Name: Ronnie O'Sullivan Date of birth: December 5, 1975 Place of residence: Essex (England) Official ranking this season: 5 Provisional world ranking (as of the 2007 Shanghai Masters): 3

World ranking in the past five seasons: 3-1-1-3-1 Time to turn professional: 1992 Last season bonus: 288,500 pounds Total career bonus: 5,161,560 pounds (from turning professional to the end of the 2006/07 season) Single stroke in official competitions

Highest score: 147 points (6 times) Brilliant record ranking championship: 18 World Professional Championship (Embassy World Championship) 2001, 2004 UK Championship (UK Championship) 1993, 1997, 2001 British Open (British Open) 1994 International Award

Grand Prix 2004 Asian Classic 1996 German Open 1996 Scottish Open 1998, 2000 Welsh Open 2004, 2005 European Open 2003

Irish Open (Irish Masters) 2003, 2005 China Open (China Open) 1999, 2000 As the most talented snooker player, O'Sullivan has won 18 ranking championship titles. Currently, only Hendry and David

Sri Lanka has won more championships than this number.

He has won the world championship twice - defeating Higgins 18-14 in the 2001 World Championship final, and easily defeating Dortmund 18-8 in 2004.

But for "The Rocket", his existence means more than just holding these championship titles. More importantly, his extraordinary personal charisma, smooth, offensive hitting and breathtaking skills have attracted millions of fans.

Hence the madness and intoxication.

Rocket is a rare player who can hit the ball with both hands at the same time. He has scored 147 points six times and set a record for the shortest time to achieve a perfect score.

O'Sullivan let his fans see the outstanding talent and talent in the 2005/06 season, and he is back.

The Rockets entered the finals of both events halfway through the season, but ultimately lost to Higgins.

The Scottish Wizards won 9-2 in the Grand Prix, and O'Sullivan and Higgins teamed up for a classic game in the SAGA Masters.

In the deciding game, O'Sullivan scored 60 points in one shot, but Higgins surprisingly cleared the table with 64 points in one shot and finally won 10-9.

In subsequent games, O'Sullivan unexpectedly lost to Mark King in the UK Championship, and lost to Mike Rock and Wattana in the Welsh Open and China Open respectively.

He will enter the 888.com World Championship with six months of no wins in ranking matches.

He started the World Championships strongly. He defeated Dave Harold, Ryan Day and Williams successively. In the second stage of the semi-finals against Dortmund, O'Sullivan was completely defeated. He lost in one fell swoop.

The whole game was lost in 8 games.

O'Sullivan created his most exciting performance at the prestigious Wembley Masters in the 2006/07 season.

After defeating Ali Carter, Ken Doherty and Stephen Maguire, "The Rocket" reached the final of the Wembley Masters for the fourth consecutive time.

He defeated Chinese player Ding Junhui 10-3 in the final, and scored 55 points, 99 points, 128 points, 101 points, 58 points, 116 points, 96 points, 66 points,

Scores of 143 and 74.

After his opponent cried sadly because of the actual defeat, O'Sullivan also showed his noble playing style as a senior and expressed comfort to Ding Junhui.

At the press conference after the game, he also had many words of praise for Ding Junhui, a rising Chinese star: "I am very happy that a talented player has appeared in snooker. As for the word genius, I have never heard of it before.

I found this explanation in the dictionary: someone full of talent and magical abilities. At that time, I thought of Ding Junhui. If he can continue to work hard, he will become a future world champion, just like Federer in tennis and golf.

Like Tiger Woods, Ding Junhui can make the same contribution in sports like snooker.