The 2009 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...

, 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

Knock-out round