Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2024 Jacoby Scottish Open played May 1-5, 2024 at McGoldrick's Pool & Sports Bar in Glasgow, Scotland, with free streaming on YouTube. This was a 104-player 9-Ball event, with double elimination down to 16 players (8 on the winners' side and 8 on the one-loss side) and then single-elimination to the end. Duong Quoc Hoang won the tournament, defeating Oscar Dominguez in the final match.
Commentary was handled by quite a few players. The referees were Julian Roper and Alan Reynolds.
Conditions -- The conditions for these streamed matches included:
These stats are for all 26 matches (378 games) that were played on the feature streaming table (Table 21) with commentary. This was 13.2% of the total of 197 matches played in the event (199 scheduled less 2 forfeits). The races were to 10 on the winners' side and 8 on the losers' side in the double-elimination stage, then to 10 in the single-elimination stage. The 26 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played. The stats are for 371 games instead of 378 because 7 games were lost in whole or part to the stream freezing or to tardy switching of the camera back to the feature table from a view of matches on the other 6 OX pool tables in the room.
Wednesday, May 1
Thursday, May 2
Friday, May 3
Saturday, May 4
Sunday, May 5
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 371 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 113 break-and-run games represented 30% of all 371 games, 49% of the 230 games won by the breaker, and 39% of the 288 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 113 break-and-run games consisted of one 5-pack (by Romppanen), three 4-packs (2 by Gorst and 1 by Duong), five 3-packs (1 each by Boyes, Filler, Van Boening, Shaw, and Dominguez), 13 two-packs, and 55 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 113 break-and-run games included 11 game-winning 9-balls on the break (3.0% of all breaks). One additional 9-ball was made on a fouled break, so it was spotted.
Commentary was handled by quite a few players. The referees were Julian Roper and Alan Reynolds.
Conditions -- The conditions for these streamed matches included:
• Rasson OX 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• new 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 (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;
• 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 all 26 matches (378 games) that were played on the feature streaming table (Table 21) with commentary. This was 13.2% of the total of 197 matches played in the event (199 scheduled less 2 forfeits). The races were to 10 on the winners' side and 8 on the losers' side in the double-elimination stage, then to 10 in the single-elimination stage. The 26 matches are listed here in the order in which they were played. The stats are for 371 games instead of 378 because 7 games were lost in whole or part to the stream freezing or to tardy switching of the camera back to the feature table from a view of matches on the other 6 OX pool tables in the room.
Wednesday, May 1
1. Riku Romppanen defeated Jan van Lierop 10-4
2. Ko Ping Han d. Duong Quoc Hoang 10-7
3. Jani Uski d. Jeremy Jones 10-3
Thursday, May 2
4. Ralf Souquet d. Gary Wilson 10-3
5. David Alcaide d. Imran Majid 10-7
6. Georgi Georgiev d. Carlo Biado10-6
7. Liu Ri Teng d. Jayson Shaw 10-4
8. Karl Boyes d. Jonas Souto 10-9
9. Fedor Gorst d. Cliff Castelein 10-4
10. Shane Van Boening d. Pijus Labutis 10-6
Friday, May 3
11. Boyes d. Albin Ouschan 10-4
12. Gorst d. Mustafa Alnar 10-8
13. Uski d. Mickey Krause 8-5
14. Max Lechner d. Ivan Coelho 8-3
15. Niels Feijen d. Nguyen Hai Dang 8-4
16. Duong d. Benji Buckley 8-2
17. Biado d. Lechner 8-5
Saturday, May 4
18. Joshua Filler d. Ko Pin Yi 10-3
19. Van Boening d. Eklent Kaçi 10-2
20. Kaçi d. Ko Ping Chung 10-3
21. Shaw d. Boyes 10-4
Sunday, May 5
22. Duong d. Tyler Styer 10-7 (Last 16)
23. Ko PY d. Gorst 10-7(Last 16)
24. Duong d. Kaçi 10-5 (Quarterfinal)
25. Oscar Dominguez d. Shaw 10-5 (Semifinal)
26. Duong d. Dominguez 10-7 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 81% (191 of 235)
Match losers -- 71% (97 of 136)
Total -- 78% (288 of 371)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 72% (169 of 235)
Match losers -- 45% (61 of 136)
Total -- 62% (230 of 371)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 37% (86 of 235)
Match losers -- 20% (27 of 136)
Total -- 30% (113 of 371)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 45% (86 of 191)
Match losers -- 28% (27 of 97)
Total -- 39% (113 of 288)
Here's a breakdown of the 371 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 195 (53% of the 371 games)
Breaker lost the game: 93 (25%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 21 (6%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 32 (9%)
Breaker lost the game: 27 (7%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 62% (230 of 371) of all games,
He won 68% (195 of 288) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 42% (35 of 83) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 113 break-and-run games represented 30% of all 371 games, 49% of the 230 games won by the breaker, and 39% of the 288 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 113 break-and-run games consisted of one 5-pack (by Romppanen), three 4-packs (2 by Gorst and 1 by Duong), five 3-packs (1 each by Boyes, Filler, Van Boening, Shaw, and Dominguez), 13 two-packs, and 55 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 113 break-and-run games included 11 game-winning 9-balls on the break (3.0% of all breaks). One additional 9-ball was made on a fouled break, so it was spotted.