2012 German Masters

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

2012 PartyPoker.net German MastersTournament information

Dates| 1–5 February 2012 (2012-02-01 – 2012-02-05)
Venue| Tempodrom
City| Berlin
Country| Germany
Organisation| World Snooker
Format| Ranking 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)
Score| 9–7

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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

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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

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## Wildcard round

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

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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

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| 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 |

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| 1 |  Mark Williams (WAL) | 5 | | | | |
|  |  Ken Doherty (IRL) | 0 |
| | 1 |  Mark Williams | 5 |
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| | | 11 |  Stuart Bingham | 2 |
| 11 |  Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 5 |

|  |  Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 3 |
| | 1 |  Mark Williams | 3 |
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| | | 13 |  Stephen Lee | 5 |
| 13 |  Stephen Lee (ENG) | 5 | |

|  |  Adrian Gunnell (ENG) | 2 |
| | 13 |  Stephen Lee | 5 |
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| | |  |  Yu Delu | 2 |
| 5 |  Ding Junhui (CHN) | 3 |

|  |  Yu Delu (CHN) | 5 |
| | 13 |  Stephen Lee | 4 |
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| | | 14 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 6 |
| 7 |  Ali Carter (ENG) | 4 | | |

|  |  Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 |
| |  |  Joe Perry | 1 |
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| | | 14 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 |
| 14 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 |

|  |  Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 4 |
| | 14 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 |
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| | | 15 |  Matthew Stevens | 3 |
| 15 |  Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 5 | |

|  |  Craig Steadman (ENG) | 1 |
| | 15 |  Matthew Stevens | 5 |
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| | | 4 |  Neil Robertson | 1 |
| 4 |  Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5 |

|  |  Marcus Campbell (SCO) | 2 |
| | 14 |  Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9 |
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| | | 9 |  Stephen Maguire | 7 |
| 3 |  Mark Selby (ENG) | 5 | | | |

|  |  Liu Song (CHN) | 0 |
| | 3 |  Mark Selby | 5 |
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| | | 10 |  Graeme Dott | 3 |
| 10 |  Graeme Dott (SCO) | 5 |

|  |  James Wattana (THA) | 0 |
| | 3 |  Mark Selby | 3 |
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| | | 6 |  Shaun Murphy | 5 |
| 16 |  Martin Gould (ENG) | 1 | |

|  |  Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5 |
| |  |  Ricky Walden | 2 |
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| | | 6 |  Shaun Murphy | 5 |
| 6 |  Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5 |

|  |  Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 4 |
| | 6 |  Shaun Murphy | 0 |
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| | | 9 |  Stephen Maguire | 6 |
| 8 |  Judd Trump (ENG) | 5 | | |

|  |  Paul Davison (ENG) | 1 |
| | 8 |  Judd Trump | 5 |
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| | | 12 |  Mark Allen | 2 |
| 12 |  Mark Allen (NIR) | 5 |

|  |  Tom Ford (ENG) | 4 |
| | 8 |  Judd Trump | 4 |
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| | | 9 |  Stephen Maguire | 5 |
| 9 |  Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5 | |

|  |  Ryan Day (WAL) | 1 |
| | 9 |  Stephen Maguire | 5 |
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| | | 2 |  John Higgins | 0 |
| 2 |  John Higgins (SCO) | 5 |

|  |  Mark Davis (ENG) | 1 |

## Final

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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

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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

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Lucky Vatnani (IND) | 2–5 |  Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)
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Daniel Wells (WAL) | 1–5 |  Luca Brecel (BEL)

