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A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships. This meant that the 1974 World Championship retrospectively became the first ranking event, won by Ray Reardon. Until 1982, the World ...
In 2007, O'Sullivan won his third Masters title and his fourth UK Championship, which was his first ranking title in almost three years. [17] He won his third World title in 2008 , defeating Ali Carter 18–8 in the final, [ 23 ] after which he held the world number one ranking for the next two seasons. [ 18 ]
The 2023 UK Championship marked the 30th anniversary of Ronnie O'Sullivan's first ranking title and first Triple Crown title at the 1993 UK Championship, where he broke Stephen Hendry's record as the youngest player to win a ranking title at the age of 17 years and 358 days, a record that he still holds.
From 1998/99 to 2009/10, the title was shared by Ronnie O'Sullivan (five seasons), John Higgins (three seasons) and Mark Williams (three seasons), while Hendry regained the position for the 2006/07 season. In the first 34 years of the world rankings, only seven players held the number one position.
Following his win in the 2018 UK Championship, O'Sullivan surpassed Hendry's previous record of 18 Triple Crown titles, [34] and has now won 23. Trump is the latest player to have achieved a career Triple Crown, winning both the Masters and World Championship in the 2018–19 season after having already won the UK Championship in 2011 .
Stephen Hendry's title-winning days at the top of world snooker are not over yet, warns six-time world champion and former rival Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Ronnie O’Sullivan can cement his legacy as the game’s greatest player with a record eighth World Championship title over the next two weeks – a story snooker badly needs right now
English player Ronnie O'Sullivan has won 23 Triple Crown titles, having contested a record 31 finals. He is one of 11 players to have won each of the three events at least once, the others being Steve Davis , Terry Griffiths , Alex Higgins , Stephen Hendry , John Higgins , Mark Williams , Neil Robertson , Mark Selby , Shaun Murphy and Judd Trump .