2018 German Masters

2018 D88 German Masters

Tournament information
Dates	31 January – 4 February 2018 (2018-01-31 – 2018-02-04)
City	Berlin
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£364,500
Winner's share	£80,000
Highest break	Judd Trump  (ENG) (140)
Final
Champion	Mark Williams  (WAL)
Runner-up	Graeme Dott  (SCO)
Score	9–1
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The 2018 German Masters (officially the 2018 D88 German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 31 January to 4 February 2018 in Berlin, Germany. ^[1] It was the thirteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

Anthony Hamilton was the defending champion, but he lost 1–5 to Jimmy Robertson in the first round. ^[2]

Mark Williams won his 20th professional ranking title and his second of the season, defeating Graeme Dott 9–1 in the final. ^[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: ^{[4] [5]}

Winner: £80,000 Runner-up: £35,000 Semi-final: £20,000 Quarter-final: £10,000 Last 16: £5,000 Last 32: £4,000 Last 64: £2,000

Highest break: £1,500 Total: £364,500

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.

Main draw

	Last 32 Best of 9 frames				Last 16 Best of 9 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames				Semi-finals Best of 11 frames				Final Best of 17 frames
	Anthony Hamilton  (ENG)	1
	Jimmy Robertson  (ENG)	5
					Jimmy Robertson	5
					Gary Wilson	3
	Gary Wilson  (ENG)	5
	Martin Gould  (ENG)	2
									Jimmy Robertson	3
									Mark Williams	5
	Fergal O'Brien  (IRL)	3
	Mark Williams  (WAL)	5
					Mark Williams	5
					Matthew Selt	2
	Matthew Selt  (ENG)	5
	Mark Allen  (NIR)	4
													Mark Williams	6
													Judd Trump	1
	Ding Junhui  (CHN)	5
	Michael Georgiou  (CYP)	3
					Ding Junhui	5
					Ricky Walden	2
	Jack Lisowski  (ENG)	3
	Ricky Walden  (ENG)	5
									Ding Junhui	3
									Judd Trump	5
	Joe Perry  (ENG)	5
	Yu Delu  (CHN)	4
					Joe Perry	3
					Judd Trump	5
	Ben Woollaston  (ENG)	3
	Judd Trump  (ENG)	5
																	Mark Williams	9
																	Graeme Dott	1
	Niu Zhuang  (CHN)	2
	Mark Davis  (ENG)	5
					Mark Davis	4
					Ryan Day	5
	Ryan Day  (WAL)	5
	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  (THA)	1
									Ryan Day	4
									Shaun Murphy	5
	David Gilbert  (ENG)	4
	Mark Joyce  (ENG)	5
					Mark Joyce	1
					Shaun Murphy	5
	Alan McManus  (SCO)	2
	Shaun Murphy  (ENG)	5
													Shaun Murphy	4
													Graeme Dott	6
	Barry Hawkins  (ENG)	3
	Graeme Dott  (SCO)	5
					Graeme Dott	5
					Mei Xiwen	4
	Hammad Miah  (ENG)	1
	Mei Xiwen  (CHN)	5
									Graeme Dott	5
									Xiao Guodong	4
	Tom Ford  (ENG)	1
	Liang Wenbo  (CHN)	5
					Liang Wenbo	2
					Xiao Guodong	5
	Xiao Guodong  (CHN)	5
	Mark Selby  (ENG)	3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 4 February 2018.
Mark Williams   Wales	9–1	Graeme Dott   Scotland
Afternoon:79–1, 73–8, 56–72, 66–64, 79–0, 76–40, 74–43, 132–0 (110) Evening:66–16, 86–8
110	Highest break	64
1	Century breaks	0

Qualifying

These matches were played between 19 and 22 December 2017 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames. Ali Carter was a 2017 German Masters finalist, but he was beaten 5–3 by Wang Yuchen.

