand Masters) |
| Speciality |
Wrong-handed play |
| Achievements |
Ronnie made his first century when he was 10 years old. At 15 yr 98 days he became the
youngest player ever to make a maximum in tournament play, during the
English Amateur Championship (Southern Area) at Aldershot, Hants on 13 Mar 1991. Seven
years later he made a maximum in just 5 min 20 seconds in the
1997 Embassy World Championship.
He holds the record for most maximums in professional competition with nine.
He has won 41 titles in all (from 60 finals). His most important being the 2001 Embassy World Championship, the 2004 Embassy World Championship and the 2008 888.Com World Championship. The 1993 UK win made
him the youngest ever winner of a ranking event, at 17 yr 11 mn.
O'Sullivan is one of only five players to win both the World Championship and the UK
Championship in the same year.
Steve Davis,
Stephen Hendry,
John Parrott and
John Higgins are the others.
In 1993 he won the WBSA Young Player of the Year award and the following year he was named
Player of the Year.
He beat
Ken Doherty in the final of the
1998 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters, but he
was later stripped of the title after failing a drug test.
During the summer of 1992, Ronnie won 38 consecutive matches in qualifying competition.
|
| Miscellaneous |
Famous for playing with his left hand. Claims to have made a century while practicing that
way.
|
Morgan
