▲ Sruong Pheavy (left) and Kim Ga-young
Kim Ga-young (Hana Card) and Sruong Pheavy (Woori Financial Capital), the biggest stars of the Ladies Professional Billiards Association (LPBA), will face off in the final tonight (June 10) to compete for the championship trophy of the second tour of this season.
Kim Ga-young advanced to the final after defeating Lee Mi-rae (High1 Resort) with a set score of 3-1 in the semifinals of the 2026-27 season's second tour, the "National Happiness Shelter High1 Resort PBA-LPBA Championship," held at the Grand Hotel Convention Tower of High1 Resort in Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do, last night.
Sruong also reached the final by securing a 3-1 victory over Kwon Bal-hae (SY).
This marks the first time the two players have met in a final in approximately nine months, since the fourth tour of the 2025-26 season (SY Verite Homme Championship).
At that time, Kim Ga-young defeated Sruong 4-2 to lift her 16th career title.
Considered the greatest rivals in the LPBA, the two have faced each other a total of 12 times.
While Sruong leads the overall head-to-head record with 7 wins and 5 losses, Kim Ga-young has held the upper hand in their last five encounters, winning 4 and losing 1.
In particular, their record in final matches is tied at 2-2.
This final carries significant milestones that could go down in professional billiards history.
If Kim Ga-young, who currently has 19 career wins, emerges victorious, she will set a historic record as the first player in professional billiards—across both men's and women's divisions—to reach 20 wins.
Furthermore, if she adds the 40 million won prize money to her total, she will surpass 1 billion won in cumulative prize money, becoming the second player in history to do so after David Martinez (Crown Haitai) and the first female player to achieve the feat.
If Sruong wins, she will become the second player in LPBA history to reach 10 career wins and will surpass 400 million won in cumulative prize money.
The final between Kim Ga-young and Sruong will be played as a best-of-seven match at the same venue tonight.
(Photo: Courtesy of PBA, Yonhap News)
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