Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2026 Arizona Open Pool Championship played August 13-16, 2026 at the Quechan Casino Resort in Winterhaven, CA (just outside Yuma, AZ). Pay-per-view streaming was provided in the USA on wnttv.com. This was a 114-player 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport, with single elimination all the way. Denis Grabe won the tournament, defeating Aleksa Pecelj in the final match.
The commentators were Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Scott Frost. The announcer/interviewer was Jack Mitchell.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I watched included:
These stats are for all 12 matches (196 games) played on feature Table 1 beginning with the round of the last 64 players. These 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, August 14
Saturday, August 15
Sunday, August 16
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 196 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 47 break-and-run games represented 24% of all 196 games, 44% of the 107 games won by the breaker, and 29% of the 161 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 47 break-and-run games consisted of three 3-packs (1 each by Biado, Capito, and Van Boening), seven 2-packs (2 by Van Boening, 2 by Grabe, and 1 each by Capito, Alcaide, and Pecelj), and 24 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 47 break-and-run games included 4 game-winning 9-balls on the break (2.0% of all 196 breaks).
The commentators were Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Scott Frost. The announcer/interviewer was Jack Mitchell.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I watched included:
• Diamond 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• CPBA Royal Apex Series grey cloth;
• Dynaspheres Titan Series balls with a black-rotor-shaped-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 (called once, on Capito);
• 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 (196 games) played on feature Table 1 beginning with the round of the last 64 players. These 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, August 14
1. Shane Van Boening defeated Albin Ouschan 10-6 (Last 64)
2. Carlo Biado d. Cristopher Tevez 10-6 (Last 64)
3. Robbie Capito d. AJ Manas 10-6 (Last 64)
4. Van Boening d. Felix Vogel 10-1 (Last 32)
5. Capito d. Jayson Shaw 10-4 (Last 32)
Saturday, August 15
6. Jesus Atencio d. Sanjin Pehlivanovic 10-4 (Last 16)
7. Van Boening d. Biado 10-6 (Last 16)
8. Denis Grabe d. Atencio 10-7 (Quarterfinal)
9. Van Boening d. David Alcaide 10-8 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, August 16
10. Grabe d. Jefrey Roda 11-8 (Semifinal)
11. Aleksa Pecelj d. Van Boening 11-10 (Semifinal)
12. Grabe d. Pecelj 13-5 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 83% (101 of 122)
Match losers -- 81% (60 of 74)
Total -- 82% (161 of 196)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 65% (79 of 122)
Match losers -- 38% (28 of 74)
Total -- 55% (107 of 196)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 30% (36 of 122)
Match losers -- 15% (11 of 74)
Total -- 24% (47 of 196)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 36% (36 of 101)
Match losers -- 18% (11 of 60)
Total -- 29% (47 of 161)
Here's a breakdown of the 196 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 97 (49% of the 196 games)
Breaker lost the game: 64 (33%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 1 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 9 (5%)
Breaker lost the game: 17 (9%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 55% (107 of 196) of all games,
He won 60% (97 of 161) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 29% (10 of 35) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 47 break-and-run games represented 24% of all 196 games, 44% of the 107 games won by the breaker, and 29% of the 161 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 47 break-and-run games consisted of three 3-packs (1 each by Biado, Capito, and Van Boening), seven 2-packs (2 by Van Boening, 2 by Grabe, and 1 each by Capito, Alcaide, and Pecelj), and 24 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 47 break-and-run games included 4 game-winning 9-balls on the break (2.0% of all 196 breaks).