Ronnie will play Neil Robertson today in the Final of the 2025 Saudi Arabia Masters. Yesterday, he beat Chris Wakelin by 6-3 in an extraordinary semi-final match. Earlier Neil Robertson had beaten Elliot Slessor by the same score.

Here are the scores for Ronnie’s match:

And the report shared by WST:

O’Sullivan Makes Two 147s In Same Match To Earn Huge Bonus, And Reaches Final

Ronnie O’Sullivan became the first player in snooker history to make two 147s on the same day, earning a massive £147,000 bonus during an extraordinary 6-3 win over Chris Wakelin to reach the final of the Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.

O’Sullivan previously hadn’t made a maximum since the 218 English Open, but tonight in Jeddah made two within just over two hours. The first came in the opening frame, then in the seventh frame with the score at 3-3, the Rocket repeated the feat of potting 15 reds with blacks and clearing the colours. He went on to take the next two frames – describing it as the best performance of his career – to set up a final clash with Neil Robertson over 19 frames on Saturday. 

He earns the £147,000 bonus on offer for two 147s in the four majors this season, including this event plus the UK Championship, Masters and World Championship. O’Sullivan will also receive two thirds of the £50,000 bonus for a maximum break in this event – with the other third going to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh who made a 147 earlier in the week –  bringing tonight’s cheque to £180,333.

Last season, Jackson Page became the first player to make two 147s in the same match, during the World Championship qualifiers, though his breaks came on different days so all-time greatest O’Sullivan earns a new landmark as the first to complete multiple maximums in the same session.

Seven-time World Champion O’Sullivan now has 17 career 147s, making the first in 1997. At 49 years and 253 days he becomes the oldest player ever to score an official maximum.

After his perfect start to the match, world number five O’Sullivan made a 142 in the second frame for 2-0. Wakelin responded with a run of 70 before O’Sullivan’s 70 made it 3-1. The high scoring continued after the interval as Wakelin made a 125 in frame five then got the better of the sixth to threaten an upset at 3-3.

But O’Sullivan, chasing a 42nd ranking title and 24th major, rose to the occasion with his second 147 for 4-3, then made 67 and 50 in frame eight before closing out the match with yet another century, 134.

“It’s crazy really, I have never played that well in a match before,” said O’Sullivan, who has not won a tournament for 17 months. “In practice I have been feeling good for the first time in two years, but taking it to the match table is another thing. You have to get playing well, cueing well and get your mind right. I felt that focus last night against Kyren Wilson and I tried to take the same attitude into tonight. 

“There were a few really good positional shots in the second 147 which I had to get right. The black off the 15th red wasn’t easy as I had to just get past the pink, but it went well, it was a pretty good break. 

“It will be tough against Neil, he’s an amazing player, we have had good matches over the years. I am on a downward curve at my age against some fantastic players. I’m not going to win like I used to, the likes of Kyren, Judd Trump and Zhao Xintong will be favourites for tournaments. But if I play well I’ve got a chance.” 

Wakelin, who still earned a career high pay-day of £100,000, said: “I was just dominated from the first ball, Ronnie was incredible. I played three bad shots and I was 2-0 down. It has still been a really pleasing week.“

The final gets underway at 1pm local time with eight frames, and the balance from 7.30pm. First to ten will bank £500,000 and the coveted trophy, with the runner-up to receive £200,000.

In all there have been 222 maximums in snooker history and five this season. 

I haven’t much to add really. It was engrossing stuff, it was magic.

Whatever happens today, a lot has been achieved this week already in terms of ranking/seeding. With 200000 points earned for reaching the final, Ronnie has already secured his place in the top 16 of the one year list: he’s provisionally second, Neil Robertson is first. Ronnie is provisionally 4th in the 2025 UK Championship seedings projection, 8th in the provional 2026 Masters seeding and 7th in the provisional Crucible seedings.