Sourav Kothari

Sourav Kothari (born 16 November 1984) is an Indian player of English billiards. He was world champion in 2018.

Sourav Kothari
Born (1984-11-16) 16 November 1984
Kolkota, India
Sport country India
Tournament wins
World Champion2018

Biography

Kothari was born in Kolkota on 16 November 1984.[1] His father, Manoj Kothari, became the 1990 IBSF World Billiards Champion.[2]

He won the ONGC 13th Asian Billiards Championship 2014,beating Alok Kumar in the final,[3] and a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor Games. [4]

He was a runner-up to David Causier at the 2017 World Billiards Championship, losing 4–8 in the short format (150-up) final.[5]

Kothari won the World Billiards Championship in 2018 with a 1,134–944 victory over Peter Gilchrist. In the semi-final, Kothari had been more than 500 points behind Causier, before coming back to win.[6]

In 2019 Kothari again reached the world championship final, finishing runner-up by 1,307–967 to Gilchrist.[7] Kothari also won the 2019 Reventon Masters against Johl Younger (6-5) and Reventon Classic against Tyson Crinis (5-1), two tournaments of the Reventon Triple Crown series.[8][9]

Career highlights
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References
  1. "Sourav Kothari". The Times of India. 19 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. "Kothari Reflects on 'Miraculous' World Billiards Championship Victory". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. "ONGC 13th Asian Billiards Championship 2014". acbs.qa. Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  4. "Sourav Kothari wins gold in billiards at Asian Indoor Games". The Times of India. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. "The 2017 LITEtask World Billiards Championship". world-billiards.com. World Billiards. 1 November 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  6. "Sourav Kothari wins World Billiards Championship title". The Times of India. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  7. Lee, David (14 October 2019). "Super six Gilchrist pots another billiards world title". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  8. IANS (10 June 2019). "Kothari wins Pacific International Snooker C'ship". Business Standard India. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  9. "Sourav Kothari bags Reventon Classic snooker meet - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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