2007 World Professional Billiards Championship

The 2007 World Professional Billiards Championship, the top international professional competition in English billiards, was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England, between Wednesday, 18 July and Saturday 22 July 2007. The 16 players were divided into four groups of four, with the top two in each group advancing into the knock-out round.

Mike Russell won his eighth World Professional Billiards Championship title, by defeating Chris Shutt 2166–1710 in the final.

Contents

Prize fund

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Group round

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Group A

Player Score Player Score
Geet Sethi 724 Sourav Kothari 206
Mike Russell 753 Ian Williamson 294
Geet Sethi 444 Ian Williamson 379
Mike Russell 1197 Sourav Kothari 226
Sourav Kothari 572 Ian Williamson 341
Mike Russell 1192 Geet Sethi 236
Rank Player P W L F A
1 Mike Russell 3 3 0 3142 756
2 Geet Sethi 3 2 1 1404 1777
3 Sourav Kothari 3 1 2 1004 2262
4 Ian Williamson 3 0 3 1014 1769

Group B

Player Score Player Score
Peter Gilchrist 769 Micheal Kreuziger 244
Dhruv Sitwala 618 Devendra Joshi 455
Peter Gilchrist 757 Dhruv Sitwala 387
Devendra Joshi 1111 Micheal Kreuziger 269
Peter Gilchrist 678 Devendra Joshi 820
Micheal Kreuziger 208 Dhruv Sitwala 763
Rank Player P W L F A
1 Devendra Joshi 3 2 1 2386 1565
2 Peter Gilchrist 3 2 1 2204 1451
3 Dhruv Sitwala 3 2 1 1768 1420
4 Micheal Kreuziger 3 0 3 721 2643

Group C

Player Score Player Score
Alok Kumar 621 Ashok Shandilya 527
Pankaj Advani 805 Paul Bennett 400
Ashok Shandilya 682 Pankaj Advani 609
Paul Bennett 590 Alok Kumar 416
Pankaj Advani 774 Alok Kumar 520
Ashok Shandilya 407 Paul Bennett 449
Rank Player P W L F A
1 Pankaj Advani 3 2 1 2188 1602
2 Paul Bennett 3 2 1 1439 1628
3 Ashok Shandilya 3 1 2 1616 1679
4 Alok Kumar 3 1 2 1557 1894

Group D

Player Score Player Score
Chris Shutt 1076 Mark Hirst 365
David Causier 777 Steve Mifsud 440
Chris Shutt 1132 Steve Mifsud 550
David Causier 1058 Mark Hirst 230
Steve Mifsud 626 Mark Hirst 545
Chris Shutt 786 David Causier 893
Rank Player P W L F A
1 David Causier 3 3 0 2728 1456
2 Chris Shutt 3 2 1 2994 1808
3 Steve Mifsud 3 1 2 1616 2454
4 Mark Hirst 3 0 3 1140 2760

Knock-out round

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
2½ hours 4 hours 5 hours
     
Mike Russell     1387          
Peter Gilchrist     482    
Mike Russell     1835  
  Geet Sethi     1231    
Geet Sethi   850
Devendra Joshi   673  
Mike Russell     2166  
  Chris Shutt     1710  
Pankaj Advani   859
Chris Shutt   1074  
Chris Shutt   1698
  David Causier   1464  
Paul Bennett   406
David Causier   1330  

References

  1. ^ a b c "2007 World Professional Billiards Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090103024956/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Billiards/2007_World_Pro_Billiards-Championship.htm. 
  2. ^ a b c "2007 World Professional Billiards Championship". The English Amateur Billiards Association. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/639QxHgel. Retrieved 3 November 2011.