Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2022 World Pool Championship played April 6-10, 2022 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, 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. Shane Van Boening won the tournament, defeating Albin Ouschan in the final match.
The main commentators were Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees in the streamed matches were John Leyman, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Brendan Moore. The main MC/announcer/interviewer was Michael Bridge.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
These stats are for all 11 matches (191 games) that were played on the main arena's Table 1 during the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 64 players). These matches were 17.5% of the total of 63 matches played in Stage 2. All Stage 2 matches were races to 11 except for the final match, which was to 13. These 11 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, April 8
Saturday, April 9
Sunday, April 10
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 191 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 83 break-and-run games represented 43% of all 191 games, 64% of the 130 games won by the breaker, and 47% of the 176 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 83 break-and-run games consisted of 2 5-packs (1 each by by Chang and Van Boenig), 1 4-pack (Chang), 6 three-packs (2 by Van Boening and 1 each by He, Shaw, Feijen, and Ouschan), 12 two-packs, and 27 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 83 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.6% of all breaks), all by Van Boening -- two in successive games against PY Ko and one against Kazakis.
The main commentators were Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees in the streamed matches were John Leyman, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Brendan Moore. The main MC/announcer/interviewer was Michael Bridge.
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 3 days (through the round of 32), triangle rack on the 4th and 5th 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 all 11 matches (191 games) that were played on the main arena's Table 1 during the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 64 players). These matches were 17.5% of the total of 63 matches played in Stage 2. All Stage 2 matches were races to 11 except for the final match, which was to 13. These 11 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, April 8
1. Mario He defeated Pia Filler 11-2 (Last 64)
2. Shane Van Boening d. Bahram Lotfy 11-9 (Last 64)
3. Pin-Yi Ko d. Jayson Shaw 11-10 (Last 32)
4. Jung-Kin Chang d. Niels Feijen 11-4 (Last 32)
Saturday, April 9
5. Albin Ouschan d. Thorsten Hohmann 11-5 (Last 16)
6. Van Boening d. Ko 11-8 (Last 16)
7. Ouschan d. Joshua Filler 11-6 (Quarterfinal)
8. Van Boening d. Chang 11-8 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, April 10
9. Ouschan d. Abdullah Alyouseff 11-3 (Semifinal)
10. Van Boening d. Alex Kazakis 11-7 (Semifinal)
11. Van Boening d. Ouschan 13-6 (Finals)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 95% (114 of 120)
Match losers -- 87% (62 of 71)
Total -- 92% (176 of 191)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 76% (91 of 120)
Match losers -- 55% (39 of 71)
Total -- 68% (130 of 191)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 48% (58 of 120)
Match losers -- 35% (25 of 71)
Total -- 43% (83 of 191)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 51% (58 of 114)
Match losers -- 40% (25 of 62)
Total -- 47% (83 of 176)
Here's a breakdown of the 191 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 128 (67% of the 191 games)
Breaker lost the game: 48 (25%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 0 (0%)
Breaker lost the game: 5 (3%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 2 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (4%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 68% (130 of 191) of all games,
He/she won 73% (128 of 176) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He/she won 13% (2 of 15) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 83 break-and-run games represented 43% of all 191 games, 64% of the 130 games won by the breaker, and 47% of the 176 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 83 break-and-run games consisted of 2 5-packs (1 each by by Chang and Van Boenig), 1 4-pack (Chang), 6 three-packs (2 by Van Boening and 1 each by He, Shaw, Feijen, and Ouschan), 12 two-packs, and 27 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 83 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.6% of all breaks), all by Van Boening -- two in successive games against PY Ko and one against Kazakis.
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