- Parents ran sex shops in Soho.
- Scored 6 century breaks at a World Snooker Championship Final (achieved in 2013), a record at the time. The record was broken in 2019 when Judd Trump scored 7 century breaks at the World Snooker Championship Final.
- Has won the UK Championship 8 times in 1993, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2023. He was also runner up in 2016, losing to Mark Selby 7-10, his only defeat in a UK Championship to date.
- Scored 141 break at the World Championship Final 2012, a record at the time. The previous record was 139 and was achieved by Ronnie O'Sullivan himself in 2001.
- Has achieved the most centuries at the Crucible Theatre, breaking Stephen Hendry's record of 127 Crucible centuries. As of 2020, he has scored 179 century breaks during the Snooker World Championship.
- Winner of the 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020 and 2022 World Snooker Championship. He was also runner-up in the 2014 World Snooker Championship, losing to Mark Selby by a score of 14-18.
- Noted for declaring his intention to quit playing snooker repeatedly. He worked during the 2012/13 season in a pig farm.
- Spoke very highly of John Higgins playing style.
- Has 3 children: Taylor-Ann Magnus (born 1996) from a two-year relationship with Sally Magnus. Lily (born 2006) and Ronnie Jr. (born 2007) with his former girlfriend Jo Langley, whom he met at Narcotics Anonymous.
- His mother Maria is from Sicily and his paternal grandfather hails from Cork, Ireland.
- Grew up, and still lives, in the Manor Road area in Chigwell, Essex, an affluent suburb of London.
- Since February 2013 became engaged to British actress Laila Rouass.
- Admires snooker players Stephen Hendry and John Higgins. Is friends with Jimmy White and Ding Junhui.
- Leads the field with the most century breaks. As of January 2024, he has compiled 1233 century breaks and is the first player to make 1,000 century breaks in professional competition.
- Won the inaugural Champion of Champions tournament. He beat opponent Stuart Bingham 10 frames to 8.
- Has 15 ratified competitive maximum breaks, the most by any professional player. His most recent maximum break was in the 2018 English Open in the 2nd round against Allan Taylor.
- Holds the record for the fastest maximum break (A maximum is achieved when a snooker player pots 15 reds followed by 15 blacks for 120 points, followed by potting yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black for 27 points.). He achieved the feat in the 1st round of 1997 World Snooker Championship and it was commonly accepted at the time that he achieved it in 5 minutes and 20 seconds. However, an investigation undertaken by Deadspin in 2017 revealed that the time recorded by Guinness World Records is incorrect because the timer was started too early on the BBC footage. Breaks are not officially timed in snooker and the official rules of snooker do not specify how they should be timed, instead leaving the timing to the discretion of the broadcaster. The only timing methodology World Snooker sanctions in its events is the one employed in shot clock events where timing for a player's shot begins when the balls have come to rest from his opponent's previous shot. Under this convention the break would have been timed at 5 minutes and 15 seconds. However, World Snooker has since suggested that a break starts when the player strikes the cueball for the first time in a break which would result in a time of 5 minutes and 8 seconds, and this is the time that World Snooker now officially acknowledges.
- Leads the field for winning the most ranking tournaments in the modern era with 40 ranking tournament wins to his name. Stephen Hendry is in 2nd place with 36 ranking tournament wins and long time rival John Higgins is in 3rd place with 30 ranking tournament wins.
- Winner of 8 Master titles (1995, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2024) an invitation event which only the top 16 seeded players can play. Ronnie O'Sullivan was ranked outside the top 16 when he won the 2014 Masters title and was eligible to enter the tournament because he won the 2013 World Snooker Championship.
- Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record for making the most centuries in a best-of-9 match compiling five centuries (including a 147) to beat Ali Carter 5-2 at the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy.
- Holds the record for the most unanswered points during a match. He scored 556 points without reply during his 6-0 whitewash against Ricky Walden in the 2014 Masters. He also finished the entire match in less than 1 hour in doing so.
- Ronnie O'Sullivan's head to head record against Ali Carter is one of the most lopsided of all the opponents he has played against. Having played against each other 27 times (As of April 2024), O'Sullivan has won 24 of them. Carter's first televised victory over O'Sullivan came on 28th April 2018 when he defeated him 13-9 during the 2nd round of the World Snooker Championship.
- In 2004, he appeared on British motoring show Top Gear as the "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car", and finished with a time of 1:47.3 around the test track in a Suzuki Liana.
- Attended Wanstead High School.
- Is the cousin of female snooker player Maria Catalano, who has been ranked number one in the women's game.
- His introduction song is "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams.
- Is a keen football fan and supports Arsenal.
- Parents are Ronald John O'Sullivan and Maria O'Sullivan (née Catallana).
- Snooker player Peter Ebdon called him The Mozart of Snooker.
- On 22 January 2017 won the Masters. Successfully defended his title by beating Joe Perry 10-7 in the final, winning him his seventh title. In doing so, O'Sullivan became the first player since Paul Hunter in 2002 to successfully defend a Masters title.
- Is very fond of the Chinese snooker player Yan Bingtao.
- On 22 October 2017 won the English Open as he defeated Kyren Wilson 9-2 in the final.
- Made his first century break at the age of 10.
- Compiled 12 century breaks during the 2017 English Open. More than any other player did during the tournament.
- On 18 November 2017 won the Shanghai Masters as he defeated Judd Trump 10-3 in the final.
- On 10 December 2017 won the UK Championship as he defeated 10-5 Shaun Murphy in the final.
- As of January 2024 his ranking is 1.
- On 25 March 2018, he won the Players Championship by defeating Shaun Murphy 10-4 in the final.
- On 25 February 2018, he won the World Grand Prix by defeating Ding Junhui 10-3 in the final.
- Has won 20 Triple Crown events, the most by any player. His most recent Triple Crown victory was winning the 2020 World Snooker Championship.
- On 20 January 2019 became a runner-up at the Masters as he lost 4-10 to Judd Trump in the final.
- On 10th March 2019, he retained his Players Championship by defeating Neil Robertson 10-4 in the final. It was the 14th frame where he made his 1000th competitive century by compiling a 134 break to retain the title. Runner up Robertson, however, still received £5,000 for the highest break prize as the cue ball was also potted when O'Sullivan attempted to pot the final black for a 141 break in that match winning frame.
- On 24th March 2019, he won the Tour Championship by defeating Neil Robertson 13-11 in a repeat of the Players Championship final two weeks before. It was O'Sullivan's 36th ranking title.
- Represented Team Europe at the 1996 & 1997 Mosconi Cup.
- Won the 2022 Hong Kong Masters beating Marco Fu 6-4 in the final.
- Is the oldest winner of every triple crown event. He won the 2022 World Snooker Championship at the age of 46, the 2023 UK Championship at the age of 47 and the 2024 Masters at the age of 48. He is also the youngest winner of the UK Championship and the Masters, having won them in 1993 (at 17 years old) and 1995 (at 19 years old) respectively,.
- Of the 127 finals (1993-2024) O'Sullivan competed in during his professional career, with 83 titles (second to Steve Davis, at 84) his win rate was 65.35%, as of April 2024. This calculation is made from ranking, minor ranking and non-ranking titles. In comparison, Steve Davis had a win rate of 68.85% from 122 finals (1980-2018).
- Winner of the inaugural 2024 World Masters of Snooker held in Saudi Arabia.
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