Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2021 World Pool Championship played June 6-10, 2021 at Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, with pay-per-view streaming in the USA on DAZN. This was a 128-player 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport. The players were divided into 16 groups of 8 players, with double elimination in each group to eliminate 4 from each group. Then the last 64 players played single-elimination rounds to the end. Albin Ouschan won the tournament, defeating Omar Al Shaheen in the final match.
The main commentators were Phil Yates, Alex Lely, and Karl Boyes. Several players also commentated on one or more matches. The referees in the streamed matches were John Leyman, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Brendan Moore. The MC/announcer/interviewer was Michael Bridge.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
These stats are for all 23 matches (357 games) that were played in the main arena (Table 1). These matches constituted 10.4% of the total of 222 matches played in the tournament (1 match was forfeited). These 23 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Sun. June 6 (Group Stage)
Mon. June 7 (Group Stage)
Tues. June 8
Wed. June 9
Thurs. June 10
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Breaker won the game:
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Here's a breakdown of the 357 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 65% (233 of 357) of all games,
Break-and-run games -- The 114 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 357 games, 49% of the 233 games won by the breaker, and 37% of the 305 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 114 break-and-run games consisted of 1 6-pack (by Van Boening), 1 5-pack (He), 2 4-packs (Ouschan and Gomez), 2 three-packs (Woodward and Ouschan), 21 two-packs, and 47 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 114 break-and-run games included 2 9-balls on the break (0.6% of all breaks), one when a racking template was used and one when a triangle rack was used.
The main commentators were Phil Yates, Alex Lely, and Karl Boyes. Several players also commentated on one or more matches. The referees in the streamed matches were John Leyman, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Brendan Moore. The MC/announcer/interviewer was Michael Bridge.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
• A new Predator 9-foot table with 4 1/4" corner pockets and shallow pocket shelves;
• Blue Simonis cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-measles cue ball;
• racking template on the first 3 days, triangle rack on the 4th and 5th days;
• referee racks with the 1-ball on the foot spot (2-ball not necessarily in back location);
• winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
• no illegal-break rule, but a "forceful" break is required;
• 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break), with one 30-sec. extension per player per rack;
• foul on all balls;
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 23 matches (357 games) that were played in the main arena (Table 1). These matches constituted 10.4% of the total of 222 matches played in the tournament (1 match was forfeited). These 23 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Sun. June 6 (Group Stage)
1. Fedor Gorst defeated Mark Magi 9-7
2. Alex Kazakis d. Kelly Fisher 9-1
3. Jayson Shaw d. Moritz Neuhausen 9-7
4. Joshua Filler d. Margaret Fefilova 9-2
5. Shane Van Boening d. Petr Urban 9-3
6. Roberto Gomez d. Albin Ouschan 9-7
Mon. June 7 (Group Stage)
7. Masato Yoshioka d. Veronika Ivanovskaia 9-7
8. Van Boening d. Oscar Dominguez 9-4
9. Jasmin Ouschan d. Jeffrey DeLuna 9-5
10. Mario He d. Tyler Styer 9-3
11. Shaw d. Imran Majid 9-6
12. Billy Thorpe d. Marcel Price 9-4
Tues. June 8
13. Skyler Woodward d, Gorst 11-8 (Last 64)
14. Van Boening d. Shaw 11-4 (Last 64)
15. Jeremy Sossei d. Robbie Capito 11-7 (Last 32)
16. Naoyuki Oi d. Filler 11-6 (Last 32)
Wed. June 9
17. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Oi 11-7 (Last 16)
18. Woodward d. Gomez 11-7 (Last 16)
19. David Alcaide d. Maz Lechner 11-4 (Quarterfinal)
20. Ouschan d. Woodward 11-5 (Quarterfinal)
Thurs. June 10
21. Ouschan d. Alcaide 11-4 (Semifinal)
22. Omar Al Shaheen d. Olivér Szolnoki 11-9 (Semifinal)
23. Ouschan d. Al Shaheen 13-9 (Finals)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 89% (195 of 219)
Match losers -- 80% (110 of 138)
Total -- 85% (305 of 357)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 74% (163 of 219)
Match losers -- 51% (70 of 138)
Total -- 65% (233 of 357)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 40% (88 of 219)
Match losers -- 19% (26 of 138)
Total -- 32% (114 of 357)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 45% (88 of 195)
Match losers -- 24% (26 of 110)
Total -- 37% (114 of 305)
Here's a breakdown of the 357 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 216 (61% of the 357 games)
Breaker lost the game: 89 (25%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 12 (3%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 13 (4%)
Breaker lost the game: 23 (6%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 65% (233 of 357) of all games,
He/she won 71% (216 of 305) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He/she won 33% (17 of 52) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 114 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 357 games, 49% of the 233 games won by the breaker, and 37% of the 305 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 114 break-and-run games consisted of 1 6-pack (by Van Boening), 1 5-pack (He), 2 4-packs (Ouschan and Gomez), 2 three-packs (Woodward and Ouschan), 21 two-packs, and 47 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 114 break-and-run games included 2 9-balls on the break (0.6% of all breaks), one when a racking template was used and one when a triangle rack was used.
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