Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2023 Hanoi Open Pool Championship played October 10-15, 2023 at the Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium in Hanoi, Vietnam. Streaming was provided free on YouTube and by pay-per-view on DAZN on the weekend in the USA. This was a 228-player 9-Ball event (256 planned, 228 played), 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. Jayson Shaw won the tournament, defeating Albin Ouschan in the final match.
On the matches I watched, the main commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees on Saturday and Sunday were Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Ben Taylor-Fuente; I did not hear or read the names of the referees on the Friday matches listed below.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
These stats are for 12 matches (208 games) -- the 5 played on Table 1 in the Last 64 and Last 32 rounds on Friday, and the 7 matches played on the "TV Table" on the weekend. These 12 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, October 13
Saturday, October 14
Sunday, October 15
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 208 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 56 break-and-run games represented 27% of all 208 games, 45% of the 125 games won by the breaker, and 36% of the 155 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 56 break-and-run games consisted of 2 3-packs (one each by Lechner and Amoroto), 8 2-packs, and 34 singles. No one in these 12 matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 56 break-and-run games included 5 9-balls on the break (2.4% of all breaks).
On the matches I watched, the main commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees on Saturday and Sunday were Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Ben Taylor-Fuente; I did not hear or read the names of the referees on the Friday matches listed below.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
• Rasson Mr-Sung Acurra 9-foot tables with corner pockets larger than 4" (size not specifically stated while I watched);
• Simonis 860 Shark Grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• Magic Ball Rack 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 either side of the long string;
• no illegal-break rule, but referees enforce a forceful-break requirement;
• no shot clock until the Last 16, 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 12 matches (208 games) -- the 5 played on Table 1 in the Last 64 and Last 32 rounds on Friday, and the 7 matches played on the "TV Table" on the weekend. These 12 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, October 13
1. Jeffrey De Luna defeated Nguyen Anh Tuan 10-2 (Last 64)
2. Bernie Regalario d. Luong Duc Thien 10-8 (Last 64)
3. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Carlo Biado 10-6 (Last 64)
4. Jayson Shaw d. Johann Chua 10-6 (Last 32)
5. Albin Ouschan d. Shane Van Boening 10-8 (Last 32)
Saturday, October 14
6. Fedor Gorst d. Ko Pin Yi 10-4 (Last 16)
7. Ko Ping Chung d. Max Lechner 10-9 (Last 16)
8. Shaw d. Gorst 10-8 (Quarterfinal)
9. Ko PC d. Kyle Amoroto 10-8 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, October 15
10. Shaw d. Sanjin Pehlivanovic 11-2 (Semifinal)
11. Ouschan d. Ko PC 11-10 (Semifinal)
12. Shaw d. Ouschan 13-12 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 74% (89 of 120)
Match losers -- 75% (66 of 88)
Total -- 75% (155 of 208)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 68% (81 of 120)
Match losers -- 50% (44 of 88)
Total -- 60% (125 of 208)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 28% (33 of 120)
Match losers -- 26% (23 of 88)
Total -- 27% (56 of 208)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 37% (33 of 89)
Match losers -- 35% (23 of 66)
Total -- 36% (56 of 155)
Here's a breakdown of the 208 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 105 (50% of the 208 games)
Breaker lost the game: 50 (24%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 8 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 16 (8%)
Breaker lost the game: 25 (12%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 60% (125 of 208) of all games,
He won 68% (105 of 155) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 38% (20 of 53) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 56 break-and-run games represented 27% of all 208 games, 45% of the 125 games won by the breaker, and 36% of the 155 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 56 break-and-run games consisted of 2 3-packs (one each by Lechner and Amoroto), 8 2-packs, and 34 singles. No one in these 12 matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- The 56 break-and-run games included 5 9-balls on the break (2.4% of all breaks).
