2012 German Masters
The 2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters was a professional ranking snooker 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]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1–5 February 2012 |
| Venue | Tempodrom |
| City | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation(s) | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | €280,000 |
| Winner's share | €50,000 |
| Highest break |  |
| Final | |
| Champion |  |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 9–7 |
← 2011 2013 → | |
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]
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Wildcard round
These matches were played in Berlin on 1 February 2012.[9][10][11]
| Match | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WC1 |  |
5–1 |  |
| WC2 | |
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| WC3 |  |
5–3 | |
| WC4 | |
3–5 | |
| WC5 | |
5–0 |  |
| WC6 |  |
w/o–w/d |  |
| WC7 | |
5–2 |  |
| WC8 | |
5–1 | |
Main draw
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Final
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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) |
9–7 | Stephen Maguire (9) |
| 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 | ||
| 111 | Highest break | 130 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 21 and 25 November 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.[13][14][15]
- Preliminary round
Best of 9 frames
 | 2–5 | |
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- Round 1–3
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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Stephen Maguire played the highest century of the televised stage with 130.
- 130, 128, 106, 100
- 129
- 128
- 128
- 123, 111, 110
- 113
- 111, 104
- 111
- 109
- 107
- 102
- 102
- 102
- 101
- 100
Gallery
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Winner Ronnie O’Sullivan with the trophy._2012-02-05_26.jpg)
Runner-up Stephen Maguire getting his award._2012-02-05_21.jpg)
Steve Davis playing a trick shot exhibition during the break of the final
Tournament director Mike Ganley
Stephen Lee was the semi-final opponent of O'Sullivan
References
- "PartyPoker.net Sponsor German Masters". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- "Dunn Joins 147 Club". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- "Hendry To Miss German Masters". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- "German Masters Draw Released". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- "Rocket flies again in Germany final". Times of Malta. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- "O'Sullivan fights back to land Masters". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- Gábor, Buzás. "Ronnie végre!". Eurosport Hu. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- "2012 German Masters final stage draw and order of play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- "2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- "PartyPoker.net German Masters (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- "German Masters: Final – Match 39: Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stephen Maguire". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- "2012 German Masters qualifiers draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- "German Masters Qualifiers". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- "PartyPoker.net German Masters Qualifiers (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- "Qualifying stage century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- "Televised stage century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
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