Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: O'Sullivan akatanga mwaka wa 2016/17 kunonoka, paShanghai Masters. Mumutambo wekutanga, akakunda Liang Wenbo 5<unk>4 mushure mekupora kubva pa1<unk>4 pasi. Wakanga uri mutambo wake wokutanga womutambo wenyanzvi mumwedzi mishanu. Zvisinei, uku ndiko kwaakafambira mberi, sezvo mumutambo wechipiri akarasikirwa ne 2<unk>5 kuna Michael Holt. Achikwikwidza mumutambo wokutanga
MuEuropean Masters, O'Sullivan akakunda David Gilbert 4<unk>1 mumutambo wekutanga, Mark Allen 4<unk>2 mumutambo wechipiri, Mark Davis 4<unk>1 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira uye akabva arova Neil Robertson 6<unk>0 mumutambo wekupedzisira. Achitarisana naJudd Trump mumutambo wokupedzisira, O'Sullivan akatungamira 5-3 mushure memutambo wokutanga. Muchikamu chechipiri, O'Sullivan akaenderera mberi achitungamirira 8<unk>6 asati azorasikirwa 8<unk>9. Mumutambo wokutanga weHome Nations series, paEnglish Open, O'Sullivan akakunda Jimmy Robertson 4<unk>0 mumutambo wokutanga, Zhao Xintong 4<unk>3 mumutambo wechipiri, asi akabva arasikirwa naChris Wakelin mumutambo wechitatu ne 3<unk>4. PaInternational Championship, O'Sullivan akakunda Xiao Guodong 6<unk>4 mumutambo wekutanga uye Kurt Maflin 6<unk>4 mumutambo wechipiri kuti asvike kumakwikwi gumi nematanhatu ekupedzisira. Zvisinei, akabva akundwa naMichael Holt 4<unk>6, zvichiita kuti uku kuve kurasikirwa kwechitatu kwakateedzana kuna Holt muna 2016.