The 48th US Open Pool Championship takes place from August 18-23 at the Harrah’s Resort and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with 256 professionals and amateurs competing in the sport’s most historic event.
World number one Fedor Gorst will act as the defending champion for the $500,000 tournament, having beaten the history-seeking Shane van Boening in his second successive final twelve months ago.
Van Boening returns to Atlantic City as his seemingly everlasting quest for an elusive sixth US Open crown continues, nine years after equalling Earl Strickland’s record when defeating Chang Jung-Lin in the final.
Reigning world champion Carlo Biado, Joshua Filler and Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, the winners in 2021, 2022 and 2019 respectively, are amongst 14 former champions involved, which also includes the likes of Ko Ping-Chung, Jayson Shaw, Mika Immonen, Darren Appleton and Ralf Souquet.
Aloysius Yapp, the UK Open and Florida Open champion and US Open runner-up four years ago, will be amongst the strong title contenders alongside world number four Johann Chua, 2017 runner-up Eklent Kaci, former European Open winner Mickey Krause and Premier League champion Moritz Neuhausen.
UK Open runner-up Jonas Souto Comino, three-time major semi-finalist Pijus Labutis, Jefrey Roda and World Championship semi-finalists Bernie Regalario and Kledio Kaci will be amongst those attempting to land their maiden WNT majors.
Now boasting a $100,000 champion’s cheque, the second-richest World Nineball Tour tournament is a golden opportunity, with other notable entrants including Albin Ouschan, Max Lechner, Vietnamese number one Duong Quoc Hoang, Japan’s Naoyuki Oi and Ukraine’s Vitaliy Patsura.
Aside from Gorst and Van Boening, Skyler Woodward and Tyler Styer provide the USA’s predominant hopes of home success, with other American challengers including Oscar Dominguez, Billy Thorpe and Lukas Fracasso-Verner.
The double elimination phase will take place from August 18-20, with 64 players then progressing to the single elimination phase which begins on August 21.
It will be race-to-nine racks on the winners’ side and race-to-eight racks on the one-loss side during double elimination, before the format increases to race-to-10 racks for the last 64 through to the quarter-finals.
The semi-finals and final will take place on Saturday, August 23 across two sessions, with the format being race-to-11 racks for the semi-finals and race-to-13 racks for the title decider.
Coverage of the main table and tables two and three will be broadcast via WNT TV for subscribers throughout the week, while a free table four stream will be available on the Matchroom Pool YouTube channel. Sky Sports will be showing the final two days in the UK and Ireland.
US OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
Draw Bracket
Click here for the full draw bracket via the WNT Live Scores website
Last 64
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 10-2 Karl Gnadeberg 🇪🇪
🇵🇱 Szymon Kural 10-8 Roberto Gomez 🇵🇭
Wiktor Zielinski 10-8 Harry Vergara 🇵🇭
🇺🇸 Brandon Shuff 3-10 Fitim Haradinaj 🇽🇰
🇳🇿 Matt Edwards 4-10 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-3 Jonas Souto Comino 🇪🇸
🇺🇸 Tyler Styer 4-10 Michael Baoanan 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 8-10 Jesus Atencio 🇻🇪
🇳🇱 Marco Teutscher 9-10 Baseth Mocaibat 🇵🇭
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 10-6 Lukas Fracasso-Verner 🇺🇸
🇳🇱 Niels Feijen 10-1 Konrad Juszczyszyn 🇵🇱
🇰🇼 Bader Alawadhi 10-5 Nicholas Tan 🇸🇬
🇷🇴 Cristian Surdea 3-10 Aleksa Pecelj 🇷🇸
🇵🇭 Bernie Regalario 4-10 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
🇬🇷 Alex Kazakis 10-9 Mickey Krause 🇩🇰
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 10-9 Thorsten Hohmann 🇩🇪
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-3 Arseni Sevastyanov 🇫🇮
🇧🇦 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 9-10 Kuo Po-Cheng 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 10-8 Oliver Szolnoki 🇭🇺
🇳🇿 Sullivan Clark 10-7 Chris Reinhold 🇺🇸
🇻🇳 Nguyen Anh Tuan 10-9 Mustafa Alnar 🇹🇷
🇵🇱 Wojciech Szewczyk 9-10 Oscar Dominguez 🇺🇸
🇹🇼 Chang Yu-Lung 10-6 Hayato Hijikata 🇯🇵
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 10-4 Lo Ho Sum 🇭🇰
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 4-10 Ko Pin-Yi 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Lu Hui-Chan 10-3 Ko Ping-Chung 🇹🇼
