German Masters

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German Masters
Tournament information
Venue Tempodrom
Location Berlin
CountryGermany
Established1995
Organisation(s) WPBSA
World Snooker Tour
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund£400,000 [1]
Current championFlag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)

The German Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament held at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany since 2011, except for 2021, when it was held at Milton Keynes in England because of the COVID-19 pandemic. An earlier ranking event, the German Open, was held in Germany from 1995 to 1997. This was followed by an invitation event, called the German Masters, in 1998. The reigning champion is Judd Trump.

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History

The event has been held at the Tempodrom in Berlin since 2011. Tempodrom.jpg
The event has been held at the Tempodrom in Berlin since 2011.

The tournament started as the German Open and was a ranking tournament from 1995 to 1997. The first event was played in Frankfurt in December 1995, replacing the European Open in the December place in the calendar, the European Open being moved to early 1996. [2] The tournament involved the top 16 players in the world ranking who were joined by 16 qualifiers and 4 wild-card players. The four lowest ranked qualifiers played the wild-card players, winning all their four matches and advancing to the last-32. [3] John Higgins met Ken Doherty in the final. The match was level at three frame each before Higgins won the next six frames to win 9–3 and take the first prize of £40,000. Higgins made a break of 139 in the final to also win the high break prize of £5,000. [3]

The 1996 event was again held in December, at the British military base at Osnabrück. [4] Only 16 players competed in Germany. The final qualifying round in which the top-16 seeds played 16 players from earlier qualifying rounds was played in Preston, Lancashire in November. [5] Ronnie O'Sullivan met Alain Robidoux in the final, winning 9–7. O'Sullivan led 7–3 before Robidoux won the next four frames to level the match at 7–7. O'Sullivan then won the next two frames to win the match, finishing with a break of 108. Robidoux took the high break prize for a break of 145 in the final. [5]

View of the setup during the 2014 event. 2014 German Masters-Venue (LF)-06.JPG
View of the setup during the 2014 event.

The 1997 event was held in Bingen am Rhein using the same format as in 1996. The final qualifying round was held in Hereford in September. [6] John Higgins met Ken Doherty in the final, Higgins led 5–3 lead after the first session and then won the first three frames in the evening session to lead 8–3. Parrott won frame 12 but Higgins finished the match with a break of 105 in the next frame, winning the first prize of £50,000. [6] In 1998 the event was again held at Bingen am Rhein but became an invitation event with 12 players competing. The name of the tournament was changed to German Masters. The winner received £25,000 with all 12 players guaranteed a minimum of £5,000. [7] John Parrott beat Mark Williams 6–4 in the final. Williams led 4–3 but Parrott won the next three to win the match. [7] The event then was discontinued, but returned for the 2010/2011 season as a ranking tournament.

The revived tournament has been held at the Tempodrom in Berlin since the 2011 edition. [a] The trophy was named after former World Snooker Tour director Brandon Parker in 2021. [10] The event had traditionally been run as a five-day event (from Wednesday to Sunday) with the format being a flat-128 player draw and the first two rounds played as qualifiers away from the venue sometime before the main event. The format received occasional criticism over the years,[ citation needed ] but the 2023 German Masters received notable criticism[ citation needed ] as a result of many top players failing to reach the main stages of the tournament and Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrawing before his first round qualifying match. This led to only four players ranked inside the top 16 appearing in the main draw, two of whom failed to progress beyond the Last 16.

Following those criticisms and with support of the promoter SnookerStars.de, the World Snooker Tour confirmed that the televised stages of the tournament were to be increased from its normal five days to the traditional seven days. [11] [12]

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreVenueCitySeason
German Open (ranking, 1995–1997) [13]
1995 [3] Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)Flag of Ireland.svg  Ken Doherty  (IRL)9–3 Messe Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany 1995/96
1996 [5] Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alain Robidoux  (CAN)9–7 Roberts Barracks Osnabrück, Germany 1996/97
1997 [6] Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO)Flag of England.svg  John Parrott  (ENG)9–4Atlantis Rheinhotel Bingen am Rhein, Germany 1997/98
German Masters (non-ranking, 1998) [13]
1998 [7] Flag of England.svg  John Parrott  (ENG)Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL)6–4Best Western Rheinhotel Bingen am Rhein, Germany 1998/99
German Masters (ranking, 2011–present) [14]
2011 [15] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL)Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)9–7 Tempodrom Berlin, Germany 2010/11
2012 [16] Flag of England.svg  Ronnie O'Sullivan  (ENG)Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Maguire  (SCO)9–7 2011/12
2013 [17] Flag of England.svg  Ali Carter  (ENG)Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Marco Fu  (HKG)9–6 2012/13
2014 [18] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN)Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)9–5 2013/14
2015 [19] Flag of England.svg  Mark Selby  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG)9–7 2014/15
2016 [20] Flag of England.svg  Martin Gould  (ENG)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Luca Brecel  (BEL)9–5 2015/16
2017 [21] Flag of England.svg  Anthony Hamilton  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Ali Carter  (ENG)9–6 2016/17
2018 [22] Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Mark Williams  (WAL)Flag of Scotland.svg  Graeme Dott  (SCO)9–1 2017/18
2019 [23] Flag of England.svg  Kyren Wilson  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  David Gilbert  (ENG)9–7 2018/19
2020 [24] Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Neil Robertson  (AUS)9–6 2019/20
2021 [25] Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Jack Lisowski  (ENG)9–2 Marshall Arena Milton Keynes, England 2020/21
2022 [26] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Xintong  (CHN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yan Bingtao  (CHN)9–0 Tempodrom Berlin, Germany 2021/22
2023 [27] Flag of England.svg  Ali Carter  (ENG)Flag of England.svg  Tom Ford  (ENG)10–3 2022/23
2024 [28] Flag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Si Jiahui  (CHN)10–5 2023/24

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2021 event moved to the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9]

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