- Source: Roberto Gomez (pool player)
Roberto Gomez (born October 5, 1978) is a professional pocket billiards player from Zamboanga City, Philippines. He competed in the final of both the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championships, and the 2007 World Cup of Pool. Gomez was the first qualifier to reach the final of the WPA World Nine-ball Championships.
Career
= Early life
=Gomez first played pool at 9 years of age. As a passionate admirer of Efren Reyes, he would often record on tape televised matches of the world champion. Although he had aspirations of competing in professional tournaments, Gomez decided to find other careers in college.
He spent college at Western Mindanao State University and initially try to find a course in architecture. But because broadcasting and political science were the only available, Gomez settled for broadcasting. Through this, he became and served as a reporter for ABS-CBN for a couple of years.
Gomez then returned to pool and began playing professionally.
= 2007 World Nine-ball Championship
=Gomez reached the finals of the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship where he took on Daryl Peach of Great Britain. Despite the match being even, Peach won the match 17–15. Though beaten, Gomez became the first qualifier to reach finals of the tournament.
= 2010 World Cup of Pool
=Roberto Gomez and Dennis Orcollo represented Team Philippines in the 2010 World Cup of Pool and played their way to the finals. There, they met Team China formed by Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen, who won the 2007 edition of the event. In a rather lopsided final, the Chinese team led 9–1 in the race-to-10 match. Though Gomez and Orcollo would win the next four racks to make it 9–5, Team China got another opportunity to take 15th rack and win the event for the second time.
Titles
2024 Buffalo's Pro Classic One Pocket
2024 Scotty Townsend Memorial Nine-ball
2023 Space City Open One Pocket
2023 Buffalo's Open One Pocket
2023 ALFA Jacoby Ten-ball Classic Champion
2023 Midwest Open Billiard Ten-ball Division
2023 Big Tyme Classic Nine-ball
2023 Texas Open Banks Game
2023 Big Tyme Classic One Pocket
2023 The Rack One Pocket Classic
2023 Bayou State Classic One Pocket
2023 Music City Classic
2022 Action Palace High Stakes One Pocket
2022 Texas Open One Pocket Championship
2022 Diveney Cues Bar Box Classic Ten-ball
2022 Diveney Cues Bar Box Classic Eight-ball
2021 International One Pocket Open
2021 Midwest Open One Pocket Championship
2021 Diamond Open Ten-ball
2020 Texas Open One Pocket Championship
2019 Space City One Pocket
2018 Derby City Classic Bigfoot Ten-ball Challenge
2017 Chinook Winds Open Eight-ball
2016 Four Bears Classic Eight-ball
2016 Arkansas Open Nine-ball Championship
2009 Villar Cup Isabela Leg
2008 Villar Cup Davao Leg