Round 1

Anthony Hamilton  (ENG) 5–3   Chen Zhe  (CHN)   Mitchell Mann  (ENG) 5–0   Zhang Yong  (CHN)   Jimmy Robertson  (ENG) 5–3   Rhys Clark  (SCO)   Peter Lines  (ENG) 5–4   Scott Donaldson  (SCO)   Stephen Maguire  (SCO) 1–5   Gary Wilson  (ENG)   Xu Si  (CHN) 4–5   David Grace  (ENG)   Martin Gould  (ENG) 5–3   Alfie Burden  (ENG)   Alexander Ursenbacher  (SUI) 3–5   Ken Doherty  (IRL)   Fergal O'Brien  (IRL) 5–1   Sunny Akani  (THA)   Michael White  (WAL) 3–5   Robin Hull  (FIN)   Basem Eltahhan  (EGY) 0–5   Matthew Stevens  (WAL)   Mark Williams  (WAL) 5–1   Oliver Lines  (ENG)   Aditya Mehta  (IND) 5–1  Ben Jones (WAL)   Yan Bingtao  (CHN) 3–5   Matthew Selt  (ENG)   Rod Lawler  (ENG) 5–1   Ross Muir  (SCO)   Mark Allen  (NIR) 5–3   Li Yuan  (CHN)   Ding Junhui  (CHN) 5–4   Gerard Greene  (NIR)   Nigel Bond  (ENG) 5–3   Christopher Keogan  (ENG)   Zhou Yuelong  (CHN) 2–5   Michael Georgiou  (CYP)   Elliot Slessor  (ENG) 1–5   Ian Burns  (ENG)   Kyren Wilson  (ENG) 1–5   Jack Lisowski  (ENG)   Stuart Carrington  (ENG) 5–4   Lee Walker  (WAL)   Ricky Walden  (ENG) 5–1   Boonyarit Keattikun  (THA)   Leo Fernandez  (IRL) 3–5   Ashley Hugill  (ENG)   Daniel Wells  (WAL) 3–5   Thor Chuan Leong  (MYS)   Joe Perry  (ENG) 5–1   Joe Swail  (NIR)   Yu Delu  (CHN) 5–0   Jamie Clarke  (WAL)   Anthony McGill  (SCO) 3–5   Jimmy White  (ENG)   Chris Totten  (SCO) 5–2   Matthew Bolton  (AUS)   Ben Woollaston  (ENG) 5–4   Alex Borg  (MLT)   Yuan Sijun  (CHN) 5–4   Fang Xiongman  (CHN)   Judd Trump  (ENG) 5–3   Adam Duffy  (ENG)

Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG) w/d–w/o   Rory McLeod  (ENG)   Niu Zhuang  (CHN) 5–1   Ian Preece  (WAL)   Robert Milkins  (ENG) 3–5   Mark Davis  (ENG)   Kurt Maflin  (NOR) 4–5   Josh Boileau  (IRL)   Ryan Day  (WAL) 5–0   Kurt Dunham  (AUS)   Craig Steadman  (ENG) 4–5   John Astley  (ENG)   Mark King  (ENG) 5–1   Noppon Saengkham  (THA)   Martin O'Donnell  (ENG) 3–5   Thepchaiya Un-Nooh  (THA)   Eden Sharav  (SCO) 2–5   Mike Dunn  (ENG)   David Gilbert  (ENG) 5–3   Tian Pengfei  (CHN)   Mark Joyce  (ENG) 5–2   Lyu Haotian  (CHN)   Ali Carter  (ENG) 3–5   Wang Yuchen  (CHN)   Sean O'Sullivan  (ENG) 2–5   Jackson Page  (WAL)   Alan McManus  (SCO) 5–4   Dominic Dale  (WAL)   Chen Zifan  (CHN) 2–5   Cao Yupeng  (CHN)   Shaun Murphy  (ENG) 5–2   Paul Davison  (ENG)   Barry Hawkins  (ENG) 5–1   Jamie Curtis-Barrett  (ENG)   Hossein Vafaei  (IRN) 2–5   Liam Highfield  (ENG)   Graeme Dott  (SCO) 5–2   Soheil Vahedi  (IRN)   Peter Ebdon  (ENG) 5–4   Jak Jones  (WAL)   Luca Brecel  (BEL) 1–5   Hammad Miah  (ENG)   Zhao Xintong  (CHN) 5–2   Sam Craigie  (ENG)   Michael Holt  (ENG) 1–5   Mei Xiwen  (CHN)   Billy Joe Castle  (ENG) 1–5   Robbie Williams  (ENG)   Lukas Kleckers  (GER) 2–5   Tom Ford  (ENG)   Neil Robertson  (AUS) 5–2   Chris Wakelin  (ENG)   Andrew Higginson  (ENG) 5–4   Li Hang  (CHN)   Liang Wenbo  (CHN) 5–1   Duane Jones  (WAL)   Hamza Akbar  (PAK) 5–1   Allan Taylor  (ENG)   Xiao Guodong  (CHN) 5–1   Sanderson Lam  (ENG)   Jamie Jones  (WAL) 5–4   Zhang Anda  (CHN)   Mark Selby  (ENG) 5–0   Sam Baird  (ENG)

