Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - O'Sullivan ya fara kakar 2016/17 a ƙarshen, a Shanghai Masters. A zagaye na farko, ya doke Liang Wenbo 5<unk>4 bayan ya dawo daga 1<unk>4 ƙasa. Wasansa na farko ne na ƙwararru a cikin watanni biyar. Duk da haka, wannan ya ci gaba, kamar yadda a zagaye na biyu ya rasa 2<unk>5 ga Michael Holt. Yin gasa a gasar zakarun Turai ta farko
, O'Sullivan ya doke David Gilbert 4<unk>1 a zagaye na farko, Mark Allen 4<unk>2 a zagaye na biyu, Mark Davis 4<unk>1 a zagaye na kusa da na karshe sannan ya yi nasara da Neil Robertson 6<unk>0 a wasan kusa da na karshe. Fuskantar Judd Trump a wasan karshe, O'Sullivan ya jagoranci 5 zuwa 3 bayan zaman farko. A zaman na biyu, O'Sullivan ya ci gaba da jagorantar 8<unk>6 kafin daga baya ya rasa 8<unk>9. A farkon wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Was A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, O'Sullivan ya doke Xiao Guodong 6<unk>4 a zagaye na farko da Kurt Maflin 6<unk>4 a zagaye na biyu don isa wasan karshe na 16. Koyaya, Michael Holt ya ci shi 4<unk>6, yana mai da wannan asara ta uku a jere ga Holt a cikin 2016.