Pankaj Advani

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Pankaj Advani
Born	July 24, 1985
Nationality	Indian
Professional	2003–
Highest break	136

Pankaj Advani (born July 24, 1985, Bangalore) is a professional snooker player from India.

He won his maiden IBSF World Billiards Championship in 2005 when he defeated compatriot Devendra Joshi at Qawra, Malta.

The win, after his 2003 IBSF World Snooker Championship title in China, made him only the second cueist after Malta's Paul Mifsud to have won both the billiards and snooker amateur world titles.

Coached by former World number four Arvind Savur for almost a decade at Bangalore he is B.Com student of Jain College, Bangalore.

He has been conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour for the year 2005-2006. [1]

[edit] Titles

2005
- World Billiards Championship
- Asian Billiards Championship
- India Billiards Championship
- India Junior Snooker Championship
- India Junior Billiards Championship
- WSA Challenge Tour

2004
- WSA Challenge Tour

2003
- IBSF World Snooker Championship
- Indian Junior Billiards Championship
- Indian Junior Snooker Championship

2001
- Indian Junior Billiards Championship

2000
- Indian Junior Billiards Championship

1999
- Pot Shot All India Triangular Championship
- Pot Shot non-medallist Championship

1998
- Karnataka State Junior Snooker Championship

1997
- 27th BS Sampath Memorial Handicap Snooker Championship
- T.A. Selvaraj Memorial Billiards Championship
- Karnataka Stage Junior Snooker Championship