2012 German Masters

The 2012 German Masters (officially the 2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters) was a professional rankingsnooker tournament that took place between 1–5 February 2012 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. This was the first time that PartyPoker.net sponsored the event.[1]

Mike Dunn made the 79th official maximum break during his round 1 qualifying match against Kurt Maflin. This was Dunn's first 147 break.[2]Stephen Hendry missed the final stage of a ranking event for the first time in 15 years after losing 1–5 to James Wattana in the final qualifying round.[3]

Mark Williams was the defending champion,[4] but he lost in the quarter-finals 3–5 against Stephen Lee.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 23rd ranking title by defeating Stephen Maguire 9–7 in the final.[5][6][7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Berlin on 1 February 2012.[9][10][11]

MatchScore
WC1 Ken Doherty (IRL)5–1 Patrick Einsle (GER)
WC2 Adrian Gunnell (ENG)5–3 Peter Bullen (BEL)
WC3 Yu Delu (CHN)5–3 Chris Norbury (ENG)
WC4 Mike Dunn (ENG)3–5 Craig Steadman (ENG)
WC5 Liu Song (CHN)5–0 Soner Sari (TUR)
WC6 James Wattana (THA)w/o–w/d Mario Wehrmann (NLD)
WC7 Paul Davison (ENG)5–2 Krzysztof Wróbel (POL)
WC8 Tom Ford (ENG)5–1 Philip Arnold (IRL)

Main draw

[9][10][11]

Last 32 Best of 9 frames Last 16Best of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 9 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 17 frames
               
1  Mark Williams (WAL)5
 Ken Doherty (IRL)0
1 WalesMark Williams5
11 EnglandStuart Bingham2
11  Stuart Bingham (ENG)5
 Peter Ebdon (ENG)3
1 WalesMark Williams3
13 EnglandStephen Lee5
13  Stephen Lee (ENG)5
 Adrian Gunnell (ENG)2
13 EnglandStephen Lee5
ChinaYu Delu2
5  Ding Junhui (CHN)3
 Yu Delu (CHN)5
13 EnglandStephen Lee4
14 EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan6
7  Ali Carter (ENG)4
 Joe Perry (ENG)5
EnglandJoe Perry1
14 EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan5
14  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)5
 Andrew Higginson (ENG)4
14 EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan5
15 WalesMatthew Stevens3
15  Matthew Stevens (WAL)5
 Craig Steadman (ENG)1
15 WalesMatthew Stevens5
4 AustraliaNeil Robertson1
4  Neil Robertson (AUS)5
 Marcus Campbell (SCO)2
14 EnglandRonnie O'Sullivan9
9 ScotlandStephen Maguire7
3  Mark Selby (ENG)5
 Liu Song (CHN)0
3 EnglandMark Selby5
10 ScotlandGraeme Dott3
10  Graeme Dott (SCO)5
 James Wattana (THA)0
3 EnglandMark Selby3
6 EnglandShaun Murphy5
16  Martin Gould (ENG)1
 Ricky Walden (ENG)5
EnglandRicky Walden2
6 EnglandShaun Murphy5
6  Shaun Murphy (ENG)5
 Barry Hawkins (ENG)4
6 EnglandShaun Murphy0
9 ScotlandStephen Maguire6
8  Judd Trump (ENG)5
 Paul Davison (ENG)1
8 EnglandJudd Trump5
12 Northern IrelandMark Allen2
12  Mark Allen (NIR)5
 Tom Ford (ENG)4
8 EnglandJudd Trump4
9 ScotlandStephen Maguire5
9  Stephen Maguire (SCO)5
 Ryan Day (WAL)1
9 ScotlandStephen Maguire5
2 ScotlandJohn Higgins0
2  John Higgins (SCO)5
 Mark Davis (ENG)1

Final

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Maguire behind the trophy before the last session of the final. In the background the referee Michaela Tabb.
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2012.[11][12]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (14)  England9–7Stephen Maguire (9)  Scotland
Afternoon:111–26 (111), 0–130 (130), 8–106 (106), 5–132 (128), 58–73 (O'Sullivan 58), 63–8, 20–69 (55), 75–24 (75)Evening: 0–115 (69), 89–47 (89), 78–0 (54), 68–59 (Maguire 52), 94–37 (67), 75–31, 43–82 (82), 66–41
111Highest break130
1Century breaks3
650+ breaks7

Qualifying

These matches were held between 21 and 25 November 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.[13][14][15] Matches were over 9 frames.

Preliminary round

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[16]

Televised stage centuries

Stephen Maguire played the highest century of the televised stage with 130.

[17]

References

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