2011/2012 season: fourth World Championship title Ronnie O'Sullivan



ronnie o’sullivan playing in final of 2012 german masters


o sullivan won 10th premier league title of career. after topping table in league stage, defeated mark williams reach final, defeated ding junhui 7–1. next tournament uk championship, lost in second round 5–6 against eventual champion judd trump. @ masters, again lost against trump, time 2–6 in quarter-finals. @ german masters, reached first ranking final since 2010 world open, , won 9–7 against stephen maguire, despite having trailed 0–4 against andrew higginson in first round. reached semi-finals of welsh open, , quarter-finals of china open, lost 2–6 against mark selby , 4–5 against maguire.


at world championship o sullivan saw off former world champions in each of first 3 matches. beat peter ebdon 10–4 in first round, mark williams 13–6 in second, , neil robertson 13–10 in quarter-finals. beat two-time runner-up matthew stevens 17–10 in semi-finals, , defeated ali carter 18–11 in final, win fourth world title. aged 36, , 40 days older dennis taylor when won title in 1985, o sullivan became oldest world champion since 45-year-old ray reardon in 1978. in eighth frame of final, o sullivan made break of 141, highest break ever recorded in crucible final. ranked world number 9 @ end of season. on 10 may 2012, o sullivan named world snooker player of year , snooker writers player of year. inducted hall of fame, along walter donaldson, mark williams , john higgins.








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