In the World Snooker Tour, O'Sullivan can be described as one of the most influential players. At the same time, he is also the most accomplished player in the development of snooker so far.
For the World Snooker Tour, O'Sullivan is undoubtedly the player who saved snooker, because his appearance made many people like snooker. There are even some people who have gone to the road of professional players because of him, including Trump, who created the myth of six championships in a single season.
But O'Sullivan's legend is not only that, and the record of having won the championship for 28 consecutive years makes O'Sullivan a legend among legends. Even now, years later, his record has not been surpassed.
O'Sullivan has won the championship for 28 consecutive years and became the first person
In snooker, Ronnie O'Sullivan can be described as the greatest talented player of all time. O'Sullivan turned professional in 1992, but he defeated Stephen Hendry the following year to win his first career ranking tournament title and three major titles.
It is worth mentioning that Hendry was the ruler of Taiwan in the mid-90s of the last century. Moreover, he also broke the record for the longest winning streak set by Hendry, which made O'Sullivan the hottest figure. But the good times didn't last long, and O'Sullivan suffered a family change in the following 1994, which made him decadent for about six years.
But even in this case, O'Sullivan still maintains the performance of having a championship every year. O'Sullivan's streak of winning consecutive championships did not come to an end until the 2020/21 season, but O'Sullivan has completed 28 consecutive years of winning championships and has become the first person in history to win this record.
O'Sullivan's record is still difficult to break
In the World Snooker Tour, only Hendry's achievements are the closest to O'Sullivan's existence, but Hendry has no ability to win the championship at present. And this also means that O'Sullivan has become the greatest player and the most accomplished player on the World Snooker Tour. In terms of the record of consecutive championships, no player has come close to O'Sullivan.
Objectively speaking, it will also be very difficult to break O'Sullivan's record in the next 50 years. You know, snooker is one of the most difficult sports in the world, and it is very difficult for any player to maintain the form of winning the championship for a long time.
Whether it is Selby, Trump or Robertson, there has been a period of time without winning the championship, and once there is such a performance, it means that they are basically unable to break O'Sullivan's record. After all, O'Sullivan has maintained the performance of winning the championship every year from the age of 17 to 44, and this kind of performance is really terrible.
The probability of the next O'Sullivan appearing is really low
Although Barry Hearn, the president of the World Taiwan Federation, has been eager for the next O'Sullivan to appear, objectively speaking, this probability is really low. Not to mention that a player with talent like O'Sullivan is hard to find, even if there is a player with skills like O'Sullivan, it is extremely difficult to reach his level in terms of psychological quality.
What's more, today's snooker players are becoming more and more professional, which means that the player's personality is gradually being erased. Objectively speaking, not only snooker, but almost all sports are difficult to have that kind of once-in-a-century genius. Today's players are more inclined to the label of professional than they used to be.
Of course, it is not denied that they still love the sport, but how they become professional is also an important indicator of their work. When this happens, we will find that it will be difficult for a talented player like O'Sullivan to emerge because he is not such a professional player.