2016 German Masters

The 2016 German Masters (officially the 2016 918.com German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–7 February 2016 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.

2016 918.com German Masters

Tournament information
Dates	3–7 February 2016 (2016-02-03 – 2016-02-07)
Venue	Tempodrom
City	Berlin
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	€367,000
Winner's share	€80,000
Highest break	Judd Trump (ENG) (125)
Final
Champion	Martin Gould (ENG)
Runner-up	Luca Brecel (BEL)
Score	9–5
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The defending champion Mark Selby lost 3–5 against Stephen Maguire in the last 16.^[1]

Martin Gould won the first ranking title of his professional career, defeating Luca Brecel 9–5 in the final.^[2] German referee Maike Kesseler officiated at her first ranking final.^[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[4]

Winner: €80,000 Runner-up: €35,000 Semi-final: €20,000 Quarter-final: €10,000 Last 16: €5,000 Last 32: €4,000 Last 64: €2,000

Televised highest break: €4,000 Total: €367,000

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
	Mark Selby (ENG)	5
	Steven Hallworth (ENG)	0
					Mark Selby	3
					Stephen Maguire	5
	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	5
	Ken Doherty (IRL)	1
									Stephen Maguire	1
									Graeme Dott	5
	Graeme Dott (SCO)	5
	Tian Pengfei (CHN)	0
					Graeme Dott	5
					Barry Hawkins	3
	Alan McManus (SCO)	2
	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	5
													Graeme Dott	2
													Martin Gould	6
	Judd Trump (ENG)	5
	Ali Carter (ENG)	0
					Judd Trump	5
					Zhang Anda	1
	Alfie Burden (ENG)	0
	Zhang Anda (CHN)	5
									Judd Trump	4
									Martin Gould	5
	Martin Gould (ENG)	5
	Mark Williams (WAL)	4
					Martin Gould	5
					Ben Woollaston	0
	Ben Woollaston (ENG)	5
	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	4
																	Martin Gould	9
																	Luca Brecel	5
	Zhao Xintong (CHN)	2
	Luca Brecel (BEL)	5
					Luca Brecel	5
					Kurt Maflin	3
	Marco Fu (HKG)	1
	Kurt Maflin (NOR)	5
									Luca Brecel	5
									Mark Joyce	4
	Mark Joyce (ENG)	5
	Mark Allen (NIR)	2
					Mark Joyce	5
					Mark King	2
	Mark King (ENG)	5
	Stuart Carrington (ENG)	4
													Luca Brecel	6
													Kyren Wilson	3
	Ian Burns (ENG)	4
	Michael Holt (ENG)	5
					Michael Holt	4
					Kyren Wilson	5
	Rory McLeod (ENG)	4
	Kyren Wilson (ENG)	5
									Kyren Wilson	5
									Ryan Day	4
	Ryan Day (WAL)	5
	Liang Wenbo (CHN)	3
					Ryan Day	5
					Stuart Bingham	3
	Fergal O'Brien (IRL)	2
	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 7 February 2016.
Martin Gould  England	9–5	Luca Brecel  Belgium
Afternoon: 21–96 (68), 55–50, 52–41, 72–1 (72), 31–73 (51), 83–0 (83), 54–63 (59), 104–4 (104) Evening: 129–0 (110), 58–0, 39–76 (55), 66–32, 56–69 (56, 63), 78–0
110	Highest break	68
2	Century breaks	0
5	50+ breaks	5

Qualifying

These matches were held between 17 and 20 December 2015 at the Robin Park Arena and Sports Centre in Wigan, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.^[5]

Round 1

Mark Selby (ENG) w/o–w/d  Kuldesh Johal (ENG)  Sam Baird (ENG) 3–5  David Morris (IRL)  Dominic Dale (WAL) 4–5  Andy Hicks (ENG)  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 4–5  Steven Hallworth (ENG)  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 5–1  Chris Wakelin (ENG)  Andrew Higginson (ENG) 5–4  Joe O'Connor (ENG)  Michael White (WAL) 5–2  Sanderson Lam (ENG)  Ken Doherty (IRL) 5–4  Michael Georgiou (ENG)  Jamie Burnett (SCO) 3–5  Zak Surety (ENG)  Graeme Dott (SCO) w/o–w/d  Fraser Patrick (SCO)  Tian Pengfei (CHN) 5–0  Lyu Chenwei (CHN)  Ding Junhui (CHN) 5–2  Gareth Allen (WAL)  Mike Dunn (ENG) 5–4  Sydney Wilson (ENG)  Alan McManus (SCO) 5–0  James Wattana (THA)  Zhou Yuelong (CHN) 5–1  Zhang Yong (CHN)  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 5–2  Luke Simmonds (ENG)  Judd Trump (ENG) 5–1  Peter Lines (ENG)  David Grace (ENG) 4–5  Rhys Clark (SCO)  Ali Carter (ENG) 5–3  Barry Pinches (ENG)  Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 5–4  Jason Weston (ENG)  Ricky Walden (ENG) 3–5  Alfie Burden (ENG)  Robin Hull (FIN) 5–2  Paul Davison (ENG)  Robert Milkins (ENG) 4–5  Zhang Anda (CHN)  Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) 5–3  Tony Drago (MLT)  Gerard Greene (NIR) 1–5  Nigel Bond (ENG)  Martin Gould (ENG) 5–1  Joel Walker (ENG)  Li Hang (CHN) 5–0  Hatem Yassen (EGY)  Mark Williams (WAL) 5–1  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)  Xiao Guodong (CHN) 5–3  Lee Walker (WAL)  Ben Woollaston (ENG) 5–2  Sam Craigie (ENG)  Oliver Lines (ENG) 1–5  Lu Ning (CHN)  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 5–3  Michael Wasley (ENG)

