# 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship

The 2009 World Professional Billiards Championship, the top international professional competition in English billiards, was held between 2 and 6 September 2009 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England. The 17 players were divided into three groups of four, and one group of five, with the top two in each group advancing into the knock-out round.
Pankaj Advani won his first World Professional Billiards Championship title after beating defending champion Mike Russell in the final 2030–1253.

## Group round
### Group A

| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Mike Russell | 945 | Rupesh Shah | 215 |
| Devendra Joshi | 615 | Ian Williamson | 237 |
| Mike Russell | 889 | Ian Williamson | 269 |
| Devendra Joshi | 309 | Rupesh Shah | 485 |
| Ian Williamson | 249 | Rupesh Shah | 480 |
| Mike Russell | 703 | Devendra Joshi | 439 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
| 1 | Mike Russell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2537 | 919 |
| 2 | Rupesh Shah | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1176 | 1503 |
| 3 | Devendra Joshi | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1363 | 1425 |
| 4 | Ian Williamson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1176 | 1503 |

### Group B

| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Sourav Kothari | 333 | B. Bhaskar | 779 |
| Gary Rogers | 171 | Martin Goodwill | 654 |
| Sourav Kothari | 394 | Martin Goodwill | 413 |
| B. Bhaskar | 529 | Gary Rogers | 295 |
| Martin Goodwill | 567 | B. Bhaskar | 400 |
| Sourav Kothari | 730 | Gary Rogers | 317 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
| 1 | Martin Goodwill | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1634 | 965 |
| 2 | B. Bhaskar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1708 | 1195 |
| 3 | Sourav Kothari | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1457 | 1509 |
| 4 | Gary Rogers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 783 | 1913 |

### Group C

| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Peter Gilchrist | 927 | Bernard French | 240 |
| Mark Hirst | 513 | Bernard French | 314 |
| Peter Gilchrist | 789 | Mark Hirst | 471 |
| David Causier | 982 | Bernard French | 299 |
| David Causier | 862 | Mark Hirst | 332 |
| David Causier | 982 | Peter Gilchrist | 467 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
| 1 | David Causier | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2826 | 1098 |
| 2 | Peter Gilchrist | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2183 | 1693 |
| 3 | Mark Hirst | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1316 | 1965 |
| 4 | Bernard French | 3 | 0 | 3 | 853 | 2422 |

### Group D

| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Geet Sethi | 383 | Dhruv Sitwala | 629 |
| Pankaj Advani | 787 | Robert Hall | 394 |
| Dhruv Sitwala | 957 | Michael Kreuziger | 154 |
| Geet Sethi | 1329 | Robert Hall | 206 |
| Pankaj Advani | 1169 | Michael Kreuziger | 159 |
| Dhruv Sitwala | 1010 | Robert Hall | 228 |
| Geet Sethi | 1247 | Michael Kreuziger | 185 |
| Pankaj Advani | 495 | Dhruv Sitwala | 731 |
| Michael Kreuziger | 222 | Robert Hall | 690 |
| Geet Sethi | 482 | Pankaj Advani | 818 |
| Rank | Player | P | W | L | F | A |
| 1 | Dhruv Sitwala | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3327 | 1260 |
| 2 | Pankaj Advani | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3269 | 1766 |
| 3 | Geet Sethi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3441 | 1838 |
| 4 | Robert Hall | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1518 | 3348 |
| 5 | Michael Kreuziger | 4 | 0 | 4 | 720 | 4063 |

## Knock-out round

| Quarterfinals 2½ hours | Quarterfinals 2½ hours | Quarterfinals 2½ hours | Semifinals 4 hours | Semifinals 4 hours | Semifinals 4 hours | Final 5 hours | Final 5 hours | Final 5 hours |
| Mike Russell | Mike Russell | 1271 | | | | | | |
| B. Bhaskar | B. Bhaskar | 419 | Mike Russell | Mike Russell | 1366 | | | |
| Rupesh Shah | Rupesh Shah | 545 | Rupesh Shah | Rupesh Shah | 880 | | | |
| Martin Goodwill | Martin Goodwill | 394 | | | | Mike Russell | Mike Russell | 1253 |
| David Causier | David Causier | 782 | | | | Pankaj Advani | Pankaj Advani | 2030 |
| Pankaj Advani | Pankaj Advani | 896 | Pankaj Advani | Pankaj Advani | 1037 | | | |
| Peter Gilchrist | Peter Gilchrist | 399 | Dhruv Sitwala | Dhruv Sitwala | 972 | | | |
| Dhruv Sitwala | Dhruv Sitwala | 872 | | | | | | |