Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2023 World Pool Championship played February 1-5, 2023 at Kielce Exhibition and Conference Center in Kielce, Poland, with pay-per-view streaming in the USA on DAZN. This was a 128-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. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz won the tournament, defeating Mohammad Soufi in the final match.
For the matches I tracked, the commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees were John Leyman, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, Ben Taylor-Fuente, and Brendan Moore. The main announcer/interviewer was Rachel Casey.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
These stats are for all 11 matches (206 games) that were played on the main arena's Table 1 during the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 64 players). These matches were 17.5% of the total of 63 matches played in Stage 2. All Stage 2 matches were races to 11 except for the final match, which was to 13. These 11 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, February 3
Saturday, Feb. 4
Sunday, Feb. 5
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 206 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 66 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 206 games, 54% of the 123 games won by the breaker, and 41% of the 161 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 66 break-and-run games consisted of 2 4-packs (1 each by by Van Boening and Sanchez-Ruiz), 1 3-pack (Sanchez-Ruiz), 12 two-packs, and 31 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 66 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.5% of all breaks).
For the matches I tracked, the commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees were John Leyman, Marcel Eckardt, Desislava Bozhilova, Ben Taylor-Fuente, and Brendan Moore. The main announcer/interviewer was Rachel Casey.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
• A Diamond 9-foot table with 4 1/4" corner pockets (I heard no substantiation of this dimension);
• Simonis 860 shark grey cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-measles cue ball;
• racking template;
• referee racks with the 9-ball on the foot spot (2-ball not necessarily in back location);
• winner breaks from 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 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;
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 11 matches (206 games) that were played on the main arena's Table 1 during the single-elimination portion of the event (Stage 2, last 64 players). These matches were 17.5% of the total of 63 matches played in Stage 2. All Stage 2 matches were races to 11 except for the final match, which was to 13. These 11 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Friday, February 3
1. Aloysius Yapp defeated Chris Melling 11-8 (Last 64)
2. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Oscar Dominguez 11-3 (Last 64)
3. Shane Van Boening d. Yapp 11-9 (Last 32)
4. John Morra d. Jayson Shaw 11-10 (Last 32)
Saturday, Feb. 4
5. Chang Jung-Lin d. Wiktor Zielinski 11-7 (Last 16)
6. Quoc Hoang Duong d. Van Boening 11-10 (Last 16)
7. Mohammad Soufi d. Albin Ouschan 11-8 (Quarterfinal)
8. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Chang 11-4 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, Feb. 5
9. Soufi d. Wu Kun-Lin 11-6 (Semifinal)
10. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Mario He 11-8 (Semifinal)
11. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Soufi 13-10 (Finals)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 83% (98 of 118)
Match losers -- 72% (63 of 88)
Total -- 78% (161 of 206)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 67% (79 of 118)
Match losers -- 50% (44 of 88)
Total -- 60% (123 of 206)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 38% (45 of 118)
Match losers -- 24% (21 of 88)
Total -- 32% (66 of 206)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 46% (45 of 98)
Match losers -- 33% (21 of 63)
Total -- 41% (66 of 161)
Here's a breakdown of the 206 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 107 (52% of the 206 games)
Breaker lost the game: 54 (26%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 4 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 12 (6%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 12 (6%)
Breaker lost the game: 17 (8%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 60% (123 of 206) of all games,
He/she won 66% (107 of 161) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He/she won 36% (16 of 45) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 66 break-and-run games represented 32% of all 206 games, 54% of the 123 games won by the breaker, and 41% of the 161 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 66 break-and-run games consisted of 2 4-packs (1 each by by Van Boening and Sanchez-Ruiz), 1 3-pack (Sanchez-Ruiz), 12 two-packs, and 31 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 66 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.5% of all breaks).