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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|bold_winner=high
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|team-width=200
|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
}}
Final
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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 {{WAL}} | width="100" align="center" | 9–1 | width="230" | Graeme Dott |
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 |
align="right" | 1
| 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 Hamilton | align="center"| 5–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Mitchell Mann |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertson | align="center"| 5–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Wilson | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Grace |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin Gould | align="center"| 5–4 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Ken Doherty |
{{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Robin Hull |
{{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Stevens | align="center"| 3–5 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Mark Williams |
{{flagicon|IND}} Aditya Mehta | align="center"| 4–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Matthew Selt |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Rod Lawler | align="center"| 2–5 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen |
{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond |
{{flagicon|CYP}} Michael Georgiou | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Burns |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Hugill |
{{flagicon|MYS}} Thor Chuan Leong | align="center"| 0–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry |
{{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Delu | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White |
{{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Totten | align="center"| 2–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston |
{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun | align="center"| 4–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump |
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{{flagicon|ENG}} Rory McLeod | align="center"| 4–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Niu Zhuang |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis | align="center"| 5–0 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Josh Boileau |
{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Day | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} John Astley |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark King | align="center"| 4–5 | {{flagicon|THA}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Dunn | align="center"| 2–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gilbert |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joyce | align="center"| 5–0 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yuchen |
{{flagicon|WAL}} Jackson Page | align="center"| 0–5 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManus |
{{flagicon|CHN}} Cao Yupeng | align="center"| 2–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins | align="center"| 5–2 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield |
{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott | align="center"| 5–4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Ebdon |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Hammad Miah | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong |
{{flagicon|CHN}} Mei Xiwen | align="center"| 5–1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford | align="center"| 5–3 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Neil Robertson |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginson | align="center"| 3–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo |
{{flagicon|PAK}} Hamza Akbar | align="center"| 1–5 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong |
{{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jones | align="center"| 2–5 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Selby |
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Century breaks
=Televised stage centuries=
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- 140, 109, 103 {{ndash}} Judd Trump
- 138, 104 {{ndash}} Shaun Murphy
- 136 {{ndash}} Mark Joyce
- 136 {{ndash}} Mei Xiwen
- 131, 124 {{ndash}} Ding Junhui
- 130, 117, 115 {{ndash}} Ryan Day
- 121 {{ndash}} Graeme Dott
- 114, 104 {{ndash}} Ben Woollaston
- 112, 108 {{ndash}} Gary Wilson
- 111 {{ndash}} Liang Wenbo
- 110, 109 {{ndash}} Mark Williams
- 109, 103 {{ndash}} Mark Davis
- 103 {{ndash}} Jack Lisowski
- 102 {{ndash}} Ricky Walden
- 101 {{ndash}} David Gilbert
- 101 {{ndash}} Matthew Selt
- 100 {{ndash}} Mark Allen
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=Qualifying stage centuries=
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- 140 {{ndash}} Chen Zifan
- 138 {{ndash}} Christopher Keogan
- 135 {{ndash}} Alfie Burden
- 132, 131, 113, 106 {{ndash}} Jimmy Robertson
- 130, 120, 113 {{ndash}} Mark Allen
- 129 {{ndash}} Michael White
- 126 {{ndash}} Zhang Anda
- 125, 121 {{ndash}} Robin Hull
- 125, 109 {{ndash}} Niu Zhuang
- 124 {{ndash}} Andrew Higginson
- 123 {{ndash}} Cao Yupeng
- 123 {{ndash}} Yu Delu
- 122, 121 {{ndash}} Rory McLeod
- 122 {{ndash}} Xiao Guodong
- 121, 106 {{ndash}} Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 121 {{ndash}} Stuart Carrington
- 121 {{ndash}} Sam Craigie
- 120 {{ndash}} Mark Joyce
- 119, 115 {{ndash}} Mark Selby
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- 119 {{ndash}} Liam Highfield
- 119 {{ndash}} Michael Holt
- 119 {{ndash}} Daniel Wells
- 116 {{ndash}} Michael Georgiou
- 116 {{ndash}} Zhao Xintong
- 114, 109, 108, 102 {{ndash}} Judd Trump
- 113 {{ndash}} Barry Hawkins
- 112, 100 {{ndash}} Matthew Stevens
- 110 {{ndash}} Mark Davis
- 105 {{ndash}} David Gilbert
- 105 {{ndash}} Jamie Jones
- 105 {{ndash}} Robert Milkins
- 104 {{ndash}} David Grace
- 104 {{ndash}} Jackson Page
- 103 {{ndash}} Fergal O'Brien
- 101 {{ndash}} Neil Robertson
- 101 {{ndash}} Soheil Vahedi
- 101 {{ndash}} Yuan Sijun
- 100 {{ndash}} Liang Wenbo
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References
{{reflist}}
{{German Masters}}
{{Snooker season 2017/2018}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:German Masters, 2018}}