The 2013 German Masters (officially the 2013 Betfair German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 January – 3 February 2013 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he decided not to compete this year.
Ali Carter won his third ranking title by defeating Marco Fu 9–6 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: €60,000 Runner-up: €32,000 Semi-final: €16,000 Quarter-final: €9,000 Last 16: €4,500 Last 32: €2,750 Last 64: €1,500
Non-televised highest break: €0 Televised highest break: €2,000 Total: €300,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel.Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 3 February 2013. Ali Carter 9–6 Marco Fu Afternoon: 54–71, , , , , , , Evening: 117–4 (116), , , , , , 121 Highest break 104 2 Century breaks 1 5 50+ breaks 3
Qualifying Qualifying matches were held between 28 and 30 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England. 10 matches from the second qualifying round, were held over and played on 30 January 2013 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. Matches were over 9 frames.
Round 1
5–2 5–2 2–5 5–0 5–4 5–0 4–5 3–5 3–5 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–1 5–3 3–5 5–0
5–1 5–3 5–3 5–3 1–5 5–1 5–4 5–4 5–1 w/o–w/d 1–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng|THA}} 3–5 5–1 5–3 4–5 1–5
Round 2
Matches were held over and played in Berlin. 5–4 James Wattana 0–5 Anthony Hamilton 1–5 Fraser Patrick 5–0 Rory McLeod 2–5 Xiao Guodong 1–5 Kurt Maflin 5–1 Tian Pengfei 5–1 Martin O'Donnell 5–0 Daniel Wells 3–5 Michael Wasley 5–4 Zhang Anda 5–1 Rod Lawler 5–3 Liang Wenbo 4–5 Dave Harold 5–4 Chen Zhe 5–1 Ben Woollaston
3–5 Peter Lines 5–4 Adam Duffy 5–4 Matthew Selt 5–3 Alfred Burden 5–3 Pankaj Advani 5–4 Mark Joyce 5–3 Barry Pinches 5–3 Alan McManus 5–2 Nigel Bond 5–3 Jimmy White 2–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng 5–0 Sam Baird 5–4 Liu Chuang 5–3 Jamie Jones 5–0 Simon Bedford 5–2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Century breaks
144, 122 Michael Holt 142, 127, 115 Kurt Maflin 142, 126, 110, 108, 104, 100 Marco Fu 141, 130 Liang Wenbo 141, 106 Judd Trump 141 Neil Robertson 140 Robert Milkins 135 Matthew Selt 134, 114 Ding Junhui 133, 127, 116, 107 Shaun Murphy 132, 130, 122, 106, 102 Barry Hawkins 131 Graeme Dott 130 Xiao Guodong 129 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 128, 102 Joe Perry 128 Adam Duffy 123, 114, 104 Mark Selby
121, 116 Ali Carter 121, 102 Dave Harold 120 Mark Joyce 119 Ricky Walden 116 Fergal O'Brien 112 James Wattana 107 Jamie Jones 105 Stuart Bingham 105 Mark King 103 Pankaj Advani 102 Rod Lawler 101 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 101 Matthew Stevens 100 Gerard Greene 100 Luca Brecel 100 Fraser Patrick 100 Mark Allen
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