German Masters
Annual professional snooker tournament
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tournament_name | German Masters |
| image | File:Machineseeker_German_Masters_(Snooker).png |
| venue | Tempodrom |
| location | Berlin |
| country | Germany |
| establishment | 1995 |
| organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| format | Ranking event |
| prizefund | £550,400 |
| Current Champion | Kyren Wilson |
| Recent edition | 2026 |
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The German Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It originated as the German Open, a ranking event held in Germany from 1995 to 1997. The tournament became the German Masters in 1998, when it was staged once as a non-ranking invitational event. Revived as a ranking event in 2011, the tournament has been staged annually since then at the Tempodrom in Berlin, although the 2021 edition was held at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most successful player in the tournament's history is Judd Trump, who has won the title three times, in 2020, 2021, and 2024. Ali Carter, Mark Williams, and Kyren Wilson have all won the title twice. The reigning champion is Wilson.
History
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The tournament started as the German Open and was a ranking tournament from 1995 to 1997. The first event was played in Frankfurt in December 1995, replacing the European Open in the December place in the calendar, the European Open being moved to early 1996. The tournament involved the top 16 players in the world ranking who were joined by 16 qualifiers and 4 wild-card players. The four lowest ranked qualifiers played the wild-card players, winning all their four matches and advancing to the last-32. John Higgins met Ken Doherty in the final. The match was level at three frame each before Higgins won the next six frames to win 9–3 and take the first prize of £40,000. Higgins made a break of 139 in the final to also win the high break prize of £5,000.
The 1996 event was again held in December, at the British military base at Osnabrück. Only 16 players competed in Germany. The final qualifying round in which the top-16 seeds played 16 players from earlier qualifying rounds was played in Preston, Lancashire in November. Ronnie O'Sullivan met Alain Robidoux in the final, winning 9–7. O'Sullivan led 7–3 before Robidoux won the next four frames to level the match at 7–7. O'Sullivan then won the next two frames to win the match, finishing with a break of 108. Robidoux took the high break prize for a break of 145 in the final.
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The 1997 event was held in Bingen am Rhein using the same format as in 1996. The final qualifying round was held in Hereford in September. John Higgins met John Parrott in the final, Higgins led 5–3 lead after the first session and then won the first three frames in the evening session to lead 8–3. Parrott won frame 12 but Higgins finished the match with a break of 105 in the next frame, winning the first prize of £50,000. In 1998 the event was again held at Bingen am Rhein but became an invitation event with 12 players competing. The name of the tournament was changed to German Masters. The winner received £25,000 with all 12 players guaranteed a minimum of £5,000. John Parrott beat Mark Williams 6–4 in the final. Williams led 4–3 but Parrott won the next three to win the match. The event then was discontinued, but returned for the 2010/2011 season as a ranking tournament.
The revived tournament has been held at the Tempodrom in Berlin since the 2011 edition. The trophy was named after former World Snooker Tour director Brandon Parker in 2021.
In 2024 the World Snooker Tour announced that the televised stages of the tournament were to be increased from its normal five days to the traditional seven days.
Winners
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Finalists
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| Name | Nationality | Winner | Finals |
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| **** | 3 | 1 | |
| **** | 2 | 1 | |
| **** | 2 | 1 | |
| **** | 2 | 0 | |
| **** | 2 | 0 | |
| **** | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | ||
| **** | 1 | 1 | |
| **** | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 0 | ||
| **** | 1 | 0 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | ||
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | ||
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
| **** | 0 | 1 | |
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| The names of active players are marked in bold. |
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Notes
References
References
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- Turner, Chris. "Major European Tournaments". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive.
- (10 December 1996). "Snooker". [[The Guardian]].
- (22 December 2020). "Milton Keynes to host WST events". World Snooker.
- (31 January 2021). "German Masters snooker 2021: Draw, schedule, results". [[Eurosport]].
- (26 January 2021). "German Masters Trophy Named After Brandon Parker". [[World Snooker Tour]].
- "Snookerstars on Instagram: "German Masters 2024 wird ein 7 Tage Event! Wir verlängern unser Weltranglisten Turnier! Das heißt mehr Spieler und somit mehr Stars in Berlin! Tickets ab 10.02.22 unter www.snookerstars.de! Wir freuen uns auf euch! #snooker #snookerplayer #berlin #snookerlove #tempodrom #2024 #tickets"".
- (5 February 2023). "2024 German Masters Extended to Seven Days".
- (20 April 2012). "German Open 1995".
- (21 April 2012). "German Open 1996".
- (20 April 2012). "German Open 1997".
- (14 January 2011). "German Masters 1998".
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- "PartyPoker.net German Masters (2012)".
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- "Kreativ Dental German Masters (2015)".
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- "F66.com German Masters (2017)".
- "D88 German Masters (2018)".
- "Kyren Wilson beats David Gilbert to win dramatic German Masters final". BBC Sport.
- "BetVictor German Masters (2020)".
- "BildBet German Masters (2021)".
- "BetVictor German Masters (2022)".
- "BetVictor German Masters (2023)".
- "BetVictor German Masters (2024)".
- "Machineseeker German Masters (2025)".
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