The 2015 German Masters (officially the 2015 Kreativ Dental German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–8 February 2015 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.[1]

2015 Kreativ Dental German Masters
Tournament information
Dates4–8 February 2015 (2015-02-04 – 2015-02-08)
VenueTempodrom
CityBerlin
CountryGermany
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund€341,737
Winner's share€80,000
Highest break Judd Trump (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Score9–7
2014
2016

Judd Trump made the 113th official maximum break during his quarter-final match against Mark Selby.[2]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 4–5 against Ryan Day in the last 32.[4]

Selby won his fifth ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 9–7 in the final.[5]

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6][7]

Main draw edit

Impressions
 
The venue at the first night of the tournament
 
Panoramic view from the main arena with 5 tables, two less than in 2014
 
Little Arena, used as TV-Studio for Eurosport-UK
 
Eurosport commentators Neal Foulds and Jimmy White in an interview with Shaun Murphy

[8][9][10]

 
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
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui (CHN) 4
 
 
 
  Ryan Day (WAL) 5
 
  Ryan Day 5
 
 
 
  Alfie Burden 2
 
  Michael Georgiou (ENG) 3
 
 
 
  Alfie Burden (ENG) 5
 
  Ryan Day 4
 
 
 
  Liang Wenbo 5
 
  Li Hang (CHN) 1
 
 
 
  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 5
 
  Liang Wenbo 5
 
 
 
  Stuart Bingham 4
 
  Matthew Selt (ENG) 3
 
 
 
  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 5
 
  Liang Wenbo 4
 
 
 
  Shaun Murphy6
 
  Mark Allen (NIR) 5
 
 
 
  Mark Williams (WAL) 2
 
  Mark Allen 4
 
 
 
  Shaun Murphy5
 
  Michael Wasley (ENG) 1
 
 
 
  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 5
 
  Shaun Murphy 5
 
 
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan4
 
  Joe Perry (ENG) 5
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson (ENG)0
 
  Joe Perry 0
 
 
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
 
  Mark Davis (ENG) 1
 
 
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 5
 
  Shaun Murphy7
 
 
 
  Mark Selby 9
 
  Neil Robertson (AUS)5
 
 
 
  Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 0
 
  Neil Robertson5
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong 0
 
  Xiao Guodong (CHN) 5
 
 
 
  Liam Highfield (ENG) 4
 
  Neil Robertson4
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire 5
 
  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 5
 
 
 
  David Gilbert (ENG) 3
 
  Stephen Maguire 5
 
 
 
  Mark King 2
 
  Mark King (ENG) 5
 
 
 
  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 3
 
  Stephen Maguire2
 
 
 
  Mark Selby 6
 
  Judd Trump (ENG) 5
 
 
 
  Michael Holt (ENG) 0
 
  Judd Trump 5
 
 
 
  Martin Gould 1
 
  Martin Gould (ENG) 5
 
 
 
  Ashley Carty (ENG) 3
 
  Judd Trump 4
 
 
 
  Mark Selby 5
 
  John Higgins (SCO) 2
 
 
 
  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 5
 
  Peter Ebdon 1
 
 
 
  Mark Selby 5
 
  Anthony McGill (SCO)4
 
 
  Mark Selby (ENG) 5
 

Final edit

 
Mark Selby with trophy
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt.
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 8 February 2015.[10]
Shaun Murphy
  England
7–9
Mark Selby
  England
Afternoon: 39–71, 88–32 (72), 0–106 (53), 130–0 (130), 119–7 (118), 73–40, 80–0 (51), 62–70 (Selby 62)
Evening: 35–92 (92), 47–84 (52), 0–93 (93), 37–72, 80–0 (80), 60–52, 19–79, 4–99 (51)
130 Highest break 93
2 Century breaks 0
5 50+ breaks 6

Qualifying edit

These matches were held between 17 and 19 December 2014 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[11][12][13]

Round 1 edit

Round 2 edit

Century breaks edit

Qualifying stage centuries edit

[14]

Televised stage centuries edit

[15]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tournament Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Trump Makes 147 In Berlin". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Ding Junhui in historic German Masters win over Judd Trump". BBC Sport. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Happy Day Knocks Out Champ Ding". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Selby Takes German Glory". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 February 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2014/2015 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  7. ^ "German Masters – Turnierinfo: Sieger, Preisgeld & Distanzen" (in German). Eurosport Deutschland. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  8. ^ "German Masters Draw" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  9. ^ "German Masters 2015 Provisional Format of Play" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Kreativ Dental German Masters (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  11. ^ "German Masters 2015 Qualifiers draw & results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 December 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  12. ^ "German Masters 2015 Qualifying Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  13. ^ "German Masters Qualifiers (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  14. ^ "German Masters qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  15. ^ "German Masters: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

External links edit