Here are some aggregate break statistics from the WPBA's Ho-Chunk Classic 9-Ball event played September 13-16, 2018 at Ho-Chunk Gaming, Wisconsin Dells in Baraboo, WI. Pay-per-view live streaming was provided by PoolActionTV.
This was a 3-stage event with 32 players in Stage 1, 31 players in Stage 2 (including the top 16 from Stage 1), and 32 players in Stage 3 (the top 16 from Stage 2 plus 16 placed directly into Stage 3 based on their WPBA rankings). Allison Fisher won the tournament, defeating Ga-Young Kim in the final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches in this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with pro-cut corner pockets;
- Tournament Blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls;
- Diamond triangle rack;
- alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- rack your own, with the 1-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball in the rear;
- cue-ball fouls;
- jump cues allowed;
- no shot clock unless progress is inadequate (no clock was used in the streamed matches I watched);
- all slop counts (except not sure about 9-ball in foot pockets; it did not happen); and
- lag for opening break.
The stats are for just 8 matches (94 games) -- 2 matches played in Stage 2 and 6 in Stage 3. The matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 94 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 52% (49 of 94) of all games,
Break-and-run games -- The 17 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 94 games, 35% of the 49 games won by the breaker, and 32% of the 53 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "package'' of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many she ran on her own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 17 break-and-run games consisted of two alternate-break 2-packs (1 each by Chen and Fisher) and 13 singles. No one in these 8 streamed matches broke and ran more than 2 games in a row.
9-balls on the break -- No 9-balls were made on the break in these 94 games.
This was a 3-stage event with 32 players in Stage 1, 31 players in Stage 2 (including the top 16 from Stage 1), and 32 players in Stage 3 (the top 16 from Stage 2 plus 16 placed directly into Stage 3 based on their WPBA rankings). Allison Fisher won the tournament, defeating Ga-Young Kim in the final match.
Conditions -- The conditions for the streamed matches in this event included:
- Diamond 9-foot table with pro-cut corner pockets;
- Tournament Blue Simonis 860 cloth;
- Aramith Tournament balls;
- Diamond triangle rack;
- alternate breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
- rack your own, with the 1-ball on the foot spot and the 2-ball in the rear;
- cue-ball fouls;
- jump cues allowed;
- no shot clock unless progress is inadequate (no clock was used in the streamed matches I watched);
- all slop counts (except not sure about 9-ball in foot pockets; it did not happen); and
- lag for opening break.
The stats are for just 8 matches (94 games) -- 2 matches played in Stage 2 and 6 in Stage 3. The matches are listed here in the order in which they were played.
Fri., Sept. 14, 2018
Sat., Sept. 15
Sun., Sept. 16
- April Larson defeated Jeanette Lee 8-7; and
Siming Chen d. Jia Li 8-1.
Sat., Sept. 15
- Allison Fisher d. Vivian Villarreal 8-2; and
Ga-Young Kim d. Melissa Little 8-2.
Sun., Sept. 16
- Chen d. Jennifer Barretta 8-2;
Fisher d. Kim 8-3 (hotseat match);
Kim d. Larson 8-2 (Semifinal); and
Fisher d. Kim 10-9 (Finals).
Overall results
- ■ Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul) -- 55% (27 of 49) for match winners, 58% (26 of 45) for match losers, and 56% (53 of 94) in total
■ Breaker won the game -- 71% (35 of 49) for match winners, 31% (14 of 45) for match losers, and 52% (49 of 94) in total
■ Break-and-run games -- 20% (10 of 49) for match winners, 16% (7 of 45) for match losers, and 18% (17 of 94) in total
Here's a breakdown of the 94 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
- Breaker won the game: 32 (34% of the 94 games)
- Breaker lost the game: 21 (22%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
- Breaker won the game: 2 (2%)
- Breaker lost the game: 5 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
- Breaker won the game: 15 (16%)
- Breaker lost the game: 19 (20%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 52% (49 of 94) of all games,
- She won 60% (32 of 53) of the games in which she made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
- She won 29% (2 of 7) of the games in which she fouled on the break.
- She won 44% (15 of 34) of the games in which she broke dry but did not foul.
- She won 41% (17 of 41) of the games in which she either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games -- The 17 break-and-run games represented 18% of all 94 games, 35% of the 49 games won by the breaker, and 32% of the 53 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "package'' of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many she ran on her own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 17 break-and-run games consisted of two alternate-break 2-packs (1 each by Chen and Fisher) and 13 singles. No one in these 8 streamed matches broke and ran more than 2 games in a row.
9-balls on the break -- No 9-balls were made on the break in these 94 games.
