Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 39 9-Ball matches streamed this past week on a pay-per-view basis by Accu-Stats from the 2017 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, VA. Jayson Shaw won the event.
Conditions -- The conditions for these streamed matches included:
The 39 matches (676 games) streamed were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played. These 39 matches represented 14.2% of the event's total of 274 matches played (excludes the 2 forfeited matches). The figures in parentheses for some of the matches are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream.
[Note: These stats exclude 7 games that I missed -- 6 in the Ouschan/Chinakhov match and 1 in the He/Orcollo match. So the total number of games tracked was 669.]
Sun., Oct. 22, 2017
Mon., Oct. 23
Tues., Oct. 24
Wed., Oct. 25
Thurs., Oct. 26
Fri., Oct. 27
Sat., Oct. 28
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not break illegally or foul) 62% of the time (417 of 669), won 57% of the games (380 of 669), and broke and ran 26% of the games (176 of 669). The break was illegal 10% of the time (66 of 669).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 669 breaks.
Break-and-run games -- The 176 break-and-run games represented 26% of all 669 games, 46% of the 380 games won by the breaker, and 42% of the 417 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, legal, no foul).
The 176 break-and-run games consisted of 1 6-pack (Van Boening), 6 4-packs (2 by Sanchez Ruiz and 1 each by Morris, Schmidt, Shaw, and Feijen), 5 3-packs, 17 2-packs, and 97 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 176 break-and-run games included 11 9-balls on the break (1.6% of the 669 breaks). One additional 9-ball was made on the break when the breaker scratched, so it was spotted. With the Accu-Rack, the 9-ball tends to remain close to its original position.
Conditions -- The conditions for these streamed matches included:
- Diamond 9-foot Paragon table with pro-cut pockets;
- blue Simonis 860 HR cloth;
- Accu-Rack racking template;
- Aramith TV Tournament balls with the measles cue ball;
- winner breaks from the box -- 9" to each side of the long string;
- referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball at the back of the rack;
- the break is illegal (and non-breaker has an option to shoot) unless at least 3 balls touch the plane of the head string or are pocketed;
- foul on all balls;
- jump cues allowed;
- for "full production" matches, a 40-sec. shot clock with one automatic extension per player per rack (no violation if the player is down on the shot before the clock expires and shoots before getting up); and
- all slop counts.
The 39 matches (676 games) streamed were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played. These 39 matches represented 14.2% of the event's total of 274 matches played (excludes the 2 forfeited matches). The figures in parentheses for some of the matches are the Accu-Stats Total Performance Averages (TPA), as calculated by Accu-Stats and shown on the stream.
[Note: These stats exclude 7 games that I missed -- 6 in the Ouschan/Chinakhov match and 1 in the He/Orcollo match. So the total number of games tracked was 669.]
Sun., Oct. 22, 2017
Warren Kiamco defeated Adam Mscisz 11-0, Earl Strickland (.846) d. Ralf Souquet (.827) 11-6,
Wu Jiaqing (.864) d. Tony Chohan (.767) 11-6, David Alcaide (.922) d. Kevin Cheng (.904) 11-9,
Ko Pin-Yi d. Damianos Giallourakis 11-1, and Nick Van den Berg (.915) d. Shane Van Boening (.873) 11-7.
Wu Jiaqing (.864) d. Tony Chohan (.767) 11-6, David Alcaide (.922) d. Kevin Cheng (.904) 11-9,
Ko Pin-Yi d. Damianos Giallourakis 11-1, and Nick Van den Berg (.915) d. Shane Van Boening (.873) 11-7.
Mon., Oct. 23
Billy Thorpe d. Wu J-Q 11-1, Rodney Morris (.892) d. Johann Chua (.814) 11-7,
Dennis Hatch (.865) d. Chohan (.685) 11-4, Albin Ouschan d. Ruslan Chinakhov 11-8,
Mario He d. Dennis Orcollo 11-5, and Chris Melling (.865) d. Justin Bergman (,820) 11-8.
Dennis Hatch (.865) d. Chohan (.685) 11-4, Albin Ouschan d. Ruslan Chinakhov 11-8,
Mario He d. Dennis Orcollo 11-5, and Chris Melling (.865) d. Justin Bergman (,820) 11-8.
Tues., Oct. 24
John Schmidt d. Joey Cicero 11-3, Ralf Souquet (.866) d. Giallourakis (.818) 11-6,
Chua (.895) d. Kheled Al Otabi (.857) 11-6, Ko Ping-Chung (.851) d. Jeffrey de Luna (.765) 11-7,
Eklent Kaçi d. Ronnie Alcano 11-7, and Jayson Shaw (.843) d. Ko P-Y (.860) 11-10.
