The 2010 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

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, between 27 and 31 October 2010. The 20 players were divided into four groups of five, with the top two in each group advancing into the knock-out round.

Mike Russell won his 10th 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 Dhruv Sitwala 1738–1204 in the final.

Group A

Player	Score	Player	Score
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...	1150	Sushrut Pandia	167
Devendra Joshi	280	Sourav Kothari	728
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...	684	Martin Goodwill	637
Devendra Joshi	839	Sushrut Pandia	299
Sourav Kothari	718	Martin Goodwill	262
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	Devendra Joshi	469
Sourav Kothari	1152	Sushrut Pandia	189
Devendra Joshi	493	Martin Goodwill	500
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...	965	Sourav Kothari	457
Sushrut Pandia	239	Martin Goodwill	906

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	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	4	0	3617	1730
2	Sourav Kothari	4	3	1	3055	1696
3	Martin Goodwill	4	1	3	2305	2134
4	Devendra Joshi	4	1	3	2081	2345
5	Sushrut Pandia	4	0	4	894	4047

Group B

Player	Score	Player	Score
Rupesh Shah	702	Bem French	239
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...	781	Siddharth Parikh	397
Rupesh Shah	618	Matthew Sutton	414
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...	1223	Bem French	186
Siddharth Parikh	964	Bem French	201
Rupesh Shah	441	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...	461
Siddharth Parikh	351	Matthew Sutton	385
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...	1199	Matthew Sutton	223
Rupesh Shah	352	Siddharth Parikh	416
Bem French	242	Matthew Sutton	705

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	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	4	0	3664	1247
2	Rupesh Shah	4	2	2	2113	1530
3	Siddharth Parikh	4	2	2	2128	1719
4	Matthew Sutton	4	2	2	1727	2410
5	Bem French	4	0	4	868	3594

Group C

Player	Score	Player	Score
Dhruv Sitwala	283	Ashok Shandilya	504
David Causier	868	Mark Hirst	289
Dhruv Sitwala	533	Phil Mumford	480
David Causier	911	Ashok Shandilya	391
Mark Hirst	347	Phil Mumford	599
Dhruv Sitwala	593	David Causier	498
Mark Hirst	560	Ashok Shandilya	386
David Causier	1150	Phil Mumford	289
Dhruv Sitwala	430	Mark Hirst	429
Ashok Shandilya	566	Phil Mumford	554

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	David Causier	4	3	1	3427	1562
2	Dhruv Sitwala	4	3	1	1839	1911
3	Ashok Shandilya	4	2	2	1847	2308
4	Mark Hirst	4	1	3	1625	2283
5	Phil Mumford	4	1	3	1922	2596

Group D

Player	Score	Player	Score
Mike Russell	1070	Ian Williamson	262
Peter Gilchrist	616	Gary Rogers	394
Mike Russell	413	Robert Marshall	614
Peter Gilchrist	961	Ian Williamson	275
Gary Rogers	148	Robert Marshall	730
Mike Russell	719	Peter Gilchrist	393
Gary Rogers	368	Ian Williamson	277
Peter Gilchrist	674	Robert Marshall	422
Mike Russell	820	Gary Rogers	338
Ian Williamson	375	Robert Marshall	321

Rank	Player	P	W	L	F	A
1	Mike Russell	4	3	1	3022	1607
2	Peter Gilchrist	4	3	1	2644	1810
3	Robert Marshall	4	2	2	2087	1610
4	Gary Rogers	4	1	3	1248	2443
5	Ian Williamson	4	1	3	1189	2720

Knock-out round