Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2020 Diamond Las Vegas Open 10-Ball event played March 11-14 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada with free streaming on CueSports International's YouTube channel.
This was a double-elimination event with 128 players entered. All races were to 7 until the final match, which was to 9. Chang Jung-Lin won the event. The stats are for all 19 matches streamed by CSI plus 2 matches (#15 and #17 below) streamed on Roy's Basement Facebook page. These 21 matches represented 8.8% of the total of 239 matches played in the event (15 forfeits).
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
The 21 matches (230 games) tracked were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played.
Wed. March 11, 2020
Thurs. March 12
Fri. March 13
Sat. March 14
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 230 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 57% (131 of 230) of all games,
Break-and-run games -- The 69 break-and-run games represented 30% of all 230 games, 53% of the 131 games won by the breaker, and 44% of the 158 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "packages" of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many he ran on his own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 69 break-and-run games consisted of 3 alternate-break 3-packs (1 each by Chinahov, Van Boening, and Chang), 10 alternate-break 2-packs, and 40 singles.
10-Balls on the break -- Just 1 10-ball was made on the break (0.4% of all 230 breaks); it was spotted.
This was a double-elimination event with 128 players entered. All races were to 7 until the final match, which was to 9. Chang Jung-Lin won the event. The stats are for all 19 matches streamed by CSI plus 2 matches (#15 and #17 below) streamed on Roy's Basement Facebook page. These 21 matches represented 8.8% of the total of 239 matches played in the event (15 forfeits).
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with pro-cut pockets (4½" corners);
- new Predator XK2 cloth;
- Predator Arcos II balls, including a black-triangles cue ball;
- rack your own (except racking by the referee in the final 2 matches) using an Accu-Rack racking template, with the 1-ball on the spot (2-ball and 3-ball need not be on the back corners);
- alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- call shots (but not safes), with the opponent having a choice of shooting or passing it back after a ball is pocketed illegally;
- early combinations or caroms on the 10-ball are not game winners; spot the 10-ball and continue shooting;
- jump cues allowed;
- foul on all balls;
- 3-foul rule in effect (did not occur);
- 30-second shot clock (60 seconds after the break) with one extension allowed per player per game; and
- lag for opening break.
The 21 matches (230 games) tracked were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played.
Wed. March 11, 2020
1. Ko Ping-Chung defeated Darren Appleton 7-3
2. Carlo Biado d. Skyler Woodward 7-6
3. Shane Van Boening d. Francisco Bustamante 7-3
4. Fedor Gorst d. Albin Ouschan 7-6
5. Eklent Kaçi d. Masato Yoshioka 7-2
Thurs. March 12
6. Joshua Filler d. Hayato Hijikata 7-3
7. James Aranas d. Chris Melling 7-5
8. Naoyuki Oi d. Tyler Styer 7-1
9. Jeffrey de Luna d. Jayson Shaw 7-3
10. Ruslan Chinahov d. Max Eberle 7-3
Fri. March 13
11. Filler d. Biado 7-5
12. Chang Jung-Lin d. Denis Grabe 7-6
13. Van Boening d. David Alcaide 7-5
14. Ralf Souquet d. Mika Immonen 7-1
15. Filler d. Van Boening 7-4 (streamed on Roy's Basement Facebook page, not by CSI)
16. Aranas d. Justin Bergman 7-5
Sat. March 14
17. Aranas d. Souquet 7-5 (streamed on Roy's Basement Facebook page, not by CSI)
18. Aranas d. Chang J-L 7-4
19. Bergman d. Souquet 7-3
20. Chang J-L d. Bergman 7-3 (Semifinal)
21. Chang J-L d. Aranas 9-5 (Final)
Overall results
■ Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul) -- 73% (83 of 114) for match winners, 65% (75 of 116) for match losers, and 69% (158 of 230) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 72% (82 of 114) for match winners, 42% (49 of 116) for match losers, and 57% (131 of 230) in total
■ Break-and-run games on all breaks -- 36% (41 of 114) for match winners, 24% (28 of 116) for match losers, and 30% (69 of 230) in total
■ Break-and-run games on successful breaks -- 49% (41 of 83) for match winners, 37% (28 of 75) for match losers, and 44% (69 of 158) in total
Here's a breakdown of the 230 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 104 (45% of the 230 games)
Breaker lost the game: 54 (23%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 6 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 12 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 21 (9%)
Breaker lost the game: 33 (14%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 57% (131 of 230) of all games,
• He won 66% (104 of 158) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
• He won 33% (6 of 18) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
• He won 39% (21 of 54) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
• He won 38% (27 of 72) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 69 break-and-run games represented 30% of all 230 games, 53% of the 131 games won by the breaker, and 44% of the 158 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "packages" of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many he ran on his own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 69 break-and-run games consisted of 3 alternate-break 3-packs (1 each by Chinahov, Van Boening, and Chang), 10 alternate-break 2-packs, and 40 singles.
10-Balls on the break -- Just 1 10-ball was made on the break (0.4% of all 230 breaks); it was spotted.
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