Pankaj Advani

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pankaj Advani
Occupation	Snooker Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 24, 1985(1985-07-24)
Age	39
Country	India
Birth City	Pune
Horoscope	Cancer

Pankaj Advani Biography

Pankaj Advani is one of the most popular and richest Snooker Player who was born on July 24, 1985 in Pune, India. Pankaj Advani was born on the 24th July in 1985 to an Sindhi Hindu family in Pune, India. Advani was raised in Kuwait before making the move into Bangalore, India. He attended Bangalore’s Frank Anthony Public School, Bangalore and earned an undergraduate degree in commerce at Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College. He was trained in snooker by former champion national Snooker Champion Arvind Savur.

Pankaj Advani, on international competitive debut in the discipline, was the winner of the IBSF World Snooker Championship (i.e. “the” World Amateur Snooker Championship) on October 25, 2003, at Jiangmen, China. He was just 18 years old at the time, and became one of the youngest Indian to be awarded the title. It was his first title in the world. In the decade following, as 28 years old when he competed in the IBSF World 6-Red World Snooker Championship in Sharm-El-Sheik, Egypt, he took home one of the world championships for amateur players (on first appearance in the format of short).

Advani won all five national, regional, and world billiards tournaments in a single season, a feat he achieved by winning the Indian Junior National Championship and Senior National Championship, the Asian Billiards Championship, and both the World Billiards Championship (point format) and World Billiards Championship (time format) in 2005.

Advani won the WPBSA billiards championship title, at Leeds in 2009, against the defending champion Mike Russell; Advani won 2030–1253, after gaining an 800-plus lead at his opening break. He became the first person in the world to win the trio of the WPBSA World Billiards Champion professional title and the IBSF World Billiards Championship amateur title, as well as the IBSF World Snooker Championship amateur title.

Advani was a part of the international competition debut in his debut at the Asian Billiards Championship 2002, held in Bangalore and in which the finalist was Advani. Following an amateur World Snooker Champion title win in 2003, he was awarded the IBSF World Billiards Championship in 2005 in Qawra, Malta, where Advani became the first person to be the first to achieve the “grand double” by winning both the point and time formats. A feat he repeated at the 2008 tournament in Bangalore. It is only the first Indian who has won the world championship for amateur players in both billiards and snooker.

Pankaj Advani Net Worth

Pankaj Advani is one of the richest Snooker Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pankaj Advani 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Pankaj Arjan Advani (born 24 July, 1985) was an Indian player of snooker and billiards. He was the winner of his amateur IBSF World Billiards Championship and the IBSF World Snooker Championship 14 times and three times, respectively. He also was a winner of his professionally-level World Billiards Championship 4 times and the amateur Asian Snooker Championship once.

At the age of 10, his snooker skills came to the attention of Arvind Savur, who was introduced to the game by his cousin The Dr. Shree Advani, a well- known sports & Performance psychologist. He took his first championship at 12 years old and later establish a number of records at both the national and state levels. In 2000, he took home his first Indian Junior Billiards Championship title and won the title again in 2001 and in 2003. In 2003, he was the winner of the India Junior Snooker Championship which made him the youngest National Snooker champion.

In recognition of his achievements, the Government of India has bestowed several awards upon Advani: the Arjuna Award in 2004, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2006, Padma Shri in 2009 and Padma Bhushan in 2018.

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The 2013–14 season saw the introduction of a ranking event in Advani’s home country of India for the first time which he qualified for by beating Matthew Selt 4–0. At the tournament in New Delhi Advani defeated Marcus Campbell 4–1 and Mark Allen 4–2. His match with Allen finished at 11 pm local time, with Advani back in last 16 action at 10 am the next morning to play Stuart Bingham. The match went to a deciding frame and when Bingham broke down on a break of 30, Advani stepped in to compose a match winning 86. Advani played compatriot Aditya Mehta in the quarter-finals in an iconic match in Indian snooker as the winner would be the country’s first ranking event semi- finalist. The match was heavily focused on safety and it was Mehta who advanced with a 4–3 win. His best run in a ranking event during the rest of the season was at the World Open, where he narrowly beat Xiao Guodong 5–4 to set up a last 32 meeting with Ding Junhui. Advani had a lead of 4–2 in the best of nine frame match and was 35 points to 0 ahead in the seventh frame to be on the cusp of a shock result against the player who had already won four ranking events this season. However, Ding made a break of 52 to win the frame, compiled a 136 to draw level and won the deciding frame in one visit to defeat Advani. Advani’s successful season saw him finish inside the top 64 in the world rankings for the first time as he was placed 56th.

Facts & Trivia

Pankaj Ranked on the list of most popular Snooker Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Pankaj Advani celebrates birthday on July 24 of every year.

As a new player on the tour, Advani would need to win four matches to reach the main stage of the ranking events. He did this in just his fourth attempt, when qualifying for the International Championship. He defeated Craig Steadman 6–1, six-time world champion Steve Davis 6–5 (after being 1–4 down), Alan McManus 6–3 and Michael Holt 6–4 to reach the venue stage for the first time. He made four century break s during qualification, the most of any player. Advani was to play a wildcard match once at the tournament in Chengdu, China, to reach the last 32, however he decided to withdraw from the tournament to take part in the World Billiards Championship, which he went on to win. He also reached the semi-finals of the minor ranking European Tour Event 1, beating four-time world champion John Higgins 4–1 along the way. Advani lost to Mark Selby 2–4. Advani played in eight of the ten of these Players Tour Championship events and finished 40th on the Order of Merit.

Is Pankaj Advani greatest snooker player of all time?

Pankaj Advani has won more world titles in cue sports than anyone else, making him the greatest cueist of all-time. This week he won his 24th world title when he triumphed at the IBSF 6-Red Snooker World Cup with a victory over Pakistan’s Babar Masih in the final.

Who is India's best snooker player?

Pankaj Advani looks to continue winning streak during World Snooker Championships in 2022.

Who become the youngest world billiards champion?

Pankaj Advani won the WPBA World Billiards Champion pro title in 2009 by defeating Mike Russell. Youngest person to win all the World titles in English Billiards a record 8 times. He achieved this feat when he won the World Billiards Championship in 2012 at the age of 27.

Who was the first Indian to become a world snooker champion?

Born27 April 1955 Parel, Mumbai, India
Died| 15 May 1994 (aged 39)
Sport country| India
Professional| 1985–1987
Highest ranking| 89 (1986/1987)

What is Indian billiards called?

Cue sports have a long history in India. The game of snooker originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the latter half of the 19th century. Billiard champions like Wilson Jones, Michael Ferreira, and Geet Sethi have come out of India.