Chua (.895) d. Kheled Al Otabi (.857) 11-6, Ko Ping-Chung (.851) d. Jeffrey de Luna (.765) 11-7,
Eklent Kaçi d. Ronnie Alcano 11-7, and Jayson Shaw (.843) d. Ko P-Y (.860) 11-10.
Wed., Oct. 25
Konrad Juszczyszyn d. Han Haoxiang 11-3, Van Boening (.933) d. Hsieh Chia-Chen (.847) 11-5,
Van den Berg (.904) d. Wu Kun-Lin (.896) 11-10, Kaçi (.876) d. Darren Appleton (.821) 11-8,
Thorpe (.871) d. Carlo Biado (.894) 11-10, and Van Boening d. Alcano 11-7.
Van den Berg (.904) d. Wu Kun-Lin (.896) 11-10, Kaçi (.876) d. Darren Appleton (.821) 11-8,
Thorpe (.871) d. Carlo Biado (.894) 11-10, and Van Boening d. Alcano 11-7.
Thurs., Oct. 26
Niels Feijen d. Chang Yu-Lung 11-8, Joshua Filler (.897) d. Reymart Lim (.773) 11-4,
de Luna (.856) d. Strickland (.855) 11-10, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (.817) d. Naoyuki Oi (.821) 11-9,
Shaw (.936) d. Thorpe (.873) 11-8, and Ko P-C d. Thorsten Hohmann 11-5.
de Luna (.856) d. Strickland (.855) 11-10, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (.817) d. Naoyuki Oi (.821) 11-9,
Shaw (.936) d. Thorpe (.873) 11-8, and Ko P-C d. Thorsten Hohmann 11-5.
Fri., Oct. 27
Corey Deuel d. Filler 11-9, Chang Jung-Lin d. Thorpe 11-3,
Shaw (.971) d. Ko P-C (.905) 11-8, Sanchez Ruiz (.936) d. Kaçi (.913) 11-5,
Chang J-L (.872) d. Ko P-C (.876) 11-9, and Kaçi d. Oi 11-8.
Shaw (.971) d. Ko P-C (.905) 11-8, Sanchez Ruiz (.936) d. Kaçi (.913) 11-5,
Chang J-L (.872) d. Ko P-C (.876) 11-9, and Kaçi d. Oi 11-8.
Sat., Oct. 28
Shaw (.926) d. Sanchez Ruiz (.825) 11-4, Kaçi (.896) d. Sanchez Ruiz (.873) 11-7 (SEMIFINAL), and
Shaw (.940) d. Kaçi (.821) 13-4 (FINAL)
Shaw (.940) d. Kaçi (.821) 13-4 (FINAL)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not break illegally or foul) 62% of the time (417 of 669), won 57% of the games (380 of 669), and broke and ran 26% of the games (176 of 669). The break was illegal 10% of the time (66 of 669).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 669 breaks.
Legal, made at least one ball, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 284 (42% of the 669 games)
Breaker lost the game: 133 (20%)
Illegal, made at least one ball, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 10 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 6 (1%)
Fouled (includes 6 breaks that were both fouled and illegal):
Breaker won the game: 19 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 42 (6%)
Legal, dry, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 45 (7%)
Breaker lost the game: 86 (13%)
Illegal, dry, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 22 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 22 (3%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 57% of all games (380 of 669),
He won 68% (284 of 417) of the games in which he broke legally, made at least one ball, and did not foul (successful breaks).
He won 63% (10 of 16) of the games in which he broke illegally, made at least one ball, and did not foul.
He won 31% (19 of 61) of the games in which he fouled on the break (whether wet, dry, legal, or illegal).
He won 34% (45 of 131) of the games in which he broke legally, dry, and did not foul.
He won 50% (22 of 44) of the games in which he broke illegally, dry, and did not foul.
He won 38% (96 of 252) of the games in which the break was illegal, fouled, or dry (all unsuccessful breaks).
Break-and-run games -- The 176 break-and-run games represented 26% of all 669 games, 46% of the 380 games won by the breaker, and 42% of the 417 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, legal, no foul).
The 176 break-and-run games consisted of 1 6-pack (Van Boening), 6 4-packs (2 by Sanchez Ruiz and 1 each by Morris, Schmidt, Shaw, and Feijen), 5 3-packs, 17 2-packs, and 97 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 176 break-and-run games included 11 9-balls on the break (1.6% of the 669 breaks). One additional 9-ball was made on the break when the breaker scratched, so it was spotted. With the Accu-Rack, the 9-ball tends to remain close to its original position.
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