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.
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 30 January – 3 February 2019 |
| Venue | Tempodrom |
| City | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £400,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Highest break |  David Gilbert (ENG) (139) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
| Runner-up | David Gilbert (ENG) |
| Score | 9–7 |
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The event was won by Kyren Wilson, who won his third career ranking event, defeating David Gilbert in the final 9–7.[1]
Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost 5–0 to Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals.[2]
Judd Trump made his fourth career maximum break, in the second qualifying round of the event, in his 5–0 win over Lukas Kleckers.[3] 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 edit
Two rounds of qualifying took place between 18 and 21 December 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.[4] The main event featured 32 players, held between 30 January and 3 February 2019 on four tables.
Prize fund edit
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000
Main draw edit
Final edit
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 3 February 2019. | ||
| Kyren Wilson England
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9–7 | David Gilbert England
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| Afternoon: 79–25, 74–0, 1–92, 87–0, 69–41, 0–95, 45–80, 101–0 Evening: 24–85, 0–102, 27–87, 36–94, 93–18, 58–47, 103–3, 78–0 | ||
| 93 | Highest break | 95 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
Qualifying edit
Two rounds of qualifying matches took place between 18 and 21 December 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.[6] All matches were best of 9 frames.
Round 1 edit
Round 2 edit
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Century breaks edit
Main stage centuries edit
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 edit
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
References edit
- ^ "Kyren Wilson beats David Gilbert to win dramatic German Masters final". BBC Sport. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ^ "Maguire Downs Trump To Reach Semis". World Snooker. 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Trump Makes 147 In German Qualifiers". World Snooker. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Calendar 2018/2019_December". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2018.