Fedor Gorst is a two-time world nineball champion who represents the United States on the World Nineball Tour. Nicknamed “The Ghost”, he won his first World Pool Championship in 2019 and added a second in 2024.

The latter season brought a remarkable collection of titles: Gorst won the World Pool Masters, World Pool Championship and US Open in the same year. His victories also extended to the ranking circuit, including Rally in Shenandoah Valley and the Buffalo nineball event held in December 2024. They followed wins at the Derby City Classic nineball division, Turning Stone Classic XXXVII and Peri Open in 2023.

Gorst won the Mosconi Cup with Team Europe in 2020 before switching to Team USA in 2023. He represented the Americans in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions, giving him experience on both sides of nineball’s transatlantic rivalry.

Gorst returned to the World Pool Championship final in 2025, finishing runner-up to Carlo Biado. He also reached the US Open final that year, then made the quarter-finals in 2026. His record combines multiple world titles with repeated late-stage appearances in the Tour’s largest championships.

Selected honours and results

Major titles: World Pool Championship — 2019, 2024; US Open — 2024.

Invitational title: World Pool Masters — 2024.

Other WNT ranking titles: Derby City Classic nineball, Turning Stone Classic XXXVII and Peri Open — 2023; Rally in Shenandoah Valley and Buffalo nineball event — 2024.

Selected results: World Pool Championship and US Open runner-up — 2025.

Team title: Mosconi Cup, Team Europe — 2020.

Team appearances: Mosconi Cup, Team USA — 2023, 2024, 2025.