Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2025 U.S. Open Pool Championship played August 18-23, 2025 at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, in New Jersey. Pay-per-view streaming was provided on wnttv.com. This was a 253-player (256 less 3 no shows) 9-Ball event, produced by Matchroom Sport. Aloysius Yapp won the tournament, defeating Fedor Gorst in the final match.
The event was double elimination down to the final 64 players, 32 from the winners' side and 32 from the one-loss side. It was then single-elimination play to the conclusion. Races were of 5 different lengths during the 6 days -- to 8 in the first 3 rounds on the losers' side, to 9 for all other rounds up to the Last 64, to 10 for the Last 64 round through the quarterfinals, to 11 for the semifinals, and to 13 for the finals. On the matches I watched, the commentators were Phil Yates, Karl Boyes, Scott Frost, and Jeremy Jones. The referees were Marcel Eckardt, Ben Taylor-Fuente, John Leyman, and one whose name I do not know. On Friday and Saturday, the announcer/interviewer was Abigail Davies and the MC was Tahir Hajat.
Conditions -- The conditions for these streamed matches included:
These stats are for all 12 matches (204 games) played on the feature Table 1, with commentary, in the single-elimination portion (Stage 2) of the event -- 5 matches in the Last 64 and Last 32 rounds on Thursday, and 7 matches played from the Last 16 to the end on Friday and Saturday. These 12 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thursday, August 21
Friday, August 22
Saturday, August 23
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 204 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 61 break-and-run games represented 30% of all 204 games, 48% of the 127 games won by the breaker, and 37% of the 164 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 61 break-and-run games consisted of four 3-packs (2 by Ko and 1 each by Yapp and Gorst), five 2-packs, and 39 singles. No one in these 12 matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 61 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.5% of all breaks).
The event was double elimination down to the final 64 players, 32 from the winners' side and 32 from the one-loss side. It was then single-elimination play to the conclusion. Races were of 5 different lengths during the 6 days -- to 8 in the first 3 rounds on the losers' side, to 9 for all other rounds up to the Last 64, to 10 for the Last 64 round through the quarterfinals, to 11 for the semifinals, and to 13 for the finals. On the matches I watched, the commentators were Phil Yates, Karl Boyes, Scott Frost, and Jeremy Jones. The referees were Marcel Eckardt, Ben Taylor-Fuente, John Leyman, and one whose name I do not know. On Friday and Saturday, the announcer/interviewer was Abigail Davies and the MC was Tahir Hajat.
Conditions -- The conditions for these streamed matches included:
• Diamond Paragon 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 Shark Grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• Magic Ball Rack racking template;
• referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball on one of the wings or in the back location;
• winner breaks from behind the head string in a box approximately 8" to either side of the long string;
• no illegal-break rule, but referees enforce a forceful-break requirement;
• 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break or a push out), with one 30-sec. extension per player per rack;
• foul on all balls;
• 3-foul rule in effect (violation did not occur);
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 12 matches (204 games) played on the feature Table 1, with commentary, in the single-elimination portion (Stage 2) of the event -- 5 matches in the Last 64 and Last 32 rounds on Thursday, and 7 matches played from the Last 16 to the end on Friday and Saturday. These 12 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thursday, August 21
1. Jesús Atencio defeated Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz 10-8 (Last 64)
2. Ko Pin Yi d. Eklent Kaçi 10-4 (Last 64)
3. Jayson Shaw d. Max Lechner 10-6 (Last 64)
4. Joshua Filler d. Chang Yu Lung 10-7 (Last 32)
5. Shaw d. Emil Gangflot 10-4 (Last 32)
Friday, August 22
6. Ko d. Shaw 10-2 (Last 16)
7. Fedor Gorst d. Wiktor Zielinski 10-9 (Last 16)
8. Aloysius Yapp d. Filler 10-8 (Quarterfinal)
9. Gorst d. Michael Baoanan 10-9 (Quarterfinal)
Saturday, August 23
10. Yapp d. Ko 11-4 (Semifinal)
11. Gorst d. Johann Chua 11-7 (Semifinal)
12. Yapp d. Gorst 13-11 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 82% (98 of 120)
Match losers -- 79% (66 of 84)
Total -- 80% (164 of 204)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 70% (84 of 120)
Match losers -- 51% (43 of 84)
Total -- 62% (127 of 204)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 33% (39 of 120)
Match losers -- 26% (22 of 84)
Total -- 30% (61 of 204)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 40% (39 of 98)
Match losers -- 33% (22 of 66)
Total -- 37% (61 of 164)
Here's a breakdown of the 204 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 115 (56% of the 204 games)
Breaker lost the game: 49 (24%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 2 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 9 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 10 (5%)
Breaker lost the game: 19 (9%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 62% (127 of 204) of all games,
He won 70% (115 of 164) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 30% (12 of 40) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 61 break-and-run games represented 30% of all 204 games, 48% of the 127 games won by the breaker, and 37% of the 164 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 61 break-and-run games consisted of four 3-packs (2 by Ko and 1 each by Yapp and Gorst), five 2-packs, and 39 singles. No one in these 12 matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 61 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.5% of all breaks).
