| Tournament name | 2014 German Masters |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 January 2014 – 2 February 2014 |
| Venue | Tempodrom |
| Location | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | €337,976 |
| Winners share | €80,000 |
| Highest break | Michael Holt (England) (143) |
| Winner | Ding Junhui (China) |
| Runner up | Judd Trump (England) |
| Score | 9–5 |
| Previous | 2013 |
| Next | 2015 |
The 2014 German Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 January–2 February 2014 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the seventh ranking event of the 2013/2014 season.[1]
Two maximum breaks were compiled during the qualifying stage of the tournament at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Dechawat Poomjaeng made the 101st official maximum break during his match against Zak Surety. This was Poomjaeng's first 147 break.[2] Just one day later Gary Wilson made the 102nd official maximum break during the match against Ricky Walden. This was Wilson's first 147 break.[3] It also took the total number of maximum breaks for the season to five.
Ali Carter was the defending champion,[4] but he lost 4–5 against Dechawat Poomjaeng in the last 64.
Ding Junhui won his 10th ranking title by defeating Judd Trump 9–5 in the final. Ding became the first player to win four ranking events in a single season since Stephen Hendry in 1990/1991.[5]
Prize fund
The total prize money of the event was raised to €337,100 from the previous year's €300,000. The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6]
- Winner: €80,000
- Runner-up: €35,000
- Semi-final: €20,000
- Quarter-final: €10,000
- Last 16: €5,000
- Last 32: €3,000
- Last 64: €1,500
- Non-televised highest break: €0
- Televised highest break: €4,000
- Non-televised maximum break: €2,976[2]
- Total: €337,976
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 2 February 2014.[9][10] | ||
| Ding Junhui | 9–5 | Judd Trump |
| Afternoon: 0–80 (80), 87–0 (87), 14–65, 31–69, 92–0 (76), 48–76, 71–42 (51), 81–0 (81) Evening: 125–0 (125), 101–0 (101), 83–0 (72), 62–48, 31–83, 67–46 | ||
| 125 | Highest break | 80 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 1 |
Qualifying
These matches were played on 11 and 12 December 2013 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[11][12][13]
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 147, 135 – Gary Wilson
- 147 – Dechawat Poomjaeng
- 141 – Alan McManus
- 122 – Xiao Guodong
- 120 – Dominic Dale
- 118 – Matthew Stevens
- 115 – Noppon Saengkham
- 115 – Mark Selby
- 113 – Peter Ebdon
- 111 – Michael Holt
- 111 – Neil Robertson
- 110 – Judd Trump
- 109 – Joe Perry
- 107 – Barry Hawkins
- 107 – Mark King
- 106 – Anthony McGill
- 105 – Dave Harold
- 103 – Robin Hull
- 102 – Ross Muir
- 101 – Sam Baird
- 100 – Michael White
- 100 – Marco Fu
Televised stage centuries
- 143, 106 – Michael Holt
- 138, 130, 114 – Xiao Guodong
- 128 – Shaun Murphy
- 127, 122, 117, 110, 102 – Judd Trump
- 125, 121, 107, 101 – Ding Junhui
- 124, 108 – Tian Pengfei
- 124 – Neil Robertson
- 123 – Gary Wilson
- 118 – Mark King
- 113, 105 – Mark Selby
- 112 – Anthony McGill
- 109 – Ryan Day
- 104, 102 – Joe Perry
- 104 – Joel Walker
- 102 – Kurt Maflin
- 100 – Mark Williams
- 100 – Stephen Maguire
References
- ^ "Tournament Calendar 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Poomjaeng Joins 147 Club". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Wilson Makes 147 in Barnsley". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 December 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "Ali Carter won the German Masters after beating Marco Fu in Berlin". Sky Sports. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ "Ding Junhui in historic German Masters win over Judd Trump". BBC Sport. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ^ "German Masters 2014 draw & results". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "German Masters 2014 Provisional format of play". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "German Masters (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "German Masters: Final – Match 63 – Ding Junhui v Judd Trump". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "German Masters 2014 Qualifiers draw & results". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ "Provisional qualifying format of the German Masters 2014 and the Haikou World Open 2014". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "German Masters Qualifiers (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "German Masters qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
- ^ "German Masters: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived 1 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 February 2014.