Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2022 European Open Pool Championship played August 9-14, 2022 at the Esperanto Congress and Cultural Center in Fulda, Germany. This was a 256-player 9-Ball event, produced by Matchroom Sport, with double elimination down to 64 players (32 on the winners' side and 32 on the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Albin Ouschan won the tournament, defeating Shane Van Boening in the final match.
The commentators were Michael McMullan, Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees in the streamed matches were Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, Brendan Moore and one whose name I did not hear.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
These stats are for 13 matches (223 games), all from the single-elimination portion of the event. The 13 are the 5 matches streamed on Facebook on Friday (Round of 64 and Round of 32) and the 8 matches streamed on DAZN in the USA on Saturday and Sunday (Round of 16 to the end). These 13 matches were 21% of the total of 63 matches played in the single-elimination stage of the event, but only 2.7% of all 475 matches played in the event (479 scheduled less 3 forfeits and 1 disqualification). These 13 matches were races to 9 in the Round of 64 players; to 10 in the Rounds of 32 and 16; to 11 in the quarterfinal and semifinal matches; and to 13 in the final match. [Note: only about half of Match 8 below was shown on DAZN, but I watched the rest of it on YouTube.]
These 13 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, August 12
Saturday, August 13
Sunday, August 14
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 223 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 60 break-and-run games represented 27% of all 223 games, 54% of the 112 games won by the breaker, and 44% of the 137 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 60 break-and-run games consisted of 1 3-pack (by He), 11 2-packs, and 35 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 60 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.3% of all breaks) -- two by Filler and one by Shaw, all in their match.
The commentators were Michael McMullan, Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees in the streamed matches were Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, Brendan Moore and one whose name I did not hear.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
• Diamond 9-foot table with 4 1/4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 shark grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-measles cue ball;
• Accu-Rack racking template on the first 4 days (through the round of 32), triangle rack on the 5th and 6th days (last 16 players);
• referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot (2-ball not necessarily in back location);
• winner breaks from behind the head string in a box approximately 8" to each side of the long string;
• no illegal-break rule, but referees enforce a forceful-break requirement;
• no shot clock until the last 16 players, then a 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 13 matches (223 games), all from the single-elimination portion of the event. The 13 are the 5 matches streamed on Facebook on Friday (Round of 64 and Round of 32) and the 8 matches streamed on DAZN in the USA on Saturday and Sunday (Round of 16 to the end). These 13 matches were 21% of the total of 63 matches played in the single-elimination stage of the event, but only 2.7% of all 475 matches played in the event (479 scheduled less 3 forfeits and 1 disqualification). These 13 matches were races to 9 in the Round of 64 players; to 10 in the Rounds of 32 and 16; to 11 in the quarterfinal and semifinal matches; and to 13 in the final match. [Note: only about half of Match 8 below was shown on DAZN, but I watched the rest of it on YouTube.]
These 13 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, August 12
1. Joshua Filler defeated Eklent Kaçi 9-8 (Last 64)
2. Alex Kazakis d. David Alcaide 9-2 (Last 64)
3. Oscar Dominguez d. Tyler Styer 9-6 (Last 64)
4. Shane Van Boening d. Wojciech Szewczyk 10-8 (Last 32)
5. Jayson Shaw d. Daniele Corrieri 10-6 (Last 32)
Saturday, August 13
6. Filler d. Shaw 10-3 (Last 16)
7. Van Boening d. Sanjin Pehlivanovic 10-7 (Last 16)
8. Albin Ouschan d. Denis Grabe 10-9 (Last 16)
9. Mario He d. Filler 11-5 (Quarterfinal)
10. Van Boening d. Mateusz Sniegocki 11-7 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, August 14
11. Ouschan d. He 11-9 (Semifinal)
12. Van Boening d. Jose Alberto Delgado 11-8 (Semifinal)
13. Ouschan d. Van Boening 13-11 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 62% (79 of 127)
Match losers -- 60% (58 of 96)
Total -- 61% (137 of 223)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 59% (75 of 127)
Match losers -- 39% (37 of 96)
Total -- 50% (112 of 223)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 30% (38 of 127)
Match losers -- 23% (22 of 96)
Total -- 27% (60 of 223)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 48% (38 of 79)
Match losers -- 38% (22 of 58)
Total -- 44% (60 of 137)
Here's a breakdown of the 223 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 86 (39% of the 223 games)
Breaker lost the game: 51 (23%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 2 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 22 (10%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 24 (11%)
Breaker lost the game: 38 (17%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 50% (112 of 223) of all games,
He won 63% (86 of 137) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 30% (26 of 86) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 60 break-and-run games represented 27% of all 223 games, 54% of the 112 games won by the breaker, and 44% of the 137 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 60 break-and-run games consisted of 1 3-pack (by He), 11 2-packs, and 35 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 60 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.3% of all breaks) -- two by Filler and one by Shaw, all in their match.
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