The 2019 German Masters (officially the 2019 D88.com German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 30 January to 3 February 2019 in Berlin, Germany. The tournament was the eleventh ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

The event was won by Kyren Wilson, who won his third career ranking event, defeating David Gilbert in the final 9–7.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost 5–0 to Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals.

Judd Trump made his fourth career maximum break, in the second qualifying round of the event, in his 5–0 win over Lukas Kleckers. David Gilbert made the main event's highest break; with a break of 139.

Despite never previously reaching the last 16 of a ranking event, Duane Jones reached the semi-finals, defeating top 16 players Ding Junhui and Jack Lisowski.

Tournament Summary Two rounds of qualifying took place between 18 and 21 December 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. The main event featured 32 players, held between 30 January and 3 February 2019 on four tables.

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: £3,000

Highest break: £1,500 Total: £396,500

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000

Main draw

Final Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Desislava BozhilovaTempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 3 February 2019. Kyren Wilson 9–7 David GilbertAfternoon: 79–25, , , , , , , Evening: 24–85, 0–102, , , , , , 93 Highest break 95 0 Century breaks 0

Qualifying Two rounds of qualifying matches took place between 18 and 21 December 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Round 1

5–3 2–5 5–4 1–5 2–5 5–1 5–2 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–2 5–2 4–5 5–4 3–5 5–1 5–1 1–5 5–1 5–2 5–3 0–5 5–1 5–2 5–2 5–3 0–5 3–5 5–2 1–5 2–5 5–2

5–0 3–5 5–1 5–0 5–1 5–4 4–5 3–5 5–0 5–2 5–0 5–3 5–1 5–4 5–2 5–0 5–0 5–3 5–2 0–5 5–4 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–2 5–2 2–5 2–5 5–1 5–4 4–5 5–1

Round 2

Mark Williams 5–1 Jak Jones Zhou Yuelong 5–2 Dominic Dale Sam Craigie 3–5 Sam Baird Joe Perry 5–0 Chris Totten Peter Ebdon 5–4 Mark King Jimmy White 2–5 Shaun Murphy Rory McLeod 5–4 Martin Gould Oliver Lines 2–5 Kyren Wilson Barry Hawkins 5–4 Stuart Carrington Robert Milkins 5–2 Eden Sharav Stephen Maguire 5–1 Gerard Greene Graeme Dott 4–5 Michael Georgiou Lu Ning 4–5 Yan Bingtao Ken Doherty 2–5 Matthew Stevens Li Hang 5–3 Luo Honghao Lukas Kleckers 0–5 Judd Trump

John Higgins 5–4 Chris Wakelin Noppon Saengkham 4–5 Yuan Sijun Jack Lisowski 5–4 Gary Wilson Jordan Brown 2–5 Duane Jones Zhao Xintong 2–5 Xiao Guodong Sunny Akani 4–5 Ryan Day Fergal O'Brien 5–1 Liang Wenbo Kuldesh Johal 2–5 Ding Junhui Neil Robertson 5–2 James Cahill Tom Ford 4–5 Kurt Maflin Stuart Bingham 5–0 Niu Zhuang Jimmy Robertson 5–1 Joe Swail Craig Steadman 4–5 David Gilbert Ben Woollaston 5–1 Matthew Selt Ross Muir 2–5 Ricky Walden John Astley 1–5 Mark Selby

Century breaks

Main stage centuries Total: 28

139, 120, 105 David Gilbert 138, 129 Duane Jones 137 Fergal O'Brien 135 Matthew Stevens 130 Stuart Bingham 128 Ding Junhui 127, 126, 120, 106 Mark Selby 127 Mark Williams 118 Stephen Maguire 117 Kyren Wilson 113 Judd Trump 113 Yan Bingtao 110, 104 Neil Robertson 110 Jack Lisowski 110 Rory McLeod 109 Peter Ebdon 105, 102, 102 Xiao Guodong 105 Li Hang 104 Barry Hawkins

Qualifying stage centuries Total: 80

147, 137, 114 Judd Trump 145, 110 Jack Lisowski 143, 118 Barry Hawkins 137, 136, 131, 129, 124, 105, 103 Shaun Murphy 137 Li Hang 136, 119, 115, 111 Matthew Stevens 136 Chris Wakelin 136 Zhou Yuelong 135, 119, 106, 103 Mark Williams 135, 118, 102 Neil Robertson 135 Sam Craigie 135 Anthony McGill 134 Dominic Dale 133, 101 David Gilbert 132, 130 Graeme Dott 132 Ashley Carty 129 John Higgins 128 Tom Ford 127, 108 Duane Jones 127 Jak Jones 125, 116 Lu Ning 125 Stuart Bingham 121 Chen Feilong 120 Gary Wilson 119, 107 Liang Wenbo 117, 111, 100 Robert Milkins 116, 102 Ricky Walden 115, 104 Joe Perry 112 Craig Steadman 111 Fergal O'Brien 109 Jordan Brown 109 Yuan Sijun 107 Stephen Maguire 105 Rory McLeod 104, 101 Ding Junhui 104 Stuart Carrington 104 Zhang Anda 103 Mei Xiwen 103 Matthew Selt 103 Robbie Williams 103 Xiao Guodong 102 Mark King 101, 100 Peter Ebdon 101 Eden Sharav 101 Lee Walker 101 Yan Bingtao 100, 100 Mark Selby 100 Marco Fu 100 Gerard Greene 100 Kurt Maflin

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