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October 21-24, 2003

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Gareth Williams [#28] at WSC 2003

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Congratulations to the new World Champion, Panupol Sujjayakorn. Panupol beat Pakorn Nemitrmansuk in an exciting best-of-five series, 418-380, 384-495, 470-514, 446-433 and 444-387.

 

Background Information

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Given name(s): Gareth
Surname(s): Williams
Home: Cardiff, United Kingdom
Age: 50
Awards: 1989 BMSC, 1992 Prestige, 1996 APSP Masters
Occupation: Lecturer
WSC 1993 Rank: 4
WSC 1995 Rank: 34
WSC 1997 Rank: 26
WSC 1999 Rank: 34
WSC 2001 Rank: 34
WSC 2003 Team: Wales

 

 

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round

High score: 512
Average for: 411
Average against: 406

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In round Round 1, Williams played #09 Bronagh Kenny (Ireland) and won 475 to 329 (a spread of 146).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 1-0, +146.

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In round Round 2, Williams played #65 Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) and lost 430 to 438 (a spread of -8).

Current ranking: #26.

Current record: 1-1, +138.

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In round Round 3, Williams played #63 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 427 to 368 (a spread of 59).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 2-1, +197.

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In round Round 4, Williams played #51 Mark Nyman (England) and won 354 to 331 (a spread of 23).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 3-1, +220.

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In round Round 5, Williams played #44 Komol Panyasoponlert (Thailand) and won 472 to 402 (a spread of 70).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 4-1, +290.

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In round Round 6, Williams played #15 David Boys (Dorval QC) and won 392 to 384 (a spread of 8).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 5-1, +298.

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In round Round 7, Williams played #81 Stanley Njoroge Ndungu (Kenya) and won 415 to 364 (a spread of 51).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 6-1, +349.

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In round Round 8, Williams played #55 Naween Tharanga Fernando (Sri Lanka) and lost 365 to 449 (a spread of -84).

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 6-2, +265.

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In round Round 9, Williams played #35 Jim Kramer (Roseville, MN) and won 466 to 423 (a spread of 43).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 7-2, +308.

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In round Round 10, Williams played #01 Akshay Bhandarkar (India) and won 420 to 306 (a spread of 114).

Current ranking: #5.

Current record: 8-2, +422.

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In round Round 11, Williams played #05 Andrew Fisher (Australia) and won 430 to 352 (a spread of 78).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 9-2, +500.

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In round Round 12, Williams played #08 Andrew Perry (England) and lost 366 to 558 (a spread of -192).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 9-3, +308.

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In round Round 13, Williams played #82 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and won 439 to 377 (a spread of 62).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 10-3, +370.

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In round Round 14, Williams played #84 Tim Adamson (Saint Paul, MN) and lost 373 to 477 (a spread of -104).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 10-4, +266.

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In round Round 15, Williams played #33 Jim Geary (Glendale, AZ) and lost 383 to 483 (a spread of -100).

Current ranking: #13.

Current record: 10-5, +166.

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In round Round 16, Williams played #87 Tony Sim (Singapore) and won 404 to 359 (a spread of 45).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 11-5, +211.

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In round Round 17, Williams played #39 Joel Wapnick (Montréal QC) and lost 436 to 445 (a spread of -9).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 11-6, +202.

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In round Round 18, Williams played #15 David Boys (Dorval QC) and lost 384 to 508 (a spread of -124).

Current ranking: #21.

Current record: 11-7, +78.

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In round Round 19, Williams played #41 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and won 512 to 297 (a spread of 215).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 12-7, +293.

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In round Round 20, Williams played #30 Helen Gipson (England) and lost 398 to 492 (a spread of -94).

Current ranking: #22.

Current record: 12-8, +199.

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In round Round 21, Williams played #31 Howard Warner (New Zealand) and lost 374 to 396 (a spread of -22).

Current ranking: #27.

Current record: 12-9, +177.

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In round Round 22, Williams played #34 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and lost 337 to 391 (a spread of -54).

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 12-10, +123.

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In round Round 23, Williams played #07 Andy Kurnia (Singapore) and lost 338 to 493 (a spread of -155).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 12-11, -32.

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In round Round 24, Williams played #42 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and won 474 to 310 (a spread of 164).

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 13-11, +132.


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