2012 German Masters

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.[1]

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the curling event, see 2012 German Masters (curling).
2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters
Tournament information
Dates1–5 February 2012 (2012-02-01 – 2012-02-05)
VenueTempodrom
CityBerlin
CountryGermany
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund€280,000
Winner's share€50,000
Highest break Stephen Maguire (SCO) (130)
Final
Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)
Runner-up Stephen Maguire (SCO)
Score9–7
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Mike Dunn made the 79th official maximum break during his round 1 qualifying match against Kurt Maflin. This was Dunn's first 147 break.[2] 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.[3]

Mark Williams was the defending champion,[4] 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.[5][6][7]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Berlin on 1 February 2012.[9][10][11]

Match Score
WC1 Ken Doherty (IRL)5–1 Patrick Einsle (GER)
WC2 Adrian Gunnell (ENG)5–3 Peter Bullen (BEL)
WC3 Yu Delu (CHN)5–3 Chris Norbury (ENG)
WC4 Mike Dunn (ENG)3–5 Craig Steadman (ENG)
WC5 Liu Song (CHN)5–0 Soner Sari (TUR)
WC6 James Wattana (THA)w/o–w/d Mario Wehrmann (NLD)
WC7 Paul Davison (ENG)5–2 Krzysztof Wróbel (POL)
WC8 Tom Ford (ENG)5–1 Philip Arnold (IRL)

Main draw

[9][10][11]

Last 32
Best of 9 frames 		Last 16
Best of 9 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames 		Final
Best of 17 frames
               
1  Mark Williams (WAL) 5
 Ken Doherty (IRL) 0
1 Mark Williams 5
11 Stuart Bingham 2
11  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 5
 Peter Ebdon (ENG) 3
1 Mark Williams 3
13 Stephen Lee 5
13  Stephen Lee (ENG) 5
 Adrian Gunnell (ENG) 2
13 Stephen Lee 5
Yu Delu 2
5  Ding Junhui (CHN) 3
 Yu Delu (CHN) 5
13 Stephen Lee 4
14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 6
7  Ali Carter (ENG) 4
 Joe Perry (ENG) 5
Joe Perry 1
14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
14  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 5
 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 4
14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
15 Matthew Stevens 3
15  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 5
 Craig Steadman (ENG) 1
15 Matthew Stevens 5
4 Neil Robertson 1
4  Neil Robertson (AUS) 5
 Marcus Campbell (SCO) 2
14 Ronnie O'Sullivan 9
9 Stephen Maguire 7
3  Mark Selby (ENG) 5
 Liu Song (CHN) 0
3 Mark Selby 5
10 Graeme Dott 3
10  Graeme Dott (SCO) 5
 James Wattana (THA) 0
3 Mark Selby 3
6 Shaun Murphy 5
16  Martin Gould (ENG) 1
 Ricky Walden (ENG) 5
Ricky Walden 2
6 Shaun Murphy 5
6  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 5
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 4
6 Shaun Murphy 0
9 Stephen Maguire 6
8  Judd Trump (ENG) 5
 Paul Davison (ENG) 1
8 Judd Trump 5
12 Mark Allen 2
12  Mark Allen (NIR) 5
 Tom Ford (ENG) 4
8 Judd Trump 4
9 Stephen Maguire 5
9  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 5
 Ryan Day (WAL) 1
9 Stephen Maguire 5
2 John Higgins 0
2  John Higgins (SCO) 5
 Mark Davis (ENG) 1

Final
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Maguire behind the trophy before the last session of the final. In the background the referee Michaela Tabb.
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2012.[11][12]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (14)
 England		 9–7 Stephen Maguire (9)
 Scotland
Afternoon: 111–26 (111), 0–130 (130), 8–106 (106), 5–132 (128), 58–73 (O'Sullivan 58), 63–8, 20–69 (55), 75–24 (75)
Evening: 0–115 (69), 89–47 (89), 78–0 (54), 68–59 (Maguire 52), 94–37 (67), 75–31, 43–82 (82), 66–41
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.[13][14][15] Matches were over 9 frames.

Preliminary round

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[16]

Televised stage centuries
Stephen Maguire played the highest century of the televised stage with 130.

[17]

References
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  12. "German Masters: Final – Match 39: Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stephen Maguire". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
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