Pankaj Advani - wikipedia Pankaj Advani This article is about the Indian billiards and snooker player. For the film director, see Pankaj Advani ( director ). Pankaj Arjan Advani Pankaj Advani at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic ( 1985 - 07 - 24 ) 24 July 1985 ( age 32 ) Pune, Maharashtra, India Sport country India Nickname The Prince of India The Golden Boy The Prince of Pune Highest break Snooker : 145 Billiards : 876 Tournament wins World Champion 18 times ( Billiards : 13 ) Medal record Men 's English billiards Representing India Asian Games 2006 Doha Singles 2010 Guangzhou Singles Pankaj Arjan Advani ( born 24 July 1985 in Pune ) is an Indian English billiards and snooker player. In recognition of his achievements, the Government of India has bestowed several awards upon Advani : the Arjuna Award in 2004, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2006, and Padma Shri in 2009. He has achieved a hat - trick of hat - tricks in English billiards, holding the World, Asian, and Indian National Championship titles simultaneously, in three different years : 2005, 2008 and 2012 and recently in 2017. He became a snooker professional only in 2012, and his first season on the main tour was the 2012 / 2013 season. Advani won the 2014 IBSF World 6 - Red Snooker Championship, on his debut in that discipline. He is the only player ever to win world titles in both the long and short formats of snooker ( 15 - red standard, and 6 - red ) and both formats of English billiards ( time and point ). Advani is also India 's first world champion in 6 - red snooker. On 14 August 2014, Advani helped win the first ever World Team Billiards Championship held in Glasgow, Scotland, along with Rupesh Shan, Devendra Joshi and Ashok Shandilya. On 2nd February 2017, Pankaj Advani won his 29th National Championship Title at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune, India. This gave him a 39 match - winning streak. Overall, Pankaj Advani has won 58 gold : World Titles = 18 ; Asian Titles = 8 ; Asian Games = 2 ; Australian Open = 1 ; National Titles = 29. Contents 1 Early life 2 Billiards career 3 Snooker career 3.1 2013 / 2014 season 3.2 2014 / 2015 season 3.3 2015 / 2016 season 3.4 2016 / 2017 season 4 Performance and rankings timeline of professional snooker 5 Titles 6 Awards and honours 7 References 8 External links Early life Pankaj Advani was born on 24 July 1985 in Pune, India. Advani spent his initial years in Kuwait before moving to Bangalore, India. He received his education at the Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore and completed his bachelor 's degree in Commerce from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College. He received training in snooker from former national Snooker champion Arvind Savur. At the age of 10 his acumen for snooker came to the notice of Arvind Savur after being introduced to the sport by his elder brother Dr. Shree Advani, a noted Sport & Performance Psychologist. He won his first ever title at the age of 12 and went on to set several records at the state and national levels. In the year 2000 he won his first Indian Junior Billiards Championship title and then went on to win it again in 2001 and 2003. In 2003 he won the India Junior Snooker Championship which made him the youngest National Snooker champion. Billiards career Advani made his international competitive debut at the Asian Billiards Championship 2002, held at Bangalore, in which he finished as a finalist. After an amateur World Snooker Champion title win in 2003, he won the IBSF World Billiards Championship in 2005 at Qawra, Malta, where he became the first to achieve a `` grand double '' by winning both the time and point formats, a feat he repeated at the 2008 event in Bangalore. He is the only Indian to have won the amateur world title in both snooker and billiards. He is also the youngest person to have won all these world titles in English billiards, for a record 8 times. Advani also remains the only person to have won all five national, regional, and world billiards tournaments in a single season, a feat he achieved by winning the Indian Junior National Championship and Senior National Championship, the Asian Billiards Championship, and both the World Billiards Championship ( point format ) and World Billiards Championship ( time format ). Advani won the WPBSA billiards title, at Leeds in 2009, against the defending champion Mike Russell ; Advani won 2030 -- 1253, after gaining an 800 - plus lead at his opening break. He became the first person in the world to win the trio of the WPBSA World Billiards Champion pro title ( which he has held twice, in 2009 & 2012 ), and the IBSF World Billiards Champion amateur title, as well as the IBSM World Snooker Champion amateur title. In April 2012, Advani won the