RONNIE O’SULLIVAN has said he wants to make amends with his estranged daughter in a candid interview.
O’Sullivan, 49, has been estranged from his eldest child, Taylor-Ann Magnus, for about a decade.
It is not clear why the Rocket and Taylor-Ann, child of the snooker star and ex-girlfriend Sally Magnus, fell out.
However, in an exclusive 2020 interview with The Sun, the 27-year-old said O’Sullivan had never met his granddaughter, Zarah-Ann.
Taylor-Ann had said: “He might be world champion to some, but he’s not fit to be called ‘Dad’ let alone ‘Grandad’ as far as I’m concerned.
“Zarah-Ann will grow up never knowing who he is. He’s made so many promises but what he says and does is so different.
“Having a really s*** parent like you has shown me what is important in life.”
Then, in a 2022 interview with the Mirror after O’Sullivan equalled Stephen Hendry on seven Crucible titles, she made it clear in no uncertain terms she did not want her father in her life.
Taylor-Ann had said: “He’s not part of my life. I wouldn’t want someone like that around me and my child. I was 17 or 18 last time I saw him.”
But in an interview with The Times, in which he also revealed why he is loving life after moving to Dubai, he admitted he wants to make “some sort of amends”.
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He said: “Is the estrangement permanent? I hope not.
“I think I’ve got to make some sort of amends.
“I don’t know how it’s going to work out.
“Hopefully, at some point, it might sort itself out.
“Who knows? I don’t know.”
O’Sullivan has three children in all and maintains a good relationship with his two youngest children, 19-year-old Lily and 18-year-old Ronnie Jr, whom he had with another ex-partner, Jo Langley, in the mid-2000s.
And they have been supportive of his decision to move to the United Arab Emirates with wife Laila Rouass, whom he married in June.
He said: “They just want me to be happy.
“I see more of my daughter than I ever used to.
“She’s quite laid-back, very chilled.”
List of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a list of snooker World Champions by year.
The record is for the modern era, widely considered as dating from the 1968-69 season, when the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took control of the sport.
The first World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 because of World War II and 1958-63 because of a dispute in the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (both 8) were the most successful players during that period.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the record for the most titles in the modern era, with seven each.
- 1969 – John Spencer
- 1970 – Ray Reardon
- 1971 – John Spencer
- 1972 – Alex Higgins
- 1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 – John Spencer (2)
- 1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 – Terry Griffiths
- 1980 – Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 – Steve Davis
- 1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 – Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 – Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 – Dennis Taylor
- 1986 – Joe Johnson
- 1987 – Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 – Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 – Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 – Stephen Hendry
- 1991 – John Parrott
- 1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 – Ken Doherty
- 1998 – John Higgins
- 1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 – Mark Williams
- 2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 2002 – Peter Ebdon
- 2003 – Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
- 2005 – Shaun Murphy
- 2006 – Graeme Dott
- 2007 – John Higgins (2)
- 2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
- 2009 – John Higgins (3)
- 2010 – Neil Robertson
- 2011 – John Higgins (4)
- 2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
- 2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
- 2014 – Mark Selby
- 2015 – Stuart Bingham
- 2016 – Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 – Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 – Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 – Judd Trump
- 2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
- 2021 – Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
- 2023 – Luca Brecel
- 2024 – Kyren Wilson
- 2025 – Zhao Xintong
Most World Titles (modern era)
- 7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 – Alex Higgins
