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US Pool Championship 2026
256 players will gather at a new venue, the Embassy Suites in Frisco, Texas to contest the 2026 9-ball US Pool Open Championship between the 25th and 30th August 2026.
The winner will take home a cool $100,000 with the runner-up receiving $50,00. The total prize fund for 2026 is $500,000.
The bookmakers are having a hard time deciding on a favourite for this event with Fedor Gorst, Shane Van Boening and Joshua Filler all available arounf the 7/1 mark before the start of the tournament.
The current world top ranked players are as follows:
- Aloysius Yapp (Singapore) - 2025 US Open Champion
- Carlo Biado (Philippines) - 2021 US Open Champion
- Fedor Gorst (USA) - 2024 US Open Champion
- Joshua Filler (Germany) -2019 US Open Champion
- Moritz Neuhausen (Germany)
- Johann Chua (Philippines)
- Francisco Sanches Ruiz (Spain) - 2022 US Open Champion
- Shane Van Boening (USA) - 5x US Open Champion
- Ko Pin Yi (Chinese Taipei)
- Kleido Kaci (Albania)
Sixteen former US Open Pool Champions are in the event this year!
The full draw and results can be accessed via the World Nine Ball website
US Open Pool Championship: Format
The US Open Pool Championship is a 9-ball event played in a double-elimination format up until the round of the last sixty-four where the event reverts to single elimination.
This means the first time you lose you then enter the loser's bracket where all non-winners play off to attempt to qualify for the last sixty-four.
The first two rounds are played over a race to nine racks. Round three onward is played over a race to eleven eleven racks until the final which is a race to thirteen racks.
TV coverage in the UK comes via talkSport tv which can be accessed via YouTube or Prime Video.
Previous US Open Pool Championship: Previous Winners
Below is a table outlining the last ten winners and runners up of the US Pool Championship:
| Year | Winner | Runner Up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aloysius Yapp (Singapore) | Fedor Gorst (USA) | 13-11 |
| 2024 | Fedor Gorst (USA) | Shane Van Boening (USA) | 13-10 |
| 2023 | Ko Ping-chung (Taiwan) | Fedor Gorst (Russia) | 13-6 |
| 2022 | Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (Spain) | Max Lechner (Austria) | 13-10 |
| 2021 | Carlo Biado (Phillipines) | Aloysisu Yapp (Singapore) | 13-8 |
| 2019 | Joshua Filler (Germany) | Wu Jia-qing (China) | 13-10 |
| 2017 | Jayson Shaw (Scotland) | Eklent Kaci (Albania) | 13-4 |
| 2016 | Shane Van Boening (USA) | Chang Jung-lin (Chinese Taipei) | 13-9 |
| 2015 | Kevin Cheng (Chinese Taipei) | Karl Boyes (England) | 13-6 |
| 2014 | Shane Van Boening (USA) | Dennis Orcollo (Phillipines) | 13-10 |
| 2013 | Shane Van Boening (USA) | Lee Van Corteza (Phillipines) | 13-10 |
Event not played in 2020 due to COVID-19 Pandemic and 2018 due to venue relocation.
US Pool Championship: Multiple Winners
The following players have all won the US Pool Championship more than once:
| Player and number of championships | Country | Years won |
|---|---|---|
| Earl Strickland (5) | USA | 1984, 1987, 1993, 1997, 2000 |
| Shane Van Boening (5) | USA | 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
| Mike Sigel (3) | USA | 1976, 1980, 1983 |
| David Howard (2) | USA | 1982, 1986 |
| Nick Varner (2) | USA | 1989, 1990 |
| Mikka Immonen (2) | Finland | 2008, 2009 |
| Allen Hopkins (2) | USA | 1978, 1981 |
| Buddy Hall (2) | USA | 1981, 1988 |
| Darren Appleton (2) | England | 2010, 2011 |
US Open Pool Championship winners by country
Players from nine different countries have won the US Open Pool Championship:
| Country | Number of wins |
|---|---|
| USA | 33 |
| Phillipines | 3 |
| Germany | 2 |
| England | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 |
| Scotland | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 |
| Spain | 1 |
| Taiwan | 1 |
The table above makes for pleasant reading for the USA but their dominance is coming under question with five of the last six finals contested by non-USA players.
US Open Pool Championship 2025: Results
Aloysius Yapp is the 2025 US Open Pool Champion after defeating reigning champion Fedor Gorst 13-11 in an absorbing final.
Yapp had previously made it to the final of this event in 2021 but lost out that time to Carlo Biado.
The US Open is Yapp's third major in four months after victories in the UK Open and the Florida Open.
Final (Race to 13)
- Fedor Gorst v Aloysius Yapp 11-13
Semi-FInals
- Fedor Gorst v Johann Chua 11-7
- Aloysius Yapp v Ko Pin YI 11-4
Quarter-Finals
- Fedor Gorst v Michael Baoanan 10-9
- Niels Feijen v Johann Chua 2-10
- Aloysius Yapp v Joshua Filler 10-8
- Ko Pin Yi v Denis Grabe 10-5
Last Sixteen
- Fedor Gorst v Wiktor Zielinski 10-9
- Duong Quoc Hoang v Michael Baoanan 9-10
- Albin Ouschan v Niels Feijen 2-10
- Aleksa Pecelj v Johann Chua 7-10
- Aloysius Yapp v Jefrey Roda 10-2
- Oscar Dominguez v Joshua Filler 4-10
- Ko Pin Yi v Jayson Shaw 10-2
- Wu Kun Lin v Denis Grabe 6-10
US Open 2024: Result
Russian born American Fedor Gorst beat the five-time previous US Pool champion Shane Van Boening 13 racks to 10 to take his first US Open.
As Gorst is now a US resident he represents the United States and, as such, this was the first all American US Pool Open Final since 1999.
Gorst made the final last year only to lose out 13-6 to Ko Ping Chung.
The two players had played an epic $100,000 first to 120 racks in ten-ball the week before with SVB running out a 120-116 winner but Gorst had the upper hand in the match that meant the most, The US Pool Championship
Last Eight Results:
Final - Best of 25 racks
Fedor Gorst v Shane Van Boening 13-10
Semi-Finals - Best of 21 racks
Fedor Gorst v Niels Feijen 11-6
Shane Van Boening v Joshua Filler 11-7
Quarter-Finals - Best of 19 racks
Fedor Gorst v Jeffrey Roda 10-5
Niels Feijen v Ko Pin Yi 10-5
Shane Van Boening v Vitaliy Patsura 10-7
Joshua Filler v David Alcaide 10-3
US Open Pool Championship 2023 Result
Two hundred and fifty six players took their places at Harrah's Resort in Atlantic City in September to contest the forty-sixth renewal of the US Open Pool Championship.
Ko Ping-Chung from Taiwan took his first US Pool Championship title defeating USA's Fedor Gorst 13-6 in the Final.
The 2023 event was a high-quality affair with multiple former champions taking part. Among the former champions lining up again this year are:
- Carlo Biado (2021)
- Joshua Filler (2019)
- Jason Shaw (2017)
- Shane Van Boening (2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
- Darren Appleton (2010, 2011)
- Mika Immonen (2008, 2009)
- Alex Pagulayan (2005)
- Ralf Souquet (2002)
