2017 German Masters#Qualifying stage centuries

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|tournament_name=2017 F66.com German Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|2017|02|1|2017|02|5|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|Tom Ford|ENG}} (147)

|winner={{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}}

|score=9–6

|previous=2016

|next=2018

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The 2017 German Masters (officially the 2017 F66.com German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 February 2017 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.

Martin Gould was the defending champion but he lost 2–6 against Ali Carter in the semi-finals.{{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}}

Tom Ford made the 128th official maximum break and the third of his career in the second frame of his 5–2 win over Peter Ebdon in the first round.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/ford-makes-147-in-berlin/#|title=Ford Makes 147 in Berlin|date=February 2017}} Maximum breaks had already been made in the qualifying rounds by both Ali Carter and Ross Muir.{{Cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13915/f66-com-german-masters-qualifiers |title = Centuries {{!}} World Snooker Live Scores |website= |access-date=2017-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211174446/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13915/f66-com-german-masters-qualifiers |archive-date=2016-12-11 |url-status=dead }}

Anthony Hamilton defeated Carter 9–6 to capture his first ranking title in his 26-year career, having trailed 2–5. At the age of 45, he also became the oldest ranking event winner since Doug Mountjoy was 46 winning the Classic in 1989.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-06-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104205739/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf |archivedate=2016-11-04 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/german-masters-2016/|title=F66.com German Masters 2017|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|accessdate=6 December 2016}}

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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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  • Highest break: €4,000
  • Total: €367,000

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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000{{Cite web |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/10747983/german-masters-snooker-2017-draw-tv-schedule-results-odds |title=German Masters snooker 2017: Draw, TV Schedule, Results & Odds | German Masters Snooker & Betting Tips | Draws & Results | Sporting Life |access-date=2017-02-01 |archive-date=2017-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203221522/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/10747983/german-masters-snooker-2017-draw-tv-schedule-results-odds |url-status=dead }} (€13,300).

Main draw

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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|Martin Gould|ENG}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Jamie Jones|WAL}} |0

||{{flagathlete|John Astley|ENG}} |4 |{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}} |1

||{{flagathlete|Robin Hull|FIN}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}} |4

||{{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}} |2

||{{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}} |4 |{{flagathlete|Mark King|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}} |1 |{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Sunny Akani|THA}} |0 |{{flagathlete|Zhao Xintong|CHN}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Zhang Yong|CHN}} |3

||{{flagathlete|Marco Fu|HKG}} |3 |{{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}} |1

||{{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}} |2 |{{flagathlete|Yan Bingtao|CHN}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}} |4 |{{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}} |1

||{{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} |3

||{{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}} |0 |{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}} |5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould |5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden |3

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day |5 |{{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull |4

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford |5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King |2

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter |5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong |4

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham |5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert |4

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt |1 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao |5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston |2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins |5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton |5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby |2

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould |5 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day |2

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford |2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter |5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham |5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtao |2

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins |4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton |5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould |2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter |6

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham |4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton |6

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter |6 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton |9

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Final

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Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2017.
width="230" align="right" | Ali Carter
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| width="100" align="center" | 6–9

| width="230" | Anthony Hamilton
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colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 61–31, 69–1, {{nowrap|66–12}}, {{nowrap|36–72}}, {{nowrap|4–61}}, {{nowrap|116–7 (100)}}, {{nowrap|69–8 (54)}}, {{nowrap|28–64 (56)}}
Evening: 15–66, 1–118 (118), {{nowrap|20–78 (73)}}, {{nowrap|0–74 (74)}}, {{nowrap|53–70 (53, 70)}}, {{nowrap|83–0}}, {{nowrap|13–63 (57)}}
align="right" | 100

| align="center" | Highest break

| 118

align="right" | 1

| align="center" | Century breaks

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align="right" | 3

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

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Qualifying

These matches were played between 6 and 9 December 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/f66-com-german-masters-qualifiers-draw-and-format/|title= German Masters Qualifiers Draw and Format|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=5 December 2016|accessdate=6 December 2016}}

Ali Carter made the 125th official maximum break in the fourth frame of his round 1 qualifying match against Wang Yuchen. It was Carter's second professional maximum break. On the same day, Ross Muir made the 126th official maximum break in the third frame of his round 1 qualifying match against Itaro Santos. It was Muir's first professional maximum break.

