Dhruv Sitwala

Dhruv Sitwala
Born (1972-10-15) 15 October 1972 (age 52)
Sport countryIndia
Highest break654

Dhruv Sitwala (born 15 October 1972)[1] is an Indian player of English billiards. He has reached three world finals, and twice been Asian Billiards champion.

In 2007, Sitwala reached the final of the timed version of the IBSF World Billiards Championship, losing 1488–1946 to Pankaj Advani.[2]

In the semi-final of the 2010 World Professional Billiards Championship, Sitwala won by a single point, 980-979 against Geet Sethi.[3] Mike Russell won his 10th World Professional Billiards Championship title after beating Sitwala 1738–1204 in the final.[4] Sitwala was also the losing finalist in the 2016 short format World Billiards Championship, losing 6–8 to David Causier in the final.[5]

In 2016, Sitwala won 6–2 against Bhaskar Balachandra in the final to successfully defend the Asian Billiards Championship title that he had won the previous year.[6]

At the 2019 Pan-Am Cup in Winnipeg, Peter Gilchrist beat Sitwala 1500-507 in the final.[7]

Sitwala's highest break break in competition is 654.[1]

Career highlights

References

  1. ^ a b "Dhruv Sitwala". bsfi.net. The Billiards and Snooker Federation of India. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Past Champions". ibsf.info. International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. ^ Sethi, Geet (31 October 2010). "Sitwala to take on Russell in final". The Hindu. India. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Geet, Sethi (2 November 2010). "Mike Russell regains World crown". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  5. ^ a b "The 2016 LITEtask World Billiards Championship". world-billiards.com. World Billiards. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Sitwala's reign continues". The Hindu. India. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. ^ "2019 Pan Am Cup". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  8. ^ "ACBS Billiards Championships 100 up – Colombo / Sri Lanka 2016". acbs.qa. Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports. Retrieved 20 December 2019.