2011 German Masters

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

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

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

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for 2011 is shown below:

Wildcard round

These matches were played in Berlin on 2 and 3 February 2011.

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)
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

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
England Anthony Hamilton 2
10 Scotland Graeme Dott 5
10  Graeme Dott (SCO) 5
 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA) 1
10 Scotland Graeme Dott 5
8 Scotland Stephen Maguire 2
15  Ricky Walden (ENG) 5
 Jack Lisowski (ENG) 2
15 England Ricky Walden 0
8 Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
8  Stephen Maguire (SCO) 5
 Daniel Wells (WAL) 2
10 Scotland Graeme Dott 4
6 England Mark Selby 6
6  Mark Selby (ENG) 5
 Nigel Bond (ENG) 1
6 England Mark Selby 5
14 Scotland Stephen Hendry 3
14  Stephen Hendry (SCO) 5
 Judd Trump (ENG) 2
6 England Mark Selby 5
4 China Ding Junhui 1
12  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 5
 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 3
12 England Peter Ebdon 2
4 China Ding Junhui 5
4  Ding Junhui (CHN) 5
 Matthew Stevens (WAL) 1
6 England Mark Selby 7
3 Wales Mark Williams 9
3  Mark Williams (WAL) 5
 Anthony McGill (SCO) 1
3 Wales Mark Williams 5
Wales Dominic Dale 2
9  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) w/d
 Dominic Dale (WAL) w/o
3 Wales Mark Williams 5
England Joe Perry 1
13  Jamie Cope (ENG) 3
 Joe Perry (ENG) 5
England Joe Perry 5
7 England Ali Carter 1
7  Ali Carter (ENG) 5
 Stephen Lee (ENG) 4
3 Wales Mark Williams 6
Hong Kong Marco Fu 3
5  Shaun Murphy (ENG) 5
 Ryan Day (WAL) 3
5 England Shaun Murphy 2
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 5
11  Mark Allen (NIR) 3
 Joe Swail (NIR) 5
Northern Ireland Joe Swail 1
Hong Kong Marco Fu 5
16  Mark King (ENG) 1
 Marco Fu (HKG) 5
Hong Kong Marco Fu w/o
2 Scotland John Higgins w/d
2  John Higgins (SCO) 5
 Robert Milkins (ENG) 3

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas.
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 6 February 2011.
Mark Selby (6)
 England		 7–9 Mark 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)
82 Highest break 108
0 Century breaks 2
3 50+ breaks 6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 14 and 17 December 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

References

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