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 PlayerScorePlayerScore Mike Russell945 Rupesh Shah215 Devendra Joshi615 Ian Williamson237 Mike Russell889 Ian Williamson269 Devendra Joshi309 Rupesh Shah485 Ian Williamson249 Rupesh Shah480 Mike Russell703 Devendra Joshi439
RankPlayerPWLFA1 Mike Russell33025379192 Rupesh Shah321117615033 Devendra Joshi312136314254 Ian Williamson30311761503
Group B PlayerScorePlayerScore Sourav Kothari333 B. Bhaskar779 Gary Rogers171 Martin Goodwill654 Sourav Kothari394 Martin Goodwill413 B. Bhaskar529 Gary Rogers295 Martin Goodwill567 B. Bhaskar400 Sourav Kothari730 Gary Rogers317
RankPlayerPWLFA1 Martin Goodwill33016349652 B. Bhaskar321170811953 Sourav Kothari312145715094 Gary Rogers3037831913
Group C PlayerScorePlayerScore Peter Gilchrist927 Bernard French240 Mark Hirst513 Bernard French314 Peter Gilchrist789 Mark Hirst471 David Causier 982 Bernard French299 David Causier862 Mark Hirst332 David Causier 982 Peter Gilchrist467
RankPlayerPWLFA1 David Causier 330282610982 Peter Gilchrist321218316933 Mark Hirst312131619654 Bernard French3038532422
Group D
PlayerScorePlayerScore Geet Sethi383 Dhruv Sitwala629 Pankaj Advani787 Robert Hall394 Dhruv Sitwala957 Michael Kreuziger154 Geet Sethi1329 Robert Hall206 Pankaj Advani1169 Michael Kreuziger159 Dhruv Sitwala1010 Robert Hall228 Geet Sethi1247 Michael Kreuziger185 Pankaj Advani495 Dhruv Sitwala731 Michael Kreuziger222 Robert Hall690 Geet Sethi482 Pankaj Advani818
RankPlayerPWLFA1 Dhruv Sitwala440332712602 Pankaj Advani431326917663 Geet Sethi422344118384 Robert Hall413151833485 Michael Kreuziger4047204063
Knock-out round
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