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{{short description|Indian world champion billiards player}}
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{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
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|birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]
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| World champ = 2012
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'''Rupesh Shah''' (born 5 August 1973) is an [[India]]n player of [[English billiards]]. He was [[World Billiards Championship (English billiards)|world professional champion]] (short format) in 2012.

== Biography ==
Shah was born on 5 August 1973 in [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Rupesh Shah |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/62569297.cms |work=The Times of India |date=19 January 2018 |access-date=1 November 2018 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911084317/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rupesh-shah/articleshow/62569297.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

He was introduced to [[English billiards]] by his brother, and won a club level tournament aged 17. In 1993 he qualified as a representative of [[Gujarat]] at the Indian national billiards championship, won both the junior and senior billiards tournaments at the age of 19. The following year, he won the national titles at both billiards and [[snooker]].<ref name="NIE">{{cite news |last=Mulchandani |first=Anil |date=16 November 2012 |title=How the table was turned |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2012/nov/16/how-the-table-was-turned-425139.html |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911084316/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2012/nov/16/how-the-table-was-turned-425139.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He won a bronze medal at the [[Cue sports at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's snooker team|2006 Asian Games]] as part of the India men's snooker team.<ref name="NIE" />

At the 2007 [[IBSF World Billiards Championship]], Shah won through a tough quarter-final against Paprut Chaithanasakul<ref name="NIE" /> and a semi-final against Kyaw Oo to reach the final. Shah took a 4–1 lead against Ashok Shandilya, but saw his lead reduced to one game, at 5–4, before winning the last game to take the match 6–4.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Toilet break does the trick for champ Shah |work=The Straits Times (Singapore) |date=9 September 2007 |via=NewsBank. Retrieved 1 November 2019.}}</ref> At the 2008 IBSF championship, Shah failed to retain the title, losing 3–5 to [[Pankaj Advani (billiards player)|Pankaj Advani]] in the semi-final.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nair |first=Avinash |date=5 September 2008 |title=Geet Sethi fights back to enter final |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Geet-Sethi-fights-back-to-enter-final/article15297147.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911084316/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Geet-Sethi-fights-back-to-enter-final/article15297147.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

Having turned professional, Shah entered the 2008 [[World Professional Billiards Championship]], but failed to progress from his qualifying group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cuesportsindia.com/global/2008/wpb/wpbGR.htm |title=World Professional Billiards Championship 2008 |website=cuesportsindia.com |publisher=Cue Sports India |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5jZjeZRRW?url=http://cuesportsindia.com/global/2008/wpb/wpbGR.htm |archive-date=6 September 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> He lost at the semi-final stage the [[2009 World Professional Billiards Championship]] (long format), having led [[Mike Russell (billiards player)|Mike Russell]] by 198 before losing by 486.<ref>{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=6 September 2009 |title=Pankaj Advani seals World Professional Billiards Championship win |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/sep/06/billiards-sport |work=The Guardian |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403070200/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/sep/06/billiards-sport |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Russell beat Shah again at the [[2010 World Professional Billiards Championship]], 995–496 in the quarter-finals, with Russell making a {{cuegloss|break}} of 589.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sethi |first=Geet |date=31 October 2010 |title=Sitwala dethrones Advani; Sethi through |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Sitwala-dethrones-Advani-Sethi-through/article15799551.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911084317/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Sitwala-dethrones-Advani-Sethi-through/article15799551.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> At the [[2011 World Billiards Championship]], Shah was again a losing quarter-finalist, this time 455–1,000 to [[David Causier]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=64 |title=World Championship |website=wbeventsonline.com |publisher=World Billiards |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911084345/http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=64 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2012 [[World Billiards Championship (English billiards)|World Professional Billiards Championship]] (150-up), Shah recorded wins over Mike Russell, 4–2 in the last 16, and [[Peter Gilchrist (billiards player)|Peter Gilchrist]], 5–2 in the semi-final, and beat [[Matthew Bolton]] 6–2 in the final to win the title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=81 |title=World {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|Chamionships}} (150-up) |website=wbeventsonline.com |publisher=World Billiards |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911084349/http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=81 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Pankaj Advani wins world billiards title |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20119809 |publisher=BBC News |date=29 October 2012 |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030103401/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20119809 |archive-date=30 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year, he lost in the quarter-finals, 3–4 to Robert Hall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=134 |title=World Championship (150 up) |website=wbeventsonline.com |publisher=World Billiards |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307001830/http://wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&tid=134 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He was part of the winning team at the first World Billiards Team Championship in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://world-billiards.com/?p=7125 |title=World Billiards Team Championship |website=world-billiards.com |publisher=World Billiards |date=10 August 2014 |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313120650/http://world-billiards.com/?p=7125 |archive-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the World Championship (100 up) in 2016, he was a losing semi-finalist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=216 |title=LITEtask World Championship (100 up) |website=wbeventsonline.com |publisher=World Billiards |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304121311/http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=216 |archive-date=4 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> and at the 2017 World Championships for both short format<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=248|title=2017 LITEtask World Championship (short)|website=wbeventsonline.com|publisher=World Billiards|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=11 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911084349/http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=248|url-status=live}}</ref> and long format.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=249 |title=2017 LITEtask World Championship (long) |website=wbeventsonline.com |publisher=World Billiards |access-date=1 November 2019 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911084349/http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=249 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career highlights ==
*2007 [[IBSF World Billiards Championship|IBSF World Billiards Champion]]
*2012 [[World Billiards Championship (English billiards)|World Billiards Champion]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Indian players of English billiards]]
[[Category:World champions in English billiards]]
[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in cue sports]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games]]

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