UK Open Pool Championship 2025 final LIVE RESULTS: Yapp DISMANTLES Souto and bags £30k in showpiece match
ALOYSIUS YAPP has lifted the UK Open Pool Championship 2025 title after humiliating Spaniard Jonas Souto Comino.
Yapp ran riot in the Telford final as he beat Comino 13-1.
And it means the Reyes Cup MVP has secured his first-ever UK Open Nineball Championship and banked £30k in the process.
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Morning!
What's next for elite pool?
Well the next ranking tournament is in two weeks at Estonia for the Mezz Hill-Hill Estonia Open.
Whilst the next major is in July as the World Pool Championship travels to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The eight wait
To put into perspective the dominance displayed by Aloysius Yapp vs Jonas Souto, the latter had to wait until the eight rack to pot his first ball of the final!
Major revenge
In 2023, Aloysius Yapp, contending for one of the sport's most sought-after titles in the form of the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship, suffered an 11–0 semi-final whitewash against Ko Ping-chung.
Two years later, though not a whitewash, a 13-1 win in a final is as much revenge as he could ask for.
Trophy lift in full
Gracious Souto in defeat
Souto speaking to Sky Sports: “His level is up and I only have good words for this guy [Yapp].
“I didn't take the chance he gave me but it's part of the game, I don't want to be the protagonist, he's the protagonist, so congratulations to him.”
“I didn't enjoy this final a lot!. I always try to be positive and I'm really proud of me and lets see World Championship [in August]
Winner Yapp speaks after win
Yapp speaking to Sky Sports: “If you want to win a tournament like this you need to have luck on your side and not just play well.”
On his impeccable breaking: Nothing [is] going through my mind instead of doing my routine.”
On the Matchroom events: "It's been an amazing experience. I love playing in the events - the crowd, the venue, everything is perfect.”
Aloysius Yapp 13-1 Jonas Souto - stats
Here's how the dominance played out via the numbers:
Aloysius Yapp 13-1 Jonas Souto
Yapp is a major winner for the first time ever.
The Siungerporean demonstrated a steely dominance that has typified his tournament in the biggest stage of them all.
In the final rack, both players spent significant time working around the yellow one which Yapp would eventually nail in and clean the table.
Aloysius Yapp 12-1 *Jonas Souto
Confidence is brimming through Yapp's game as he chips the cue ball to access the blue two but pots the cue in the process.
Souto re-takes the table to claim his first rack! And let's out the biggest smile, so does everyone watching and Yapp himself.
Aloysius Yapp* 12-0 Jonas Souto
Yapp received a push out early on which allowed Souto to step up who immediately passed the shot back to the initiater which says it all really.
Some personal stake still left in this final as Yapp's looks to extend his biggest margin of victory in a major tournament which was previously 11-6 against Team Europe in the Reyes Cup final last year.
One away from immortality.
Aloysius Yapp* 11-0 Jonas Souto
There's a quiet resignation of what we're seeing here as Yapp cleans the table once again.
Souto hasn't played bad, he simply hasn't played thanks to the unshakeable dominance of Yapp.
Aloysius Yapp* 10-0 Jonas Souto
This is the first time that Yapp hasn't made the yellow one off the side pocket from the break. He does pot the red three to keep his stay at the table.
No comment needed as he enters double figures.
Aloysius Yapp* 9-0 Jonas Souto
Not much more to differentiate from what we've seen.
Yapp breaks, Yapp pots balls in appropriate order, Yapp wins rack - the theme of this final for the last nine racks.
Aloysius Yapp* 8-0 Jonas Souto
Souto gets his first balls! - but lose the game.
As he was crafting out an opening, a unsuccessful pot on the nine-ball presented Yapp with an easy put-away to take this.
Other final trashings
As pointed out by the commentary team, there was a similar battering in the Premier League competition a couple months ago when Moritz Neuhausen triumphed 7-0 against Francisco Sánchez Ruiz.
Aloysius Yapp* 7-0 Jonas Souto
As it was in the fifth rack, Souto's only visit to the table is re-configuring a tricky blue which Yapp makes look like child-play.
A combination of sheer luck and skill continues this final trashing as we cross the halfway point.
Aloysius Yapp* 6-0 Jonas Souto
No this isn't a copy and paste, Yapp's break sees him pot the yellow one again - the blue two also went in on his initial visit in the sixth frame.
There's some sort of record here, we're just trying to find it. Surely?
We head into a break in the final, we promise!
Aloysius Yapp* 5-0 Jonas Souto
Souto's got a shot!
Reminder that the Spaniard was dominant in his semi-final to the point of dancing midway but he has truly been asserted into spectator view in this showpiece.
Souto's attempt at the blue two was unsuccessful and sat him back to his habitual final spot as Yapp cleaned up the table once again.
Aloysius Yapp* 4-0 Jonas Souto
Yapp's breaking continues to outstand as the yellow one goes in from the start. It's been the foundation that his perfect start has been built on.
34 balls potted to Souto's 0.
Those in attendance may be cynically hoping for a mishap from the leader to actual watch some competing.
Aloysius Yapp* 3-0 Jonas Souto
Yapp nearly breaks the nine-ball straight away, which would've got him the Golden Break but it remained hanging off the pocket.
Remains a clinical start from the world No.5.
Aloysius Yapp* 2-0 Jonas Souto
Yapp cues in the yellow one and the green six before angling in the difficult blue two.
The Singaporean once again shows clean combination play with the 3-4 ball and cleans the table once again.
Souto continues to wait thanks to the brilliance of Yapp.
Aloysius Yapp* 1-0 Jonas Souto
Yapp from the offset pots the yellow one and cleans the table with a combo of a 7-9 to take the first rack.
Aloysius Yapp vs Jonas Souto
Yapp gets our final underway.
First to 13 racks.
Aloysius Yapp vs Jonas Souto
Here comes our finalists.
Yapp walks out to the Stephen Bunting-inspired Titanium.
