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
[3]
Group A
| 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
| 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
| 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
[4]
| 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
- ^ "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
- "Break Board". Cue Sports India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
