On November 7, Beijing time, the final of the snooker championship ended the competition. In the end, world No. 1 O'Sullivan defeated Trump 10-6 to win the final title of the Crown for the fourth time in his career. With this championship, O'Sullivan also officially surpassed the old king Steve Davis with a brilliant record of 76 career titles and became the first person in snooker history. Today, by all accounts, O'Sullivan is a well-deserved snooker GOAT.
The process of this final was very good. In a 19-10-win format, O'Sullivan put on a flawless first seven innings to take a 6-1 lead, including an opening two-shot performance. Trump blasted a one-shot 147 in the eighth inning, his seventh career perfect shot. But that didn't dampen O'Sullivan's mentality, and he managed to hold on to his advantage and beat Trump 10-6 to claim the title.
It was O'Sullivan's fourth career title after 2013, 2014 and 2018. Moreover, it is also O'Sullivan's 76th official competition title. In this way, in terms of the total number of championships and the number of ranking tournament winners, O'Sullivan has become the first in history.
In snooker history, with the exception of O'Sullivan, Steve Davis has won 75 official tournament titles and Hendry has won 70. Higgins, ranked fourth, has only 48 titles. And down to the ranking tournament champion, O'Sullivan has long been the first person in history. He finished first with 39 ranking titles, second with 36 titles and third in Higgins with 31.
There is no doubt that even if O'Sullivan retired, he would already be a well-deserved snooker GOAT. In terms of the number of championships, he is number one. More crucially, he took snooker to a new level. Pleasing to the eye and unruly personality have made O'Sullivan one of the brightest stars in the world of snooker.