Charlie Williams (pool player)

Charlie Williams
Born (1977-01-05) 5 January 1977 (age 47)
Seoul, South Korea
Sport country United States
Pool games9-Ball, Straight pool

Charlie Williams (born January 5, 1977, in Seoul, South Korea) is an American professional pool player. Williams represented America as a player at the Mosconi Cup 5 times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005) and as a non-playing captain in 2011.[1] In 2001, Williams founded the sports marketing company Dragon Promotions.[2]

At the 2008 WPA World Ten-ball Championships, Williams would reach the quarter-finals,[3] defeating Chang Jung-Lin (9-8),[4] and Fu Che-wei (9-5),[5] before losing to Darren Appleton 11–5.[6]

In 2011, Williams reached the semi-finals of the Dragon 14.1 Tournament but lost to Mike Davis.

Career titles

  • 2010 Derby City Classic 14.1 Challenge
  • 2008 Lucasi 10-Ball
  • 2008 Quezon City Invasion
  • 2007 Korea Pro Tour Championship
  • 2006 JBC Japan Championship
  • 2006 Seminole Florida Pro Tour
  • 2005 Mosconi Cup
  • 2005 Korea International Championship
  • 2004 Florida State 9-Ball Championship
  • 2004 Mosconi Cup
  • 2003 Firecracker Open
  • 2003 UPA Big Apple 9-Ball Challenge
  • 2003 UPA Capitol City Classic
  • 2003 Mosconi Cup
  • 2002 BCA Open 9-Ball Championship
  • 2001 Mosconi Cup
  • 2001 Turning Stone Classic

References

  1. ^ "A little Mosconi Cup History". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "dragon1 | About us". dragon1. Archived from the original on January 6, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "WPA World 10-Ball Championship 2008". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Banares advances, De Luna Falls at WTBC Day Five". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "Peach Ousts Bautista To March To The Round-of-32". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "WTBC Final Four". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2019.