Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2025 UK Open Pool Championship played May 6-11, 2024 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England. Pay-per-view streaming was provided in the USA on wnttv.com. This was a 256-player 9-Ball event (with no-shows reducing it to 239 players), produced by Matchroom Sport, with double elimination down to 64 players (32 on the winners' side and 32 on the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Aloysius Yapp won the tournament, defeating Jonas Souto in the final match.
The commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees on the main TV table on the last 3 days were Marcel Eckardt, Ben Taylor-Fuente, Julian Roper, and three whose names I did not hear. The announcers/interviewers were Hannah Wilkes and Ashleigh Wilmot, and the MC was Tahir Hajat.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I watched included:
These stats are for all 12 matches (187 games) played on Table 1 in the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 64 players). These matches were 19% of the total of 63 matches played in Stage 2. All Stage 2 matches were races to 10 except for the semifinals to 11 and the final to 13. These 12 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, May 10
Saturday, May 11
Sunday, May 12
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Breaker won the game:
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Here's a breakdown of the 187 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 48 break-and-run games represented 26% of all 187 games, 44% of the 109 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 138 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 48 break-and-run games consisted of one 4-pack (by Yapp in the final match), two 3-packs (one each by Styer and Yapp), six 2-packs (2 by Yapp and 1 each by Biado, Styer, Shaw, and Souto), and 26 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 48 break-and-run games included 4 game-winning 9-balls on the break (2.1% of all breaks). One additional 9-ball was made on a fouled break, so it was spotted.
The commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees on the main TV table on the last 3 days were Marcel Eckardt, Ben Taylor-Fuente, Julian Roper, and three whose names I did not hear. The announcers/interviewers were Hannah Wilkes and Ashleigh Wilmot, and the MC was Tahir Hajat.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I watched included:
• Diamond 9-foot table (I didn't hear the corner pocket size mentioned, but probably 4");
• 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 are to enforce a forceful-break requirement;
• a 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break), with one 30-sec. extension per player per rack;
• foul on all balls;
• 3-foul rule in effect (no violations);
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 12 matches (187 games) played on Table 1 in the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 64 players). These matches were 19% of the total of 63 matches played in Stage 2. All Stage 2 matches were races to 10 except for the semifinals to 11 and the final to 13. These 12 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, May 10
1. Aloysius Yapp defeated Robbie Capito 10-7 (Last 64)
2. Jayson Shaw d. Chang Jung Lin 10-6 (Last 64)
3. Duong Quoc Hoang d. AJ Manas 10-4 (Last 32)
4. Carlo Biado d. Szyman Kural 10-6 (Last 32)
5. Tyler Styer d. Joshua Filler 10-8 (Last 32)
Saturday, May 11
6. Yapp d. Biado 10-2 (Last 16)
7. Shaw d. Nguyen Anh Tuan 10-5 (Last 16)
8. Mickey Krause d. Fraser Patrick 10-7 (Quarterfinal)
9. Jonas Souto d. Shaw 10-3 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, May 12
10. Souto d. Krause 11-5 (Semifinal)
11. Yapp d. Styer 11-8 (Semifinal)
12. Yapp d. Souto 13-1 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 82% (97 of 119)
Match losers -- 60% (41 of 68)
Total -- 74% (138 of 187)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 70% (83 of 119)
Match losers -- 38% (26 of 68)
Total -- 58% (109 of 187)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 32% (38 of 119)
Match losers -- 15% (10 of 68)
Total -- 26% (48 of 187)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 39% (38 of 97)
Match losers -- 24% (10 of 41)
Total -- 35% (48 of 138)
Here's a breakdown of the 187 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 95 (51% of the 187 games)
Breaker lost the game: 43 (23%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 0 (0%)
Breaker lost the game: 13 (7%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 14 (7%)
Breaker lost the game: 22 (12%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 58% (109 of 187) of all games,
He won 69% (95 of 138) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 29% (14 of 49) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 48 break-and-run games represented 26% of all 187 games, 44% of the 109 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 138 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 48 break-and-run games consisted of one 4-pack (by Yapp in the final match), two 3-packs (one each by Styer and Yapp), six 2-packs (2 by Yapp and 1 each by Biado, Styer, Shaw, and Souto), and 26 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 48 break-and-run games included 4 game-winning 9-balls on the break (2.1% of all breaks). One additional 9-ball was made on a fouled break, so it was spotted.
