2016 German Masters

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|tournament_name=2016 918.com German Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|2016|02|3|2016|02|7|df=y}}

|venue=Tempodrom

|location=Berlin

|country=Germany

|organisation=World Snooker

|format=Ranking event

|Total prize fund=€367,000

|winners_share=€80,000

|highest_break= {{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} (125)

|winner={{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}}

|score=9–5

|previous=2015

|next=2017

}}

The 2016 German Masters (officially the 2016 918.com German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–7 February 2016 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.

The defending champion Mark Selby lost 3–5 against Stephen Maguire in the last 16.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/35485492|title=German Masters 2016 schedule & results|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 February 2016|archive-date=6 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206014049/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/35485492|url-status=live}}

Martin Gould won the first ranking title of his professional career, defeating Luca Brecel 9–5 in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/35518488|title=German Masters: Martin Gould wins maiden ranking title|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 February 2016|date=7 February 2016|archive-date=10 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210052244/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/35518488|url-status=live}} German referee Maike Kesseler officiated at her first ranking final.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZdB3LRt2Wc|title=Maike Kesseler Referees First Major Final|publisher=World Snooker Official YouTube Channel|date=7 February 2016|accessdate=8 February 2016|archive-date=21 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621122818/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZdB3LRt2Wc|url-status=live}}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:{{cite web |title=Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2015/2016 Season |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Prize-money-schedule.pdf |publisher=World Snooker |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=10 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210222423/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Prize-money-schedule.pdf |url-status=live }}

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  • Winner: 80,000
  • Runner-up: €35,000
  • Semi-final: €20,000
  • Quarter-final: €10,000
  • Last 16: €5,000
  • Last 32: €4,000
  • Last 64: €2,000

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  • Televised highest break: €4,000
  • Total: €367,000

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Main draw

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|RD1 = Last 32
Best of 9 frames|RD2 = Last 16
Best of 9 frames | RD3 = Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames | RD4=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames |3rdplace=no| RD5=Final
Best of 17 frames

||{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}} |5|{{flagathlete|Steven Hallworth|ENG}} |0

||{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}} |5|{{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}} |1

||{{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}} |5|{{flagathlete|Tian Pengfei|CHN}} |0

||{{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}} |2|{{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} |5|{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} |0

||{{flagathlete|Alfie Burden|ENG}} |0|{{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}} |5|{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} |4

||{{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}} |5|{{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}} |4

||{{flagathlete|Zhao Xintong|CHN}} |2|{{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Marco Fu|HKG}} |1|{{flagathlete|Kurt Maflin|NOR}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}} |5|{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}} |2

||{{flagathlete|Mark King|ENG}} |5|{{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}} |4

||{{flagathlete|Ian Burns|ENG}} |4|{{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Rory McLeod|ENG}} |4|{{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}} |5|{{flagathlete|Liang Wenbo|CHN}} |3

||{{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}} |2|{{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}} |5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby|3|{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire|5

||{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|5|{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins|3

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump|5|{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Anda|1

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould|5|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston|0

||{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel|5|{{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin|3

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joyce|5|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King|2

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson|5

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day|5|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham|3

||{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire|1|{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump|4|{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould|5

||{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel|5|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joyce|4

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson|5|{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day|4

||{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott|2|{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould|6

||{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel|6|{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson|3

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould|9|{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel|5

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Final

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
colspan = "3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler.
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 7 February 2016.
width="230" align="right" | Martin Gould
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| width="100" align="center" | 9–5

| width="230" | Luca Brecel
{{BEL}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 21–96 (68), {{nowrap|55–50}}, {{nowrap|52–41}}, {{nowrap|72–1 (72)}}, {{nowrap|31–73 (51)}}, {{nowrap|83–0 (83)}}, {{nowrap|54–63 (59)}}, {{nowrap|104–4 (104)}}
Evening: 129–0 (110), 58–0, {{nowrap|39–76 (55)}}, {{nowrap|66–32}}, {{nowrap|56–69 (56, 63)}}, {{nowrap|78–0}}
align="right" | 110

| align="center" | Highest break

| 68

align="right" | 2

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

align="right" | 5

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 5

Qualifying

These matches were held between 17 and 20 December 2015 at the Robin Park Arena and Sports Centre in Wigan, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.{{Cite web|url = http://www.worldsnooker.com/2016-german-masters-draw/|title = German Masters Qualifiers Draw and Format|date = 8 December 2015|access-date = 8 December 2015|archive-date = 11 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151211081555/http://www.worldsnooker.com/2016-german-masters-draw/|url-status = live}}

