This article is about the snooker tournament. For the curling event, see 2012 German Masters (curling).
2012 German Masters
Tournament name2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters
Dates1 February 2012 – 5 February 2012
VenueTempodrom
LocationBerlin
CountryGermany
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund€280,000
Winners share€50,000
Highest breakStephen Maguire (Scotland) (130)
WinnerRonnie O'Sullivan (England)
Runner upStephen Maguire (Scotland)
Score9–7
Previous2011
Next2013

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]

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]

  • Winner: €50,000
  • Runner-up: €30,000
  • Semi-final: €15,000
  • Quarter-final: €9,000
  • Last 16: €6,000
  • Last 32: €3,750
  • Last 48: €1,500
  • Stage two highest break: €2,000
  • Total: €280,000

Wildcard round

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

MatchScore
WC1Ken Doherty (Ireland)5–1Patrick Einsle (Germany)
WC2Adrian Gunnell (England)5–3Peter Bullen (Belgium)
WC3Yu Delu (China)5–3Chris Norbury (England)
WC4Mike Dunn (England)3–5Craig Steadman (England)
WC5Liu Song (China)5–0Soner Sari (Turkey)
WC6James Wattana (Thailand)w/o–w/dMario Wehrmann (Netherlands)
WC7Paul Davison (England)5–2Krzysztof Wróbel (Poland)
WC8Tom Ford (England)5–1Philip Arnold (Ireland)

Main draw

[9][10][11]

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb.
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2012.[11][12]
Ronnie O'Sullivan (14)
9–7Stephen Maguire (9)
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
111Highest break130
1Century breaks3
650+ breaks7

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

Lucky Vatnani (India)2–5Dechawat Poomjaeng (Thailand)
Daniel Wells (Wales)1–5Luca Brecel (Belgium)

Round 1

Mark Joyce (England)4–5David Grace (England)
Jack Lisowski (England)1–5Sam Craigie (England)
Joe Jogia (England)4–5Stuart Carrington (England)
Jimmy White (England)5–3Matthew Couch (England)
Jimmy Robertson (England)w/o–w/dBjorn Haneveer (Belgium)
Adrian Gunnell (England)5–1Sam Baird (England)
Alfie Burden (England)5–2Scott MacKenzie (Scotland)
Barry Pinches (England)4–5Yu Delu (China)
Robert Milkins (England)5–0Tian Pengfei (China)
Steve Davis (England)5– 3Joe Meara (Northern Ireland)
Ben Woollaston (England)5–1Rod Lawler (England)
Jamie Jones (Wales)5–2Andrew Norman (England)
Tony Drago (Malta)2–5Adam Wicheard (England)
Mike Dunn (England)5–0Kurt Maflin (Norway)
Jamie Burnett (Scotland)5–2Dechawat Poomjaeng
Peter Lines (England)5–2Simon Bedford (England)
Rory McLeod (England)5–2Kacper Filipiak (Poland)
Liu Song (China)5–3Liam Highfield (England)
Nigel Bond (England)1–5Andrew Pagett (Wales)
James Wattana (Thailand)5–3Passakorn Suwannawat (Thailand)
Liu Chuang (China)5–3Ian McCulloch (England)
Liang Wenbo (China)5–3Aditya Mehta (India)
Alan McManus (Scotland)w/o–w/dRobin Hull (Finland)
Andy Hicks (England)5–2Cao Yupeng (China)
Gerard Greene (Northern Ireland)2–5David Morris (Ireland)
Matthew Selt (England)4–5Paul Davison (England)
Anthony Hamilton (England)5–3David Hogan (Ireland)
Joe Swail (Northern Ireland)5–1Luca Brecel
Dave Harold (England)3–5Adam Duffy (England)
Anthony McGill (Scotland)5–3Li Yan (China)
Michael Holt (England)2–5Michael White (Wales)
Xiao Guodong (China)5–3David Gilbert (England)

Round 2

David Grace2–5Sam Craigie
Stuart Carrington3–5Jimmy White
Jimmy Robertson0–5Adrian Gunnell
Alfie Burden2–5Yu Delu
Robert Milkins5–1Steve Davis
Ben Woollaston2–5Jamie Jones
Adam Wicheard0–5Mike Dunn
Jamie Burnett3–5Peter Lines
Rory McLeod3–5Liu Song
Andrew Pagett1–5James Wattana
Liu Chuang5–3Liang Wenbo
Alan McManus4–5Andy Hicks
David Morris3–5Paul Davison
Anthony Hamilton5–4Joe Swail
Adam Duffy4–5Anthony McGill
Michael White5–2Xiao Guodong

Round 3

Ken Doherty (Ireland)5–4Sam Craigie
Peter Ebdon (England)5–4Jimmy White
Marco Fu (Hong Kong)1–5Adrian Gunnell
Jamie Cope (England)3–5Yu Delu
Joe Perry (England)5–3Robert Milkins
Andrew Higginson (England)5–2Jamie Jones
Mark King (England)3–5Mike Dunn
Marcus Campbell (Scotland)5–3Peter Lines
Fergal O'Brien (Ireland)4–5Liu Song
Stephen Hendry (Scotland)1–5James Wattana
Ricky Walden (England)5–1Liu Chuang
Barry Hawkins (England)5–4Andy Hicks
Dominic Dale (Wales)4–5Paul Davison
Tom Ford (England)5–0Anthony Hamilton
Ryan Day (Wales)5–4Anthony McGill
Mark Davis (England)5–2Michael White

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[16]

Televised stage centuries

[17]

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