2020 German Masters

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2020 BetVictor German Masters
German Masters 2020 Snooker Logo.png
Tournament information
Dates29 January – 2 February 2020 (2020-01-29 – 2020-02-02)
Venue Tempodrom
City Berlin
CountryGermany
Organisation World Snooker Tour
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £400,000
Winner's share£80,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Tom Ford  (ENG) (143)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Robertson  (AUS)
Score9–6
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The 2020 German Masters (officially the 2020 BetVictor German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 29 January to 2 February 2020 in the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. The tournament was the tenth ranking event of the 2019–2020 snooker season. It was the 14th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the 1995 German Open. The event featured a prize fund of £400,000 with £80,000 being given to the winner.

Contents

Kyren Wilson was the defending champion after defeating David Gilbert 9–6 in the 2019 final. He lost 4–5 to Zhao Xintong in the second qualifying round. The final was contested between the reigning world champion Judd Trump and Neil Robertson, who had won the preceding European Masters event. Trump won the final defeating Robertson 9–6. Trump's win was his 15th ranking title and fourth of the season.

This tournament was the last professional tournament for Peter Ebdon, who retired due to spine and neck degradation. Ebdon lost 4–5 in the first qualifying round to Matthew Stevens.

Format

The 2020 German Masters was a professional snooker tournament held at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany, between 29 January and 3 February 2020. [1] [2] This was the 13th edition of the German Masters tournament, being held since 2011, [3] [4] and previously between 1995 and 1998 as the German Open. [5] [6] It was the tenth ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season following the European Masters and preceding the World Grand Prix. [7] [8] It was played as the best-of-nine-frames until the semi-finals, which were best-of-11-frames, followed by a best-of-17-frames final. [9] The event featured 32 participants from the World Snooker Tour with two qualifying rounds which took place from 20 to 22 December 2019 in Barnsley, England. [10]

Prize fund

The event featured a total prize fund of £400,000 with the winner receiving £80,000. [11] [12] The event was the second of the "European Series" which included the European Masters, Snooker Shoot Out and Gibraltar Open all sponsored by sports betting company BetVictor. The player accumulating the highest amount of prize money over the four events received a bonus of £150,000. [13] The breakdown of prize money for the tournament is shown below: [11] [12]

  • 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: £3,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £400,000

Tournament summary

Judd Trump won the event, defeating Neil Robertson 9-6. Judd Trump May 2015 (cropped).jpg
Judd Trump won the event, defeating Neil Robertson 9–6.

The first round of the German Masters began on 29 January 2020. [9] A commemorative cake in the shape of a snooker table was baked to celebrate the 10th edition of the event to be held in the Tempodrome. [14] Four-time world champion John Higgins lost his first round match to world number 59 Robbie Williams 4–5. [15] Three players completed a whitewash in the first round, with Sunny Akani, Michael Georgiou and Matthew Selt all winning 5–0. [9] Scott Donaldson defeated 2019 UK Championship winner Ding Junhui 5–4. The win gave Donaldson enough ranking points to qualify for the 2020 World Grand Prix. [16]

In the second round, Georgiou defeated Akani 5–4. Akani continued playing on the practice tables for two days after his loss. [14] European Masters finalist Zhao Xintong defeated 17th seed Gary Wilson 5–1. [9] In a rematch of the 2018 final, 19th seed Graeme Dott played third seed Mark Williams, [17] with Dott winning 5–2. [16] World number two Neil Robertson completed a second straight whitewash over Elliot Slessor in the quarter-finals, having also defeated Mitchell Mann in the second round 5–0. [9] [16] Shaun Murphy defeated Xintong 5–3, Dott defeated Selt 5–2 and Trump defeated Georgiou 5–1. [9] The first semi-final was played between Dott and Trump. [18] With no more than one frame between the two, they tied at 4–4. However, Trump won frame nine with a break of 110 and won the match 6–4. [19] The second semi-final was between Robertson and Murphy. [18] Robertson won five frames in a row with breaks of 73, 136, 62, 53 and 129 to win 6–1. [19] [20] Robertson reached the final having lost only two frames in the previous four matches. [19]