Round 2

Anthony Hamilton 5–4 Mitchell Mann Jimmy Robertson 5–4 Peter Lines Gary Wilson 5–3 David Grace Martin Gould 5–4 Ken Doherty Fergal O'Brien 5–2 Robin Hull Matthew Stevens 3–5 Mark Williams Aditya Mehta 4–5 Matthew Selt Rod Lawler 2–5 Mark Allen Ding Junhui 5–1 Nigel Bond Michael Georgiou 5–1 Ian Burns Jack Lisowski 5–3 Stuart Carrington Ricky Walden 5–2 Ashley Hugill Thor Chuan Leong 0–5 Joe Perry Yu Delu 5–2 Jimmy White Chris Totten 2–5 Ben Woollaston Yuan Sijun 4–5 Judd Trump

Rory McLeod 4–5 Niu Zhuang Mark Davis 5–0 Josh Boileau Ryan Day 5–1 John Astley Mark King 4–5 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Mike Dunn 2–5 David Gilbert Mark Joyce 5–0 Wang Yuchen Jackson Page 0–5 Alan McManus Cao Yupeng 2–5 Shaun Murphy Barry Hawkins 5–2 Liam Highfield Graeme Dott 5–4 Peter Ebdon Hammad Miah 5–3 Zhao Xintong Mei Xiwen 5–1 Robbie Williams Tom Ford 5–3 Neil Robertson Andrew Higginson 3–5 Liang Wenbo Hamza Akbar 1–5 Xiao Guodong Jamie Jones 2–5 Mark Selby

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 27 ^[6]

• 140, 109, 103 – Judd Trump
• 138, 104 – Shaun Murphy
• 136 – Mark Joyce
• 136 – Mei Xiwen
• 131, 124 – Ding Junhui
• 130, 117, 115 – Ryan Day
• 121 – Graeme Dott
• 114, 104 – Ben Woollaston
• 112, 108 – Gary Wilson
• 111 – Liang Wenbo
• 110, 109 – Mark Williams
• 109, 103 – Mark Davis
• 103 – Jack Lisowski
• 102 – Ricky Walden
• 101 – David Gilbert
• 101 – Matthew Selt
• 100 – Mark Allen

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 52 ^[7]

140 – Chen Zifan 138 – Christopher Keogan 135 – Alfie Burden 132, 131, 113, 106 – Jimmy Robertson 130, 120, 113 – Mark Allen 129 – Michael White 126 – Zhang Anda 125, 121 – Robin Hull 125, 109 – Niu Zhuang 124 – Andrew Higginson 123 – Cao Yupeng 123 – Yu Delu 122, 121 – Rory McLeod 122 – Xiao Guodong 121, 106 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 121 – Stuart Carrington 121 – Sam Craigie 120 – Mark Joyce 119, 115 – Mark Selby

119 – Liam Highfield 119 – Michael Holt 119 – Daniel Wells 116 – Michael Georgiou 116 – Zhao Xintong 114, 109, 108, 102 – Judd Trump 113 – Barry Hawkins 112, 100 – Matthew Stevens 110 – Mark Davis 105 – David Gilbert 105 – Jamie Jones 105 – Robert Milkins 104 – David Grace 104 – Jackson Page 103 – Fergal O'Brien 101 – Neil Robertson 101 – Soheil Vahedi 101 – Yuan Sijun 100 – Liang Wenbo

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