Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2026 UK Open Pool Championship played May 26-31, 2026 at The Brentwood Centre in Brentwood, England. Pay-per-view streaming was provided in the USA on wnttv.com. This was a 256-player 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport, with double elimination down to 128 players (64 on the winners' side and 64 on the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Joshua Filler won the tournament, defeating Wojciech Szewczyk in the final match.
The commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Karl Boyes, and Rico Diks. The announcer/interviewer was Abigail Davies, and the MC (weekend only) was Tahir Hajat.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I watched included:
These stats are for all 13 matches (195 games) played on 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, May 29
Saturday, May 30
Sunday, May 31
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 195 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 48 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 195 games, 39% of the 122 games won by the breaker, and 31% of the 157 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 48 break-and-run games consisted of one 5-pack (by Filler in the Final), two 3-packs (one each by Duong and Yapp), seven 2-packs (3 by Duong and 1 each by Dohr, Filler, Souto, and Alcaide), and 23 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 195 breaks).
The commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Karl Boyes, and Rico Diks. The announcer/interviewer was Abigail Davies, and the MC (weekend only) was Tahir Hajat.
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 (195 games) played on 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, May 29
1. Stuart Bingham defeated Michael Baoanan 10-7 (Last 64)
2. Duong Quoc Hoang d. Maks Benko 10-1 (Last 64)
3. Joshua Filler d. Niklas Dohr 10-8 (Last 64)
4. David Alcaide d. Lukas Fracasso-Verner 10-3 (Last 32)
5. Jayson Shaw d. Duong 10-8 (Last 32)
6. Filler d. Gary Wilson 10-1 (Last 32)
Saturday, May 30
7. Shaw d. Dean Shields 10-6 (Last 16)
8. Jonas Souto d. P:ijus Labutis 10-4 (Last 16)
9. Souto d. Aloysius Yapp 10-8 (Quarterfinal)
10. Shaw d. Alcaide 10-8 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, May 31
11. Wojciech Szewczyk d. Souto 11-3 (Semifinal)
12. Filler d. Shaw 11-2 (Semifinal)
13. Filler d. Szewczyk 13-1 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 86% (110 of 128)
Match losers -- 70% (47 of 67)
Total -- 81% (157 of 195)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 74% (95 of 128)
Match losers -- 40% (27 of 67)
Total -- 63% (122 of 195)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 28% (36 of 128)
Match losers -- 18% (12 of 67)
Total -- 25% (48 of 195)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 33% (36 of 110)
Match losers -- 26% (12 of 47)
Total -- 31% (48 of 157)
Here's a breakdown of the 195 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 107 (55% of the 195 games)
Breaker lost the game: 50 (26%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 12 (6%)
Breaker lost the game: 15 (8%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 63% (122 of 195) of all games,
He won 68% (107 of 157) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 39% (15 of 38) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 48 break-and-run games represented 25% of all 195 games, 39% of the 122 games won by the breaker, and 31% of the 157 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 48 break-and-run games consisted of one 5-pack (by Filler in the Final), two 3-packs (one each by Duong and Yapp), seven 2-packs (3 by Duong and 1 each by Dohr, Filler, Souto, and Alcaide), and 23 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 195 breaks).