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Devendra Joshi

NameDate of Birth Country
Devendra Joshi03-07-1966India

(Right Handed Cueist)

Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA

Arjuna Awardee

Turned Professional in the year 1994

Highest Sports Qualification - World Team Snooker 2006 - Gold

World Team Billairds 2014 - Gold

World Pro Billiards Runner-up

Highest Break - Billiards - 714

Snooker - 136

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Tournament Records

- 2014 World Team Billiards Championship - Gold

- 2013 World Billiards Championship (Timed) - Bronze

- 2012 79th Indian National Snooker Championship - Top 32

- 2012 79th Indian National Billiards Championship - Top 16

- 2011 WPBSA World Billiards Championship - Quarter Finalist

- 2011 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) - Top 16

- 2011 78th Indian National Snooker Championship - Top 32

- 2011 78th Indian National Billiards Championship - Rank 7

- 2011 CCI Invitational Snooker Tournament - Pre-Quarter Finalist

- 2010 World Pro Billiards Championship :: Leeds (UK) - Participated

- 2010 77th Indian National Snooker Championship - Rank 16

- 2010 77th Indian National Billiards Championship - Top 16

- 2010 1st Indian National 6-Red Snooker Championship - Top 32

- 2010 Alumni Club All India Invitation Snooker Championship, Chennai - Pre-Quarter Finalist

- 2009 VIP MATRIX All India Invitation Snooker Championship, Chennai - Pre-Quarter Finalist

- 2009 IBSF World Snooker (Masters) Championship - Top 16

- 2009 76th Indian National Snooker Championship - Round of 32

- 2009 76th Indian National Billiards Championship - Rank 3

- 2009 Yorkshire Billiards EBOS Open Classic:: Bradford - Quarter Finalist

- 2009 BSAM - Matunga - All India Open 6-Red Snooker Championship - Top 32

- 2009 EBOS Denis Wood Memorial Open Billiards Championship :: Birmingham - Quarter Finalist

- 2009 EBOS European Open Billiards Championship :: Belgium - Semi Finalist

- 2009 G.Raman Nair Annual Billiards Championship 2009 - Semi Finalist

- 2009 Shyam Shroff Memorial - Khar Gymkhana Invitational Snooker Tournament - Semi Finalist

- 2009 8th Asian Billiards Championship, Pune, India - Represented India

- 2009 CCI Platinum Jubilee Snooker Championship - Round of 16

- 2009 Nahar Group-MIG Club Invitation Snooker Championship - Participated

- 2008 5th PYC-ATC Snooker Challenge (Team Event) - Runner Up (Team: Strachan Champs)

- 2008 75th Indian National Snooker Championship - Participated

- 2008 75th Indian National Billiards Championship - Rank 5

- 2008 EBOS Austrian Open Billiards Championship :: Vienna (Austria) - Quarter Finalist

- 2008 ASCA - All India Invitation Snooker Championship :: Chennai (India) - Quarter Finalist

- 2008 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Time Format) :: Bangalore (India) - Runner-up

- 2008 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) :: Bangalore (India) - Semi Finalist

- 2008 World Pro Billiards Championship :: Leeds (UK) - Quarter Finalist

- 2008 Australian Open Billiards Championship 2008 :: New South Wales - Semi Finalist

- 2008 Indian National 8Ball Pool Championship :: Kolkata (India) - Top 32

- 2008 Fifth R.K. Gupta Memorial - Alexander Club (Meerut) Billiards Tournament - Runner-Up

- 2008 Shyam Shroff Memorial - Khar Gymkhana Snooker Tournament - Quarter Finalist

- 2008 Yasin Merchant Classic Doubles Snooker Tournament - Runner-Up (Partner :: Ashok Shandilya)

- 2008 Dillipan Memorial 9Ball Pool Tournament - Pre-Quarter Finalist (Top 16)

- 2008 9Ball Pool Selection Camp - Finished 8th Rank in India

- 2007 IBSF World Billiards Championship (time format) - Pre-Quarter Finalist (Top 16)

- 2007 World Professional Billiards Championship - Quarter Finalist

- 2007 National 8Ball Pool Champion

- 2007 Indian National Billiards Championship - Rank 8

- 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship [Masters] - Semi Finalist

- 2006 USA Sr. Team Snooker Championship - Winner (along with Geet Sethi & BVS Moorthy)

- 2006 Asian Billiards Championship Finalist

- 2006 Indian National Billiards Champion

- 2003 Asian Billiards Champion

- 2001 Indian National Billiards Champion

- 2000 National Open Billiards Championship Final

- 1999 Indian National Billiards Championship Final

- 1998 Asian Games Bronze Medalist [Doubles]

- 1998 Indian National Snooker Champion

- 1995 World Pro Billiards Championship Finalist

- 1991 Indian National Billiards Championship Final

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Club - PJ Hindu Gymkhana, Matunga Gymkhana

Other Activities - Employed with Bharat Petroleum

Hobbies - Sports, Politics, Music, Reading

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