The 2018 German Masters (officially the 2018 D88 German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 31 January to 4 February 2018 in Berlin, Germany. It was the thirteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.
Anthony Hamilton was the defending champion, but he lost 1âÂÂ5 to Jimmy Robertson in the first round.
Mark Williams won his 20th professional ranking title and his second of the season, defeating Graeme Dott 9âÂÂ1 in the final.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
- Winner: ã80,000
- Runner-up: ã35,000
- Semi-final: ã20,000
- Quarter-final: ã10,000
- Last 16: ã5,000
- Last 32: ã4,000
- Last 64: ã2,000
- Highest break: ã1,500
- Total: ã364,500
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at ã5,000.
Main draw
Final
Qualifying
These matches were played between 19 and 22 December 2017 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames. Ali Carter was a 2017 German Masters finalist, but he was beaten 5âÂÂ3 by Wang Yuchen.
Round 1
Round 2
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
Total: 27
- 140, 109, 103 Judd Trump
- 138, 104 Shaun Murphy
- 136 Mark Joyce
- 136 Mei Xiwen
- 131, 124 Ding Junhui
- 130, 117, 115 Ryan Day
- 121 Graeme Dott
- 114, 104 Ben Woollaston
- 112, 108 Gary Wilson
- 111 Liang Wenbo
- 110, 109 Mark Williams
- 109, 103 Mark Davis
- 103 Jack Lisowski
- 102 Ricky Walden
- 101 David Gilbert
- 101 Matthew Selt
- 100 Mark Allen
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 52
- 140 Chen Zifan
- 138 Christopher Keogan
- 135 Alfie Burden
- 132, 131, 113, 106 Jimmy Robertson
- 130, 120, 113 Mark Allen
- 129 Michael White
- 126 Zhang Anda
- 125, 121 Robin Hull
- 125, 109 Niu Zhuang
- 124 Andrew Higginson
- 123 Cao Yupeng
- 123 Yu Delu
- 122, 121 Rory McLeod
- 122 Xiao Guodong
- 121, 106 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 121 Stuart Carrington
- 121 Sam Craigie
- 120 Mark Joyce
- 119, 115 Mark Selby
References