List of snooker Triple Crown finals

photo of Ronnie O'Sulllivan playing a shot
Ronnie O'Sullivan has won a record 23 Triple Crown events.

The Triple Crown in the sport of snooker is the achievement of winning three specific events: the UK Championship, the Masters, and the World Snooker Championship.[1] First introduced in 1927, the World Snooker Championship reverted to being played as a knockout tournament in 1969, with all subsequent competition considered as the "modern era" of snooker.[2] The Masters was introduced in 1975, and the UK Championship in 1977.[3] The UK Championship was only contested between British residents and passport holders until 1984, when it became open to all professional overseas players.[4][5] The Triple Crown events are generally the most prestigious on the calendar, with the three winners in the 2021–22 snooker season earning more prize money than from any of the other events.[6]

English player Ronnie O'Sullivan has won 23 Triple Crown titles, having contested a record 31 finals. He is one of 11 players to have won each of the three events at least once, the others being Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, Alex Higgins, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy and Judd Trump.[7][8] The finals held at each of the Triple Crown events are listed below.

  1. ^ "World Snooker Championship: Mark Selby plays down 'Triple' bid". BBC Sport. 19 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ^ Goel, Gaurav; Handa, Amita (24 May 2020). Sports Industry and Marketing. Friends Publications India. p. 50. ISBN 9789388457736. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ^ Hayton, Eric (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. p. 10. ISBN 9780954854904.
  4. ^ Turner, Chris. "UK Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  5. ^ "UK Championship history". BBC Sport. 3 December 2001. Archived from the original on 30 April 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "Calendar 2021/2022". snooker.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Triple Crown Winners To Wear New Icon". World Snooker Tour. 11 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Neil Robertson fights back against Mark Selby to win UK Championship". The Guardian. Press Association. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2013.