2018 German Masters
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 31 January – 4 February 2018 |
| City | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £364,500 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Highest break |  Judd Trump (ENG) (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Mark Williams (WAL) |
| Runner-up |  Graeme Dott (SCO) |
| Score | 9–1 |
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The 2018 German Masters (officially the 2018 D88 German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 31 January to 4 February 2018 in Berlin, Germany.[1] It was the thirteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Anthony Hamilton was the defending champion, but he lost 1–5 to Jimmy Robertson in the first round.[2]
Mark Williams won his 20th professional ranking title and his second of the season, defeating Graeme Dott 9–1 in the final.[3]
Prize fund
[edit]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4][5]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.
Main draw
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Final
[edit]| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 4 February 2018. | ||
| Mark Williams Wales
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9–1 | Graeme Dott Scotland
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| Afternoon: 79–1, 73–8, 56–72, 66–64, 79–0, 76–40, 74–43, 132–0 (110) Evening: 66–16, 86–8 | ||
| 110 | Highest break | 64 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
Qualifying
[edit]These matches were played between 19 and 22 December 2017 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames. Ali Carter was a 2017 German Masters finalist, but he was beaten 5–3 by Wang Yuchen.
Round 1
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Round 2
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Century breaks
[edit]Televised stage centuries
[edit]Total: 27[6]
- 140, 109, 103 – Judd Trump
- 138, 104 – Shaun Murphy
- 136 – Mark Joyce
- 136 – Mei Xiwen
- 131, 124 – Ding Junhui
- 130, 117, 115 – Ryan Day
- 121 – Graeme Dott
- 114, 104 – Ben Woollaston
- 112, 108 – Gary Wilson
- 111 – Liang Wenbo
- 110, 109 – Mark Williams
- 109, 103 – Mark Davis
- 103 – Jack Lisowski
- 102 – Ricky Walden
- 101 – David Gilbert
- 101 – Matthew Selt
- 100 – Mark Allen
Qualifying stage centuries
[edit]Total: 52[7]
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References
[edit]- ^ "2017/18 World Snooker Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Robertson End's Sheriff's Reign". World Snooker. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Mark Williams: Welsh snooker player claims German Masters win". BBC Sport. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "D88 GERMAN MASTERS". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
- ^ "Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores". Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-01-31.