Asian Billiards Championship in Goa, India to become the first player to win 5 Asian Billiards Champion titles. This takes his total tally of international majors to 17 -- 8 Worlds, 5 Asian Billiards, 2 Asian Games Golds, 1 Australian Open and 1 Asian Team. It was announced in May that Advani had accepted the Indian wildcard place on the main snooker tour for the 2012 / 2013 season. In October 2012, in Leeds, England, Advani won his seventh ( counting professional and amateur ) World Billiards Championship title, eighth world title overall, beating defending and nine - time WPBSA World Billiards Champion Mike Russell again, in the timed division final ( Advani did not make it to the points division final ). Snooker career Pankaj Advani, on international competitive debut in the discipline, won the IBSF World Snooker Championship ( i.e. the World Amateur Snooker Championship ) on 25 October 2003 in Jiangmen, China. He was 18 years old, and became the youngest Indian to win the title, his first world title. A decade later, as a 28 - year - old, at the IBSF World 6 - Red World Snooker Championship in Sharm - El - Sheik, Egypt, he won one of the amateur world titles ( on debut in the short format ). As a new player on the tour, Advani would need to win four matches to reach the main stage of the ranking events. He did this in just his fourth attempt, when qualifying for the International Championship. He defeated Craig Steadman 6 -- 1, six - time world champion Steve Davis 6 -- 5 ( after being 1 -- 4 down ), Alan McManus 6 -- 3 and Michael Holt 6 -- 4 to reach the venue stage for the first time. He made four century break s during qualification, the most of any player. Advani was to play a wildcard match once at the tournament in Chengdu, China, to reach the last 32, however he decided to withdraw from the tournament to take part in the World Billiards Championship, which he went on to win. He also reached the semi-finals of the minor ranking European Tour Event 1, beating four - time world champion John Higgins 4 -- 1 along the way. Advani lost to Mark Selby 2 -- 4. Advani played in eight of the ten of these Players Tour Championship events and finished 40th on the Order of Merit. At the 2013 Welsh Open, he became the first Indian player to reach the quarter - final stage of a ranking event with a 4 -- 1 win over Graeme Dott in the last 16, but lost 2 -- 5 to Judd Trump. Advani 's season ended when he was beaten 8 -- 10 by Joe Swail in the first round of World Championship Qualifying. He was ranked world number 74 after his first year on the main snooker tour. 2013 / 2014 season The 2013 / 2014 season saw the introduction of a ranking event in Advani 's home country of India for the first time which he qualified for by beating Matthew Selt 4 -- 0. At the tournament in New Delhi Advani defeated Marcus Campbell 4 -- 1 and Mark Allen 4 -- 2. His match with Allen finished at 11 pm local time, with Advani back in last 16 action at 10 am the next morning to play Stuart Bingham. The match went to a deciding frame and when Bingham broke down on a break of 30, Advani stepped in to compose a match winning 86. Advani played compatriot Aditya Mehta in the quarter - finals in an iconic match in Indian snooker as the winner would be the country 's first ranking event semi-finalist. The match was heavily focused on safety and it was Mehta who advanced with a 4 -- 3 win. His best run in a ranking event during the rest of the season was at the World Open, where he narrowly beat Xiao Guodong 5 -- 4 to set up a last 32 meeting with Ding Junhui. Advani had a lead of 4 -- 2 in the best of nine frame match and was 35 points to 0 ahead in the seventh frame to be on the cusp of a shock result against the player who had already won four ranking events this season. However, Ding made a break of 52 to win the frame, compiled a 136 to draw level and won the deciding frame in one visit to defeat Advani. Advani 's successful season saw him finish inside the top 64 in the world rankings for the first time as he was placed 56th. 2014 / 2015 season Advani did n't enter any tournaments until September 2014, when he announced that he was relinquishing his snooker tour card to concentrate on his billiards career and spend more time with his family. He received an invite to participate in the wildcard round of the 2015 Indian Open, but lost 4 -- 3 to Rhys Clark. 