2008 World Professional Billiards Championship

Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds, England. 23-27 July 2008

SCROLL DOWN FOR GROUP RESULTS AND TABLES

 

Quarters Friday (3pm & 7pm BST)

Semis

Final

  Mike Russell 838 Mike Russell 1788 Mike Russell 1821
  Sourav Kothari 526
  David Causier 1547 David Causier 1149
  Devendra Joshi 358
  Peter Gilchrist   Chris Shutt 1293 Geet Sethi 1342
  Chris Shutt  
  Geet Sethi   Geet Sethi 1426
  Pankaj Advani  

 

FINAL

FINAL              MIKE RUSSELL             v    GEET SETHI          

First Session

Score: 1041                                    Score: 443                             

Breaks: 176-315-67-51-58-51-133    Breaks:82-88-91-11unf         

Average:         34.7                         Average:         14.8

Second Session

Score: 780                                       Score: 899                             

Breaks:  118-57-189-72-193              Breaks: 77-120-183-51-64-52          

Average:         21.6                          Average:         25.0

Match Result

Score:              1821                        Score:              1342   

Match Average:  27.6                        Match Average:  20.3

 

Semi Finals

SEMI-FINAL 1 MIKE RUSSELL V          DAVID CAUSIER

First session

Score:               909                              Score:   466

Breaks:  52-86-209-492-19unf                Breaks:   58-95-130-56

Average:           47.8                              Average:           24.5

Second session

Score:               879                              Score:  683      

Breaks:   231-60-204-183-104                Breaks:  114-73-173-95-22unf

Average:           54.9                             Average:           45.5

Match Result                 

Score:               1788                             Score:   1149

Match Average:  51.1                             Match Average:  33.8

 

SEMI-FINAL 2 CHRIS SHUTT   V         GEET SETHI

First session

Score:               634                               Score:               757

Breaks:151-105-76-115-88                     Breaks:92-52-84-181-62-63-73unf

Average:           30.2                              Average:           36.0

Second session

Score:               659                               Score:               669

Breaks:89-113-179-81                            Breaks:  99-79-129-94-88-103-32unf

Average:           41.2                              Average:           41.8

Match Result               

Score:               1293                             Score:               1426

Match Average:  34.9                             Match Average:  38.5

 

Quarter Finals

MIKE  RUSSELL [72, 301, 295] (Av24.6) 838-526  SOURAV KOTHARI [50, 99, 79] (Av 15.5)

DAVID  CAUSIER [65,  96, 92, 94, 97, 118, 180, 495, 108uf] (Av 59.5) 1547-358 DEVENDRA  JOSHI [63, 108, 53] (Av 13.2)


GROUP SCORES

Group A:

Mike Russell [76, 89, 588] (Av 35.6) 1068-177 (Av 5.7) Michael Kreuziger

Devendra Joshi (115, 57, 86, 55, 108, 65uf] (Av 16.4) 720-253 (Av 5.6) Gary Rogers

Mike Russell [101, 203, 62, 87, 272, 99] (Av 24.5) 980-207 (Av 5.2) Gary Rogers

Group B:

David Causier [137, 87, 138, 150, 74] (Av 21.9) 918-302 [84] (Av 7.2) Sourav Kothari

Sourav Kothari [76, 66, 159] (Av 17.0) 561-378 [68, 112, 71] (Av 11.1) Dhruv Sitwala

David Causier [150, 214, 121, 77, 87] (Av 39.0) 858-533 [63, 66, 80, 141] (Av 24.2) Dhruv Sitwala

Group C:
Geet Sethi [118, 94, 53, 79, 92, 70uf] (Av 39.5) 671-459 [83, 71, 113] (Av 27.0) Rupesh Shah

Peter Gilchrist [54, 108, 118, 103, 189, 187] (Av 49.7) 945-447 [61, 97, 54, 84uf] (Av 23.5) Alok Kumar

Geet Sethi [97, 52, 90, 119, 73, 85, 139] (Av 36.9) 887-506 [89, 79, 68, 74] (Av 22.0) Alok Kumar

Group D:
Pankaj Advani [62, 130, 87, 106, 56, 176uf] (Av 21.8) 742-308 [81] (Av 8.8) Ian Williamson

Ian Williamson [54, 62, 69, 129, 85, 86, 40uf] (Av 50.6) 607-154 (Av 11.8) Mark Hirst

