Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2023 Predator World 10-Ball Championship played February 28 - March 4, 2023 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada with free streaming on Billiard TV and on YouTube. The primary commentators were Jim Wych, George Teyechea, Mark White, and Kristina Tkach. Eklent Kaçi won the event, defeating Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz in the final match.
This was an invitational 128-player event with double-elimination down to 32 players (16 on the winners' side and 16 on the one-loss side). The 16 players (out of the final 32) with the highest WPA rankings were then seeded into the final bracket and the positions of the other 16 were drawn randomly. The matches were races to 8 in the double-elimination portion and races to 10 thereafter. The stats are for all 19 matches streamed on Arena Table 1 with commentary. These 19 matches represented 8.0% of the total of 237 matches played in the event (239 planned less 2 forfeits).
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
The 19 matches (254 games) tracked were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played.
Tues. February 28, 2023
Wed. March 1
Thurs. March 2
Fri. March 3
Sat. March 4
Overall results
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 254 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 32 break-and-run games represented 13% of all 254 games, 24% of the 132 games won by the breaker, and 23% of the 141 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 32 break-and-run games consisted of 7 2-packs (2 by Sanchez-Ruiz, 2 by Gorst, and 1 each by Kaçi, Pagulayan, and Thorpe), and 18 singles. No one in these 19 matches broke and ran more than 2 games in a row.
One match contained 5 B&Rs (the Finals), 1 match had 4, 1 match had 3, 8 matches had 2, 4 matches had 1, and 4 matches had no B&Rs.
10-Balls on the break -- Three 10-balls were made on the break (1.2% of all 254 breaks). They were spotted.
This was an invitational 128-player event with double-elimination down to 32 players (16 on the winners' side and 16 on the one-loss side). The 16 players (out of the final 32) with the highest WPA rankings were then seeded into the final bracket and the positions of the other 16 were drawn randomly. The matches were races to 8 in the double-elimination portion and races to 10 thereafter. The stats are for all 19 matches streamed on Arena Table 1 with commentary. These 19 matches represented 8.0% of the total of 237 matches played in the event (239 planned less 2 forfeits).
The conditions for the streamed matches included:
- Predator Apex 9-foot table (4¼" corner pockets);
- Predator Arcadia Reserve Tournament Blue cloth;
- Predator Arcos II balls, including a black-triangles cue ball;
- Predator Arena lights;
- referee racks using a Predator Aerorack triangle rack, with the 1-ball on the spot (2-ball and 3-ball need not be on the back corners);
- winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- call shots (but not safes), with the opponent having a choice of shooting or passing it back after a ball is pocketed illegally;
- early combinations or caroms on the 10-ball, if called, are game winners;
- a 10-ball made in any pocket on a break is spotted (not a game win);
- jump cues allowed;
- foul on all balls;
- 3-foul rule in effect (occurred twice);
- 30-second shot clock (60 seconds after the break and after a push out) with one 30-second extension allowed per player per game; and
- lag for opening break.
The 19 matches (254 games) tracked were as follows, shown in the order in which they were played.
Tues. February 28, 2023
1. Lee Vann Corteza defeated Roberto Gomez 8-7
2. Talal Albooshi d. David Alcaide 8-7
3. Alex Pagulayan d. Wiktor Zielinski 8-1
4. Ko Ping Chung d. Skyler Woodward 8-5
Wed. March 1
5. Billy Thorpe d. Karl Gnadeberg 8-4
6. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Abdullah Alshammari 8-3
7. Joshua Filler d. Shane Wolford 8-0
8. Ko Pin Yi d. Luong Duc Thien 8-0
9. Zielinski d. Wojciech Szewczyk 8-6
Thurs. March 2
10. Fedor Gorst d. Oscar Dominguez 8-4
11. Woodward d. Alex Kazakis 8-4
12. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Jesus Atencio 8-2
Fri. March 3
13. Shane Van Boening d. Marc Bijsterbosch 10-3 (Round of 32)
14. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Chang Jung-Lin 10-8 (Round of 16)
15. Gorst d. Denis Grabe 10-3 (Quarterfinal)
16. Eklent Kaçi d. Van Boening 10-7 (Quarterfinal)
Sat. March 4
17. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Gorst 10-9 (Semifinal)
18. Kaçi d. Filler 10-8 (Semifinal)
19. Kaçi d. Sanchez-Ruiz 10-7 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 58% (92 of 158)
Match losers -- 51% (49 of 96)
Total -- 56% (141 of 254)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 64% (101 of 158)
Match losers -- 32% (31 of 96)
Total -- 52% (132 of 254)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 16% (25 of 158)
Match losers -- 7% (7 of 96)
Total -- 13% (32 of 254)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 27% (25 of 92)
Match losers -- 14% (7 of 49)
Total -- 23% (32 of 141)
Here's a breakdown of the 254 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 82 (32% of the 254 games)
Breaker lost the game: 59 (23%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 9 (4%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 46 (18%)
Breaker lost the game: 54 (21%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 52% (132 of 254) of all games,
He won 58% (82 of 141) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 44% (50 of 113) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 32 break-and-run games represented 13% of all 254 games, 24% of the 132 games won by the breaker, and 23% of the 141 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 32 break-and-run games consisted of 7 2-packs (2 by Sanchez-Ruiz, 2 by Gorst, and 1 each by Kaçi, Pagulayan, and Thorpe), and 18 singles. No one in these 19 matches broke and ran more than 2 games in a row.
One match contained 5 B&Rs (the Finals), 1 match had 4, 1 match had 3, 8 matches had 2, 4 matches had 1, and 4 matches had no B&Rs.
10-Balls on the break -- Three 10-balls were made on the break (1.2% of all 254 breaks). They were spotted.