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 7-10 Emil Gangflot 🇳🇴
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 10-6 Max Lechner 🇦🇹
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 10-8 Lee Van Corteza 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Wu Kun-Lin 10-8 Daniel Maciol 🇵🇱
🇨🇦 John Morra 10-7 Marvin Asis 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 3-10 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
Last 32
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 10-4 Szymon Kural 🇵🇱
Wiktor Zielinski 10-5 Fitim Haradinaj 🇽🇰
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 10-4 Naoyuki Oi 🇯🇵
🇵🇭 Michael Baoanan 10-9 Jesus Atencio 🇻🇪
🇵🇭 Baseth Mocaibat 5-10 Albin Ouschan 🇦🇹
🇳🇱 Niels Feijen 10-4 Bader Alawadhi 🇰🇼
🇷🇸 Aleksa Pecelj 10-4 Mieszko Fortunski 🇵🇱
🇬🇷 Alex Kazakis 6-10 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-7 Kuo Po-Cheng 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 10-5 Sullivan Clark 🇳🇿
🇻🇳 Nguyen Anh Tuan 6-10 Oscar Dominguez 🇺🇸
🇹🇼 Chang Yu-Lung 7-10 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-6 Lu Hui-Chan 🇹🇼
🇳🇴 Emil Gangflot 4-10 Jayson Shaw 🇬🇧
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 0-10 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇨🇦 John Morra 1-10 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
Last 16
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 10-9 Wiktor Zielinski
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 9-10 Michael Baoanan 🇵🇭
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 2-10 Niels Feijen 🇳🇱
🇷🇸 Aleksa Pecelj 7-10 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-2 Jefrey Roda 🇵🇭
🇺🇸 Oscar Dominguez 4-10 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-2 Jayson Shaw 🇬🇧
🇹🇼 Wu Kun-Lin 4-10 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
Quarter-Finals
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 10-9 Michael Baoanan 🇵🇭
🇳🇱 Niels Feijen 2-10 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-8 Joshua Filler 🇩🇪
🇹🇼 Ko Pin-Yi 10-5 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
Semi-Finals
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 11-7 Johann Chua 🇵🇭
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 11-4 Ko Pin-Yi 🇹🇼
Final
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 11-13 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
Prize Fund
Champion – $100,000
Runner-up – $50,000
Semi-finalists – $25,000
Quarter-finalists – $15,000
Last 16 – $8,000
Last 32 – $5,000
Last 64 – $3,000
Total – $500,000
Roll of Honour
1976 – Mike Sigel 11-1 Pete Margo
1978 – Allen Hopkins 15-11 Steve Mizerak
1979 – Louie Roberts 15-11 David Howard
1979 – Steve Mizerak 11-10 Jim Rempe
1980 – Mike Sigel 11-7 Ray Martin
1981 – Allen Hopkins 11-7 Mike Sigel
1982 – David Howard 10-4 Mike Zuglan
1983 – Mike Sigel 11-10 David Howard
1984 – Earl Strickland 11-10 Mike Sigel
1985 – Jimmy Reid 11-5 Mike Lebron
1986 – David Howard 11-9 Allen Hopkins
1987 – Earl Strickland 11-7 Jim Rempe
1988 – Mike Lebron 11-6 Nick Varner
1989 – Nick Varner 13-6 Kim Davenport
1990 – Nick Varner 11-10 Johnny Archer
1991 – Buddy Hall 9-8 Dennis Hatch
1992 – Tommy Kennedy 9-1 Johnny Archer
1993 – Earl Strickland 11-8 Tony Ellin
1994 – Efren Reyes 9-6 Nick Varner
1995 – Reed Pierce 11-6 Efren Reyes
1996 – Rodney Morris 11-6 Efren Reyes
1997 – Earl Strickland 11-3 Efren Reyes
1998 – Buddy Hall 11-5 Tang Hoa
1999 – Johnny Archer 11-7 Jeremy Jones
2000 – Earl Strickland 11-5 Takeshi Okumura
2001 – Corey Deuel 11-0 Mika Immonen
2002 – Ralf Souquet 13-11 Alex Pagulayan
2003 – Jeremy Jones 11-3 Jose Parica
2004 – Gabe Owen 11-3 Thorsten Hohmann
2005 – Alex Pagulayan 11-6 Jose Parica
2006 – John Schmidt 11-6 Rodolfo Luat
2007 – Shane van Boening 13-10 Ronnie Alcano
2008 – Mika Immonen 13-7 Ronnie Alcano
2009 – Mika Immonen 13-10 Ralf Souquet
2010 – Darren Appleton 15-13 Corey Deuel
2011 – Darren Appleton 13-6 Shawn Putnam
2012 – Shane van Boening 13-7 Dennis Orcollo
2013 – Shane van Boening 13-10 Lee Van Corteza
2014 – Shane van Boening 13-10 Dennis Orcollo
2015 – Cheng Yu-Hsuan 13-6 Karl Boyes
2016 – Shane van Boening 13-9 Chang Jung-Lin
2017 – Jayson Shaw 13-4 Eklent Kaci
2019 – Joshua Filler 13-10 Wu Jiaqing
2021 – Carlo Biado 13-8 Aloysius Yapp
2022 – Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 13-10 Max Lechner
2023 – Ko Ping-Chung 13-6 Fedor Gorst
2024 – Fedor Gorst 13-10 Shane van Boening
