Results, context and match study. This selection separates individual, team and national records. Dates describe the cited event or source, not a live ranking. A title count is limited to the competition named beside it.
Players
- Bao Phuong Vinh
Bao Phương Vinh won the 2023 individual world title and finished runner-up at Blois in 2026.
- Cho Jae-ho
Cho Jae-Ho won the PBA World Championship in both 2023 and 2024.
- Choi Sung-won
Choi Sung-Won’s 2014 individual world title and 2017–2018 team titles belong to different records.
- Dani Sánchez
Dani Sánchez received the PBA’s 2025–26 Golden Cue Grand Prize after earlier winning the 2024 Hanoi event.
- Dick Jaspers
Dick Jaspers reached the Ankara and Lier World Cup finals in 2026, both against Myung Woo Cho.
- Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx won his third individual world title at Blois in September 2026, beating Bao 50–39.
- Frédéric Caudron
Frédéric Caudron won his fourth individual world title at Antwerp in 2025.
- Jérémy Bury
Jérémy Bury recorded a 40-point match in 11 innings at the 2025 Antwerp World Championship.
- Kim Haeng-jik
Kim Haeng-Jik scored 50 in 14 innings against Roland Forthomme at Porto in 2026.
- Marco Zanetti
Marco Zanetti’s 2026 results illustrate why a high average and progression are separate measures.
- Martin Horn
Martin Horn beat Caudron 50–42 before losing 44–50 to Jaspers at Ankara in 2026.
- Raymond Ceulemans
Raymond Ceulemans won his first world title in 1963 and entered the BCA Hall of Fame in 2001.
- Rubén Legazpi
Rubén Legazpi was the 2022 world runner-up after beating Merckx 50–37 in the semifinal.
- Sang Lee
Sang Lee won the 1993 world title and later entered the BCA Hall of Fame in 2007.
- Semih Saygıner
Semih Saygıner won the 2025 PBA World Championship; his seventh UMB World Cup victory came in 2021.
- Tayfun Taşdemir
Tayfun Taşdemir won the 2022 individual world title in Donghae, beating Rubén Legazpi 50–14.
- Therese Klompenhouwer
Therese Klompenhouwer won her sixth women’s world title in 2025 and reached the 2026 semifinal in Gradignan.
- Torbjörn Blomdahl
Torbjörn Blomdahl’s record includes six individual world titles in the UMB’s 2025 championship report.
- Tran Quyet Chien
Tran Quyet Chien and Tran Thanh Tu Nguyen won the 2026 national-team world title for Vietnam.
How to study a recorded match
Use a complete recording when available. This is a 3ball observation method, not a professional’s private training plan. Camera images cannot recover hidden cue contact or exact physical conditions.
- Write down the event and video timestamp. Sketch the three starting ball positions and identify the first object ball.
- Record the visible cushion order and the second ball’s exit. If tip contact, speed or a collision is hidden, mark it unknown instead of guessing.
- Build a comparable layout in the simulator. Change one setting at a time, keeping the initial ball positions fixed; compare the route and possible kiss.
- Keep three separate notes: what the recording shows, what your model does, and what remains untested on a physical table.