Here are some aggregate break statistics from The Beasley Open, a World Nineball Tour ranking event, played November 7-10, 2024 at the Brass Tap & Billiards in Raleigh, North Carolina. Pay-per-view live streaming was provided by PoolActionTV. This was a 61-player event, with double elimination down to 16 players (8 on the winners' side and 8 on the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Alex Calderon won the tournament, defeating Nathan Childress in the final match.
For the matches I tracked, the commentators were Larry Schwartz, Ray Hansen, and Bernie Friend (for one match).
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I tracked included:
These stats are for all 7 matches (105 games) played on the feature table on the weekend. These 7 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, November 9
Sunday, November 10
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 105 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 21 break-and-run games represented 20% of all 105 games, 38% of the 55 games won by the breaker, and 27% of the 78 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 21 break-and-run games consisted of four 2-packs (one by Woodward, one by Yapp, and two by Calderon), and 13 singles. No one in these 7 matches broke and ran more than 2 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 21 break-and-run games included one 9-ball on the break (1.0% of all breaks).
For the matches I tracked, the commentators were Larry Schwartz, Ray Hansen, and Bernie Friend (for one match).
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I tracked included:
• Diamond 9-foot table (pocket size not stated while I was watching);
• Simonis 860 Tournament Blue cloth;
• Aramith Tournament balls with a red-spots cue ball;
• Accu-Rack Diamond 9 racking template;
• Rack your own, with the 9-ball on the foot spot. Apparently the 2-ball was supposed to be on one of the wings or in the back location (the WNT requirement now), but this was violated many times;
• winner breaks from behind the head string in a box approximately 8" to either side of the long string;
• no shot clock;
• cue-ball fouls only;
• 3-foul rule in effect (violation did not occur);
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 7 matches (105 games) played on the feature table on the weekend. These 7 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Saturday, November 9
1. Skyler Woodward defeated BJ Ussery 9-4 (Last 16)
2. Aloysius Yapp d. Tyler Styer 9-6 (Last 16)
3. Alex Calderon d. Georgi Georgiev 9-5 (Quarterfinal)
4. Nathan Childress d. Yapp 9-2 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, November 10
5. Childress d. Johnny Archer 9-4 (Semifinal)
6. Calderon d. Woodward 9-8 (Semifinal)
7. Calderon d. Childress 13-9 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 74% (48 of 65)
Match losers -- 75% (30 of 40)
Total -- 74% (78 of 105)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 63% (41 of 65)
Match losers -- 35% (14 of 40)
Total -- 52% (55 of 105)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 26% (17 of 65)
Match losers -- 10% (4 of 40)
Total -- 20% (21 of 105)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 35% (17 of 48)
Match losers -- 13% (4 of 30)
Total -- 27% (21 of 78)
Here's a breakdown of the 105 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 44 (42% of the 105 games)
Breaker lost the game: 34 (32%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 0 (0%)
Breaker lost the game: 4 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 11 (10%)
Breaker lost the game: 12 (11%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 52% (55 of 105) of all games,
He won 56% (44 of 78) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 41% (11 of 27) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 21 break-and-run games represented 20% of all 105 games, 38% of the 55 games won by the breaker, and 27% of the 78 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 21 break-and-run games consisted of four 2-packs (one by Woodward, one by Yapp, and two by Calderon), and 13 singles. No one in these 7 matches broke and ran more than 2 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 21 break-and-run games included one 9-ball on the break (1.0% of all breaks).
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