S ull ivan . ▁He ▁also ▁won ▁the ▁World ▁Open ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁season , ▁defe ating ▁The p ch ai ya ▁Un - No oh ▁ 1 0 – 5 ▁in ▁the ▁final . ▁ ▁He ▁reached ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁Champion ▁of ▁Champions , ▁where ▁his ▁oppon ent ▁was ▁Neil ▁Robert son . ▁Le ading ▁ 9 – 8 ▁in ▁a ▁best - of - 1 9 ▁frames ▁match , ▁Trump ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁the ▁ver ge ▁of ▁claim ing ▁the ▁title ▁as ▁Robert son ▁required ▁s no ok ers ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁frame . ▁However , ▁Trump ▁was ▁eventually ▁defeated ▁ 1 0 – 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁November , ▁Trump ▁won ▁his ▁third ▁ranking ▁tournament ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁the ▁Northern ▁Ireland ▁Open . ▁In ▁the ▁final , ▁he ▁beat ▁Ron nie ▁O ' S ull ivan ▁ 9 – 7 , ▁the ▁same ▁sc or eline ▁with ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁title ▁the ▁previous ▁year . ▁He ▁failed ▁to ▁ear n ▁a ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁European ▁Masters ▁the ▁following ▁month , ▁losing ▁ 3 – 5 ▁to ▁Ian ▁Burn s ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁qual ifying ▁round . ▁He ▁defeated ▁Neil ▁Robert son ▁ 9 – 6 ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Masters , ▁a ▁match ▁that ▁featured ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁" high - class ▁safety ", ▁to ▁claim ▁his ▁fourth ▁ranking ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 ▁March ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁Trump ▁claimed ▁a ▁record