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Ronnie O'Sullivan vs John Higgins

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1994/1995
Masters (5-12 Feb 1995)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 9-3 Scotland John Higgins (a) Head to head

Session 1:
52-64, 63-50, 74-9 (68), 67-5, 65-36 (53), 82-0 (82), 4-117 (73), 82-0 (55)

Session 2:
88-7, 0-91 (91), 84-47, 73-19 (57)

Referee: John Street

1995/1996
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1996)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 13-12 Scotland John Higgins (a) Head to head
1997/1998
German Open (8-14 Dec 1997)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 4-6 Scotland John Higgins (a) Head to head
Scottish Open (12-22 Feb 1998)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 9-5 Scotland John Higgins (a) Head to head
This was O'Sullivan's 6th ranking title. With Superstar International and UK Championship it was his 3rd title of the season.

Session 1:
71-10, 59-69, 23-70 (57), 79-37 (78), 23-72, 51-49, 93-0 (62), 94-0 (81)

Session 2:
94-9 (80), 34-69 (62), 0-88 (88), 77-27, 75-7 (54), 98-5 (97)

Referee: Colin Brinded

World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1998)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 9-17 Scotland John Higgins (a) Head to head
2000/2001
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 2001)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 18-14 Scotland John Higgins (a) Head to head
O'Sullivan won his first world title.

92(88)-41; 0-92; 81(81)-0; 79-0; 56-47; 0-135(135); 90-28; 71(70)-0
49-72(60); 49-36; 2-53; 50-68; 99(99)-0; 100(100)-12; 22-108(107); 99(99)-0
81(81)-26; 12-78(65); 139(139)-0; 85(85)-0; 133(86)-0; 33-65; 21-67(65); 0-98(98)
19-68(50); 68-0; 78(78)-43; 8-67(62); 5-101(87); 68(68)-60(60); 69-71(65); 80(80)-45

Referee: Eirian Williams

Watch a summary on YouTube.

2004/2005
Masters (13-20 Feb 2005)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan (a) 10-3 Scotland John Higgins (a) Head to head

Session 1:
97-9 (95), 0-130 (54, 76), 7-61, 107-0 (107), 89-24 (58), 102-1 (97), 135-0 (102), 45-73 (53)

Session 2:
79-1 (79), 75-56 (56, 75), 79-0 (79), 88-1 (79), 134-0 (134)

Referee: Paul Collier

2005/2006
Grand Prix (8-16 Oct 2005)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan 2-9 Scotland John Higgins Head to head

Session 1:-
0-76(68), 16-76(67), 69-31(69), 90-28(62)
4-88, 60-70(64), 5-103(103), 0-104(104)

Session 2:-
0-138(138), 0-128(128), 49-67

Masters (15-22 Jan 2006)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-10 Scotland John Higgins Head to head

60-48; 139-0 (139); 138-0 (138); 0-73 (73); 0-80 (80); 20-48; 27-66; 0-71; 91-44 (91); 100-30 (56); 0-81 (61); 6-86 (68); 72-46; 100-5 (100); 1-71 (62); 62-53; 65-5 (58); 1-83; 60-64 (60, 64)

Referee: Eirian Williams

2006/2007
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 2007)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-13 Scotland John Higgins Head to head

0-91 (91), 5- 103 (89), 26-68, 0-77 (73), 22- 119 (54,65), 17- 84 (60), 6-112 (110), 77-8, 37-81, 49-71 (71), 2-103, 24-74 (53), 1- 88 (75), 58-65 (JH 65, ROS 58), 0-94 (94), 62- 61 (61), 78-32, 25- 70 (70), 33-86 (58), 65-0, 0- 105 (92), 1-51

2008/2009
China Open (30 Mar - 5 Apr 2009)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-5 Scotland John Higgins Head to head
2009/2010
Shanghai Masters (7-13 Sep 2009)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-1 Scotland John Higgins Head to head
Grand Prix (3-11 Oct 2009)
Rd 2 England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-5 Scotland John Higgins Head to head
UK Championship (5-13 Dec 2009)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 8-9 Scotland John Higgins Head to head
Championship League - Group 2 (6-7 Jan 2010)
Grp England Ronnie O'Sullivan 0-3 Scotland John Higgins Head to head
Welsh Open (25-31 Jan 2010)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-6 Scotland John Higgins Head to head
2010/2011
Championship League - Group 2 (5-6 Jan 2011)
Grp England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-0 Scotland John Higgins Head to head
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-0 Scotland John Higgins Head to head
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 2011)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [10] 10-13 Scotland John Higgins [2] Head to head

0-94 (53), 0-66 (66), 83-28 (69), 93-15
64-65, 0-121 (121), 89-35 (89), 105-0 (105)
56-14, 82-49 (82), 77-3 (77), 1-66 (61)
69-13, 41-75 (66), 51-56, 0-80 (80)
35-73, 124-9 (116), 38-68 (63), 23-103 (65)
54-73 (73,54), 94-23 (94), 0-79 (79)

2013/2014
Euro Tour 1 (6-9 Jun 2013)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [11] 2-4 Scotland John Higgins [5] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (19 Feb - 2 Mar 2014)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 5-1 Scotland John Higgins [11] Head to head Details 
2015/2016
Championship League - Group 1 (4-5 Jan 2016)
Grp England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-2 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details 

O'Sullivan made the first century on the Tour in 2016

2016/2017
Champion of Champions (7-12 Nov 2016)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 7-10 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details 
O'Sullivan's 835. career century in frame 14. Both players missed several chances to go 5-4 up. O'Sullivan took the frame after Higgins missed brown ball in the middle pocket.

