It is a moment that has long been in the making for Wilson, who first competed against Jones at Q School in 2011.
Their paths have diverged significantly since then, with Jones falling off the professional tour twice and Wilson going on to win six ranking events.
However, he had, until now, been unable to get over the line in one of the Triple Crown events, losing to Mark Allen in the final of the 2018 Masters and electing to reconstruct parts of his game after his defeat by O’Sullivan four years ago.
Wilson now climbs nine places to end the campaign third in the world rankings, behind new number one Allen and Judd Trump.
Having constructed a commanding 7-0 lead on day one to generate a scoreline last seen when John Parrott took the first seven frames against Jimmy White in 1991, he has rarely looked back.
And he has enjoyed a happy knack of collecting potentially pivotal frames, escaping at 11-6 up rather than 10-7 on Sunday evening – helped by a 14th frame dramatically decided on the black, and then winning the 25th frame on Monday afternoon.
Had it not been for those, and an outrageous fluke after Jones had forced a respotted black in the 28th frame, the outcome may have been entirely different, with the man competing in his first ever ranking final suddenly appearing the more assured.