Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2023 US Open Pool Championship played September 25-30 at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, in New Jersey. Streaming was by pay-per-view on DAZN in the USA. This was a 256-player 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport. Ko Ping Chung won the tournament, defeating Fedor Gorst in the final match.
The event was double elimination down to the final 64 players (32 on the winners' side and 32 on the one-loss side). It was then single-elimination play from that point to the conclusion. Races were of 5 different lengths during the 6 days -- to 8 in the first 3 rounds on the losers' side, to 9 for all other rounds up to the Last 64, to 10 for the Last 64 round through the quarterfinals, to 11 for the semifinals, and to 13 for the finals. The main commentators in these streamed matches were Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Steve Schlanger, with assistance from Scott Frost in 4 of the matches and Ralph Eckert in 1. The tournament director was Brendan Moore. The referees included Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and John Leyman. Hannah Wilkes did some announcing and interviewing on the last two days.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I tracked included:
These stats are for all 29 matches (422 games) streamed on the feature table with commentary (Table 1 from Monday through Thursday and the "TV Table" on Friday and Saturday). These matches constituted just 6% of the total of 479 matches scheduled in the tournament, but included 19% of the matches in the single-elimination portion of the event (final 64 players). These 29 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Mon., September 25
Tues., Sept. 26
Wed., Sept. 27
Thurs., Sept. 28
Fri., Sept. 29
Sat., Sept. 30
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 422 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 90 break-and-run games represented 21% of all 422 games, 40% of the 227 games won by the breaker, and 29% of the 309 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 90 break-and-run games consisted of 1 four-pack (by Corteza), 5 three-packs (2 by Ko PC and 1 each by Sanchez-Ruiz, Shaw, and Pecelj), 14 two-packs, and 43 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 90 break-and-run games included 6 9-balls on the break (1.4% of all breaks).
The event was double elimination down to the final 64 players (32 on the winners' side and 32 on the one-loss side). It was then single-elimination play from that point to the conclusion. Races were of 5 different lengths during the 6 days -- to 8 in the first 3 rounds on the losers' side, to 9 for all other rounds up to the Last 64, to 10 for the Last 64 round through the quarterfinals, to 11 for the semifinals, and to 13 for the finals. The main commentators in these streamed matches were Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, Karl Boyes, and Steve Schlanger, with assistance from Scott Frost in 4 of the matches and Ralph Eckert in 1. The tournament director was Brendan Moore. The referees included Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and John Leyman. Hannah Wilkes did some announcing and interviewing on the last two days.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches I tracked included:
• Diamond 9-foot tables with 4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 shark grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-dots 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 each side of the long string;
• no 3-point (illegal-break) rule, but referees enforce a "forceful break" requirement;
• no shot clock until the last 16 players, 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 all 29 matches (422 games) streamed on the feature table with commentary (Table 1 from Monday through Thursday and the "TV Table" on Friday and Saturday). These matches constituted just 6% of the total of 479 matches scheduled in the tournament, but included 19% of the matches in the single-elimination portion of the event (final 64 players). These 29 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Mon., September 25
1. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz defeated Jon Weber 9-1
2. David Alcaide d. Kenichi Uchigaki 9-7
3. Shane Van Boening d. Andrew Finnigan 9-2
4. Corey Deuel d. Ko Ping Chung 9-6
5. Joshua Filler d. John Moody, Jr. 9-4
6. Chang Yu-Lung d. Anton Raga 9-8
Tues., Sept. 26
7. Duong Quoc Hoang d. Joey Tate 9-7
8. Skyler Woodward d. Charles Carlisle 9-2
9. Ralf Souquet d. Earl Strickland 9-8
10. Lee Vann Corteza d. Roberto Gomez 9-5
11. Aleksa Pecelj d. Edward Epperson 8-0
12. Mika Immonen d. Trenton White 8-1
Wed., Sept. 27
13. Gerson Martinez Boza d. Eric Roberts 8-7
14. Corteza d. Mario He 9-7
15. Woodward d. Alex Pagulayan 9-7
16. Van Boening d. Pierfrancesco Garzia 9-5
17. Tyler Styer d. Jose Alberto Delgado 9-7
Thurs., Sept. 28
18. Marc Bijsterbosch d. Moritz Neuhausen 10-9 (Last 64)
19. Woodward d. Do The Kien 10-5 (Last 64)
20. Jayson Shaw d. Strickland 10-3 (Last 64)
21. Ko PC d. Jeff De Luna 10-3 (Last 32)
22. Carlo Biado d. Mieszko Fortunski 10-6 (Last 32)
Fri., Sept. 29
23. Fedor Gorst d. Biado 10-7 (Last 16)
24. Shaw d. Woodward 10-5 (Last 16)
25. Aleksa Pecelj d. Shaw 10-7 (Quarterfinal)
26. Ko PC d. Max Lechner 10-6 (Quarterfinal)
Sat., Sept. 30
27. Gorst d. Pecelj 11-6 (Semifinal)
28. Ko PC d. Aloysius Yapp 11-0 (Semifinal)
29. Ko PC d. Gorst 13-6 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 74% (194 of 262)
Match losers -- 72% (115 of 160)
Total -- 73% (309 of 422)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 65% (170 of 262)
Match losers -- 36% (57 of 160)
Total -- 54% (227 of 422)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 26% (67 of 262)
Match losers -- 14% (23 of 160)
Total -- 21% (90 of 422)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 35% (67 of 194)
Match losers -- 20% (23 of 115)
Total -- 29% (90 of 309)
Here's a breakdown of the 422 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 178 (42% of the 422 games)
Breaker lost the game: 131 (31%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 7 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 20 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 42 (10%)
Breaker lost the game: 44 (10%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 54% (227 of 422) of all games,
He won 58% (178 of 309) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 43% (49 of 113) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 90 break-and-run games represented 21% of all 422 games, 40% of the 227 games won by the breaker, and 29% of the 309 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 90 break-and-run games consisted of 1 four-pack (by Corteza), 5 three-packs (2 by Ko PC and 1 each by Sanchez-Ruiz, Shaw, and Pecelj), 14 two-packs, and 43 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 90 break-and-run games included 6 9-balls on the break (1.4% of all breaks).
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