Pankaj Advani [256, 95, 149, 97] (Av 35.0) 806-472 [59, 128uf] (Av 20.5) Mark Hirst

 

HIGH BREAKS

588, 272, 203, 101 Mike Russell

189, 187, 118, 108, 103 Peter Gilchrist

256, 176, 149, 130, 106 Pankaj Advani

159 Sourav Kothari

214, 150, 1150, 38, 137, 121, David Causier

141 Dhruv Sitwala

129 Ian Williamson

139, 119, 118 Geet Sethi

115, 108 Devendra Joshi

113 Rupesh Shah

 

GROUP TABLES

Group A   Matches Pos
Player 1 2 3 4 Won Lost
Mike Russell     980 1068 2 0  
Devendra Joshi     720   1 0  
Gary Rogers 207 253     0 2  
Michael Kreuziger 177       0 1  
Group B Matches Pos
Player 1 2 3 4 Won Lost
David Causier     858 918 2 0  
Paul Bennett              
Dhruv Sitwala 533     378 1 1  
Sourav Kothari 302   561   1 1  
Group C Matches Pos
Player 1 2 3 4 Won Lost
Geet Sethi     887 671 2 0  
Peter Gilchrist     945   1 0  
Alok Kumar 506 447     0 2  
Rupesh Shah 459       0 1  
Group D Matches Pos
Player 1 2 3 4 Won Lost
Chris Shutt              
Pankaj Advani     742 806 2 0  
Ian Williamson   308   607 1 1  
Mark Hirst   472 154   0 2  

 

The top two from each group will go through to the quarter-finals:

The round robin games will be played over one 120-minute session. Quarter-finals matches will be one 150-minute session.

Semi-finals will be two 120-minute sessions and the final will be two 150-minute session.

 

Order of Play

Date                Time               Table  Players

Wednesday           11.00am                 1              Mike Russell v  Michael Kreuziger

23 July                                                    2              David Causier v Sourav Kothari

                                                                3              Geet Sethi v Rupesh Shah

                                                                4              Pankaj Advani v Ian Williamson

                                 3.00pm                   1              Devendra Joshi v Gary Rogers

                                                                2              Dhruv Sitwala v Sourav Kothari

                                                                3              Peter Gilchrist v Alok Kumar

                                                                4              Ian Williamson v Mark Hirst

                                 7.00pm                   1              Mike Russell v Gary Rogers

                                                                2              David Causier v Dhruv Sitwala

                                                                3              Geet Sethi v Alok Kumar

                                                                4              Pankaj Advani v Mark Hirst

 Thursday               11.00am                 1              Devendra Joshi v Michael Kreuziger

24 July                                                    3              Peter Gilchrist v Rupesh Shah

                                3.00pm                   1              Gary Rogers v Michael Kreuziger

                                                                2              Paul Bennett v Dhruv Sitwala

                                                                3              Alok Kumar v Rupesh Shah

                                                                4              Chris Shutt v Mark Hirst

                                7.00pm                   1              Mike Russell v Devendra Joshi

                                                                2              Paul Bennett v Sourav Kothari

                                                                3              Geet Sethi v Peter Gilchrist

                                                                4              Chris Shutt v Ian Williamson

Friday                     10.00am                 2              David Causier v Paul Bennett  

25 July                                                    4              Chris Shutt v Pankaj Advani

 3.00pm                  3              Quarter-Final 1                                    

                                4              Quarter-Final 2                                                                                                      

  7.00pm                 1              Quarter-Final 3                    

                                                                2              Quarter-Final 4

Saturday               10.00am                                  Open Event

26 July                   3.00pm                   1              Semi-Final 1         

                                                                3              Semi-Final 2   

                                                            Semi-Finals   

  7.00pm                 1              Semi-Final 1 *    

                                                                3              Semi-Final 2 *

Sunday                   10.00am                                 Open Event

27 July                     3.00pm                 1              Final

                                  7.00pm                 1              Final *

* Denotes the final session of match

 

PRIZE FUND

Winner £6 ,000
Runner-Up £2 ,750
Losing semi-finalist £1 ,500
Losing quarter-finalist £750
Group Losers £400
High break £ 350
Total prize fund £18,300

 

ROLL OF HONOUR

2008          
2007   Mike Russell 2166-1710 Chris Shutt  
2006   Geet Sethi 2093-1057 Lee Lagan  
2005   Chris Shutt 1620-1365    
2004