Overview
- The seven-time world champion holds a record 23 Triple Crown titles—eight Masters, eight UK and seven Worlds—and a record 41 ranking victories.
- He leads the all-time lists with 1,313 century breaks and 17 competitive 147s, including the fastest maximum on record at five minutes eight seconds in 1997.
- O’Sullivan lost 6-4 to Zhou Yuelong in the UK Championship first round on December 1 and is on his longest ranking-title drought at nearly two years.
- This season still produced standout moments, notably two 147s in a single Saudi Arabia Masters semi-final, which also made him the oldest player to compile a maximum.
- Now living in Dubai and newly married, he marked his birthday in Ireland and says he is not planning to retire even as he weighs entering January’s Masters.