Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2022 UK Open Pool Championship played May 17-22, 2022 at Copper Box Arena in London, England. This was a 256-player 9-Ball event, produced by Matchroom Sport, with double elimination down to 16 players (8 on the winners' side and 8 on the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Joshua Filler won the tournament, defeating Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz in the final match.
The commentators were Michael McMullan, Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Jayson Shaw. The referees in the streamed matches included John Leyman, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Brendan Moore.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
These stats are for the 8 matches (131 games) that were streamed on Facebook during the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 16 players). These matches were 53% of the total of 15 matches played in Stage 2, but only 1.6% of all 503 matches played in the event. All Stage 2 matches were races to 11 except for the final match, which was to 13. These 8 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played. [Note: the stats are for 122 games instead of 131, because the first 9 games of Match 1 below were not shown on the stream I watched.]
Saturday, May 21
Sunday, May 22
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 122 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 49 break-and-run games represented 40% of all 122 games, 60% of the 81 games won by the breaker, and 43% of the 113 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 49 break-and-run games consisted of 1 7-pack (by Van Boening), 1 5-pack (by Filler), 8 two-packs, and 21 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 49 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (2.5% of all breaks), all by Van Boening -- two against Bijsterbosch and one against Woodward.
The commentators were Michael McMullan, Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Jayson Shaw. The referees in the streamed matches included John Leyman, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Brendan Moore.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
• A 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 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;
• 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 the 8 matches (131 games) that were streamed on Facebook during the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 16 players). These matches were 53% of the total of 15 matches played in Stage 2, but only 1.6% of all 503 matches played in the event. All Stage 2 matches were races to 11 except for the final match, which was to 13. These 8 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played. [Note: the stats are for 122 games instead of 131, because the first 9 games of Match 1 below were not shown on the stream I watched.]
Saturday, May 21
1. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz defeated Dennis Orcollo 11-7 (Last 16)
2. Joshua Filler d. Imran Majid 11-3 (Last 16)
3. Shane Van Boening d. Marc Bijsterbosch 11-1 (Last 16)
4. Van Boening d. Skyler Woodward 11-7 (Quarterfinal)
5. David Alcaide d. Mario He 11-8 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, May 22
6. Filler d. Alcaide 11-4 (Semifinal)
7. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Van Boening 11-4 (Semifinal)
8. Filler d. Sanchez-Ruiz 13-7 (Finals)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 93% (78 of 84)
Match losers -- 92% (35 of 38)
Total -- 93% (113 of 122)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 77% (65 of 84)
Match losers -- 42% (16 of 38)
Total -- 66% (81 of 122)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 46% (39 of 84)
Match losers -- 26% (10 of 38)
Total -- 40% (49 of 122)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 50% (39 of 78)
Match losers -- 29% (10 of 35)
Total -- 43% (49 of 113)
Here's a breakdown of the 122 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 77 (63% of the 122 games)
Breaker lost the game: 36 (30%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 1 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 2 (2%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 3 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 3 (2%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 66% (81 of 122) of all games,
He won 68% (77 of 113) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 44% (4 of 9) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 49 break-and-run games represented 40% of all 122 games, 60% of the 81 games won by the breaker, and 43% of the 113 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 49 break-and-run games consisted of 1 7-pack (by Van Boening), 1 5-pack (by Filler), 8 two-packs, and 21 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 49 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (2.5% of all breaks), all by Van Boening -- two against Bijsterbosch and one against Woodward.
