Here are some aggregate break statistics from the Turning Stone Classic XL 9-Ball Open played January 9-12, 2025 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Free live streaming was provided by AZBtv on the Facebook page of UpState AL.
This was a 128-player double-elimination event. Lee Vann Corteza won the tournament, defeating Moritz Neuhausen in the final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches in this event included:
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Friday, Jan. 10
Saturday, Jan. 11
Sunday, Jan. 12
Overall results
Breaker won the game:
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Here's a breakdown of the 300 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 53 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 300 games, 32% of the 165 games won by the breaker, and 30% of the 176 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 53 break-and-run games (including 9-balls on the break) consisted of one 5-pack (by Corteza), six 2-packs (two by Neuhausen and one each by Hjorleifson, Immonen, Chin, and Neumayer) and 36 singles. Only once in these 21 matches did anyone break and run more than 2 games in a row.
9-balls on the break -- The 53 break-and-run games included 5 9-balls on the break (1.7% of all 300 breaks).
This was a 128-player double-elimination event. Lee Vann Corteza won the tournament, defeating Moritz Neuhausen in the final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches in this event included:
• Diamond 9-foot table with 4½" corner pockets;
• Tournament Blue Simonis 860 cloth, new;
• Aramith Tournament balls with a measles cue ball;
• Diamond black polycarbonate triangle rack;
• winner breaks from a central box (2 diamonds wide);
• loser racks, with the 1-ball on the foot spot;
• cue-ball fouls only except during the act of shooting;
• 3-foul rule in effect (no violations occurred);
• no jump cues allowed;
• no shot clock;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for opening break.
The stats are for 21 matches (301 games) out of the 23 matches shown on the main streaming table. I did not watch the 2 losers'-side matches that were streamed at 10 am on Friday and Saturday. These 21 tracked matches were 8.3% of the event's total of 253 matches played (1 match was forfeited), and are listed here in the order in which they were played. One game in Match 5 below was forfeited by Chinakhov for not being at the table when Mike Zuglan arrived for introductions. So the stats are for 300 games instead of 301.Thursday, January 9, 2025
1. Ruslan Chinakhov defeated Derek Hart 9-3
2. Jesse Piercey d. Dave Pinkston 9-7
3. Tyler Henninger d. Brad Guthrie 9-5
4. Erik Hjorleifson d. Jason Robichaud 9-1
Friday, Jan. 10
5. Jayson Shaw d. Chinakhov 9-2
6. Alvin Thompson d. Sean Santoro 9-6
7. Christoph Neumayer d. Hjorleifson 9-6
8. Jonathan Smith d. Martin Daigle 9-7
9. Jeremy Sossei d. Mika Immonen 9-4
10. Holden Chin d. Steve Motilal 9-8
Saturday, Jan. 11
11. Dave Shlemperis d. Pat Fleming 9-6
12. Neumayer d. Frankie Hernandez 9-6
13. Matt Krah d. Chinakhov 9-7
14. Hunter Lombardo d. Earl Herring 9-4
15. Lee Vann Corteza d. Shaw 9-4
16. Immonen d. Aaron Greenwood 9-2
Sunday, Jan. 12
17. Moritz Neuhausen d. Danny Hewitt 9-8
18. Neumayer d. Piercey 9-4
19. Corteza d. Neuhausen 9-6 (Hotseat match)
20. Neuhausen d. Neumayer 9-2 (Semifinal)
21. Corteza d. Neuhausen 13-10 (Final)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 63% (114 of 181)
Match losers -- 52% (62 of 119)
Total -- 59% (176 of 300)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 66% (119 of 181)
Match losers -- 39% (46 of 119)
Total -- 55% (165 of 300)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 24% (44 of 181)
Match losers -- 8% (9 of 119)
Total -- 18% (53 of 300)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 39% (44 of 114)
Match losers -- 14% (9 of 62)
Total -- 30% (53 of 176)
Here's a breakdown of the 300 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 104 (35% of the 300 games)
Breaker lost the game: 72 (24%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 7 (2%)
Breaker lost the game: 10 (3%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 54 (18%)
Breaker lost the game: 53 (18%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 55% (165 of 300) of all games,
He won 59% (104 of 176) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He won 49% (61 of 124) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 53 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 300 games, 32% of the 165 games won by the breaker, and 30% of the 176 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 53 break-and-run games (including 9-balls on the break) consisted of one 5-pack (by Corteza), six 2-packs (two by Neuhausen and one each by Hjorleifson, Immonen, Chin, and Neumayer) and 36 singles. Only once in these 21 matches did anyone break and run more than 2 games in a row.
9-balls on the break -- The 53 break-and-run games included 5 9-balls on the break (1.7% of all 300 breaks).