2007 World Professional Billiards Championship
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The 2007 World Professional Billiards Championship, the top international professional competition in English billiards, was held between 18 and 22 July 2007 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England. 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.
Prize fund
[edit | edit source]- Winner: £6,000
- Runner-up: £2,750
- Semi-final: £1,500
- Quarter-final: £750
- Group losers: £400
- Highest break: £350
- Total: £18,300
Group round
[edit | edit source]Group A
[edit | edit source]| Player | Score | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| India Geet Sethi | 724 | India Sourav Kothari | 206 |
| England Mike Russell | 753 | England Ian Williamson | 294 |
| India Geet Sethi | 444 | England Ian Williamson | 379 |
| England Mike Russell | 1197 | India Sourav Kothari | 226 |
| India Sourav Kothari | 572 | England Ian Williamson | 341 |
| England Mike Russell | 1192 | India Geet Sethi | 236 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England Mike Russell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3142 | 756 |
| 2 | India Geet Sethi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1404 | 1777 |
| 3 | India Sourav Kothari | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1004 | 2262 |
| 4 | England Ian Williamson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1014 | 1769 |
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Player | Score | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore Peter Gilchrist | 769 | Austria Michael Kreuziger | 244 |
| India Dhruv Sitwala | 618 | India Devendra Joshi | 455 |
| Singapore Peter Gilchrist | 757 | India Dhruv Sitwala | 387 |
| India Devendra Joshi | 1111 | Austria Michael Kreuziger | 269 |
| Singapore Peter Gilchrist | 678 | India Devendra Joshi | 820 |
| Austria Michael Kreuziger | 208 | India Dhruv Sitwala | 763 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India Devendra Joshi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2386 | 1565 |
| 2 | Singapore Peter Gilchrist | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2204 | 1451 |
| 3 | India Dhruv Sitwala | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1768 | 1420 |
| 4 | Austria Michael Kreuziger | 3 | 0 | 3 | 721 | 2643 |
Group C
[edit | edit source]| Player | Score | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| India Alok Kumar | 621 | India Ashok Shandilya | 527 |
| India Pankaj Advani | 805 | England Paul Bennett | 400 |
| India Ashok Shandilya | 682 | India Pankaj Advani | 609 |
| England Paul Bennett | 590 | India Alok Kumar | 416 |
| India Pankaj Advani | 774 | India Alok Kumar | 520 |
| India Ashok Shandilya | 407 | England Paul Bennett | 449 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India Pankaj Advani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2188 | 1602 |
| 2 | England Paul Bennett | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1439 | 1628 |
| 3 | India Ashok Shandilya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1616 | 1679 |
| 4 | India Alok Kumar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1557 | 1894 |
Group D
[edit | edit source]| Player | Score | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| England Chris Shutt | 1076 | England Mark Hirst | 365 |
| England David Causier | 777 | Australia Steve Mifsud | 440 |
| England Chris Shutt | 1132 | Australia Steve Mifsud | 550 |
| England David Causier | 1058 | England Mark Hirst | 230 |
| Australia Steve Mifsud | 626 | England Mark Hirst | 545 |
| England Chris Shutt | 786 | England David Causier | 893 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England David Causier | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2728 | 1456 |
| 2 | England Chris Shutt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2994 | 1808 |
| 3 | Australia Steve Mifsud | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1616 | 2454 |
| 4 | England Mark Hirst | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1140 | 2760 |
Knock-out round
[edit | edit source]| Quarterfinals 2½ hours | Semifinals 4 hours | Final 5 hours | ||||||||||||
| England Mike Russell | 1387 | |||||||||||||
| Singapore Peter Gilchrist | 482 | England Mike Russell | 1835 | |||||||||||
| India Geet Sethi | 850 | India Geet Sethi | 1231 | |||||||||||
| India Devendra Joshi | 673 | England Mike Russell | 2166 | |||||||||||
| India Pankaj Advani | 859 | England Chris Shutt | 1710 | |||||||||||
| England Chris Shutt | 1074 | England Chris Shutt | 1698 | |||||||||||
| England Paul Bennett | 406 | England David Causier | 1464 | |||||||||||
| England David Causier | 1330 | |||||||||||||