Yesterday evening, Chinese player Ding Junhui scored his seventh career shot of 147 points in the first round of the Snooker Wembley Masters against O'Sullivan, which is also the official record of 195 strokes of 147.
Ding
It is worth mentioning that there are only 4 147s in the history of the Snooker Masters, with 2 from Ding Junhui (2007, 2024), and the other 2 from Kirk Stevens (1984) and Fu Jiajun (2015).
Compared to the Masters, the number of 147s played at the World Championships and the British Championships is much higher.
At present, he has shot 19 strokes of 147 in the World Snooker Championship (14 in the main draw and 5 in the qualifying round). The first 147 of the World Championships was played by Cliff Sambourne in 1983, O'Sullivan and Hendry had the most shots, each with three shots, Robert Milkins was second, he shot two shots in qualifying, two 147s appeared in the same main event, O'Sullivan and Carter in 2008, Kyren Wilson and Selby in 2023 (final), Jimmy White, Mark Williams, Gary Wilson, Liang Wenbo, John Higgins, Dort, Neil Robertson and others have also shot perfect scores at the World Championships.
Ronnie O'Sullivan
The professional event with the highest number of 147 shots was the British Snooker Championship, where 18 players shot a total of 20. Only two players have shot two perfect shots at the British Championships, still O'Sullivan and Hendry, with Andy Hicks and Lisowski hitting one each in qualifying in 2012 and Higgins hitting one in the main draw, and Kyren Wilson and Bingham each scoring one in 2020.
Stephen Hendry
In terms of Chinese players, Ding Junhui shot a 147 at the 2008 British Championships, and Xu Si also shot a perfect score at the 2003 British Championship Qualifiers. Other players who have shot a 147 at the British Championships are: Willie Thorne, Peter Alberton, Nick Dyson, David Gray, Selby, Neil Robertson, Mark Allen, Hawkins, and Gary Wilson.
Xu Si