January 7, 2011
Ronnie O’Sullivan compiled the fastest 147 break in the first round of the 1997 World Championship at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. He took only 5 minutes and 20 seconds to score the maximum against Mick Price and earned him £165,000 (£147,000 of this was for making the 147 break and another £18,000 was for achieving the [...]
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December 17, 2008
Ding Junhui recorded his second career maximum 147 break in the third frame of his UK Championship second-round match against John Higgins. China’s Ding, the 2005 champion, was trailing former world champion Higgins 2-0 in Telford but hit back in style. After potting 15 reds and 15 blacks, the world number 11 looked nervous as [...]
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