2015 German Masters

The 2015 German Masters (officially the 2015 Kreativ Dental German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–8 February 2015 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.^[1]

2015 Kreativ Dental German Masters

Tournament information
Dates	4–8 February 2015 (2015-02-04 – 2015-02-08)
Venue	Tempodrom
City	Berlin
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	€341,737
Winner's share	€80,000
Highest break	Judd Trump (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Score	9–7
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Judd Trump made the 113th official maximum break during his quarter-final match against Mark Selby.^[2]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion,^[3] but he lost 4–5 against Ryan Day in the last 32.^[4]

Selby won his fifth ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 9–7 in the final.^[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6][7]

Winner: €80,000 Runner-up: €35,000 Semi-final: €20,000 Quarter-final: €10,000 Last 16: €5,000 Last 32: €3,000 Last 64: €1,500

Televised highest break: €4,000 Maximum break: €6,737[2] Total: €341,737

Main draw

Impressions

The venue at the first night of the tournament

Panoramic view from the main arena with 5 tables, two less than in 2014

Little Arena, used as TV-Studio for Eurosport-UK

Eurosport commentators Neal Foulds and Jimmy White in an interview with Shaun Murphy

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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
	Ding Junhui (CHN)	4
	Ryan Day (WAL)	5
					Ryan Day	5
					Alfie Burden	2
	Michael Georgiou (ENG)	3
	Alfie Burden (ENG)	5
									Ryan Day	4
									Liang Wenbo	5
	Li Hang (CHN)	1
	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	5
					Liang Wenbo	5
					Stuart Bingham	4
	Matthew Selt (ENG)	3
	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	5
													Liang Wenbo	4
													Shaun Murphy	6
	Mark Allen (NIR)	5
	Mark Williams (WAL)	2
					Mark Allen	4
					Shaun Murphy	5
	Michael Wasley (ENG)	1
	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	5
									Shaun Murphy	5
									Ronnie O'Sullivan	4
	Joe Perry (ENG)	5
	Jimmy Robertson (ENG)	0
					Joe Perry	0
					Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	Mark Davis (ENG)	1
	Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)	5
																	Shaun Murphy	7
																	Mark Selby	9
	Neil Robertson (AUS)	5
	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	0
					Neil Robertson	5
					Xiao Guodong	0
	Xiao Guodong (CHN)	5
	Liam Highfield (ENG)	4
									Neil Robertson	4
									Stephen Maguire	5
	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	5
	David Gilbert (ENG)	3
					Stephen Maguire	5
					Mark King	2
	Mark King (ENG)	5
	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	3
													Stephen Maguire	2
													Mark Selby	6
	Judd Trump (ENG)	5
	Michael Holt (ENG)	0
					Judd Trump	5
					Martin Gould	1
	Martin Gould (ENG)	5
	Ashley Carty (ENG)	3
									Judd Trump	4
									Mark Selby	5
	John Higgins (SCO)	2
	Peter Ebdon (ENG)	5
					Peter Ebdon	1
					Mark Selby	5
	Anthony McGill (SCO)	4
	Mark Selby (ENG)	5

Final

Mark Selby with trophy

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 8 February 2015.[10]
Shaun Murphy  England	7–9	Mark Selby  England
Afternoon: 39–71, 88–32 (72), 0–106 (53), 130–0 (130), 119–7 (118), 73–40, 80–0 (51), 62–70 (Selby 62) Evening: 35–92 (92), 47–84 (52), 0–93 (93), 37–72, 80–0 (80), 60–52, 19–79, 4–99 (51)
130	Highest break	93
2	Century breaks	0
5	50+ breaks	6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 17 and 19 December 2014 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.^[11][12][13]

Round 1

Ding Junhui (CHN) 5–1  Jamie Clarke (WAL)  Peter Lines (ENG) 2–5  Craig Steadman (ENG)  Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 3–5  Sydney Wilson (ENG)  Ryan Day (WAL) 5–2  Dave Harold (ENG)  Graeme Dott (SCO) 1–5  Michael Georgiou (ENG)  Tom Ford (ENG) 2–5  Andrew Pagett (WAL)  Alfie Burden (ENG) 5–3  David Grace (ENG)  Ali Carter (ENG) 4–5  Sam Baird (ENG)  Ricky Walden (ENG) 4–5  Li Hang (CHN)  Gerard Greene (NIR) 5–2  Ratchayothin Yotharuck (THA)  Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) 2–5  Stuart Carrington (ENG)  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 5–4  Ian Glover (ENG)  Alan McManus (SCO) 5–4  Zak Surety (ENG)  Matthew Selt (ENG) 5–4  Lu Chenwei (CHN)  Kurt Maflin (NOR) 3–5  Igor Figueiredo (BRA)  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 5–1  Zhou Yuelong (CHN)  Mark Allen (NIR) 5–3  Robin Hull (FIN)  Ben Woollaston (ENG) 5–2  Alex Davies (ENG)  Yu Delu (CHN) 5–1  Lee Walker (WAL)  Mark Williams (WAL) 5–4  Luca Brecel (BEL)  Dominic Dale (WAL) 1–5  Lu Ning (CHN)  Mike Dunn (ENG) w/d–w/o  Michael Wasley (ENG)  Robbie Williams (ENG) 5–0  Matthew Day (ENG)  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 5–1  Joe O'Connor (ENG)  Joe Perry (ENG) 5–1  Scott Donaldson (SCO)  Cao Yupeng (CHN) 4–5  Fraser Patrick (SCO)  Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 5–4  Hammad Miah (ENG)  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 3–5  Ian Burns (ENG)  Mark Davis (ENG) 5–4  Daniel Wells (WAL)  Gary Wilson (ENG) 5–2  Michael Leslie (SCO)  Aditya Mehta (IND) 5–3  Adam Duffy (ENG)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 5–2  George Pragnall (ENG)

