Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I tīmata a O'Sullivan i te tau 2016-17 i te mutunga, i te Shanghai Masters. I te rauna tuatahi, i hinga ia i a Liang Wenbo 5<unk>4 i muri i tana whakaoranga mai i te 1<unk>4 ki raro. Ko tōna tukinga whakataetae ngaio tuatahi i roto i ngā marama e rima. Heoi, koinei te mea i ahu whakamua ai ia, i te rauna tuarua i ngaro ia e 2<unk>5 ki a Michael Holt. Te whakataetae i te European Masters tuatahi
, I hinga a O'Sullivan i a David Gilbert 4<unk>1 i te rauna tuatahi, Mark Allen 4<unk>2 i te rauna tuarua, Mark Davis 4<unk>1 i nga hauwhā-mutunga ka whitened a Neil Robertson 6<unk>0 i te haurua whakamutunga. I te tukinga ki a Judd Trump i te whiringa toa, i eke a O'Sullivan ki te 5-3 i muri o te waahanga tuatahi. I te huihuinga tuarua, i arahi a O'Sullivan i te 8<unk>6 i mua i te ngaro o te 8<unk>9. I te tuatahi o te raupapa o nga whakataetae o te Whare Whenua, i te whakatuwheratanga o te Ingarihi Open, i hinga a O'Sullivan i a Jimmy Robertson 4<unk>0 i te rauna tuatahi, Zhao Xintong 4<unk>3 i te tuarua, engari ka ngaro ki a Chris Wakelin i te tuatoru e 3<unk>4. I te Whakataetae o te Ao, i hinga a O'Sullivan i a Xiao Guodong 6<unk>4 i te rauna tuatahi me Kurt Maflin 6<unk>4 i te tuarua kia eke ki te 16 whakamutunga. Heoi, ka hinga ia e Michael Holt 4<unk>6, koinei te tuatoru o nga hinganga o Holt i te tau 2016.