RONNIE O’SULLIVAN (England)

Date of birth: 5/12/75
Home town: Chigwell, Essex
Turned professional: 1992
World ranking: 1
Last five seasons(working backwards): 5-3-1-1-3
Provisional ranking: 1
Highest ever ranking: 1 (2002/03, 2004-2006, 2008/09)
Prize money last season: £638,150
Prize money this season: £319,850
Crucible prize money: £1,618,100
Total career prize money: £6,121,760
Career centuries: 562
Centuries last season: 50
Centuries this season: 33
Crucible centuries: 88
Highest tournament break: 147 (x9)
World ranking titles: (21) 1993, 1997, 2001, 2007 UK Championship; 1994 British Open; 1996 Asian Classic; 1996 German Open; 1998, 2000 Scottish Open; 1999, 2000 China Open; 2001, 2004, 2008 World Championship; 2003 European Open; 2003, 2005 Irish Masters; 2004, 2005 Welsh Open; 2004 Grand Prix; 2008 Northern Ireland Trophy

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD

1993: First round – lost 10-7 to Alan McManus
1994: Second round – lost 13-3 to John Parrott
1995: Quarter-finals – lost 13-8 to Stephen Hendry
1996: Semi-finals – lost 16-14 to Peter Ebdon
1997: Second round – lost 13-12 to Darren Morgan
1998: Semi-finals – lost 17-9 to John Higgins
1999: Semi-finals – lost 17-13 to Stephen Hendry
2000: First round – lost 10-9 to David Gray
2001: Winner – beat John Higgins 18-14
2002: Semi-finals – lost 17-13 to Stephen Hendry
2003: First round – lost 10-6 to Marco Fu
2004: Winner – beat Graeme Dott 18-8
2005: Quarter-finals – lost 13-11 to Peter Ebdon
2006: Semi-finals – lost 17-11 to Graeme Dott
2007: Quarter-finals – lost 13-9 to John Higgins
2008: Winner – beat Ali Carter 18-8

Crucible appearances (inc. 2009): 17
Matches played: 51
Matches won: 38
Highest Crucible break: 147 (1997, 2003, 2008)

First Round in World Championship 2009

v Stuart Bingham

Previous Meetings

O’Sullivan wins (1)
5-3 Rd1 2003 Irish Masters

Bingham wins (nil)