=Round 1=

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{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}}align="center"| {{nowrap|w/o–w/d}}{{flagathlete|Kuldesh Johal|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Sam Baird|ENG}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|David Morris|IRL}}
{{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Andy Hicks|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Steven Hallworth|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Chris Wakelin|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Andrew Higginson|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Joe O'Connor|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Sanderson Lam|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Michael Georgiou|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jamie Burnett|SCO}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Zak Surety|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}}align="center"| w/o–w/d{{flagathlete|Fraser Patrick|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Tian Pengfei|CHN}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Lyu Chenwei|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Gareth Allen|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Mike Dunn|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Sydney Wilson|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|James Wattana|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Zhang Yong|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Luke Simmonds|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Peter Lines|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|David Grace|ENG}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Rhys Clark|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Barry Pinches|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Jason Weston|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Alfie Burden|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Robin Hull|FIN}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Paul Davison|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Robert Milkins|ENG}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Dechawat Poomjaeng|THA}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Tony Drago|MLT}}
{{flagathlete|Gerard Greene|NIR}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Nigel Bond|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Joel Walker|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Li Hang|CHN}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Hatem Yassen|EGY}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Lee Walker|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Sam Craigie|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Lu Ning|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Michael Wasley|ENG}}

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{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Ashley Hugill|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Cao Yupeng|CHN}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Zhao Xintong|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Jamie Jones|WAL}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Adam Duffy|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|James Cahill|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Marco Fu|HKG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Hammad Miah|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Yu Delu|CHN}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Liam Highfield|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Kurt Maflin|NOR}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Jamie Curtis-Barrett|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Alex Taubman|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Ross Muir|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Robbie Williams|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Noppon Saengkham|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Duane Jones|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Mark King|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Anthony McGill|SCO}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Michael Wild|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Jamie Cope|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Hamza Akbar|PAK}}
{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Ian Glover|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Aditya Mehta|IND}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Ian Burns|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Sean O'Sullivan|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Rod Lawler|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Craig Steadman|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Joe Perry|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Chris Melling|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Rory McLeod|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Vinnie Calabrese|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Jake Nicholson|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Thor Chuan Leong|MYS}}
{{flagathlete|Matthew Stevens|WAL}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Itaro Santos|BRA}}
{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Scott Donaldson|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Joe Swail|NIR}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Allan Taylor|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Liang Wenbo|CHN}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Eden Sharav|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRN}}
{{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Mitchell Mann|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Darryl Hill|IOM}}
{{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Daniel Wells|WAL}}

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=Round 2=

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{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selbyalign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|IRL}} David Morris
{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Hicksalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Hallworth
{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguirealign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson
{{flagicon|WAL}} Michael Whitealign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
{{flagicon|ENG}} Zak Suretyalign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott
{{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Pengfeialign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunnalign="center"| 1–5{{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelongalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins
{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trumpalign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|SCO}} Rhys Clark
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carteralign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson
{{flagicon|ENG}} Alfie Burdenalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Andaalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|THA}} Dechawat Poomjaeng
{{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bondalign="center"| 1–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould
{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Hangalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams
{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodongalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston
{{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Ningalign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy

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{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Hugillalign="center"| 1–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong
{{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jonesalign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel
{{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fualign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Delu
{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnellalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|NOR}} Kurt Maflin
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joycealign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muir
{{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williamsalign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Kingalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill
{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carringtonalign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivan
{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higginsalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Burns
{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holtalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Lawler
{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perryalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod
{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilsonalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski
{{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevensalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day
{{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swailalign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo
{{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brienalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamiltonalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham

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Century breaks

=Qualifying stage centuries=

{{cite web |title=German Masters qualifiers: century breaks |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13857/german-masters-qualifiers |work=worldsnookerdata.com |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |accessdate=20 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222092938/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13857/german-masters-qualifiers |archive-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

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=Televised stage centuries=

{{cite web |title=German Masters: century breaks |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13856/german-masters |work=worldsnookerdata.com |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |accessdate=7 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206124055/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13856/german-masters |archive-date=6 February 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

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References

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