2012 German Masters

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the curling event, see 2012 German Masters (curling).

The 2012 German Masters (officially 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]

2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters

Tournament information
Dates	1–5 February 2012 (2012-02-01 – 2012-02-05)
Venue	Tempodrom
City	Berlin
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	€280,000
Winner's share	€50,000
Highest break	Stephen Maguire (SCO) (130)
Final
Champion	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up	Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Score	9–7
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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]

Winner: €50,000 Runner-up: €30,000 Semi-final: €15,000 Quarter-final: €9,000 Last 16: €6,000 Last 32: €3,750 Last 48: €1,500

Stage two highest break: €2,000 Total: €280,000

Wildcard round

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

Match		Score
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

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	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
	1	Mark Williams (WAL)	5
		Ken Doherty (IRL)	0
						1	Mark Williams	5
						11	Stuart Bingham	2
	11	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	5
		Peter Ebdon (ENG)	3
											1	Mark Williams	3
											13	Stephen Lee	5
	13	Stephen Lee (ENG)	5
		Adrian Gunnell (ENG)	2
						13	Stephen Lee	5
							Yu Delu	2
	5	Ding Junhui (CHN)	3
		Yu Delu (CHN)	5
																13	Stephen Lee	4
																14	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6
	7	Ali Carter (ENG)	4
		Joe Perry (ENG)	5
							Joe Perry	1
						14	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	14	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	5
		Andrew Higginson (ENG)	4
											14	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
											15	Matthew Stevens	3
	15	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	5
		Craig Steadman (ENG)	1
						15	Matthew Stevens	5
						4	Neil Robertson	1
	4	Neil Robertson (AUS)	5
		Marcus Campbell (SCO)	2
																					14	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9
																					9	Stephen Maguire	7
	3	Mark Selby (ENG)	5
		Liu Song (CHN)	0
						3	Mark Selby	5
						10	Graeme Dott	3
	10	Graeme Dott (SCO)	5
		James Wattana (THA)	0
											3	Mark Selby	3
											6	Shaun Murphy	5
	16	Martin Gould (ENG)	1
		Ricky Walden (ENG)	5
							Ricky Walden	2
						6	Shaun Murphy	5
	6	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	5
		Barry Hawkins (ENG)	4
																6	Shaun Murphy	0
																9	Stephen Maguire	6
	8	Judd Trump (ENG)	5
		Paul Davison (ENG)	1
						8	Judd Trump	5
						12	Mark Allen	2
	12	Mark Allen (NIR)	5
		Tom Ford (ENG)	4
											8	Judd Trump	4
											9	Stephen Maguire	5
	9	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	5
		Ryan Day (WAL)	1
						9	Stephen Maguire	5
						2	John Higgins	0
	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)  England	9–7	Stephen 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
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] Matches were over 9 frames.

Preliminary round

Lucky Vatnani (IND) 2–5  Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)

Daniel Wells (WAL) 1–5  Luca Brecel (BEL)

Round 1

Mark Joyce (ENG) 4–5  David Grace (ENG)  Jack Lisowski (ENG) 1–5  Sam Craigie (ENG)  Joe Jogia (ENG) 4–5  Stuart Carrington (ENG)  Jimmy White (ENG) 5–3  Matthew Couch (ENG)  Jimmy Robertson (ENG) w/o–w/d  Bjorn Haneveer (BEL)  Adrian Gunnell (ENG) 5–1  Sam Baird (ENG)  Alfie Burden (ENG) 5–2  Scott MacKenzie (SCO)  Barry Pinches (ENG) 4–5  Yu Delu (CHN)  Robert Milkins (ENG) 5–0  Tian Pengfei (CHN)  Steve Davis (ENG) 5– 3  Joe Meara (NIR)  Ben Woollaston (ENG) 5–1  Rod Lawler (ENG)  Jamie Jones (WAL) 5–2  Andrew Norman (ENG)  Tony Drago (MLT) 2–5  Adam Wicheard (ENG)  Mike Dunn (ENG) 5–0  Kurt Maflin (NOR)  Jamie Burnett (SCO) 5–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng  Peter Lines (ENG) 5–2  Simon Bedford (ENG)

