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.
Mike Dunn made the 79th official maximum break during his round 1 qualifying match against Kurt Maflin. This was Dunn's first 147 break. 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.
Mark Williams was the defending champion, 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.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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.
Match Score WC1 5–1 WC2 5–3 WC3 5–3 WC4 3–5 WC5 5–0 WC6 w/o–w/d WC7 5–2 WC8 5–1
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2012. Ronnie O'Sullivan (14) 9–7 Stephen Maguire (9) Afternoon: 111–26 (111), , , , , , , Evening: 0–115 (69), , , , , , , 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. Matches were over 9 frames.
Preliminary round
2–5
1–5
Round 1
4–5 1–5 4–5 5–3 w/o–w/d 5–1 5–2 4–5 5–0 5– 3 5–1 5–2 2–5 5–0 5–2 Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–2
5–2 5–3 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–3 w/o–w/d 5–2 2–5 4–5 5–3 5–1 Luca Brecel 3–5 5–3 2–5 5–3
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
5–4 Sam Craigie 5–4 Jimmy White 1–5 Adrian Gunnell 3–5 Yu Delu 5–3 Robert Milkins 5–2 Jamie Jones 3–5 Mike Dunn 5–3 Peter Lines
4–5 Liu Song 1–5 James Wattana 5–1 Liu Chuang 5–4 Andy Hicks 4–5 Paul Davison 5–0 Anthony Hamilton 5–4 Anthony McGill 5–2 Michael White
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
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
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
References
External links
German Masters 2012: Qualifs Day 1 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook German Masters 2012: Qualifs Day 2 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook German Masters 2012: Main Day 1 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook German Masters 2012: Main Day 2 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook German Masters 2012: Main Day 3 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook