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.
The defending champion Mark Selby lost 3–5 against Stephen Maguire in the last 16.
Martin Gould won the first ranking title of his professional career, defeating Luca Brecel 9–5 in the final. German referee Maike Kesseler officiated at her first ranking final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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
Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler.Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 7 February 2016. Martin Gould 9–5 Luca Brecel Afternoon: 21–96 (68), , , , , , , Evening: 129–0 (110), 58–0, , , , 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.
Round 1
3–5 4–5 4–5 5–1 5–4 5–2 5–4 3–5 w/o–w/d 5–0 5–2 5–4 5–0 5–1 5–2 5–1 4–5 5–3 5–4 3–5 5–2 4–5 5–3 1–5 5–1 5–0 5–1 5–3 5–2 1–5 5–3
1–5 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–3 5–4 4–5 5–0 5–3 4–5 5–1 5–2 5–0 5–3 5–4 5–1 5–1 1–5 5–0 5–4 5–2 5–3 5–0 5–0 5–1 5–2 5–2 5–4 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–1
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
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
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
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