Sourav Kothari

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.

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 series.

He defeated Pankaj Advani 725-480 in the final of the 2025 IBSF World Billiards Championship.

Career highlights 2017 WBLWorld Billiards Championship Runner-up (150-up) 2018 WBL World Billiards Champion 2019 WBL World Billiards Championship Runner-up 2025 IBSF World Billiards Championship Champion