Fedor Gorst Explained

Fedor Gorst
Birth Date:31 May 2000
Birth Place:Moscow, Russia
Nickname:“The Ghost”
World Champ:Nine-ball (2019, 2024)
Website:Website https://fedorgorst.com

Fedor Alekseyevich Gorst (Russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Горст; born May 31, 2000, in Moscow) is a Russian born professional pool player. He has become a US resident, and now represents the United States in international events like the Mosconi Cup.

Career

In December 2018, Gorst reached 8th in the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) world rankings. Gorst won the U19 8-Ball European Pool Championship in 2017,[1] before winning the 2018 Treviso Open on the Euro Tour.[2] Gorst is also a Junior 9-ball world champion, winning the 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship in the boys (Under 19) event.[3]

Gorst won the 2019 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, defeating Chang Jung-lin in the final 13–11.[4]

In 2023, Gorst made it to the final of the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship, but he was defeated 13–6 by Chinese Taipei's Ko Ping Chung.[5]

In 2024, Gorst won his first major Matchroom title, defeating Joshua Filler in the final of the World Pool Masters 1312.[6] Gorst said: "It feels unbelievable! Both of us had crazy rolls in this match. I thought it was over for me but somehow it turned around for me," and, "hats off to Matchroom, this is an unbelievable tournament to win." Later the same year, Gorst made it to the final of the 2024 WPA World Nine-ball Championship[7] and went on to win 15-14 against Eklent Kaçi, winning his second major Matchroom title and becoming at 24 years old the youngest player to win the event more than once, following his previous victory in 2019.

Titles and achievements

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New European 8-Ball Champions are Tkach, Gorst and Pehlivanovic . azbilliards.com . 8 August 2017. 31 December 2018 .
  2. Web site: Fedor Gorst goes all the way . azbilliards.com . 17 November 2018. 31 December 2018 . Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2018 .
  3. Web site: Triple gold for team Europe . azbilliards.com . 3 November 2017. 5 February 2019 .
  4. Web site: Knockout . esnooker.pl . 17 December 2019 .
  5. Web site: Pool . Matchroom . 2023-10-01 . KO PING CHUNG WINS THE 46TH US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP . 2024-02-19 . Matchroom Pool . en-GB.
  6. Web site: Pool . Matchroom . 2024-04-28 . FEDOR GORST WINS 2024 WORLD POOL MASTERS . 2024-05-08 . Matchroom Pool . en-GB.
  7. Web site: Pool . Matchroom . 2024-06-06 . Eklent Kaçi and Fedor Gorst to contest 2024 World Pool Championship . 2024-06-06 . Matchroom Pool . en-GB.
  8. Web site: 9741 - Arizona Open 2022.

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