### Round 1

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Mark Joyce (ENG) | 4–5 |  David Grace (ENG)
Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 1–5 |  Sam Craigie (ENG)
Joe Jogia (ENG) | 4–5 |  Stuart Carrington (ENG)
Jimmy White (ENG) | 5–3 |  Matthew Couch (ENG)
Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | w/o–w/d |  Bjorn Haneveer (BEL)
Adrian Gunnell (ENG) | 5–1 |  Sam Baird (ENG)
Alfie Burden (ENG) | 5–2 |  Scott MacKenzie (SCO)
Barry Pinches (ENG) | 4–5 |  Yu Delu (CHN)
Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5–0 |  Tian Pengfei (CHN)
Steve Davis (ENG) | 5– 3 |  Joe Meara (NIR)
Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5–1 |  Rod Lawler (ENG)
Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5–2 |  Andrew Norman (ENG)
Tony Drago (MLT) | 2–5 |  Adam Wicheard (ENG)
Mike Dunn (ENG) | 5–0 |  Kurt Maflin (NOR)
Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 5–2 |  Dechawat Poomjaeng
Peter Lines (ENG) | 5–2 |  Simon Bedford (ENG)
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Rory McLeod (ENG) | 5–2 |  Kacper Filipiak (POL)
Liu Song (CHN) | 5–3 |  Liam Highfield (ENG)
Nigel Bond (ENG) | 1–5 |  Andrew Pagett (WAL)
James Wattana (THA) | 5–3 |  Passakorn Suwannawat (THA)
Liu Chuang (CHN) | 5–3 |  Ian McCulloch (ENG)
Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5–3 |  Aditya Mehta (IND)
Alan McManus (SCO) | w/o–w/d |  Robin Hull (FIN)
Andy Hicks (ENG) | 5–2 |  Cao Yupeng (CHN)
Gerard Greene (NIR) | 2–5 |  David Morris (IRL)
Matthew Selt (ENG) | 4–5 |  Paul Davison (ENG)
Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5–3 |  David Hogan (IRL)
Joe Swail (NIR) | 5–1 |  Luca Brecel
Dave Harold (ENG) | 3–5 |  Adam Duffy (ENG)
Anthony McGill (SCO) | 5–3 |  Li Yan (CHN)
Michael Holt (ENG) | 2–5 |  Michael White (WAL)
Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 5–3 |  David Gilbert (ENG)

### Round 2

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David Grace | 2–5 |  Sam Craigie
Stuart Carrington | 3–5 |  Jimmy White
Jimmy Robertson | 0–5 |  Adrian Gunnell
Alfie Burden | 2–5 |  Yu Delu
Robert Milkins | 5–1 |  Steve Davis
Ben Woollaston | 2–5 |  Jamie Jones
Adam Wicheard | 0–5 |  Mike Dunn
Jamie Burnett | 3–5 |  Peter Lines
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Rory McLeod | 3–5 |  Liu Song
Andrew Pagett | 1–5 |  James Wattana
Liu Chuang | 5–3 |  Liang Wenbo
Alan McManus | 4–5 |  Andy Hicks
David Morris | 3–5 |  Paul Davison
Anthony Hamilton | 5–4 |  Joe Swail
Adam Duffy | 4–5 |  Anthony McGill
Michael White | 5–2 |  Xiao Guodong

### Round 3

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

## Century breaks

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### Qualifying stage centuries

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* 147 – Mike Dunn
* 143, 100, 100 – Michael White
* 137, 102 – Jamie Jones
* 137 – Adam Duffy
* 135 – Ken Doherty
* 133 – Stuart Carrington
* 131, 101 – Liu Song
* 126 – David Gilbert
* 124, 120 – Jimmy White
* 123 – Liang Wenbo
* 122 – Passakorn Suwannawat
* 121 – Adam Wicheard
* 120, 115 – Ryan Day

* 117, 100 – Xiao Guodong
* 116 – Andy Hicks
* 112, 108 – Jamie Burnett
* 112, 101 – Mark Davis
* 111, 107 – Anthony Hamilton
* 111 – Mark Joyce
* 110 – Andrew Higginson
* 109, 100 – Yu Delu
* 104 – Anthony McGill
* 103 – Sam Craigie
* 103 – Joe Perry
* 102 – Paul Davison
* 102 – James Wattana

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### Televised stage centuries

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

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* 130, 128, 106, 100 – Stephen Maguire
* 129 – Ali Carter
* 128 – Stuart Bingham
* 128 – Shaun Murphy
* 123, 111, 110 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 113 – Barry Hawkins
* 111, 104 – Mark Selby
* 111 – Judd Trump
* 109 – Peter Ebdon
* 107 – Mark Williams
* 102 – Mike Dunn
* 102 – Joe Perry
* 102 – Ricky Walden
* 101 – Stephen Lee
* 100 – Tom Ford

## Gallery

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* Winner Ronnie O'Sullivan with the trophy.

* Runner-up Stephen Maguire getting his award.

* Steve Davis playing a trick shot exhibition during the break of the final

* Tournament director Mike Ganley

* Stephen Lee was the semi-final opponent of O'Sullivan

## References

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