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The Best Snooker Player of All Time
Who is ultimately the world’s best snooker player of all time? It’s a clear cut answer...and that is Ronnie O’Sullivan. He is considered one of the most successful British sportspeople over the last 20 years.
So who is Ronnie O’Sullivan and what sets him above the rest? Keep reading to find out more about this snooker legend.
Who is Ronnie O’Sullivan?
This 44-year-old English professional snooker player has lived in the Chigwell, Essex area.
He is the proud father of three and grandfather to one. Though he has endured many tough times in his life, he has certainly worked hard at creating a name for himself.
Snooker Career After getting into snooker at 7 years of age, Ronnie soon became a competitor to keep an eye on. He won his first club tournament at nine and his first under-16 British Championship at 13.
In 1991, the 15-year-old O’Sullivan participated in the English Amateur Championship. He proved himself to be the most gifted player in snooker history by making his first maximum break competitively.
Since joining professional ranks at 16-years-old, he has broken many records and won multiple championships. To date, he remains the youngest winner of a ranking tournament, the 1993 UK Championship.
What Makes Him So Great?
O’Sullivan stands in a league of his own. He is considered the greatest by many snooker fans around the world. Here are the top reasons why.
1. Dexterity
As a sportsperson, an injury could have a detrimental impact on your career.
Unless you’re ambidextrous, like Ronnie. His skill as a right-handed player is unmatched, not to mention his left hand. Sometimes he may switch as the shot requires it, other times it’s just for fun.
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The Greatest Pool Players
Pool is one of the classiest sports known to man. It requires a great deal of focus, accuracy, instinct, and trust in your skills to compete in this sport at a high level. It may not be as physically demanding as some other sports, but it has some areas that require special talents.
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Throughout the years of pool’s existence, we’ve witnessed many terrific players that were setting the bar too high and created standards with the records that they’ve broken. Some of these records remain unbroken to this day. The list of the greatest pool players can go forever and it is based on individual opinions, so we wanted to share our top 3 pool players of all time. Let’s check them out.
Ralph Greenleaf
Ralph Greenleaf is one of the most respected pool players in history. He was known as a very elegant and charismatic player who dominated the world of pool in the early 1900s. Ralph was also among the first 3 members who were inducted into the Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame in 1966. During his career, Ralph Greenleaf managed to win twenty World Pocket Billiard Championships – his first was in 1919 against Willie Mosconi and his last was in 1937 against Irving Crane.
Willie Mosconi
Next up, we have the person who lost to Ralph in 1919 and enabled him to win his first World Pocket Billiard Championship. Willie Mosconi was a true legend in this sport. He managed to win the World Pocket Billiard Championship 15 times between the years of 1941 and 1957. In short, Willie dominated every opponent in the mid-1900s. Mosconi also authored an autobiography that was published in 1993 (Willie’s Game). He died of a heart attack in his home at the age of 80.
Efren Reyes
Nicknamed “The Magician”, Efren Reyes is the greatest pool player to ever grace us with his skills. He is born in 1954 in the Philippines. Among many other achievements in his life, Reyes is also the first player to win world championships in two different pool disciplines. In 1997, Reyes won the largest single-purse reward of $100,000 after he defeated Earl Strickland. Many experts, analysts, and fans put Efren Reyes at the very top on the list of the greatest pool players in history. Efren Reyes was the first Asian inductee in the Billiard Congress of America’s Hall of Fame.
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MATCHROOM POOL LAUNCHES WORLD RANKINGS
Matchroom Pool has today launched its own World Rankings as well as Team Europe and Team USA rankings for the partypoker Mosconi Cup.
The Matchroom Pool World Rankings consist of major events from around the globe, while the separate European and USA Team rankings include all World Ranking events as well as additional events from across Europe and USA respectively.
For Team Europe, the top three players on the European Ranking will automatically qualify for Alex Lely’s team. On the American Ranking, the top two players will join Jeremy Jones’ roster for their title defence in London this December.
World Rankings
The Matchroom Pool World Rankings are split into six tiers based on a number of factors including total prize money, added money and tournament format. The Matchroom Pool World Rankings will be used as guidance when inviting players for World Cup of Pool and World Pool Masters, and as one of the rankings to determine seedings for the US Open 9-Ball from 2021.
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MATCHROOM POOL ACQUIRES WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Matchroom Pool has acquired the rights in perpetuity to host the World 9-Ball Championship from 2020 in a ground-breaking agreement with the WPA.
The World 9-Ball Championship joins Matchroom Pool’s portfolio of major events and will benefit from increased prize money and global TV coverage. The 2020 World 9-Ball Championship will be staged from Wednesday, October 14 until Sunday, October 18 at a venue to be announced in due course.
Matchroom Pool previously staged the World 9-Ball Championship from 1999 to 2008 and will apply its world-renowned promotion, TV production and arena staging to this prestigious event.
Matchroom Sport Chairman and BCA Hall of Fame promoter Barry Hearn said: “This is great news for pool fans and pool players all over the world. We are making a big push on 9-ball pool and we’ve had a lot of success over the last 12 months, particularly with the US Open which was sensational in Las Vegas. But this will be even bigger for the world of pool.
“We’ll have 128 players, prize money will go up, the event will be open to men and women and it will be televised all over the world. This is a major addition to Matchroom Pool and I think a real huge benefit to pool players and pool fans all around the world.
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Lely To Captain Team Europe
Alex Lely has been appointed as the new captain of Team Europe at the partypoker Mosconi Cup, with Karl Boyes as his vice-captain. Europe will be looking to regain the Cup at Alexandra Palace, London this December 1st-4th after suffering back-to-back defeats against USA.
Dutchman Lely returns to the helm having been European captain in 2008 and 2009. In his first Cup as captain he led Europe to an 11-5 victory in Malta before losing 11-7 to USA the following year.
“It is very exciting,” said Lely of his appointment. “It has been ten years since I was last the captain and that is a long time in the context of the Mosconi Cup. It has grown to be so big in that time and it is getting better every year. With USA winning it the last two years, the Mosconi Cup has sparks once again.
“We have a big pool of talent in Europe. We have two wildcards so together with Karl Boyes we will need to make the right choices to compliment the three players who qualify through the rankings. There will be a list of usual suspects and new contenders we have to consider. One new contender to consider would have to be Fedor Gorst, who came really close to making the team last year and is now World Champion.
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Ultimate Team Gear Announced As Official Merchadise Partner Of Matchroom Pool
Matchroom Pool and Ultimate Team Gear are thrilled to announce an expansion of the partnership between the two companies, which sees Ultimate Team Gear become the Official Merchandise Partner of Matchroom Pool.
Ultimate Team Gear (UTG) has been the Official Apparel Partner of the partypoker Mosconi Cup since 2015 and has also supplied player jerseys and staff clothing for the World Pool Masters, World Cup of Pool and US Open 9-Ball Championship in recent years.
UTG have established themselves as the number one name in tournament pool clothing over the last decade. Renowned for their stylish and colorful designs, UTG will continue to produce two different shirts for each team at the partypoker Mosconi Cup, as well as official jerseys for all Matchroom Pool events.
The new long-term agreement expands the partnership across all merchandise and means fans will soon be able to purchase replica jerseys and much more online at UltimateTeamGear.com and on site at the US Open 9-Ball Championship and partypoker Mosconi Cup.
Emily Frazer, COO of Matchroom Pool, said: “As we expand our Matchroom Pool brand and stable of events, it is important to work with great and consistent partners. Ultimate Team Gear undoubtably design and produce the best and most creative jersey’s in the industry.
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