2018 German Masters
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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| 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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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
    
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
    
Final
    
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 4 February 2018. | ||
| Mark Williams  Wales | 9–1 | Graeme Dott  Scotland | 
| Afternoon: 79–1 (79), 73–8, 56–72 (56, 64), 66–64, 79–0 (79), 76–40 (66), 74–43, 132–0 (110) Evening: 66–16 (66), 86–8 (50) | ||
| 110 | Highest break | 64 | 
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 | 
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 1 | 
Qualifying
    
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
    
Round 2
    
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Century breaks
    
    Televised stage centuries
    
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
    
Total: 52[7]
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References
    
- "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.
-  "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
-  "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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