2015 / 2016 season Advani wrote himself into the history books in May 2016 by winning the Asian 6 - Red Snooker title. He became the first player in the world to hold the world title as well as the continental title at the same time after he beat Malaysian Keen Hoh Moh 7 -- 5. In the same tournament, Advani sailed to the semi-finals of the Snooker Championship where he lost to Thailand 's Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn. 2016 / 2017 season Advani received an entry in to the wildcard round of the Indian Open and he beat Fang Xiongman 4 -- 2 and Elliot Slessor 4 -- 0, before losing 4 -- 3 to Stephen Maguire in the second round. He won all of his group matches at the Six - red World Championship and then eliminated Lukas Kleckers 6 -- 0 and Yuan Sijun 6 -- 4. Michael Holt withdrew from the event which moved Advani straight in to the semi-finals, where he was defeated 7 -- 4 by Ding Junhui. Performance and rankings timeline of professional Snooker Tournament 2012 / 13 2013 / 14 2014 / 15 2015 / 16 2016 / 17 Ranking 74 Ranking tournaments Indian Open NH QF WR NH 2R World Open LQ 2R Not Held Shanghai Masters LQ LQ International Championship WD 1R UK Championship LQ 1R German Masters LQ LQ Welsh Open QF 1R Players Championship Grand Final DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ China Open LQ 1R World Championship LQ LQ Variant format tournaments Six - red World Championship RR 1R SF Former ranking tournaments Wuxi Classic LQ LQ Not Held Australian Goldfields Open LQ LQ NH Performance Table Legend LQ lost in the qualifying draw # R lost in the early rounds of the tournament ( WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin ) QF lost in the quarter - finals SF lost in the semi-finals lost in the final won the tournament DNQ did not qualify for the tournament did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held means an event was not held. NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is / was no longer a ranking event. R / Ranking Event means an event is / was a ranking event. MR / Minor - Ranking Event means an event is / was a minor - ranking event. Jump up ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season. Jump up ^ New players do n't have a ranking. Jump up ^ Since September 2014 he was an amateur. ^ Jump up to : He was an amateur. Jump up ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals ( 2012 / 2013 ) Titles This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( February 2013 ) 2017 IBSF World Snooker Championship - Gold IBSF World Billiards Championship -- Gold 2016 IBSF World Billiards Championship - Gold 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship - Gold IBSF World 6 - Red Snooker Championship -- Gold 2014 IBSF World 6 - Red Snooker Championship -- Gold ( a world record of winning world titles in both billiards and snooker in all formats ) World Team Billiards Championship -- Gold ( highest number of world titles by any Indian sportsperson ) 2012 World Billiards Championship ( a record 8 world titles for a 27 - year - old ) Asian Billiards Championship ( a record 5 times ) Asian Games Gold Medallist -- English Billiards Singles ( first Gold Medal for India ) Asian Billiards Championship 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship Asian Billiards Championship 2008 IBSF World Billiards Championship ( both formats -- timed and points ) ( repeated 2005 achievement and first ever again to win 2 twin formats ) Asian Billiards Championship 2006 Asian Games Gold Medallist -- English Billiards singles 2005 IBSF World Billiards Championship ( both formats -- timed and points ) ( first person to ever achieve this ) Asian Billiards Championship India Billiards Championship India Junior Snooker Championship India Junior Billiards Championship WSA Challenge Tour WSA Challenge Tour 2003 IBSF World Snooker Championship Indian Junior Billiards Championship Indian Junior Snooker Championship 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 27th BS Sampath Memorial Handicap Snooker Championship T.A. Selvaraj Memorial Billiards Championship Karnataka Stage Junior Snooker Championship Awards and honours Padma Shri, India 's fourth highest civilian honour, 2009 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India 's highest sporting honour, 2005 -- 06 Rajyotsava Award, Karnataka 's highest civilian award, 2007. Karnataka 's ' Kempegowda Award '' in 2007. Ekalavya Award in 2007 Vision of India 's `` International Indian '' Award in 2005. Senior Sportsperson of the Year 2005 The Sports Writers ' Association of Bangalore The Bangalore University Sportsperson of the Year, 2005 The Hero India Sports Award ( HISA ) in 2004 The Rajeev Gandhi Award in 2004 The Arjuna Award in 2004 The Indo - American Young Achiever 's Award -- 2003 The Sports Star Sportsperson of the Year 2003. References Jump up ^ `` Historic title win for Advani in Egypt ''. Times of India. Jump up ^ `` Padma Awards '' ( PDF ). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Pankaj Advani pockets the National Snooker Championship title ''. Indian Express. 2 February 2017. