Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2023 UK Open Pool Championship played May 30 - June 4, 2023 at Copper Box Arena in London, England. Pay-per-view streaming was provided in the USA on DAZN. This was a 256-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. Eklent Kaçi won the tournament, defeating Joshua Filler in the final match.
The commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees on the main TV table on the weekend were Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Ben Taylor-Fuente. The announcer/interviewers were Hannah Wilkes and Abigail Davies, and the MC was Tahir Hajat.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
These stats are for 12 matches (180 games) from the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 64 players). These were all of the matches on Table 1 on Friday and all of the matches on the "TV Table" on the weekend. These matches were 19% of the total of 63 matches played in Stage 2. All Stage 2 matches were races to 10 except for the semifinals to 11 and the final to 13. These 12 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, June 2
Sarurday, June 3
Sunday, June 4
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 180 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 57 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 180 games, 53% of the 108 games won by the breaker, and 43% of the 134 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 57 break-and-run games consisted of 2 3-packs (by Filler and Kaçi), 10 2-packs, and 31 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 57 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.7% of all breaks).
The commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees on the main TV table on the weekend were Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, and Ben Taylor-Fuente. The announcer/interviewers were Hannah Wilkes and Abigail Davies, and the MC was Tahir Hajat.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
• Diamond 9-foot tables with 4" corner pockets;
• Simonis 860 Shark Grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• 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;
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for 12 matches (180 games) from the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 64 players). These were all of the matches on Table 1 on Friday and all of the matches on the "TV Table" on the weekend. These matches were 19% of the total of 63 matches played in Stage 2. All Stage 2 matches were races to 10 except for the semifinals to 11 and the final to 13. These 12 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, June 2
1. Joshua Filler defeated Luong Duc Thien 10-6 (Last 64)
2. Jayson Shaw d. Tobias Bongers 10-1 (Last 64)
3. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Wiktor Zielinski 10-6 (Last 64)
4. Chris Melling d. Niels Feijen 10-9 (Last 32)
5. Ko Ping Chung d. Shaw 10-2 (Last 32)
Sarurday, June 3
6. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Gary Wilson 10-5 (Last 16)
7. Filler d. Riku Romppanen 10-6 (Last 16)
8. Skyler Woodward d. Sanchez-Ruiz 10-3 (Quarterfinal)
9. Eklent Kaçi d. Ko PC 10-7 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, June 4
10. Filler d. Ko Pin Yi 11-1 (Semifinal)
11. Kaçi d. Woodward 11-5 (Semifinal)
12. Kaçi d. Filler 13-4 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 77% (90 of 117)
Match losers -- 70% (44 of 63)
Total -- 74% (134 of 180)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 73% (85 of 117)
Match losers -- 37% (23 of 63)
Total -- 60% (108 of 180)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 37% (43 of 117)
Match losers -- 22% (14 of 63)
Total -- 32% (57 of 180)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 48% (43 of 90)
Match losers -- 32% (14 of 44)
Total -- 43% (57 of 134)
Here's a breakdown of the 180 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 93 (52% of the 180 games)
Breaker lost the game: 41 (23%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 0 (0%)
Breaker lost the game: 10 (6%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 15 (8%)
Breaker lost the game: 21 (12%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 60% (108 of 180) of all games,
He won 69% (93 of 134) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 33% (15 of 46) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 57 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 180 games, 53% of the 108 games won by the breaker, and 43% of the 134 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 57 break-and-run games consisted of 2 3-packs (by Filler and Kaçi), 10 2-packs, and 31 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 57 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.7% of all breaks).
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