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2012 German Masters

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the curling event, see 2012 German Masters (curling).

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]

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 edit

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

Wildcard round edit

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 edit

[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 edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

Round 1 edit

Round 2 edit

Round 3 edit

Century breaks edit

Qualifying stage centuries edit

[16]

Televised stage centuries edit

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

[17]

Gallery edit

References edit

  1. ^ "PartyPoker.net Sponsor German Masters". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Dunn Joins 147 Club". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Hendry To Miss German Masters". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  4. ^ "German Masters Draw Released". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Rocket flies again in Germany final". Times of Malta. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  6. ^ "O'Sullivan fights back to land Masters". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  7. ^ Gábor, Buzás. "Ronnie végre!". Eurosport Hu. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Prize Money". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  9. ^ a b "2012 German Masters final stage draw and order of play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  10. ^ a b "2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  11. ^ a b c "PartyPoker.net German Masters (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  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 2013-12-15. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  13. ^ "2012 German Masters qualifiers draw and format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  14. ^ "German Masters Qualifiers". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  15. ^ "PartyPoker.net German Masters Qualifiers (2011)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  16. ^ "Qualifying stage century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  17. ^ "Televised stage century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

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