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

Biography

Kothari was born in Kolkota on 16 November 1984. His father, Manoj Kothari, became the 1990 IBSF World Billiards Champion. He won the ONGC 13th Asian Billiards Championship 2014,beating Alok Kumar in the final, and a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor Games. He was a runner-up to David Causier at the 2017 World Billiards Championship, losing 4–8 in the short format (150-up) final. 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. In 2019 Kothari again reached the world championship final, finishing runner-up by 1,307–967 to Gilchrist. 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 The Reventon Triple Crown is a series of snooker tournaments held in the Reventon Snooker Academy, Melbourne, Australia. It is formed by the tournaments Reventon Masters, Reventon Classic and Reventon International, and is held annually. Histor ...

series.

Career highlights

*2017 World Billiards Championship Runner-up (150-up) *2018 World Billiards Champion *2019 World Billiards Championship Runner-up

References

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2019 Sourav Kothari v Peter Gilchrist
World Billiards Championship final session (YouTube video) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kothari, Sourav Indian players of English billiards World champions in English billiards 1984 births Living people Cue sports players from West Bengal Recipients of the Arjuna Award