When it comes to the most influential players in snooker, I believe that most fans will have the name Ronnie O'Sullivan in their minds for the first time, creating countless impressive records in their three-decade career.
After winning the seventh World Championship of his career in the 2022 season, O'Sullivan's World Championship titles officially equaled Stephen Hendry, and the achievements of thirty-nine ranking championships and twenty-one three-time champions also became the first person in snooker history.
The seventh World Championship title not only allowed O'Sullivan to complete seven grand slam feats, but also a championship prize of 500,000 pounds also allowed him to successfully ascend to the world number one throne, of course, the world championship made O'Sullivan gain far more than half a million pounds.
As early as O'Sullivan won the 2020 World Championships, more and more sponsors have found O'Sullivan, the most powerful of which are the two companies "ROKIT" and "DELASPORT", and after winning the seventh world championship, these two companies have once again proposed to continue to cooperate with O'Sullivan.
In particular, the game company "DWLASPORT", which has just signed a contract with O'Sullivan this year, released a poster on the company's official website to congratulate O'Sullivan after winning the championship, and the company's board of directors said that O'Sullivan's victory has cross-era significance and further improves the commercial value of its own brand.
O'Sullivan, who won his seventh world championship title, ushered in the peak of his career influence, not only in the United Kingdom, O'Sullivan's feat of winning the championship also occupied several days of hot searches in China, which is enough to see his influence.
O'Sullivan is also very business-minded, as early as the World Championships in the city center of Sheffield opened a snooker-themed shop to sell sports equipment related to himself, and invited many celebrities to participate in the opening ribbon cutting and did free endorsements.
Not only that O'Sullivan also received no less than three invitations to the exhibition game in the offseason, the most anticipated by fans is the next exhibition trip to Singapore with Chinese youngster Zhao Xintong, it is impossible to deny that just the exhibition game Appearance Fei O'Sullivan will also reap a lot of money, but it is a pity for fans that for various reasons O'Sullivan still can't come to China to meet with everyone this season.
There is no doubt that O'Sullivan is definitely one of the most profitable players in the history of snooker, and Ding Junhui knows how to maximize his interests with his influence, but what makes many fans sigh is that the gap between the two is still very large, O'Sullivan is constantly expanding his influence through excellent results, and Ding Junhui is seizing the remaining influence of his career to continue to receive advertising.
However, objectively speaking, even if O'Sullivan is the "first brother" of British snooker and has achieved unparalleled achievements in the snooker arena, he is still inferior to "China's first brother" Ding Junhui in terms of commercial value.
#斯诺克 #