Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 40 9-Ball matches streamed this past week by Accu-Stats from the 2018 International 9-Ball Open at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, VA. Chang Jung-Lin won the event.
All but 1 of these matches were streamed by Accu-Stats on a pay-per-view basis. The Woodward/Van Boening match on the last day was played at the same time as the hotseat match and was streamed free on Accu-Stats' Facebook page.
Conditions -- The conditions for these streamed matches included:
The 40 matches (707 games) streamed were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played. These 40 matches represented about 18% of the event's total of 224 matches played. 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 8 games from these 40 matches -- 1 game in the in the Melling/Kudlik match when my internet service was down, the first 6 games of the Van Boening/Sanchez-Ruiz match (which was joined in progress on another table after a match on the main streaming table ended), and 1 game when the stream was down briefly in the Woodward/Van Boening match on an "outside" table . So the total number of games tracked was 699.]
Sun., Oct. 21, 2018
Mon., Oct. 22
Tues., Oct. 23
Wed., Oct. 24
Thurs., Oct. 25
Fri., Oct. 26
Sat., Oct. 27
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 699 breaks (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 154 break-and-run games represented 22% of all 699 games, 42% of the 363 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 435 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, legal, no foul).
The 154 break-and-run games consisted of 1 5-pack (Woodward), 1 4-pack (Ko P-C), 20 2-packs, and 105 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 154 break-and-run games included 8 9-balls on the break (1.1% of the 699 breaks). Two additional 9-balls were made on the break when the breaker scratched, so they were spotted. With the Accu-Rack, the 9-ball tends to remain close to its original position.
All but 1 of these matches were streamed by Accu-Stats on a pay-per-view basis. The Woodward/Van Boening match on the last day was played at the same time as the hotseat match and was streamed free on Accu-Stats' Facebook page.
Conditions -- The conditions for these streamed matches included:
- Diamond 9-foot 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 40 matches (707 games) streamed were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played. These 40 matches represented about 18% of the event's total of 224 matches played. 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 8 games from these 40 matches -- 1 game in the in the Melling/Kudlik match when my internet service was down, the first 6 games of the Van Boening/Sanchez-Ruiz match (which was joined in progress on another table after a match on the main streaming table ended), and 1 game when the stream was down briefly in the Woodward/Van Boening match on an "outside" table . So the total number of games tracked was 699.]
Sun., Oct. 21, 2018
Justin Bergman defeated Eric Bayhon 11-3, Johnny Archer (.886) d. Ralf Souquet (.790) 11-7,
Albin Ouschan (.969) d. Mitch Ellerman (.816) 11-4, Jayson Shaw (.931) d. Shane McMinn (.877) 11-7,
Tyler Styer d. Niels Feijen 11-9, and Ko Pin-Yi (.817) d. Billy Thorpe (.846) 11-9.
Mon., Oct. 22
Zion Zvi d. Marc Bijsterbosch 11-9, Mohannad Alghumayz d. Sanjin Pehlivanovic 11-10,
Naoyuki Oi d. John Schott 11-7, Alex Kazakis (.878) d. Earl Strickland (.880) 11-9,
James Aranas (.841) d. Tony Chohan (.878) 11-10, and Dennis Orcollo (.881) d. Chris Melling (.853) 11-10.
Tues., Oct. 23
Ruslan Chinahov d. Mario He 11-9, Radoslaw Babica (.824) d. Jani Siekkinen (.708) 11-7,
Marek Kudlik (.892) d. Chris Robinson (.680) 11-3, Chang Jung-Lin (.907) d. Joshua Filler (.800) 11-5,
Eklent Kaçi (.887) d. Konrad Juszczyszyn (.778) 11-7, and Donny Mills d. Hunter Lombardo 11-5.
Wed., Oct. 24
Oi d. Kang Lee 11-6, Fedor Gorst (.913) d. Thorpe (.776) 11-4,
Oscar Dominguez (.782) d. Warren Kiamco (.779) 11-9, Denis Grabe (.960) d. Bergman (.825) 11-4,
Skyler Woodward (.887) d. Liu Cheng-Chieh (.864) 11-5, and Alex Pagulayan d. Souquet 11-10.
Thurs., Oct. 25
Kevin Cheng d. Mieszko Fortunski 11-4, Melling (.902) d. Kudlik (.831) 11-5,
Gorst (.932) d. Corey Deuel (.851) 11-7, Chang (.960) d. Shaw (.880) 11-5,
Ko Ping-Chung (.933) d. Shane Van Boening (.926) 11-10, and Orcollo d. Pagulayan 11-7
Fri., Oct. 26
Woodward d. Gorst 11-2, Van Boening (.892) d. Melling (.847) 11-10,
Ko P-C (.931) d. Grabe (.837) 11-4, Chang (.948) d. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (.854) 11-4,
Woodward (.929) d. Grabe (.784) 11-3, and Van Boening d. Sanchez-Ruiz 11-6
Sat., Oct. 27
Ko P-C (.922) d. Chang (.863) 11-5, Woodward d. Van Boening 11-5,
Chang (.881) d. Woodward (.824) 11-9 (SEMIFINAL), and Chang (.946) d. Ko P-C (.880) 13-11 (FINAL)
Overall results
■ Successful breaks (broke legally, made at least one ball, and did not foul) -- 67% (282 of 420) for match winners, 55% (153 of 279) for match losers, and 62% (435 of 699) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 62% (261 of 420) for match winners, 37% (102 of 279) for match losers, and 52% (363 of 699) in total
■ Break-and-run games -- 26% (109 of 420) for match winners, 16% (45 of 279) for match losers, and 22% (154 of 699) in total
■ Illegal breaks -- 13% (55 of 420) for match winners, 16% (44 of 279) for match losers, and 14% (99 of 699) in total
Here's a breakdown of the 699 breaks (for match winners and losers combined).
Legal, made at least one ball, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 274 (39% of the 699 games)
Breaker lost the game: 161 (23%)
Illegal, made at least one ball, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 21 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 34 (5%)
Fouled (includes 3 breaks that were both fouled and illegal):
Breaker won the game: 8 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 47 (7%)
Legal, dry, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 45 (6%)
Breaker lost the game: 68 (10%)
Illegal, dry, and no foul:
Breaker won the game: 15 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 26 (4%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 52% of all games (363 of 699),
He won 63% (274 of 435) of the games in which he broke legally, made at least one ball, and did not foul (successful breaks).
He won 38% (21 of 55) of the games in which he broke illegally, made at least one ball, and did not foul.
He won 15% (8 of 55) of the games in which he fouled on the break (whether wet, dry, legal, or illegal).
He won 40% (45 of 113) of the games in which he broke legally, dry, and did not foul.
He won 37% (15 of 41) of the games in which he broke illegally, dry, and did not foul.
He won 34% (89 of 264) of the games in which the break was illegal, fouled, or dry (all unsuccessful breaks).
Break-and-run games -- The 154 break-and-run games represented 22% of all 699 games, 42% of the 363 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 435 games in which the break was successful (made a ball, legal, no foul).
The 154 break-and-run games consisted of 1 5-pack (Woodward), 1 4-pack (Ko P-C), 20 2-packs, and 105 singles.
9-balls on the break -- The 154 break-and-run games included 8 9-balls on the break (1.1% of the 699 breaks). Two additional 9-balls were made on the break when the breaker scratched, so they were spotted. With the Accu-Rack, the 9-ball tends to remain close to its original position.
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