Neil Robertson (AUS) 1–5  Ashley Hugill (ENG)  Cao Yupeng (CHN) 3–5  Zhao Xintong (CHN)  Jamie Jones (WAL) 5–3  Adam Duffy (ENG)  Luca Brecel (BEL) 5–2  James Cahill (ENG)  Marco Fu (HKG) 5–3  Hammad Miah (ENG)  Yu Delu (CHN) 5–4  Liam Highfield (ENG)  David Gilbert (ENG) 4–5  Martin O'Donnell (ENG)  Kurt Maflin (NOR) 5–0  Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG)  Mark Joyce (ENG) 5–3  Alex Taubman (WAL)  Mark Davis (ENG) 4–5  Ross Muir (SCO)  Robbie Williams (ENG) 5–1  Noppon Saengkham (THA)  Mark Allen (NIR) 5–2  Duane Jones (WAL)  Mark King (ENG) 5–0  Jimmy White (ENG)  Anthony McGill (SCO) 5–3  Michael Wild (ENG)  Stuart Carrington (ENG) 5–4  Jamie Cope (ENG)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 5–1  Hamza Akbar (PAK)  John Higgins (SCO) 5–1  Ian Glover (ENG)  Aditya Mehta (IND) 1–5  Ian Burns (ENG)  Michael Holt (ENG) 5–0  Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)  Rod Lawler (ENG) 5–4  Craig Steadman (ENG)  Joe Perry (ENG) 5–2  Chris Melling (ENG)  Rory McLeod (ENG) 5–3  Vinnie Calabrese (AUS)  Kyren Wilson (ENG) 5–0  Jake Nicholson (ENG)  Jack Lisowski (ENG) 5–0  Thor Chuan Leong (MYS)  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 5–1  Itaro Santos (BRA)  Ryan Day (WAL) 5–2  Scott Donaldson (SCO)  Joe Swail (NIR) 5–2  Allan Taylor (ENG)  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 5–4  Eden Sharav (SCO)  Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 5–4  Hossein Vafaei (IRN)  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 5–1  Mitchell Mann (ENG)  Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 5–2  Darryl Hill (IOM)  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 5–1  Daniel Wells (WAL)

Round 2

Mark Selby 5–3 David Morris Andy Hicks 4–5 Steven Hallworth Stephen Maguire 5–2 Andrew Higginson Michael White 3–5 Ken Doherty Zak Surety 0–5 Graeme Dott Tian Pengfei 5–3 Ding Junhui Mike Dunn 1–5 Alan McManus Zhou Yuelong 3–5 Barry Hawkins Judd Trump 5–2 Rhys Clark Ali Carter 5–3 Jimmy Robertson Alfie Burden 5–1 Robin Hull Zhang Anda 5–4 Dechawat Poomjaeng Nigel Bond 1–5 Martin Gould Li Hang 3–5 Mark Williams Xiao Guodong 4–5 Ben Woollaston Lu Ning 2–5 Shaun Murphy

Ashley Hugill 1–5 Zhao Xintong Jamie Jones 0–5 Luca Brecel Marco Fu 5–1 Yu Delu Martin O'Donnell 3–5 Kurt Maflin Mark Joyce 5–3 Ross Muir Robbie Williams 0–5 Mark Allen Mark King 5–4 Anthony McGill Stuart Carrington 5–3 Ronnie O'Sullivan John Higgins 3–5 Ian Burns Michael Holt 5–4 Rod Lawler Joe Perry 3–5 Rory McLeod Kyren Wilson 5–1 Jack Lisowski Matthew Stevens 3–5 Ryan Day Joe Swail 2–5 Liang Wenbo Fergal O'Brien 5–4 Peter Ebdon Anthony Hamilton 4–5 Stuart Bingham

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

^[6]

138, 108 – Michael Wasley 137, 131, 116 – Marco Fu 137, 122 – Stephen Maguire 136 – Dominic Dale 133 – Anthony McGill 131, 103 – Alan McManus 130, 107 – Zhao Xintong 130 – Michael White 129 – Ian Burns 128 – Matthew Stevens 127, 104 – Robin Hull 127, 102 – Stuart Bingham 127 – Mark King 126 – Ronnie O'Sullivan 124 – Michael Holt 122 – Rod Lawler

121, 102 – Liang Wenbo 121 – Zhou Yuelong 120 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 119 – Barry Hawkins 118, 111, 110 – Shaun Murphy 115, 108 – Barry Pinches 113, 108 – John Higgins 105, 100 – Kurt Maflin 104 – Tian Pengfei 104 – Sam Craigie 104 – Fergal O'Brien 104 – Eden Sharav 103 – Neil Robertson 103 – Kyren Wilson 102 – Ali Carter 102 – Hossein Vafaei

Televised stage centuries

^[7]

125, 120, 109, 104 – Judd Trump 121 – Mark Allen 119, 105, 104 – Mark Joyce 113 – Fergal O'Brien 110, 104, 100 – Martin Gould 109 – Stuart Bingham

106 – Marco Fu 103 – Mark King 102 – Graeme Dott 102 – Luca Brecel 101 – Kurt Maflin