Rory McLeod (ENG) 5–2  Kacper Filipiak (POL)  Liu Song (CHN) 5–3  Liam Highfield (ENG)  Nigel Bond (ENG) 1–5  Andrew Pagett (WAL)  James Wattana (THA) 5–3  Passakorn Suwannawat (THA)  Liu Chuang (CHN) 5–3  Ian McCulloch (ENG)  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 5–3  Aditya Mehta (IND)  Alan McManus (SCO) w/o–w/d  Robin Hull (FIN)  Andy Hicks (ENG) 5–2  Cao Yupeng (CHN)  Gerard Greene (NIR) 2–5  David Morris (IRL)  Matthew Selt (ENG) 4–5  Paul Davison (ENG)  Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 5–3  David Hogan (IRL)  Joe Swail (NIR) 5–1 Luca Brecel  Dave Harold (ENG) 3–5  Adam Duffy (ENG)  Anthony McGill (SCO) 5–3  Li Yan (CHN)  Michael Holt (ENG) 2–5  Michael White (WAL)  Xiao Guodong (CHN) 5–3  David Gilbert (ENG)

Round 2

David Grace 2–5 Sam Craigie Stuart Carrington 3–5 Jimmy White Jimmy Robertson 0–5 Adrian Gunnell Alfie Burden 2–5 Yu Delu Robert Milkins 5–1 Steve Davis Ben Woollaston 2–5 Jamie Jones Adam Wicheard 0–5 Mike Dunn Jamie Burnett 3–5 Peter Lines

Rory McLeod 3–5 Liu Song Andrew Pagett 1–5 James Wattana Liu Chuang 5–3 Liang Wenbo Alan McManus 4–5 Andy Hicks David Morris 3–5 Paul Davison Anthony Hamilton 5–4 Joe Swail Adam Duffy 4–5 Anthony McGill Michael White 5–2 Xiao Guodong

Round 3

Ken Doherty (IRL) 5–4 Sam Craigie  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 5–4 Jimmy White  Marco Fu (HKG) 1–5 Adrian Gunnell  Jamie Cope (ENG) 3–5 Yu Delu  Joe Perry (ENG) 5–3 Robert Milkins  Andrew Higginson (ENG) 5–2 Jamie Jones  Mark King (ENG) 3–5 Mike Dunn  Marcus Campbell (SCO) 5–3 Peter Lines

Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 4–5 Liu Song  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 1–5 James Wattana  Ricky Walden (ENG) 5–1 Liu Chuang  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 5–4 Andy Hicks  Dominic Dale (WAL) 4–5 Paul Davison  Tom Ford (ENG) 5–0 Anthony Hamilton  Ryan Day (WAL) 5–4 Anthony McGill  Mark Davis (ENG) 5–2 Michael White

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

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147 – Mike Dunn 143, 100, 100 – Michael White 137, 102 – Jamie Jones 137 – Adam Duffy 135 – Ken Doherty 133 – Stuart Carrington 131, 101 – Liu Song 126 – David Gilbert 124, 120 – Jimmy White 123 – Liang Wenbo 122 – Passakorn Suwannawat 121 – Adam Wicheard 120, 115 – Ryan Day

117, 100 – Xiao Guodong 116 – Andy Hicks 112, 108 – Jamie Burnett 112, 101 – Mark Davis 111, 107 – Anthony Hamilton 111 – Mark Joyce 110 – Andrew Higginson 109, 100 – Yu Delu 104 – Anthony McGill 103 – Sam Craigie 103 – Joe Perry 102 – Paul Davison 102 – James Wattana

Televised stage centuries

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

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• 130, 128, 106, 100 – Stephen Maguire
• 129 – Ali Carter
• 128 – Stuart Bingham
• 128 – Shaun Murphy
• 123, 111, 110 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 113 – Barry Hawkins
• 111, 104 – Mark Selby
• 111 – Judd Trump
• 109 – Peter Ebdon
• 107 – Mark Williams
• 102 – Mike Dunn
• 102 – Joe Perry
• 102 – Ricky Walden
• 101 – Stephen Lee
• 100 – Tom Ford

Gallery

• 
  Winner Ronnie O'Sullivan with the trophy.
• 
  Runner-up Stephen Maguire getting his award.
• 
  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