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