2012 German Masters
| File:Ronnie O’Sullivan at German Masters Snooker Final (DerHexer) 2012-02-05 44.jpg | |
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 1–5 February 2012 |
| Venue | Tempodrom |
| City | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | €280,000 |
| Winner's share | €50,000 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire (SCO) (130) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Scotland.svg 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
[edit | edit source]The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[8]
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Wildcard round
[edit | edit source]These matches were played in Berlin on 1 February 2012.[9][10][11]
| Match | Score | ||
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| WC1 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5–1 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Einsle (GER) |
| WC2 | File:Flag of England.svg Adrian Gunnell (ENG) | 5–3 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Peter Bullen (BEL) |
| WC3 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Delu (CHN) | 5–3 | File:Flag of England.svg Chris Norbury (ENG) |
| WC4 | File:Flag of England.svg Mike Dunn (ENG) | 3–5 | File:Flag of England.svg Craig Steadman (ENG) |
| WC5 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Song (CHN) | 5–0 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Soner Sari (TUR) |
| WC6 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg James Wattana (THA) | w/o–w/d | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mario Wehrmann (NLD) |
| WC7 | File:Flag of England.svg Paul Davison (ENG) | 5–2 | File:Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Wróbel (POL) |
| WC8 | File:Flag of England.svg Tom Ford (ENG) | 5–1 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Philip Arnold (IRL) |
Main draw
[edit | edit source]Final
[edit | edit source]| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2012.[11][12] | ||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (14) File:Flag of England.svg England |
9–7 | Stephen Maguire (9) File:Flag of Scotland.svg 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Century breaks
[edit | edit source]Qualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
[edit | edit source]- 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.
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Runner-up Stephen Maguire getting his award.
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Steve Davis playing a trick shot exhibition during the break of the final
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Tournament director Mike Ganley
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Stephen Lee was the semi-final opponent of O'Sullivan
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External links
[edit | edit source]- German Masters 2012: Qualifs Day 1 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- German Masters 2012: Qualifs Day 2 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- German Masters 2012: Main Day 1 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- German Masters 2012: Main Day 2 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook
- German Masters 2012: Main Day 3 pictures by MoniqueLimbos at Facebook