Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2024 European Open Pool Championship played August 6-11, 2024 at the Esperanto Congress and Cultural Center in Fulda, Germany. 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. Mickey Krause won the tournament, defeating Johann Chua in the final match.
On the matches I watched, the commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes; the referees were Marcel Eckardt, Ben Taylor-Fuente, Julian Roper, and some whose names I do not know. On the weekend, the announcer/interviewer was Abigail Davies and the MC was Tahir Hajat.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
These stats are for all 16 matches (252 games) played on the "TV Table" from Thursday through Sunday -- 4 matches in the Qualification rounds on Thursday, 5 matches in the Last 64 and Last 32 rounds on Friday, and 7 matches played on the weekend. These 16 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thursday, August 8
Friday, August 9
Saturday, August 10
Sunday, August 11
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 252 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 40 break-and-run games represented 16% of all 252 games, 31% of the 129 games won by the breaker, and 23% of the 175 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 40 break-and-run games consisted of one 3-pack (Filler), seven 2-packs (2 by Van Boening, 2 by Gorst, and 1 each by Woodward, Chang, and Chua), and 23 singles. No one in these 16 matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- None in these 16 matches!
On the matches I watched, the commentators were Phil Yates, Michael McMullan, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes; the referees were Marcel Eckardt, Ben Taylor-Fuente, Julian Roper, and some whose names I do not know. On the weekend, the announcer/interviewer was Abigail Davies and the MC was Tahir Hajat.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches included:
• Diamond 9-foot tables with 4" (or slightly smaller) corner pockets;
• 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 and the 2-ball on one of the wings or in the 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;
• 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break or a push out), with one 30-sec. extension per player per rack;
• foul on all balls;
• 3-foul rule in effect (violation did not occur);
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
These stats are for all 16 matches (252 games) played on the "TV Table" from Thursday through Sunday -- 4 matches in the Qualification rounds on Thursday, 5 matches in the Last 64 and Last 32 rounds on Friday, and 7 matches played on the weekend. These 16 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Thursday, August 8
1. Jayson Shaw defeated Darren Appleton 9-3
2. Shane Van Boening d. Gary Wilson 9-7
3. Imran Majid d. Phuong Nam Pham 9-4
4. Joshua Filler d. Kostas Koukiadakis 9-5
Friday, August 9
5. Chang Yu Lung d. Shaw 10-5 (Last 64)
6. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Max Lechner 10-5 (Last 64)
7. Filler d. Labinot Markaj 10-3 (Last 64)
8. Van Boening d. Ramazan Akdag 10-6 (Last 32)
9. Fedor Gorst d. Aleksa Pecelj 10-5 (Last 32)
Saturday, August 10
10. Mustafa Alnar d. Filler 10-7 (Last 16)
11. Skyler Woodward d. Gorst 10-9 (Last 16)
12. Johann Chua d. Alnar 10-4 (Quarterfinal)
13. Van Boening d. Sanchez-Ruiz 10-6 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, August 11
14. Chua d. Van Boening 11-5 (Semifinal)
15. Mickey Krause d. Woodward 11-9 (Semifinal)
16. Krause d. Chua 13-8 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 72% (113 of 156)
Match losers -- 64% (61 of 96)
Total -- 69% (174 of 252)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 62% (97 of 156)
Match losers -- 33% (32 of 96)
Total -- 51% (129 of 252)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 19% (30 of156)
Match losers -- 10% (10 of 96)
Total -- 16% (40 of 252)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 27% (30 of 113)
Match losers -- 16% (10 of 61)
Total -- 23% (40 of 174)
Here's a breakdown of the 252 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 104 (41% of the 252 games)
Breaker lost the game: 70 (28%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 7 (3%)
Breaker lost the game: 17 (7%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 18 (7%)
Breaker lost the game: 36 (14%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 51% (129 of 252) of all games,
He won 60% (104 of 174) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 32% (25 of 78) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 40 break-and-run games represented 16% of all 252 games, 31% of the 129 games won by the breaker, and 23% of the 175 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 40 break-and-run games consisted of one 3-pack (Filler), seven 2-packs (2 by Van Boening, 2 by Gorst, and 1 each by Woodward, Chang, and Chua), and 23 singles. No one in these 16 matches broke and ran more than 3 games in a row.
9-Balls on the break -- None in these 16 matches!
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