2011 German Masters

The 2011 German Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 2–6 February at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany.

2011 German Masters
Tournament information
Dates2–6 February 2011 (2011-02-02 – 2011-02-06)
VenueTempodrom
CityBerlin
CountryGermany
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund€280,000
Winner's share€50,000
Highest break John Higgins (SCO) (143)
Final
Champion Mark Williams (WAL)
Runner-up Mark Selby (ENG)
Score9–7
1998
2012

The event was last held in 1998, but it was non-ranking. John Parrott won in the final 6–4 against Mark Williams.[1]

Mark Williams won his 18th ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–7 in the final.[2]

Prize fund edit

The breakdown of prize money for 2011 is shown below:[3]

Wildcard round edit

These matches were played in Berlin on 2 and 3 February 2011.[4][5][6][7]

MatchScore
WC1  Anthony Hamilton (ENG)5–1  Pavel Leyk (GER)
WC2  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)5–3  Tomasz Skalski (BEL)
WC3  Jack Lisowski (ENG)5–2  Luca Brecel (BEL)
WC4  Liu Song (CHN)2–5  Daniel Wells (WAL)[8]
WC5  Nigel Bond (ENG)5–2  Stefan Kasper (GER)
WC6  Anthony McGill (SCO)w/o–w/d  Mario Wehrmann (NLD)
WC7  Joe Swail (NIR)5–0  Hans Blanckaert (BEL)
WC8  Robert Milkins (ENG)5–1  Lasse Münstermann (GER)

Main draw edit

[4][6][7]

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
               
1  Neil Robertson (AUS)4
 Anthony Hamilton (ENG)5
Anthony Hamilton2
10 Graeme Dott5
10  Graeme Dott (SCO)5
 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)1
10 Graeme Dott5
8 Stephen Maguire2
15  Ricky Walden (ENG)5
 Jack Lisowski (ENG)2
15 Ricky Walden0
8 Stephen Maguire5
8  Stephen Maguire (SCO)5
 Daniel Wells (WAL)2
10 Graeme Dott4
6 Mark Selby6
6  Mark Selby (ENG)5
 Nigel Bond (ENG)1
6 Mark Selby5
14 Stephen Hendry3
14  Stephen Hendry (SCO)5
 Judd Trump (ENG)2
6 Mark Selby5
4 Ding Junhui1
12  Peter Ebdon (ENG)5
 Andrew Higginson (ENG)3
12 Peter Ebdon2
4 Ding Junhui5
4  Ding Junhui (CHN)5
 Matthew Stevens (WAL)1
6 Mark Selby7
3 Mark Williams9
3  Mark Williams (WAL)5
 Anthony McGill (SCO)1
3 Mark Williams5
Dominic Dale2
9  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG)[9]w/d
 Dominic Dale (WAL)w/o
3 Mark Williams5
Joe Perry1
13  Jamie Cope (ENG)3
 Joe Perry (ENG)5
Joe Perry5
7 Ali Carter1
7  Ali Carter (ENG)5
 Stephen Lee (ENG)4
3 Mark Williams6
Marco Fu3
5  Shaun Murphy (ENG)5
 Ryan Day (WAL)3
5 Shaun Murphy2
Joe Swail5
11  Mark Allen (NIR)3
 Joe Swail (NIR)5
Joe Swail1
Marco Fu5
16  Mark King (ENG)1
 Marco Fu (HKG)5
Marco Fuw/o
2 John Higgins[10]w/d
2  John Higgins (SCO)5
 Robert Milkins (ENG)3

Final edit

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 6 February 2011.[6]
Mark Selby (6)
 England
7–9Mark Williams (3)
 Wales
Afternoon: 92–0 (82), 0–84 (56), 0–108 (108), 99–1, 0–81, 71–0 (63), 42–83 (53), 0–105 (105)
Evening: 46–71, 54–41, 0–121 (96), 70–27, 83–7 (60), 70–45, 49–76, 0–83 (82)
82Highest break108
0Century breaks2
350+ breaks6

Qualifying edit

These matches were held between 14 and 17 December 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.[11][12][13][14]

Round 1 edit

Round 2 edit

Round 3 edit

Century breaks edit

Qualifying stage centuries edit

[15]

Televised stage centuries edit

[16]

Gallery edit

References edit

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  5. ^ "Wild Cards Named For German Masters". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
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  9. ^ "O'Sullivan Withdraws From German Masters". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  10. ^ "John Higgins Withdraws". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  11. ^ "German Masters Qualifiers Drawsheet" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  12. ^ "German Masters Qualifiers Results And Format". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  13. ^ "German Masters Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  14. ^ "German Masters 2011 – Qualifying". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  15. ^ "Century Breaks (Qualifying)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  16. ^ "Century Breaks" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2011.

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