Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 9-Ball matches streamed free by AZBtv this week from the Turning Stone Classic XXVI in Verona, New York.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 20 matches (273 games) I watched were as follows. [Note: These stats are for 272 games instead of 273, as the camera was pointed elsewhere during the first part of one game in the Corr/Dudanets match.] These stats do not include the semifinal match, which I was not able to watch.
Thurs., Aug. 25. 2016
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 54% of the time (148 of 272), won 55% of the games (149 of 272), and broke and ran 18% of the games (49 of 272).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 272 games.
Break-and-run games -- The 49 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 272 games, 33% of the 149 games won by the breaker, and 33% of the 148 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul). The 49 break-and-run games (including 9's on the break) consisted of five 2-packs and 39 singles. No one in these 20 streamed matches broke and ran more than two games in a row.
9-balls on the break -- The 49 break-and-run games included just 2 9-balls on the break (0.7% of the 272 breaks). One additional 9-ball was made on the break when the breaker scratched, so it was spotted.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with 4½" pro-cut corner pockets;
- Tournament Blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Aramith Tournament TV balls with the measles cue ball;
- Diamond wooden rack;
- winner breaks from the box (2 diamonds wide);
- loser racks (except in one match, where a ref racked all but one game), with the 1-ball on the spot;
- cue-ball fouls only except during the act of shooting;
- no jump cues allowed; and
- all slop counts.
The 20 matches (273 games) I watched were as follows. [Note: These stats are for 272 games instead of 273, as the camera was pointed elsewhere during the first part of one game in the Corr/Dudanets match.] These stats do not include the semifinal match, which I was not able to watch.
Thurs., Aug. 25. 2016
Earl Herring defeated Charley Lamarche 9-1, Mike Dechaine d. Joe Dupuis 9-4,
Martin Daigle d. Erik Hjorleifson 9-4, and Shaun Wilkie d. Jorge Rodriguez 9-6.
Fri., Aug. 26Jayson Shaw d. Bucky Souvanthong 9-0, Brandon Shuff d. Spencer Auigbelle 9-3,
Zion Zvi d. Luc Salvas 9-3, Nelson Oliveira d. Paul Rozonewski 9-7,
Maksim Dudanets d. Tom D'Alfonso 9-7, and Dawn Fox d. Jed Jecen 9-5.
Sat., Aug. 27Kevin Guimond d. Ed Abraham 9-2, Earl Strickland d. Rodney Morris 9-5,
Jarrod Clowery d. T. D'Alfonso 9-5, Brandon Shuff d. Cleiton Rocha 9-4,
Karen Corr d. M. Dudanets 9-8, and M. Dechaine d. Joey Cicero 9-5.
Sun., Aug. 28J. Shaw d. E. Strickland 9-6, Donny Mills d. M. Dechaine 9-7,
J. Shaw d. K. Corr 9-2, and J. Shaw d. K. Corr 13-5 (Finals).
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball (and did not foul) 54% of the time (148 of 272), won 55% of the games (149 of 272), and broke and ran 18% of the games (49 of 272).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 272 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 89 (33% of the 272 games)
Breaker lost the game: 59 (22%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 7 (3%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 57 (21%)
Breaker lost the game: 57 (21%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 55% (149 of 272) of all games,
He won 60% (89 of 148) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 30% (3 of 10) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 50% (57 of 114) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 48% (60 of 124) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 49 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 272 games, 33% of the 149 games won by the breaker, and 33% of the 148 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul). The 49 break-and-run games (including 9's on the break) consisted of five 2-packs and 39 singles. No one in these 20 streamed matches broke and ran more than two games in a row.
9-balls on the break -- The 49 break-and-run games included just 2 9-balls on the break (0.7% of the 272 breaks). One additional 9-ball was made on the break when the breaker scratched, so it was spotted.
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