2021 German Masters

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Tournament information
Dates27–31 January 2021 (2021-01-27 2021-01-31)
Venue Marshall Arena
City Milton Keynes
CountryEngland
Organisation World Snooker Tour
Format Ranking event
Total prize fund £400,000
Winner's share£80,000
Highest breakFlag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG) (147)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Jack Lisowski  (ENG)
Score9–2
2020
2022
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Marshall Arena (Milton Keynes)

The 2021 German Masters (officially the 2021 BildBet German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 27 to 31 January 2021. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was staged at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. [1] The tournament was the eighth ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season. It was the 15th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the 1995 German Open. Shaun Murphy made the sixth maximum break of his career in the first qualifying round against Chen Zifan.

Contents

The event featured a prize fund of £400,000 with £80,000 given to the winner. It was sponsored for the first time by BildBet, a subsidiary company created by BetVictor in collaboration with the local newspaper Bild. Despite the different name, the tournament was part of the BetVictor European Series. [2]

Judd Trump was the defending champion after defeating Neil Robertson 9–6 in the 2020 final. [3] Trump met Jack Lisowski in the final, a repeat of the previous ranking event final, the World Grand Prix. It was the first time that the same two players had met in successive ranking event finals since John Higgins and Steve Davis met in the Welsh Open and International Open finals at the start of 1995. [4] Trump won by 9 frames to 2, becoming the first player ever to successfully defend the title. [5]

Prize fund

The event featured a total prize fund of £400,000 with the winner receiving £80,000. [2] The event was the third of the "European Series" all sponsored by sports betting company BetVictor. The player accumulating the highest amount of prize money over the six events will receive a bonus of £150,000. [6]

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.

 
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 England.svg  Judd Trump  (ENG) (1)5
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Mark Davis  (ENG)1
 
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (1)5
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Joe Perry (17)3
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Duane Jones  (WAL)1
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Joe Perry  (ENG) (17)5
 
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (1)5
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui (9)3
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Kacper Filipiak  (POL)4
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ding Junhui  (CHN) (9)5
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Junhui (9)5
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dominic Dale 0
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Dominic Dale  (WAL)5
 
 
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Stephen Maguire  (SCO) (8)4
 
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (1)6
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins (20)5
 
Flag of England.svg  Shaun Murphy  (ENG) (5)4
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Jamie O'Neill  (ENG)5
 
Flag of England.svg Jamie O'Neill 4
 
 
 
Ulster Banner.svg Jordan Brown 5
 
Ulster Banner.svg  Jordan Brown  (NIR)5
 
 
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  Graeme Dott  (SCO) (21)2
 
Ulster Banner.svg Jordan Brown 1
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins (20)5
 
Flag of England.svg  Barry Hawkins  (ENG) (20)5
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Ryan Day  (WAL)4
 
Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins (20)5
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jak Jones 2
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Wenbo  (CHN) (29)4
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Jak Jones  (WAL)5
 
Flag of England.svg Judd Trump (1)9
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Jack Lisowski (15)2
 
Flag of Ireland.svg  Fergal O'Brien  (IRL)5
 
 
 
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Michael White  (WAL)1
 
Flag of Ireland.svg Fergal O'Brien 0
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Joe O'Connor 5
 
Flag of England.svg  Mark Joyce  (ENG)4
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Joe O'Connor  (ENG)5
 
Flag of England.svg Joe O'Connor 1
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Tom Ford (22)5
 
Flag of England.svg  Tom Ford  (ENG) (22)5
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yuan Sijun  (CHN)0
 
Flag of England.svg Tom Ford (22)5
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Stuart Carrington 2
 
Flag of England.svg  Stuart Carrington  (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
Flag of Scotland.svg  John Higgins  (SCO) (6)w/d
 
Flag of England.svg Tom Ford (22)2
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Jack Lisowski (15)6
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Pang Junxu  (CHN)3
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Robbie Williams  (ENG)5
 
Flag of England.svg Robbie Williams 4
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham (10)5
 
Flag of England.svg  Stuart Bingham  (ENG) (10)5
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Yuelong  (CHN) (23)2
 
Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham (10)3
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg Jack Lisowski (15)5
 
Flag of England.svg  Louis Heathcote  (ENG)4
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  Jack Lisowski  (ENG) (15)5
 
Flag of England.svg Jack Lisowski (15)5
 
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Luca Brecel (31)2
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Luca Brecel  (BEL) (31)5
 
 
Flag of Thailand.svg  Noppon Saengkham  (THA)1
 

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Rob Spencer
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 31 January 2021.
Judd Trump (1)
Flag of England.svg  England
9–2 Jack Lisowski (15)
Flag of England.svg  England
Afternoon:76–31, 0–90, 87–0, 64–25, 65–30, 72–0, 68–58, 71–14
Evening:87–49, 0–106, 119–0 (119)
119Highest break67
1Century breaks0

Qualifying

Qualifying for the event took place between 10 and 14 November 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. There were two rounds of qualifying with matches being played as best-of-9 frames. [7]

Round 1

Round 2

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 25 [8]

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 58 [9]

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