Complex sentence: Hohmann first made a name of himself in 2003 by winning the WPA World Nine-ball Championship at the expense of Alex Pagulayan, 17-10, becoming the third German to become World Champion after Oliver Ortmann (1995) and Ralf Souquet (1996).
Split into simpler sentences: Hohmann first made a name of himself in 2003 by winning World Nine-ball Championships at the expense of Alex Pagulayan, 17-10. In this, he became the third German to become world champion after Oliver Ortmann (1995) and Ralf Souquet (1996).