2010 World Professional Billiards Championship

The 2010 World Professional Billiards Championship, the top international professional competition in English billiards, was held between 27 and 31 October 2010 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England.[1] 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 title after beating Dhruv Sitwala 1738–1204 in the final.[2]

Group round edit

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Group A edit

Player Score Player Score
  Pankaj Advani 1150   Sushrut Pandia 167
  Devendra Joshi 280   Sourav Kothari 728
  Pankaj Advani 684   Martin Goodwill 637
  Devendra Joshi 839   Sushrut Pandia 299
  Sourav Kothari 718   Martin Goodwill 262
  Pankaj Advani 818   Devendra Joshi 469
  Sourav Kothari 1152   Sushrut Pandia 189
  Devendra Joshi 493   Martin Goodwill 500
  Pankaj Advani 965   Sourav Kothari 457
  Sushrut Pandia 239   Martin Goodwill 906
Rank Player P W L F A
1   Pankaj Advani 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 edit

Player Score Player Score
  Rupesh Shah 702   Bem French 239
  Geet Sethi 781   Siddharth Parikh 397
  Rupesh Shah 618   Matthew Sutton 414
  Geet Sethi 1223   Bem French 186
  Siddharth Parikh 964   Bem French 201
  Rupesh Shah 441   Geet Sethi 461
  Siddharth Parikh 351   Matthew Sutton 385
  Geet Sethi 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 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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Quarterfinals
2½ hours
Semifinals
4 hours
Final
5 hours
  Pankaj Advani 608
  Dhruv Sitwala 723   Dhruv Sitwala 980
  Peter Gilchrist 445   Geet Sethi 979
  Geet Sethi 969   Dhruv Sitwala 1204
  David Causier 1356   Mike Russell 1738
  Sourav Kothari 499   David Causier 1279
  Rupesh Shah 496   Mike Russell 1525
  Mike Russell 995

References edit

  1. ^ "2010 World Professional Billiards Championship". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  2. ^ Geet, Sethi (2 November 2010). "Mike Russell regains World crown". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Group Round". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Knock-out Round". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

External links edit

  • "Break Board". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.