Ronnie O'Sullivan brilliantly ripped up the snooker history books in York on Sunday night. A rampant Rocket made it a record 19 successes in snooker's three major tournaments by being the first to. Ronnie O'Sullivan adopts Australian accent for bizarre interview. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan adopted an Australian accent after reaching the quarter-finals of the Players Championship.

• • • • • Ronald Antonio O'Sullivan, (born 5 December 1975) is an English professional player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won five, a record seven titles, and a record seven, setting a record total of 19 titles in tournaments. His career total of 34 is second only to 's 36, while his career earnings of over £10 million put him in first place on snooker's all-time prize-money list. He holds the record for the in professional competition, and is the only player ever to have achieved more than 900 career centuries. He also holds the records for the most officially recognised in professional competition, with 15, and for the fastest competitive maximum break, compiled in a time of five minutes and twenty seconds at the. Noted for his unpredictable temperament and his struggles with alcohol, drugs, and depression, O'Sullivan has often been a controversial figure in the sport.

He has received many warnings and sanctions from its governing body over his conduct and comments, has repeatedly threatened to retire, took a prolonged break from the sport during the, and threatened in late 2018 to form a breakaway snooker tour. Outside his playing career, he has worked as a pundit for 's snooker coverage, has written crime novels and autobiographies, and has starred in the miniseries Ronnie O'Sullivan's American Hustle. He was awarded an in the. Autocom hardware key. Main article: Ronnie O'Sullivan has completed 15 from his first in the against; to his maximum against. O'Sullivan's maximum in 1997 also holds the record for the fastest maximum in competitive play; recorded the time at 5 minutes and 20 seconds, but recent evidence suggests this is incorrect as a result of the BBC starting the timer too early on the break. Depending on the timing methodology used, the break took between 5 minutes 8 seconds, and 5 minutes 15 seconds, with now officially acknowledging the shorter time. O'Sullivan has refused to complete maximum breaks due to opinions on the maximum break prizes.

In the, O'Sullivan intentionally played a pink ball, and recorded a 146 break due to the maximum break prize being at £10,000. Six years earlier, at the 2010 World Open, referee convinced O'Sullivan to complete the break, in which O'Sullivan had turned down to pot the final black ball. O'Sullivan also holds the record for the total amount of. He has compiled nearly a thousand century breaks in competition in his 26 year professional career.

Prize money [ ] O'Sullivan began the with (to the nearest £100,000) career total prize earnings. Retrieved 8 September 2017. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018. 9 December 2018.