Neil Robertson (AUS) 5–4  Mitchell Mann (ENG)  Jamie Jones (WAL) 5–3  Joe Swail (NIR)  Jimmy White (ENG) 3–5  Tian Pengfei (CHN)  Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 5–1  Lyu Haotian (CHN)  Xiao Guodong (CHN) 5–0  Cao Xinlong (CHN)  Nigel Bond (ENG) 2–5  Tony Drago (MLT)  Rory McLeod (ENG) 2–5  Liam Highfield (ENG)  Marco Fu (HKG) 5–1  Steve Davis (ENG)  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 5–1  Alexander Ursenbacher (SWI)  David Morris (IRL) 5–1  Duane Jones (WAL)  Rod Lawler (ENG) 5–2  Allan Taylor (ENG)  David Gilbert (ENG) 5–2  Joel Walker (ENG)  Michael White (WAL) 5–1  Chris Norbury (ENG)  Mark King (ENG) 5–3  Steven Hallworth (ENG)  Jamie Burnett (SCO) w/d–w/o  Barry Pinches (ENG)  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 5–0  Noppon Saengkham (THA)  Judd Trump (ENG) 5–0  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)  Mark Joyce (ENG) w/o–w/d  Jak Jones (WAL)  Kyren Wilson (ENG) 4–5  Zhang Anda (CHN)  Michael Holt (ENG) 5–3  Eden Sharav (SCO)  Martin Gould (ENG) 5–3  Chris Melling (ENG)  Jamie Cope (ENG) 2–5  Ross Muir (SCO)  Andrew Higginson (ENG) 4–5  James Cahill (ENG)  Robert Milkins (ENG) 2–5  Ashley Carty (ENG)  John Higgins (SCO) 5–2  Elliot Slessor (ENG)  Ken Doherty (IRL) 5–3  Vinnie Calabrese (AUS)  Marcus Campbell (SCO) 5–0  Michael Tomlinson (ENG)  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 5–2  Chris Wakelin (ENG)  Anthony McGill (SCO) 5–3  John Astley (ENG)  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 2–5  Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)  Jack Lisowski (ENG) 1–5  Oliver Lines (ENG)  Mark Selby (ENG) 5–3  Oliver Brown (ENG)

Round 2

Ding Junhui 5–1 Craig Steadman Sydney Wilson 3–5 Ryan Day Michael Georgiou 5–3 Andrew Pagett Alfie Burden 5–4 Sam Baird Li Hang 5–0 Gerard Greene Stuart Carrington 3–5 Liang Wenbo Alan McManus 4–5 Matthew Selt Igor Figueiredo 1–5 Stuart Bingham Mark Allen 5–3 Ben Woollaston Yu Delu 1–5 Mark Williams Lu Ning 1–5 Michael Wasley Robbie Williams 3–5 Shaun Murphy Joe Perry 5–4 Fraser Patrick Jimmy Robertson 5–4 Ian Burns Mark Davis 5–3 Gary Wilson Aditya Mehta 2–5 Ronnie O'Sullivan

Neil Robertson 5–2 Jamie Jones Tian Pengfei 2–5 Fergal O'Brien Xiao Guodong 5–0 Tony Drago Liam Highfield 5–2 Marco Fu Stephen Maguire 5–4 David Morris Rod Lawler 2–5 David Gilbert Michael White 3–5 Mark King Barry Pinches 4–5 Barry Hawkins Judd Trump 5–4 Mark Joyce Zhang Anda 1–5 Michael Holt Martin Gould 5–1 Ross Muir James Cahill 2–5 Ashley Carty John Higgins 5–2 Ken Doherty Marcus Campbell 2–5 Peter Ebdon Anthony McGill 5–3 Sean O'Sullivan Oliver Lines 2–5 Mark Selby

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

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142, 116 – Shaun Murphy 141, 101 – Aditya Mehta 136, 131 – Ding Junhui 136 – Daniel Wells 136 – Ian Burns 135, 134, 105, 101 – Neil Robertson 135 – Ali Carter 133 – Zak Surety 132 – Mark Davis 131, 121 – Michael Wasley 127 – Mark Allen 121 – Adam Duffy 120, 114, 105 – Judd Trump 117, 106, 104 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 117 – Robin Hull

117 – Ryan Day 115, 103 – Li Hang 115 – Matthew Stevens 115 – Michael White 113 – Xiao Guodong 112 – David Gilbert 109 – Sam Baird 107 – Mitchell Mann 105 – Alfie Burden 104 – Michael Leslie 104 – Michael Holt 103 – Yu Delu 103 – Oliver Lines 102 – Jack Lisowski 100 – Jimmy Robertson

Televised stage centuries

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• 147, 104, 102 – Judd Trump
• 145, 141, 130, 118 – Shaun Murphy
• 134, 134, 117 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
• 133 – Peter Ebdon
• 132 – Ryan Day
• 126 – Mark Selby
• 119, 107 – Stephen Maguire
• 112 – Alfie Burden
• 111 – Neil Robertson
• 110 – Mark Davis
• 106, 103 – Liang Wenbo
• 106 – Mark King
• 103 – Matthew Selt
• 100 – Mark Allen