Here are some aggregate break statistics from the last 3 days of the 6-day 2022 US Open Pool Championship played October 10-15 at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, in New Jersey. Streaming was free on the first 4 days (I watched on Matchroom.live) and by pay-per-view on the last 2 days (on DAZN in the USA). This was a 256-player 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz won the tournament, defeating Max Lechner in the final match.
The event was double elimination down to the final 64 players (32 on the winners' side and 32 on the one-loss side). It was then single-elimination play from that point to the conclusion. Races were of 5 different lengths during the 6 days -- to 8 in the first 3 rounds on the losers' side, to 9 for all other rounds up to the Last 16, to 10 for the Last 16 round and for the quarterfinals, to 11 for the semifinals, and to 13 for the finals. The commentators in these streamed matches were Michael McMullan, Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees were Brendan Moore, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and John Leyman. Hannah Wilkes did some announcing and interviewing.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I tracked included:
These stats are for all 13 matches (205 games) streamed on the final three days on the feature table with commentary (Table 1 on Thursday and the "TV Table" on Friday and Saturday). These matches constituted just 2.7% of the total of 475 matches played in the tournament (4 scheduled matches did not occur because of withdrawals and forfeits), but 21% of the matches in the single-elimination portion of the event (final 64 players). These 13 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thursday, Oct. 13
Fri. Oct 14
Sat. Oct 15
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 205 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 66 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 205 games, 56% of the 118 games won by the breaker, and 41% of the 162 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 66 break-and-run games consisted of 5 three-packs (2 by Sanchez-Ruiz and 1 each by Corteza, Styer, and Ko P-C), 12 two-packs, and 27 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 66 break-and-run games included 5 9-balls on the break (2.4% of all breaks) -- 2 by Sanchez-Ruiz and 1 each by Styer, Van Boening, and Ko P-C). Another 9-ball was made on a fouled break, so it was spotted.
The event was double elimination down to the final 64 players (32 on the winners' side and 32 on the one-loss side). It was then single-elimination play from that point to the conclusion. Races were of 5 different lengths during the 6 days -- to 8 in the first 3 rounds on the losers' side, to 9 for all other rounds up to the Last 16, to 10 for the Last 16 round and for the quarterfinals, to 11 for the semifinals, and to 13 for the finals. The commentators in these streamed matches were Michael McMullan, Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees were Brendan Moore, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and John Leyman. Hannah Wilkes did some announcing and interviewing.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I tracked included:
• Diamond 9-foot tables with 4 1/4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 shark grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-dots cue ball;
• Racking template;
• 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 3-point (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;
• 3-foul rule in effect (did not occur);
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 13 matches (205 games) streamed on the final three days on the feature table with commentary (Table 1 on Thursday and the "TV Table" on Friday and Saturday). These matches constituted just 2.7% of the total of 475 matches played in the tournament (4 scheduled matches did not occur because of withdrawals and forfeits), but 21% of the matches in the single-elimination portion of the event (final 64 players). These 13 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thursday, Oct. 13
1. Lee Vann Corteza defeated Jayson Shaw 9-2 (Last 64)
2. Tyler Styer d. Fedor Gorst 9-7 (Last 64)
3. Alex Kazakis d. Shane Van Boening 9-8 (Last 64)
4. Carlo Biado d. Naoyuki Oi 9-6 (Last 32)
5. Joshua Filler d. Styer 9-6 (Last 32)
Fri. Oct 14
6. Chris Melling d. Corteza 10-2 (Last 16)
7. Eklent Kaçi d. Filler 10-1 (Last 16)
8. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Chang Jung-Lin 10-5 (Last 16)
9. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Kazakis 10-8 (Quarterfinal)
10. Carlo Biado d. Hsieh Chia-Chen 10-0 (Quarterfinal)
Sat. Oct 15
11. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Biado 11-10 (Semifinal)
12. Max Lechner d. Ko Ping Chung 11-10 (Semifinal)
13. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Lechner 13-10 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 85% (104 of 123)
Match losers -- 71% (58 of 82)
Total -- 79% (162 of 205)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 67% (83 of 123)
Match losers -- 43% (35 of 82)
Total -- 58% (118 of 205)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 37% (45 of 123)
Match losers -- 26% (21 of 82)
Total -- 32% (66 of 205)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 43% (45 of 104)
Match losers -- 36% (21 of 58)
Total -- 41% (66 of 162)
Here's a breakdown of the 205 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 105 (51% of the 205 games)
Breaker lost the game: 57 (28%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game:11 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 9 (4%)
Breaker lost the game: 19 (9%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 58% (118 of 205) of all games,
He won 65% (105 of 162) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 30% (13 of 43) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 66 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 205 games, 56% of the 118 games won by the breaker, and 41% of the 162 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 66 break-and-run games consisted of 5 three-packs (2 by Sanchez-Ruiz and 1 each by Corteza, Styer, and Ko P-C), 12 two-packs, and 27 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 66 break-and-run games included 5 9-balls on the break (2.4% of all breaks) -- 2 by Sanchez-Ruiz and 1 each by Styer, Van Boening, and Ko P-C). Another 9-ball was made on a fouled break, so it was spotted.
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