2009 World Professional Billiards Championship
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The 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship
, the top international professional competition in English billiards
, was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds
, England
, between 2 and 6 September 2009. The 17 players were divided into three groups of four, and one group of five, with the top two in each group advancing into the knock-out round.
Pankaj Advani
won his first World Professional Billiards Championship
title after beating defetending champion Mike Russell in the final 2030–1253.
World Professional Billiards Championship
The World Billiards Championship is an international cue sports tournament in the discipline of English billiards. It has been played annually since 1980, is one of the oldest sporting World Championships in the world, dating in earnest to the mid-19th century...
, the top international professional competition in English billiards
English billiards
English billiards, called simply billiards in many former British colonies and in Great Britain where it originated, is a hybrid form of carom and pocket billiards played on a billiard table. Billiards is less well known as "the English game", "the all-in game" and "the common game".The game is for...
, was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, between 2 and 6 September 2009. The 17 players were divided into three groups of four, and one group of five, with the top two in each group advancing into the knock-out round.
Pankaj Advani
Pankaj Advani
Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...
won his first World Professional Billiards Championship
World Professional Billiards Championship
The World Billiards Championship is an international cue sports tournament in the discipline of English billiards. It has been played annually since 1980, is one of the oldest sporting World Championships in the world, dating in earnest to the mid-19th century...
title after beating defetending champion Mike Russell in the final 2030–1253.
Group A
Player | Score | Player | Score |
---|---|---|---|
Mike Russell | 945 | Rupesh Shah | 215 |
Devendra Joshi | 615 | Ian Williamson | 237 |
Mike Russell | 889 | Ian Williamson | 269 |
Devendra Joshi | 309 | Rupesh Shah | 485 |
Ian Williamson | 249 | Rupesh Shah | 480 |
Mike Russell | 703 | Devendra Joshi | 439 |
Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mike Russell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2537 | 919 |
2 | Rupesh Shah | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1176 | 1503 |
3 | Devendra Joshi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1363 | 1425 |
4 | Ian Williamson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1176 | 1503 |
Group B
Player | Score | Player | Score |
---|---|---|---|
Sourav Kothari | 333 | B. Bhaskar | 779 |
Gary Rogers | 171 | Martin Goodwill | 654 |
Sourav Kothari | 394 | Martin Goodwill | 413 |
B. Bhaskar | 529 | Gary Rogers | 295 |
Martin Goodwill | 567 | B. Bhaskar | 400 |
Sourav Kothari | 730 | Gary Rogers | 317 |
Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Martin Goodwill | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1634 | 965 |
2 | B. Bhaskar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1708 | 1195 |
3 | Sourav Kothari | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1457 | 1509 |
4 | Gary Rogers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 783 | 1913 |
Group C
Player | Score | Player | Score |
---|---|---|---|
Peter Gilchrist | 927 | Bernard French | 240 |
Mark Hirst | 513 | Bernard French | 314 |
Peter Gilchrist | 789 | Mark Hirst | 471 |
David Causier | 982 | Bernard French | 299 |
David Causier | 862 | Mark Hirst | 332 |
David Causier | 982 | Peter Gilchrist | 467 |
Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Causier | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2826 | 1098 |
2 | Peter Gilchrist | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2183 | 1693 |
3 | Mark Hirst | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1316 | 1965 |
4 | Bernard French | 3 | 0 | 3 | 853 | 2422 |
Group D
Player | Score | Player | Score |
---|---|---|---|
Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two... |
383 | Dhruv Sitwala | 629 |
Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced... |
787 | Robert Hall | 394 |
Dhruv Sitwala | 957 | Micheal Kreuziger | 154 |
Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two... |
1329 | Robert Hall | 206 |
Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced... |
1169 | Micheal Kreuziger | 159 |
Dhruv Sitwala | 1010 | Robert Hall | 228 |
Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two... |
1247 | Micheal Kreuziger | 185 |
Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced... |
495 | Dhruv Sitwala | 731 |
Micheal Kreuziger | 222 | Robert Hall | 690 |
Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two... |
482 | Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced... |
818 |
Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dhruv Sitwala | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3327 | 1260 |
2 | Pankaj Advani Pankaj Advani Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced... |
4 | 3 | 1 | 3269 | 1766 |
3 | Geet Sethi Geet Sethi Geet Siriram Sethi of India is a professional player of English billiards who dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s, and a notable amateur snooker player. He is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships, and holder of two... |
4 | 2 | 2 | 3441 | 1838 |
4 | Robert Hall | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1518 | 3348 |
5 | Micheal Kreuziger | 4 | 0 | 4 | 720 | 4063 |