Break Stats -- 2026 Florida Open (9-Ball), August 2026

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Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2026 Florida Open Pool Championship played August 4-9, 2026 at Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Pay-per-view streaming was provided in the USA on wnttv.com. This was a 238-player 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport, with double elimination down to 128 players (64 from the winners' side and 64 from the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Shane Van Boening won the tournament, defeating Alex Kazakis in the final match.

The commentators were Phil Yates, 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;​
• 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 13 matches (214 games) played on feature Table 1 beginning with the Stage 2, single-elimination round of the last 64 players. These matches were races to 10 except for the semifinals to 11 and the final to 13. These 13 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.

Friday, August 7
1. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz defeated Gerson Martinez Boza 10-6 (Last 64)​
2. Shane Van Boening d. Ralf Souquet 10-5 (Last 64)​
3. Jesus Atencio d. Justin Bergman 10-9 (Last 64)​
4. AJ Manas d. Jayson Shaw 10-3 (Last 32)​
5. Van Boening d. Albin Ouschan 10-6 (Last 32)​
6. Atencio d. Marco Teutscher 10-7 (Last 32)​

Saturday, August 8
7. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Manas 10-9 (Last 16)​
8. Van Boening d. Joshua Filler 10-7 (Last 16)​
9. Atencio d. Albert Januarta 10-7 (Quarterfinal)​
10. Van Boening d. Sanchez-Ruiz 10-6 (Quarterfinal)​

Sunday, August 9
11. Alex Kazakis d. Atencio 11-3 (Semifinal)​
12. Van Boening d. Eklent Kaçi 11-6 (Semifinal)​
13. Van Boening d. Kazakis 13-5 (Final)​

Overall results

Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 89% (116 of 130)​
Match losers -- 85% (71 of 84)​
Total -- 87% (187 of 214)

Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 70% (91 of 130)​
Match losers -- 48% (40 of 84)​
Total -- 61% (131 of 214)

Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 36% (47 of 130)​
Match losers -- 27% (23 of 84)​
Total -- 33% (70 of 214)

Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 41% (47 of 116)​
Match losers -- 32% (23 of 71)​
Total -- 37% (70 of 187)

Here's a breakdown of the 214 games (for match winners and losers combined).

Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:​
Breaker won the game: 125 (58% of the 214 games)​
Breaker lost the game: 62 (29%)​
Breaker fouled on the break:​
Breaker won the game: 1 (0%)​
Breaker lost the game: 6 (3%)​
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):​
Breaker won the game: 5 (2%)​
Breaker lost the game: 15 (7%)​
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 61% (131 of 214) of all games,​
He won 67% (125 of 187) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).​
He won 22% (6 of 27) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).​

Break-and-run games -- The 70 break-and-run games represented 33% of all 214 games, 53% of the 131 games won by the breaker, and 37% of the 187 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).

The 70 break-and-run games consisted of three 3-packs (two by Van Boening and one by Atencio), twelve 2-packs (2 by Manas, 2 by Kazakis, 2 by Van Boening, and 1 each by Sanchez-Ruiz, Souquet, Bergman, Atencio, Filler, and Kaçi), and 37 singles.

9-Balls on the break -- The 70 break-and-run games included 6 game-winning 9-balls on the break (2.8% of all 214 breaks).
 
Miscellany from the data for the 2026 Florida Open Pool Championship (9-Ball):
[This relates only to the 13 streamed Stage 2 matches I watched, not to all matches in the event.]

■ The most balls made on a single break was 3, done 13 times -- 7 times by Van Boening (once with a 9-ball on the break, once in a B&R, three times in a game win that wasn't a B&R, and twice in game losses), twice by Atencio (both in game losses), and once each by Bergman (a B&R), Teutscher (a game loss), Januarta (a game win), and Kaçi (with a 9-ball on the break).

■ The average number of balls made on the break was 1.3 (this includes dry and fouled breaks). On successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul), the average was 1.4, and the distribution was 65% 1 ball, 28% 2 balls, and 7% 3 balls.

■ Number of innings:
• 50% (106 of 214) of the games ended in one inning – 48 games on the breaker's first inning (B&Rs) and 26 games on the non-breaker's first inning.​
• 26% (56 of 214) of the games ended in the second inning.​
• 24% (52 of 214) of the games went beyond the non-breaker's second visit to the table. The game with the most visits to the table ended on the breaker's 13th visit.​

■ 37% (79 of 214) of the games were run out by the player who was at the table following the break. These run-outs were:
• By the breaker after successful breaks (B&R games) – 37% (70 of 187)​
• By the non-breaker after fouls on the break – 71% (5 of 7)​
• By the non-breaker after dry breaks – 20% (4 of 20)​

■ The player who made the first ball after the break:
• Won the game in that same inning 63% of the time (131 of 208)​
• Won the game in a later inning 13% of the time (26 of 208)​
• Lost the game 25% of the time (51 of 208)​
[Note -- total games used here are 208 rather than 214 to eliminate the 6 games in which no ball was made after the break.]​

■ The loser won an average of 6.5 games in the 10 races to 10 (excludes the longer semifinals and final). The closest matches were two that went to hill/hill; the most lopsided matches were one that ended at 11-3 and one at 10-3.

■ The average elapsed time for the 10 races to 10 was about 96 minutes. The average minutes per game for all 13 matches was 5.9. The elapsed time was measured from the lag until the winning ball was made (or conceded), so it includes time for racking and timeouts.

■ The two races to 10 that were longest in elapsed time, at about 113 minutes, were Sanchez-Ruiz d. Martinez 10-6 and Atencio d. Bergman 10-9. The match highest in average minutes per game, at 7.1, was the Sanchez-Ruiz d. Martinez match.

■ The match that was shortest in elapsed time, at about 70 minutes, was Manas d. Shaw 10-3. The match that was lowest in average minutes per game, at 5.1, was Van Boening d. Souquet 10-5.

■ Breaking fouls averaged 1 for every 30.6 games, other fouls 1 for every 5.5 games, and missed shots about 1 for every 1.9 games.

■ One or more safeties were played in about 44% of all games and in 66% of games that were not B&Rs.
 
2025 vs. 2026

How do the stats compare for this year's Florida Open versus those for last year? For both years, my stats are for all matches played on Table 1 beginning with the Stage 2, single-elimination round of the last 64 players. This was 14 matches last year and 13 matches last year -- 219 games in 2025, and 214 games in 2026. I'm aware of only two differences between the years in rules and equipment -- different brands of cloth and balls.

These stats are for 2025 first, then 2026.

• Successful breaks -- 87%, 87%​
• Breaker won game -- 67%, 61%​
• B&R games on all breaks -- 32%, 33%​
• B&R games on successful breaks -- 36%, 37%​
• Games ending in 1 inning -- 47%, 50%​
• Games going beyond the 2nd inning -- 23%, 24%​
• Runouts by the player at the table following the break -- 37%, 37%​
• Games won by first player to make a ball after the break -- 75%, 75%​
• Games per missed shot (approx.) -- 2.0, 1.9​
• Games per foul -- 4.3, 4.7​
• Matches won by winner of lag -- 50% (7 of 14), 62% (8 of 13)​
• Minutes per game -- 6.0, 5.9​
• Winning 9-balls on the break (% of all breaks) -- 8 (3.7%), 6 (2.8%)​
Not much difference, eh?
 
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