Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2024 World Pool Masters event played April 25-28, 2024 at Halle 39 in Hildesheim, Germany. This was a 16-player, single-elimination 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport with pay-per-view live streaming in the USA on DAZN. Fourteen of the 16 players were determined by Matchroom's Nineball World Rankings; the other two players were wild-card picks by Matchroom. Eight of the players were ceded based on the rankings. Fedor Gorst won the tournament, defeating Joshua Filler in a hill/hill final match.
The commentators were Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees, alternating matches, were Ben Taylor-Fuente and Julian Roper. The announcer/interviewer was Di Stewart, and the MCs were Ingo Rohrbach (Thursday, Friday, and Sunday) and Nico Pommerenke (Saturday).
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
These stats are for all 15 matches (224 games) that were played in this event. The races were to 9 in the first round, 10 in the second round (Quarterfinals), 11 in the Semifinals, and 13 in the Final. The 15 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thursday, April 25
Friday, April 26
Saturday, April 27 -- All Quarterfinals
Sunday, April 28
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 224 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 72 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 224 games, 50% of the 144 games won by the breaker, and 39% of the 183 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 72 break-and-run games consisted of five 3-packs (one each by Ouschan, Shaw, Gorst, Ko PY, and Filler), eight 2-packs, and 41 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 72 break-and-run games included 5 9-balls on the break (2.2% of all breaks).
The commentators were Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees, alternating matches, were Ben Taylor-Fuente and Julian Roper. The announcer/interviewer was Di Stewart, and the MCs were Ingo Rohrbach (Thursday, Friday, and Sunday) and Nico Pommerenke (Saturday).
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
• Rasson OX 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 Shark Grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• Magic Ball Rack racking template;
• referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot (2-ball not necessarily in 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 enforce a forceful-break requirement;
• 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break), with one 30-sec. extension per player per rack;
• foul on all balls;
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 15 matches (224 games) that were played in this event. The races were to 9 in the first round, 10 in the second round (Quarterfinals), 11 in the Semifinals, and 13 in the Final. The 15 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thursday, April 25
1. Joshua Filler defeated Eklent Kaçi 9-6
2. Albin Ouschan d. Max Lechner 9-6
3. Jayson Shaw d. Aloysius Yapp 9-1
Friday, April 26
4. Ko Pin Yi d. David Alcaide 9-4
5. Ko Ping Chung d. Wiktor Zielinski 9-2
6. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. James Aranas 9-6
7. Fedor Gorst d. Mario He 9-3
8. Shane Van Boening d. Duong Quoc Hoang 9-8
Saturday, April 27 -- All Quarterfinals
9. Filler d. Ko PC 10-4
10. Ko PY d. Sanchez-Ruiz 10-1
11. Gorst d. Ouschan 10-1
12. Shaw d. Van Boening 10-8
Sunday, April 28
13. Filler d. Ko PY 11-8 (Semifinal)
14. Gorst d. Shaw 11-7 (Semifinal)
15. Gorst d. Filler 13-12 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 88% (122 of 139)
Match losers -- 72% (61 of 85)
Total -- 82% (183 of 224)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 74% (103 of 139)
Match losers -- 48% (41 of 85)
Total -- 64% (144 of 224)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 37% (51 of 139)
Match losers -- 25% (21 of 85)
Total -- 32% (72 of 224)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 42% (51 of 122)
Match losers -- 34% (21 of 61)
Total -- 39% (72 of 183)
Here's a breakdown of the 224 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 133 (59% of the 224 games)
Breaker lost the game: 50 (22%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 2 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 11 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 9 (4%)
Breaker lost the game: 19 (8%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 64% (144 of 224) of all games,
He won 73% (133 of 183) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 27% (11 of 41) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 72 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 224 games, 50% of the 144 games won by the breaker, and 39% of the 183 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 72 break-and-run games consisted of five 3-packs (one each by Ouschan, Shaw, Gorst, Ko PY, and Filler), eight 2-packs, and 41 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 72 break-and-run games included 5 9-balls on the break (2.2% of all breaks).
