Here are the records for the 2018 ABN Dream Challenge -- Team USA vs. Team Russia. This was a 9-Ball event similar to the Mosconi Cup, played September 16-18 at the Baza Billiard Club in Moscow, Russia. After losing the Teams match, Team USA won 6 of 8 singles matches and 3 of 8 doubles matches to take the title 9-8.
............... SEE POST #5 BELOW FOR A LIST OF THE 17 MATCHES ...............
Scoring the way it counts, by matches:
Scoring by games rather than matches:
Match Records of Individual players. For the following records, I counted a full win or loss for each player in each match (i.e., not splitting the point into fifths for the teams match or halves for doubles matches). So these numbers essentially answer the question: "In how many winning and losing matches was each player involved?"
Another way of looking at the match records is to count a full point for each player in a singles win or loss, half a point for each player in a doubles win or loss, and one-fifth of a point for each player in a team win or loss. So the following numbers essentially answer the question: "What numerical contribution did each player make to the overall Mosconi Cup match scores?"
[Note: Even though Team USA had 8 players and Team Russia had 7, each team designated 5 players for the Teams match. So in both methods shown above, I credited or charged just those 5 players on each team with a win or a loss for the Teams match.]
Game Records of Individual Players. Counting half a point for each player in a doubles win or loss (so the totals will add to 119 games), here are the individual records for games won and lost (including the 6 games played in the teams match):
............... SEE POST #5 BELOW FOR A LIST OF THE 17 MATCHES ...............
Scoring the way it counts, by matches:
- Day 1 -- USA 2, Russia 3
- Day 2 -- USA 3, Russia 2
- Day 3 -- USA 4, Russia 3
- Total -- 9 - 8 (USA winning percentage of 53%)
Scoring by games rather than matches:
- Day 1 -- USA 14, Russia 18
- Day 2 -- USA 17, Russia 17
- Day 3 -- USA 26, Russia 27
- Total -- 57 - 62 (USA winning percentage of 48%)
Match Records of Individual players. For the following records, I counted a full win or loss for each player in each match (i.e., not splitting the point into fifths for the teams match or halves for doubles matches). So these numbers essentially answer the question: "In how many winning and losing matches was each player involved?"
- Team USA
- • Shane Van Boening ..... 2-0 singles, 1-1 doubles, 0-1 teams, 3-2 total (winning percentage of 60%)
• Billy Thorpe ..... 1-0 singles, 2-0 doubles, 0-1 teams, 3-1 total (75%)
• Skyler Woodward ..... 1-0 singles, 2-0 doubles, 0-1 teams, 3-1 total (75%)
• Corey Deuel ..... 1-0 singles, 0-2 doubles, 1-2 total (33%)
• Mitch Ellerman ..... 1-0 singles, 0-2 doubles, 0-1 teams, 1-3 total (25%)
• Tyler Styer ..... 0-1 singles, 1-1 doubles, 0-1 teams, 1-3 total (25%)
• Oscar Dominguez ..... 0-2 doubles, 0-2 total (0%)
• Shane McMinn ..... 0-1 singles, 0-2 doubles, 0-3 total (0%)
Team USA Total ..... 6-2 singles, 6-10 doubles, 0-5 teams, 12-17 total (41%)
Team Russia
- • Ruslan Chinakhov ..... 0-1 singles, 0-2 doubles, 1-0 teams, 1-3 total (25%)
• Fedor Gorst ..... 1-1 singles, 2-1 doubles, 1-0 teams, 4-2 total (67%)
• Konstantin Stepanov ..... 1-0 singles, 3-0 doubles, 1-0 teams, 5-0 total (100%)
• Maksim Dudanets ..... 0-1 singles, 2-0 doubles, 1-0 teams, 3-1 total (75%)
• Sergey Lutsker ..... 0-1 singles, 1-1 doubles, 1-0 teams, 2-2 total (50%)
• Andrey Seroshtan ..... 0-1 singles, 2-0 doubles, 2-1 total (67%)
• Kristina Tkach ..... 0-1 singles, 0-2 doubles, 0-3 total (0%)
Team Russia Total ..... 2-6 singles, 10-6 doubles, 5-0 teams, 17-12 total (59%)
- • Shane Van Boening ..... 2-0 singles, 1-1 doubles, 0-1 teams, 3-2 total (winning percentage of 60%)
Another way of looking at the match records is to count a full point for each player in a singles win or loss, half a point for each player in a doubles win or loss, and one-fifth of a point for each player in a team win or loss. So the following numbers essentially answer the question: "What numerical contribution did each player make to the overall Mosconi Cup match scores?"
- Team USA
- • Van Boening ..... 2.5 - 0.7 (winning percentage of 78%)
• Thorpe ..... 2.0 - 0.2 (91%)
• Woodward ..... 2.0 - 0.2 (91%)
• Deuel ..... 1.0 - 1.0 (50%)
• Ellerman ..... 1.0 - 1.2 (45%)
• Styer ..... 0.5 - 1.7 (23%)
• Dominguez ..... 0 - 1.0 (0%)
• McMinn ..... 0 - 2.0 (0%)
Team USA Total ..... 9 - 8 (53%)
Team Russia
- • Chinakhov ..... 0.2 - 2.0 (9%)
• Gorst ..... 2.2 - 1.5 (59%)
• Stepanov ..... 2.7 - 0 (100%)
• Dudanets ..... 1.2 - 1.0 (55%)
• Lutsker ..... 0.7 - 1.5 (32%)
• Seroshtan ..... 1.0 - 1.0 (50%)
• Tkach ..... 0 - 2.0 (0%)
Team Russia Total ..... 8 - 9 (47%)
- • Van Boening ..... 2.5 - 0.7 (winning percentage of 78%)
[Note: Even though Team USA had 8 players and Team Russia had 7, each team designated 5 players for the Teams match. So in both methods shown above, I credited or charged just those 5 players on each team with a win or a loss for the Teams match.]
Game Records of Individual Players. Counting half a point for each player in a doubles win or loss (so the totals will add to 119 games), here are the individual records for games won and lost (including the 6 games played in the teams match):
- Team USA
- • Van Boening ..... 13.0 - 9.5 (winning percentage of 58%)
• Thorpe ..... 10.0 - 9.0 (53%)
• Woodward ..... 11.0 - 4.0 (73%)
• Deuel ..... 7.0 - 6.0 (54%)
• Ellerman ..... 6.5 - 8.0 (45%)
• Styer ..... 6.0 - 10.5 (36%)
• Dominguez ..... 2.0 - 5.0 (29%)
• McMinn ..... 1.5 - 10.0 (13%)
Team USA Total ..... 57 - 62 (48%)
Team Russia
- • Chinakhov ..... 6.0 - 10.0 (38%)
• Gorst ..... 16.0 - 12.0 (57%)
• Stepanov ..... 13.5 - 2.5 (84%)
• Dudanets ..... 8.0 - 7.0 (53%)
• Lutsker ..... 6.5 - 8.5 (43%)
• Seroshtan ..... 8.0 - 7.0 (53%)
• Tkach ..... 4.0 - 10.0 (29%)
Team Russia Total ..... 62 - 57 (52%)
- • Van Boening ..... 13.0 - 9.5 (winning percentage of 58%)
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