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Ronnie O'Sullivan has been named Players' Player of the Month for August by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) after his iconic double 147 at the Saudi Arabia Masters in Jeddah. The seven-time world champion also produced breaks of 142 and 134 in a sparkling 6-3 victory over Chris Wakelin in the semi-finals, but where does it rank in his overall list of achievements?

O'Sullivan begins semi-final with incredible 147 at Saudi Arabia Masters

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Ronnie O'Sullivan has been recognised by his fellow professionals after winning the WPBSA Players' Player of the Month for August, after his double maximum heroics in the Middle East.

O'Sullivan earned the award for becoming the first player in history to hit two 147 breaks in the same session in a 6-3 win over Chris Wakelin in the semi-finals of the Saudi Arabia Masters in Jeddah.

It was the respective 16th and 17th competitive maximums of O'Sullivan's gilded 33-year-old career in a match that also saw him add 142, 134, 70, 67 and 50, on an evening for the ages on the old green baize.

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Despite losing an epic final 10-9 to Neil Robertson, O'Sullivan's landmark achievement earned him the award ahead of Robertson, Shanghai Masters champion Kyren Wilson and back-to-back Wuhan Open winner Xiao Guodong.

"Thank you to all who voted for me because, as players, we all know how much we give to the game," said O'Sullivan after earning 40% of his vote from fellow professionals, 4% more than Robertson.

Fellow ranking event winners Marco Fu and Stephen Maguire earned the first two new monthly awards in June and July.

He’s done it again! Watch as O’Sullivan makes second 147 in stunning semi-final showing

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"Congratulations to Ronnie, who never ceases to amaze with his performances," said 1997 world champion Ken Doherty, the WPBSA Players chairman.

"What he did in Jeddah was simply incredible, and he continues to raise the bar for the rest of us.

"It was a particularly difficult month to win the award with Neil, Kyren and Guodong all winning ranking events, so it shows how highly the players think of Ronnie’s performance in the semi-final against Chris."

Dubai-based O'Sullivan opted out of the Wuhan Open and will also miss the English Open in his hometown of Brentwood next week (September 11-21), live on TNT Sports and discovery+.

But the double 147 will continue to be discussed for the rest of the season, and for years to come, in setting a benchmark yet to be achieved by anyone else in the modern history of the sport.

"I think it is the greatest exhibition in a best-of-11 match, and possibly ever," said Doherty on TNT Sports.

Struggling to catch his breath, Doherty added: "The breaks, the two 147s, the 142... I mean, that was just incredible."

Of course, O'Sullivan is no stranger to setting records on the old green baize since first picking up a cue on the main tour back in 1992.

He continues to hold the record for the fastest 147 when he compiled his maiden maximum in only five minutes and eight seconds at the 1997 World Championship.

The seven-time world champion has also recorded the most maximums in the history of the sport (17 and counting) and aged 49, is the oldest player to achieve the feat.

In illustrating his astonishing longevity, he remains the youngest winner of a ranking event courtesy of his 10-6 win over Stephen Hendry at the 1993 UK Championship when he was 17.

O'Sullivan also famously decided to take a year away from the sport after claiming the fourth of his seven Crucible crowns in 2012, but remarkably returned a year later to retain the sport's most coveted title.

Where does his double 147 stand in comparison to his other memorable achievements in the sport, including his record 41 ranking titles and becoming the first player to reach 1,000 centuries in the sport?

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