2018 German Masters

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=2018 D88 German Masters

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|2018|01|31|2018|02|4|df=y}}

|venue=

|location=Berlin

|country=Germany

|organisation=World Snooker

|format=Ranking event

|Total prize fund=£364,500

|winners_share=£80,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} (140)

|winner={{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}}

|score=9–1

|previous=2017

|next=2019

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Calendar-2017-18-v19.pdf|title=2017/18 World Snooker Calendar|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=14 July 2017|accessdate=14 July 2017}} It was the thirteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

Anthony Hamilton was the defending champion, but he lost 1–5 to Jimmy Robertson in the first round.{{cite web|url= http://www.worldsnooker.com/robertson-ends-sheriffs-reign/|title=Robertson End's Sheriff's Reign|date=31 January 2018|work=World Snooker|accessdate=31 January 2018}}

Mark Williams won his 20th professional ranking title and his second of the season, defeating Graeme Dott 9–1 in the final.{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/42938566|title=Mark Williams: Welsh snooker player claims German Masters win|date=4 February 2018|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 February 2018}}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:{{cite web|title=Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Click-Here-For-The-Prize-Money-Schedule.pdf|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|date=14 July 2017|accessdate=14 July 2017}}{{cite web|title=D88 GERMAN MASTERS|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/german-masters-2016/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204225926/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/german-masters-2016/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 February 2018|publisher=World Snooker|accessdate=4 February 2018}}

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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: £1,500
  • Total: £364,500

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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.

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|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}} |1 |{{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}|2

||{{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}} |3 |{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}} |4

||{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Michael Georgiou|CYP}} |3

||{{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}} |3 |{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}}|5

||{{flagathlete|Joe Perry|ENG}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Yu Delu|CHN}} |4

||{{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}} |3 |{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Niu Zhuang|CHN}} |2 |{{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}} |1

||{{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}} |4 |{{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}} |2 |{{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}} |5

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

||{{flagathlete|Hammad Miah|ENG}} |1 |{{flagathlete|Mei Xiwen|CHN}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}} |1 |{{flagathlete|Liang Wenbo|CHN}} |5

||{{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}} |5 |{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}} |3

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson |5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson |3

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams |5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt |2

||{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui |5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden |2

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry |3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump |5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis |4 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day |5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joyce |1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy |5

||{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott |5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwen |4

||{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo |2 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong |5

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson |3 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams|5

||{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui |3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump |5

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day |4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy |5

||{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott |5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong |4

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams |6 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump |1

||{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy |4 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott |6

||{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams |9 |{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott |1

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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, 4 February 2018.
width="230" align="right" | Mark Williams
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| width="100" align="center" | 9–1

| width="230" | Graeme Dott
{{SCO}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" |Afternoon: 79–1, 73–8, {{nowrap|56–72}}, {{nowrap|66–64}}, {{nowrap|79–0}}, {{nowrap|76–40}}, {{nowrap|74–43}}, {{nowrap|132–0 (110)}}
Evening: 66–16, {{nowrap|86–8}}
align="right" | 110

| align="center" | Highest break

| 64

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| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

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 5–3 by Wang Yuchen.

=Round 1=

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{{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Chen Zhe|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Mitchell Mann|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Zhang Yong|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Rhys Clark|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Peter Lines|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Scott Donaldson|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Xu Si|CHN}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|David Grace|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Alfie Burden|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Alexander Ursenbacher|SUI}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}
{{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Sunny Akani|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Robin Hull|FIN}}
{{flagathlete|Basem Eltahhan|EGY}}align="center"| 0–5{{flagathlete|Matthew Stevens|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Aditya Mehta|IND}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Ben Jones|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Yan Bingtao|CHN}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Rod Lawler|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Ross Muir|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Li Yuan|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Gerard Greene|NIR}}
{{flagathlete|Nigel Bond|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Christopher Keogan|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Michael Georgiou|CYP}}
{{flagathlete|Elliot Slessor|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Ian Burns|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Lee Walker|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Boonyarit Keattikun|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Leo Fernandez|IRL}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Ashley Hugill|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Daniel Wells|WAL}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Thor Chuan Leong|MYS}}
{{flagathlete|Joe Perry|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Joe Swail|NIR}}
{{flagathlete|Yu Delu|CHN}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Jamie Clarke|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Anthony McGill|SCO}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Chris Totten|SCO}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Matthew Bolton|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Alex Borg|MLT}}
{{flagathlete|Yuan Sijun|CHN}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Fang Xiongman|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Adam Duffy|ENG}}

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{{flagathlete|Ronnie O'Sullivan|ENG}}align="center"|{{nowrap|w/d–w/o}}{{flagathlete|Rory McLeod|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Niu Zhuang|CHN}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Ian Preece|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Robert Milkins|ENG}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Kurt Maflin|NOR}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Josh Boileau|IRL}}
{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Kurt Dunham|AUS}}
{{flagathlete|Craig Steadman|ENG}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|John Astley|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Mark King|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Noppon Saengkham|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Eden Sharav|SCO}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Mike Dunn|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Tian Pengfei|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Lyu Haotian|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Wang Yuchen|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Sean O'Sullivan|ENG}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Jackson Page|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Chen Zifan|CHN}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Cao Yupeng|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Paul Davison|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Jamie Curtis-Barrett|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRN}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Liam Highfield|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Soheil Vahedi|IRN}}
{{flagathlete|Peter Ebdon|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Jak Jones|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Hammad Miah|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Zhao Xintong|CHN}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Sam Craigie|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Mei Xiwen|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Billy Joe Castle|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Robbie Williams|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Lukas Kleckers|GER}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Chris Wakelin|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Andrew Higginson|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Li Hang|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Liang Wenbo|CHN}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Duane Jones|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Hamza Akbar|PAK}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Allan Taylor|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Sanderson Lam|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jamie Jones|WAL}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Zhang Anda|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Sam Baird|ENG}}

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=Round 2=

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{{flagicon|ENG}} Anthony Hamiltonalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Mitchell Mann
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertsonalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilsonalign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|ENG}} David Grace
{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gouldalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty
{{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brienalign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull
{{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevensalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams
{{flagicon|IND}} Aditya Mehtaalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Lawleralign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhuialign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
{{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgioualign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Burns
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowskialign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Waldenalign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Hugill
{{flagicon|MYS}} Thor Chuan Leongalign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry
{{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Delualign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White
{{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Tottenalign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston
{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijunalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump

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{{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeodalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Niu Zhuang
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davisalign="center"| 5–0{{flagicon|IRL}} Josh Boileau
{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Dayalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Kingalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunnalign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joycealign="center"| 5–0{{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yuchen
{{flagicon|WAL}} Jackson Pagealign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus
{{flagicon|CHN}} Cao Yupengalign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy
{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkinsalign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield
{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dottalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon
{{flagicon|ENG}} Hammad Miahalign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong
{{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwenalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams
{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Fordalign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson
{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginsonalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo
{{flagicon|PAK}} Hamza Akbaralign="center"| 1–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong
{{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jonesalign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby

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Century breaks

=Televised stage centuries=

Total: 27{{Cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13996/d88-german-masters-2018 |title=Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores |access-date=2018-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201075306/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13996/d88-german-masters-2018 |archive-date=2018-02-01 |url-status=dead }}

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=Qualifying stage centuries=

Total: 52{{Cite web |url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13997/d88-german-masters-2018-qualifiers |title=Centuries | World Snooker Live Scores |access-date=2018-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201080838/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13997/d88-german-masters-2018-qualifiers |archive-date=2018-02-01 |url-status=dead }}

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References

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