The final was played between Neil Robertson and Judd Trump on 2 February 2020. [21] This was the second time in the 2019–20 snooker season that the pair had met in a final, having done so at the 2019 Champion of Champions. [22] If Robertson won the final, he would be guaranteed to win the European Series. [23] It was held as a best-of-17 frames match, held over two sessions. [21] Robertson won four of the first six frames, with Trump winning the final two frames of the first session to tie the match at 4–4. [21] Trump restarted the match, winning a further two frames to lead 6–4. [21] Robertson won frame 11, before Trump won frame 12 to lead 7–5 going into the interval . The pair shared the next two frames, before Trump won the match 9–6 with a break of 120 in frame 15. [21] [24] This was Trump's 15th career ranking event title, his fourth of the season. [21] [24]

Main draw

Below are the event's results from the last-32 stage to the final. Player names in bold denote match winners. Numbers in brackets denote player seedings. [9] [25]

 
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
 
                  
 
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Xintong  (CHN)5
 
 
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Anthony McGill  (SCO) (32)2
 
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Xintong 5
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Gary Wilson (17)1
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Jak Jones  (WAL)1
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Gary Wilson  (ENG) (17)5
 
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Xintong 3
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy (9)5
 
Flag of England.svg  Tom Ford  (ENG) (24)1
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG) (9)5
 
 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy (9)5
 
 
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Scott Donaldson (25)2
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scott Donaldson  (SCO) (25)5
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN) (8)4
 
 Flag of England.svg Shaun Murphy (9)1
 
 
 
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson (4)6
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO) (5)4
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Robbie Williams  (ENG)5
 
 Flag of England.svg Robbie Williams 3
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Elliot Slessor 5
 
Flag of England.svg  Robert Milkins  (ENG)3
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Elliot Slessor  (ENG)5
 
 Flag of England.svg Elliot Slessor 0
 
 
 
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson (4)5
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Alexander Ursenbacher  (SUI)4
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Mitchell Mann  (ENG)5
 
 Flag of England.svg Mitchell Mann 0
 
 
 
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson (4)5
 
Flag of England.svg  Ian Burns  (ENG)1
 
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Robertson  (AUS) (4)5
 
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson (4)6
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (2)9
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL) (3)5
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yuan Sijun  (CHN)2
 
 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams (3)2
 
 
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott (19)5
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tian Pengfei  (CHN)4
 
 
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Graeme Dott  (SCO) (19)5
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott (19)5
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Matthew Selt (27)2
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Kishan Hirani  (WAL)2
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Nigel Bond  (ENG)5
 
 Flag of England.svg Nigel Bond 2
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Matthew Selt (27)5
 
Flag of England.svg  Matthew Selt  (ENG) (27)5
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Jamie Clarke  (WAL)0
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg Graeme Dott (19)4
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (2)6
 
Ulster Banner.svg  Gerard Greene  (NIR)1
 
 
 
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Michael Georgiou  (CYP)5
 
 Flag of Cyprus.svg Michael Georgiou 5
 
 
 
 Flag of Thailand.svg Sunny Akani 3
 
Flag of England.svg  David Grace  (ENG)0
 
 
 
Flag of Thailand.svg  Sunny Akani  (THA)5
 
 Flag of Cyprus.svg Michael Georgiou 1
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (2)5
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Luca Brecel  (BEL)5
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Joe Perry  (ENG) (15)0
 
 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel 3
 
 
 
 Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (2)5
 
Flag of Thailand.svg  Noppon Saengkham  (THA) (31)1
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG) (2)5
 

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Rob Spencer.
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 2 February 2020.
Neil Robertson (4)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 		6–9 Judd Trump (2)
Flag of England.svg  England
Afternoon: 0–82, 74–48, 29–77, 120–1 (120), 72–71, 78–4, 0–98, 0–77
Evening: 7–65, 33–79, 67–22, 0–75, 0–67, 65–25, 12–101 (100)
120Highest break100
1Century breaks1

Qualifying

Qualifying for the event took place between 20 and 22 December 2019 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. There were two rounds of qualifying with matches being played as best-of-9 frames. [10] Defending champion Kyren Wilson did not qualify for the event, after losing 4–5 to Zhao Xintong in the second round. [10] Peter Ebdon played his last professional match in a first round loss to Matthew Stevens. [26]

Round 1

Round 2

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

There was a total of 33 century breaks during the tournament. The highest was a 138 made by John Higgins in his first round win over Robbie Williams. [27]

Qualifying stage centuries

There was a total of 77 century breaks during qualifying. The highest was a 143 made by Tom Ford in his second qualifying round match against Oliver Lines. [28]

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