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013. Jump up ^ http://www.ibsf.info/cgi-bin/ibsf.pl?A=PlayerProfile&Player=Pankaj%20Advani Jump up ^ Everton, Clive ( 6 September 2009 ). `` Pankaj Advani seals World Professional Billiards Championship win ''. The Guardian. London. Jump up ^ `` Pankaj Advani ''. Retrieved 18 June 2012. Jump up ^ `` Pankaj on pro snooker circuit ''. The New Indian Express. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Pankaj Advani wins world billiards title ''. BBC News. 29 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` Cao Wins Black Ball Thriller ''. WorldSnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ( WPBSA ). Retrieved 23 August 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Pankaj Advani 2012 / 2013 ''. Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 August 2012. Jump up ^ `` International Championship qualifiers -- Centuries ''. LiveScores.WorldSnookerData.com. WPBSA. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012. Jump up ^ `` Order of Merit 2012 / 2013 ''. Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Welsh Open : Pankaj Advani first Indian player to reach last eight ''. BBC News. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013. Jump up ^ `` Welsh Open : Judd Trump ends Pankaj Advani 's historic run ''. BBC News. Retrieved 9 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Betfair World Championship Qualifiers ''. Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Official World Snooker Ranking List for the 2013 / 2014 Season '' ( PDF ). WorldSnooker.com. WPBSA. Retrieved 24 May 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Pankaj Advani 2013 / 2014 ''. Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Aditya Mehta to clash with Pankaj Advani in quarters of Indian Open ''. The Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Indian Open snooker : Aditya Mehta makes history in Delhi ''. BBC News. Retrieved 18 October 2013. Jump up ^ `` Haikou World Open : Ding Junhui makes flying start ; Shaun Murphy knocks out Jimmy White ''. SkySports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` Ding Comes Through Advani Test ''. WorldSnooker.com. WPBSA. Retrieved 3 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship '' ( PDF ). WorldSnooker.com. WPBSA. Retrieved 9 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` Advani Gives Up Tour Card ''. WorldSnooker.com. WPBSA. Retrieved 5 September 2014. Jump up ^ `` Rhys Clark knocks out Pankaj Advani in Indian Open ''. IBN Live. CNN - IBN. Retrieved 12 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` Pankaj Advani creates history, wins Asian 6 - Red Snooker title ''. SportsCafe.in. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Asian Snooker Championship : Pankaj Advani crashes out in semis -- SportsCafe.in ''. SportsCafe.in. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Pankaj Advani 2016 / 2017 ''. Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ranking History ''. Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011. Jump up ^ `` Pankaj Advani -- the second Indian to win World Billiards Championship ''. HeadlinesIndia.com. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2011. Jump up ^ `` Press Information Bureau English Releases ''. PIB.NIC.in. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2011. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008. Jump up ^ `` 100 - year - old folk medicine expert among Rajyotsava award winners ''. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 30 October 2007. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pankaj Advani. Pankaj Advani at CueTracker : Snooker Results & Statistics Database Pankaj Advani 's bio at BilliardsForum Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardees 1991 -- 2000 Viswanathan Anand ( 1991 -- 92 ) Geet Sethi ( 1992 -- 93 ) Homi Motivala and Pushpendra Kumar Garg ( 1993 -- 94 ) Karnam Malleswari ( 1994 -- 95 ) Kunjarani Devi ( 1995 -- 96 ) Leander Paes ( 1996 -- 97 ) Sachin Tendulkar ( 1997 -- 98 ) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar ( 1998 -- 99 ) Dhanraj Pillay ( 1999 -- 2000 ) Pullela Gopichand ( 2000 -- 01 ) 2001 -- 2010 Abhinav Bindra ( 2001 ) K.M. Beenamol and Anjali Bhagwat ( 2002 ) Anju Bobby George ( 2003 ) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore ( 2004 ) Pankaj Advani ( 2005 ) Manavjit Singh Sandhu ( 2006 ) MS Dhoni ( 2007 ) No award ( 2008 ) Mary Kom, Vijender Singh, and Sushil Kumar ( 2009 ) Saina Nehwal ( 2010 ) 2011 -- present Gagan Narang ( 2011 ) Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt ( 2012 ) Ronjan Sodhi ( 2013 ) No award ( 2014 ) Sania Mirza ( 2015 ) P.V. Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai, and Sakshi Malik ( 2016 ) Devendra Jhajharia and Sardara Singh ( 2017 ). 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Question: who holds record wins with hat-trick of hat-tricks in english billiards
Answer: Pankaj Arjan Advani