O'Sullivan, Higgins and Mark Williams are already snooker legends, they were all born in 1975, so they are also known as the 753 masters. From 1992 to becoming professional snooker players, they have been on the tour for 30 years. This season, they delivered the perfect answer sheet because they have all won the championship this season. Of course, this season meant a lot to O'Sullivan as he won his seventh world title of his career, which made him the undisputed first man in snooker history with seven sets of Grand Slam honors.
Seven-Five-Three-Jay continues to write the Snooker Legend
The presence of O'Sullivan, Higgins and Williams is an absolute miracle in the field of snooker, and from 1992 to this day, they are still among the top players. Even the former veteran Davis could not achieve such an achievement, and Hendry's competitiveness after the age of 37 plummeted, which forced him to choose to retire at the age of 42. However, 753 Jie was still able to win the championship trophy on the Snooker Tour when he was about 47 years old.
During the season, Mark Williams won the British Open, Higgins reached the final six times and won the Champions League, and O'Sullivan reached the final three times to win the World Grand Prix and World Championships. Higgins has been in the world's top sixteen for 28 consecutive years, and O'Sullivan has been able to guarantee that he has at least one title in the book for 28 consecutive years. As it turns out, the legendary career of 753 Jie is still going on, because no one knows where the limit of their ability is.
O'Sullivan fulfilled his dream of seven Grand Slams
Of the Seven Five-Three Masters, O'Sullivan is definitely the one who is unique. While Higgins and Williams are great enough, they are too far behind O'Sullivan in their three major tournaments and overall title winnings. To date, O'Sullivan has won seven Masters titles, seven British Championships and seven World Championship titles. Objectively speaking, this is already the limit of snooker players. But for O'Sullivan, it doesn't seem to be over yet, and the Seven Grand Slams seem like a new beginning for him, even though he is already the first man in history.
There may be a lot of people who don't know what the seven Grand Slams mean, but give you a statistic and maybe you'll understand the difficulties involved. Since the birth of snooker, there have been only 11 players who have been able to win Grand Slams, and the largest proportion of players has only one set of Grand Slams. Even great as Hendry has only five Grand Slams, Davis has only three Grand Slams, and Higgins, Selby and Williams have only two Grand Slams. This shows how terrible O'Sullivan's achievements were. Facts have also proved that he is already a great player who leads the world stage.
Seven-five-three Jie handed over the perfect answer sheet
In the 30 years at the peak of 753, O'Sullivan won a total of 74 titles, Higgins won 51 titles, and Williams won 32 titles. In terms of rankings, O'Sullivan was the first in history with 39 crowns, Higgins ranked third in history with 31 titles, and Williams ranked fifth in history with 24 crowns. In terms of winning the three major competitions, O'Sullivan won 21, Higgins 9 and Williams 7. In the world rankings, O'Sullivan is still ranked first in the world, Higgins is fifth in the world, and Williams is seventh in the world, which also means that they are still the top players in the world stage. And their peak 30 years have also delivered a perfect answer to their careers.
But even though they had delivered the perfect answer, they still had no intention of stopping. After O'Sullivan, Higgins, and Williams went through the toughest of competitive times, they seemed to have a different kind of affection for snooker. That is, they were reluctant to leave from here, Williams had daily physical training, O'Sullivan had regular running and fitness, and Higgins returned to the gym to pedal. When age has constrained their play, they have begun to regain some state in other ways. No one can escape the ravages of time, but they have a way to make themselves as little affected by time as possible. Therefore, their perfect answer sheet will continue to add a lot of rich content.