=Round 1=

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{{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Sanderson Lam|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jason Weston|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Craig Steadman|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jamie Jones|WAL}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Cao Yupeng|CHN}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|James Cahill|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|John Astley|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Daniel Womersley|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Andy Hicks|ENG}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Robbie Williams|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Robert Milkins|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Gareth Allen|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Rory Thor|MYS}}
{{flagathlete|Adam Duffy|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Mei Xiwen|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Sean O'Sullivan|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Matthew Stevens|WAL}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Chris Wakelin|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Robin Hull|FIN}}
{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Joe Perry|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Kurt Maflin|NOR}}
{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Paul Davison|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Duane Jones|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Ian Preece|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Georgiou|CYP}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Darryl Hill|IOM}}
{{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Rod Lawler|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Mark King|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Rhys Clark|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Jamie Curtis-Barrett|ENG}}align="center"| 0–5{{flagathlete|Andrew Higginson|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Josh Boileau|IRL}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Noppon Saengkham|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Mitchell Mann|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Ross Muir|SCO}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Itaro Santos|BRA}}
{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Wang Yuchen|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|David Grace|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Sunny Akani|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Zhao Xintong|CHN}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Li Hang|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Rory McLeod|ENG}}

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{{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Alfie Burden|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Peter Lines|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Yu Delu|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Fraser Patrick|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Zhang Yong|CHN}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Mike Dunn|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Marco Fu|HKG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|David John|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Adam Stefanow|POL}}
{{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Kurt Dunham|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Elliot Slessor|ENG}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Allan Taylor|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Igor Figueiredo|BRA}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Eden Sharav|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|James Wattana|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}
{{flagathlete|Liang Wenbo|CHN}}align="center"| {{nowrap|w/d–w/o}}{{flagathlete|Sam Craigie|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Alex Borg|MLT}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Sydney Wilson|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Yan Bingtao|CHN}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Sam Baird|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Daniel Wells|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Lee Walker|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Christopher Keogan|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Brandon Sargeant|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Zak Surety|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Tian Pengfei|CHN}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Ian Burns|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jamie Cope|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Jak Jones|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Chen Zhe|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Hammad Miah|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Liam Highfield|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Scott Donaldson|SCO}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Boonyarit Keattikun|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Anthony McGill|SCO}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn|THA}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}}
{{flagathlete|Aditya Mehta|IND}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Nigel Bond|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Joe Swail|NIR}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Wild|ENG}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Fang Xiongman|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Dechawat Poomjaeng|THA}}

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=Round 2=

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{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gouldalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Craig Steadman
{{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jonesalign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|ENG}} James Cahill
{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilsonalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Waldenalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams
{{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Milkinsalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day
{{flagicon|ENG}} Adam Duffyalign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen
{{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevensalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Whitealign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry
{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trumpalign="center"| 1–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford
{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Seltalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie O'Sullivanalign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Kingalign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson
{{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkhamalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire
{{flagicon|SCO}} Ross Muiralign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowskialign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|THA}} Sunny Akani
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintongalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins

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{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Binghamalign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Delu
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davisalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Yong
{{flagicon|HKG}} Marco Fualign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|POL}} Adam Stefanow
{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbertalign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|ENG}} Allan Taylor
{{flagicon|BRA}} Igor Figueiredoalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt
{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carringtonalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigie
{{flagicon|MLT}} Alex Borgalign="center"| 1–5{{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale
{{flagicon|CHN}} Yan Bingtaoalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy
{{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertsonalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Christopher Keogan
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollastonalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|CHN}} Tian Pengfei
{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkinsalign="center"| 5–0{{flagicon|WAL}} Jak Jones
{{flagicon|WAL}} Michael Whitealign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield
{{flagicon|THA}} Boonyarit Keattikunalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamilton
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joycealign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams
{{flagicon|IND}} Aditya Mehtaalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
{{flagicon|CHN}} Fang Xiongmanalign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby

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Century breaks

=Televised stage centuries=

Total: 16{{Cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13916/f66-com-german-masters |title = Centuries {{!}} World Snooker Live Scores |access-date=2017-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202145520/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13916/f66-com-german-masters |archive-date=2017-02-02 |url-status=dead }}

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=Qualifying stage centuries=

Total: 56{{cite web |title=German Masters qualifiers: century breaks |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13915/german-masters-qualifiers |work=worldsnookerdata.com |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |accessdate=6 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208184031/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13915/german-masters-qualifiers |archive-date=2016-12-08 |url-status=dead }}

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References

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