First session:
0-75 (75), 69-19 (68), 3-74 (74)
100-1 (88), 90-0 (90), 0-79 (79)
4-74 (65), 88-29 (61), 82-48

Second session:
23-62 (60), 21-64 (63), 77-0 (74)
0-88 (83), 134-0 (130), 0-76 (76)
1-86 (86), 0-113 (58)

Referee: Brendan Moore

Scottish Open (12-18 Dec 2016)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [10] 2-5 Scotland John Higgins [2] Head to head Details 
2017/2018
Hong Kong Masters (20-23 Jul 2017)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [8] 5-4 Scotland John Higgins [2] Head to head Details 
English Open (16-22 Oct 2017)
Rd 4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [13] 4-3 Scotland John Higgins [4] Head to head Details 
Champion of Champions (6-12 Nov 2017)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details 

138 by O'Sullivan was the highest break in the event

Shanghai Masters (13-18 Nov 2017)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [13] 6-2 Scotland John Higgins [3] Head to head Details 

12-74, 117-0 (79), 71-5 (67), 63-50
24-87 (79), 73-0, 58-50 (JH 50), 130-0 (123)

Scottish Open (11-17 Dec 2017)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] 0-5 Scotland John Higgins [5] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 1-5 Scotland John Higgins [6] Head to head Details 
2018/2019
Champion of Champions (5-11 Nov 2018)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-3 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details 
Players Championship (4-10 Mar 2019)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [5] 6-4 Scotland John Higgins [13] Head to head Details 
2019/2020
Champion of Champions (4-10 Nov 2019)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-3 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details 
2020/2021
Masters (10-17 Jan 2021)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 3-6 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details 

Five centuries in a row. Higgins scored highest break of the tournament with 145 in 3rd frame. Re-rack in frame 5

Players Championship (22-28 Feb 2021)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan [4] 3-10 Scotland John Higgins [10] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
18-64, 0-103 (92), 21-69 (68), 0-142 (142)
0-138 (138), 87-26 (82), 40-70, 148-0 (144)

Session 2:
4-67 (51), 110-0 (110), 0-70 (70)
0-77 (77), 4-127 (127)

Referee: Leo Scullion

144 by O'Sullivan in frame 8 was the highest break of the tournament.

John Higgins wins the Cazoo Players Championship for the first time. It's his 31st ranking win, his first ranking title in three years and he only lost four frames on his way to the title.

Tour Championship (22-28 Mar 2021)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [5] 10-8 Scotland John Higgins [4] Head to head Details 
O'Sullivan made his 1100th career century in frame 16
2021/2022
English Open (1-7 Nov 2021)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 5-6 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details 

75-24 (75), 24-104 (104), 4-91 (54), 67-7 (50)
74-1 (69), 113-0 (108), 9-77 (76), 103-0 (103), 9-72 (63), 47-55
41-63

Champion of Champions (15-21 Nov 2021)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 1-6 Scotland John Higgins [6] Head to head Details 

0-86 (86), 6-92 (92), 101-0 (101), 57-63, 0-136 (127), 8-94 (94), 22-64 (63)

Scottish Open (6-12 Dec 2021)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 1-6 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details 

0-112 (76), 8-71, 8-129 (125), 86-44 (86)
0-64, 0-74 (74), 0-98 (98)

Championship League - Group 7 (1-2 Feb 2022)
Grp England Ronnie O'Sullivan 0-3 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details 
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 2022)
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 17-11 Scotland John Higgins [6] Head to head Details 
Re-spotted black in frame 16

Session 1:
53-76, 46-69 (50), 32-87 (58), 70-7 (70), 99-1 (54)
116-10 (116), 55-66 (ROS 55), 127-0 (107)

Session 2:
122-1 (73), 34-64, 0-79 (53), 99-0 (99)
91-0 (91), 73-43 (55), 70-6 (70), 65-58 (JH 53)

Session 3:
30-66, 104-32 (82), 37-84 (51), 101-0 (101)
0-103 (103), 121-16 (121), 105-26 (54), 134-0 (134)

Session 4:
5-69 (69), 83-31 (67), 40-81, 99-0 (83)

This was O'Sullivan's record 13th semifinal in the World Championship

2023/2024
Shanghai Masters (11-17 Sep 2023)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [1] 6-5 Scotland John Higgins [10] Head to head Details 
O'Sullivan was 5-2 down
World Masters (4-6 Mar 2024)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details 
Higgins had only 4 penalty points.