Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2023 JFlowers Scottish Open played May 26-28, 2023 at McGoldricks Pool & Sports Bar in Glasgow, Scotland, with free streaming on YouTube. This was a 64-player 9-Ball event, 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. Jayson Shaw won the tournament, defeating Wiktor Zielinski in the final match.
Several players commentated on at least one match, with Graham Hickman and Adam Smith doing the most. The referees were Julian Roper and Alan Reynolds (sp.?),
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
These stats are for all 18 matches (275 games) that were played on the feature streaming table (Table 11) with commentary. This was 15.4% of the total of 117 matches played in the event (119 scheduled less 2 forfeits). The races were to 10 on the winners' side and 8 on the losers' side in the double-elimination stage, then to 10 in the single-elimination stage. The 18 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, May 26
Saturday, May 27
Sunday, May 28
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 275 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 73 break-and-run games represented 27% of all 275 games, 45% of the 164 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 207 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 73 break-and-run games consisted of 2 4-packs (one each by Filler and Shaw), 1 3-pack (Ko PY), 9 two-packs, and 44 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 73 break-and-run games included 7 9-balls on the break (2.5% of all breaks).
Several players commentated on at least one match, with Graham Hickman and Adam Smith doing the most. The referees were Julian Roper and Alan Reynolds (sp.?),
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
• Rasson 9-foot table with 4 ¼" corner pockets;
• new 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;
• foul on all balls;
• 3-foul rule in effect;
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 18 matches (275 games) that were played on the feature streaming table (Table 11) with commentary. This was 15.4% of the total of 117 matches played in the event (119 scheduled less 2 forfeits). The races were to 10 on the winners' side and 8 on the losers' side in the double-elimination stage, then to 10 in the single-elimination stage. The 18 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, May 26
1. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz defeated Sullivan Clark 10-4
2. Imran Majid d. Albin Ouschan 10-8
3. Denis Grabe d. Chris Melling 10-5
4. Ko Pin Yi d. Kelly Fisher 10-7
5. Mario He d. Moritz Neuhausen 10-9
6. Joshua Filler d. Darren Appleton 10-0
Saturday, May 27
7. David Alcaide d. Davy Piergiovanni 10-8
8. Wiktor Zielinski d. Ko Ping Han 10-1
9. Elliott Sanderson d. Naoyuki Oi 10-9
10. Liu Ri Teng d. Sanjin Pehlivanovic 10-6
11. Jon McAllister d. Gary Wilson 8-6
12. Jayson Shaw d. Sanderson 10-3
Sunday, May 28
13. Filler d. Jonas Souto 8-3
14. Neuhausen d. Ko PY 10-3 (Last 16)
15. He d. Filler 10-7 (Last 16)
16. Shaw d. He 10-6 (Quarterfinal)
17. Zielinski d. Grabe 10-5 (Semifinal)
18. Shaw d. Zielinski 10-9 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 78% (132 of 169)
Match losers -- 71% (75 of 106)
Total -- 75% (207 of 275)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 69% (117 of 169)
Match losers -- 44% (47 of 106)
Total -- 60% (164 of 275)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 30% (51 of 169)
Match losers -- 21% (22 of 106)
Total -- 27% (73 of 275)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 39% (51 of 132)
Match losers -- 29% (22 of 75)
Total -- 35% (73 of 207)
Here's a breakdown of the 275 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 138 (50% of the 275 games)
Breaker lost the game: 69 (25%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 18 (7%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 23 (8%)
Breaker lost the game: 24 (9%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 60% (164 of 275) of all games,
He won 67% (138 of 207) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 38% (26 of 68) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 73 break-and-run games represented 27% of all 275 games, 45% of the 164 games won by the breaker, and 35% of the 207 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 73 break-and-run games consisted of 2 4-packs (one each by Filler and Shaw), 1 3-pack (Ko PY), 9 two-packs, and 44 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 73 break-and-run games included 7 9-balls on the break (2.5% of all breaks).
