Beijing time on April 5 news, after the end of the snooker Tour, O'Sullivan reached the top of the world for the fifth time in his career! Since the implementation of the ranking system in 1975, a total of 11 world No. 1 have been born! Ding Junhui holds 2 embarrassing records - the world's No. 1 with the shortest reign, and the only world No. 1 who has not won the World Championship!
The 11 were Lilton, Samben, Davis, Hendry, Higgins, Mark Williams, O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Selby, Trump, and Ding Junhui.
Ding Junhui holds 2 embarrassing records. First, Ding Junhui has reigned for 21 days, which is the shortest reign among the 11 world number ones; second, Ding Junhui is the only world number one who has not won the world championship.
Ding Junhui's last world no. 1 climb was in 2015, and since then, the players who have reached no. 1 in the world are very familiar to everyone - Selby, Trump, O'Sullivan.
In addition, Hendry has been in power for 3297 days, making him the longest-ranked player in the world.
In his career, Ding Junhui's best result at the World Snooker Championship was runner-up, and he only reached the final of the World Championship once and failed to win the championship as he wished. However, Ding Junhui's dream has always been to win the World Championships, holding 14 ranking championships, including the British Championship and the Masters, but only one World Championship champion is missing.
The Snooker World Championship qualifiers are underway, Ding Junhui will participate next, and only by winning 2 consecutive games can Ding Junhui reach the main tournament (round of 32). That is to say, if Ding Junhui wants to win the World Championship, he needs to win 7 games in a row, which is very difficult. At this World Championship, Ding Junhui's opponents are not only O'Sullivan, Higgins, Selby, Neil Robertson, Trump and other superstars, but also Chinese players such as Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao.
From the state point of view, Ding Junhui is no longer at the peak, objectively speaking, 35 years old, this is the golden age of snooker, I hope Ding Junhui can rebound strongly. Ding Junhui started his debut from a high level, but he has not won a championship for more than 2 years.