2018 German Masters

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.

German Masters
Tournament information
Dates31 January – 4 February 2018
CityBerlin
CountryGermany
Organisation(s)WPBSA
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£364,500
Winner's share£80,000
Highest break Judd Trump (140)
Final
Champion Mark Williams
Runner-up Graeme Dott
Score9–1
2017
2019

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]

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 1
 
 
 
Jimmy Robertson 5
 
Jimmy Robertson 5
 
 
 
Gary Wilson 3
 
Gary Wilson 5
 
 
 
Martin Gould2
 
Jimmy Robertson 3
 
 
 
Mark Williams5
 
Fergal O'Brien 3
 
 
 
Mark Williams 5
 
Mark Williams 5
 
 
 
Matthew Selt 2
 
Matthew Selt 5
 
 
 
Mark Allen 4
 
Mark Williams 6
 
 
 
Judd Trump 1
 
Ding Junhui 5
 
 
 
Michael Georgiou 3
 
Ding Junhui 5
 
 
 
Ricky Walden 2
 
Jack Lisowski 3
 
 
 
Ricky Walden5
 
Ding Junhui 3
 
 
 
Judd Trump 5
 
Joe Perry 5
 
 
 
Yu Delu 4
 
Joe Perry 3
 
 
 
Judd Trump 5
 
Ben Woollaston 3
 
 
 
Judd Trump 5
 
Mark Williams 9
 
 
 
Graeme Dott 1
 
Niu Zhuang 2
 
 
 
Mark Davis 5
 
Mark Davis 4
 
 
 
Ryan Day 5
 
Ryan Day 5
 
 
 
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 1
 
Ryan Day 4
 
 
 
Shaun Murphy 5
 
David Gilbert 4
 
 
 
Mark Joyce 5
 
Mark Joyce 1
 
 
 
Shaun Murphy 5
 
Alan McManus 2
 
 
 
Shaun Murphy 5
 
Shaun Murphy 4
 
 
 
Graeme Dott 6
 
Barry Hawkins 3
 
 
 
Graeme Dott 5
 
Graeme Dott 5
 
 
 
Mei Xiwen 4
 
Hammad Miah 1
 
 
 
Mei Xiwen 5
 
Graeme Dott 5
 
 
 
Xiao Guodong 4
 
Tom Ford 1
 
 
 
Liang Wenbo 5
 
Liang Wenbo 2
 
 
 
Xiao Guodong 5
 
Xiao Guodong 5
 
 
Mark Selby 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 (79), 73–8, 56–72 (56, 64), 66–64, 79–0 (79), 76–40 (66), 74–43, 132–0 (110)
Evening: 66–16 (66), 86–8 (50)
110 Highest break 64
1 Century breaks 0
7 50+ breaks 1

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

Round 2

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 27[6]

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 52[7]

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gollark: Like I said, I got it back when SSDs cost about three times as much.
gollark: No HDD at all.
gollark: Actually, I only have a 240GB SSD from back when they were expensive.
gollark: That... is a flaw.

References

  1. "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. "Robertson End's Sheriff's Reign". World Snooker. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. "Mark Williams: Welsh snooker player claims German Masters win". BBC Sport. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. "D88 GERMAN MASTERS". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-01-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-01-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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