2016 German Masters

2016 918.com German Masters
Tournament information
Dates3–7 February 2016 (2016-02-03 – 2016-02-07)
VenueTempodrom
CityBerlin
CountryGermany
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund€367,000
Winner's share€80,000
Highest break Judd Trump (ENG) (125)
Final
Champion Martin Gould (ENG)
Runner-up Luca Brecel (BEL)
Score9–5
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Kyren Wilson in the semi-finals of the German Masters 2016.

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.

Martin Gould won the first ranking title of his professional career, defeating Luca Brecel 9–5 in the final. German referee Maike Kesseler officiated at her first ranking final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

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
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Mark Selby (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Steven Hallworth (ENG) 0
 
England Mark Selby3
 
 
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire5
 
 Stephen Maguire (SCO) 5
 
 
 
 Ken Doherty (IRL) 1
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire1
 
 
 
Scotland Graeme Dott5
 
 Graeme Dott (SCO) 5
 
 
 
 Tian Pengfei (CHN) 0
 
Scotland Graeme Dott5
 
 
 
England Barry Hawkins3
 
 Alan McManus (SCO) 2
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 5
 
Scotland Graeme Dott2
 
 
 
England Martin Gould6
 
 Judd Trump (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Ali Carter (ENG) 0
 
England Judd Trump5
 
 
 
China Zhang Anda1
 
 Alfie Burden (ENG) 0
 
 
 
 Zhang Anda (CHN) 5
 
England Judd Trump4
 
 
 
England Martin Gould5
 
 Martin Gould (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Mark Williams (WAL) 4
 
England Martin Gould5
 
 
 
England Ben Woollaston0
 
 Ben Woollaston (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 4
 
England Martin Gould9
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel5
 
 Zhao Xintong (CHN) 2
 
 
 
 Luca Brecel (BEL) 5
 
Belgium Luca Brecel5
 
 
 
Norway Kurt Maflin3
 
 Marco Fu (HKG) 1
 
 
 
 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 5
 
Belgium Luca Brecel5
 
 
 
England Mark Joyce4
 
 Mark Joyce (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Mark Allen (NIR) 2
 
England Mark Joyce5
 
 
 
England Mark King2
 
 Mark King (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Stuart Carrington (ENG) 4
 
Belgium Luca Brecel6
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson3
 
 Ian Burns (ENG) 4
 
 
 
 Michael Holt (ENG) 5
 
England Michael Holt4
 
 
 
England Kyren Wilson5
 
 Rory McLeod (ENG) 4
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson (ENG) 5
 
England Kyren Wilson5
 
 
 
Wales Ryan Day4
 
 Ryan Day (WAL) 5
 
 
 
 Liang Wenbo (CHN) 3
 
Wales Ryan Day5
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham3
 
 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 2
 
 
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 5
 

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler.
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 7 February 2016.
Martin Gould
 England		 9–5
Luca Brecel
 Belgium
Afternoon: 21–96 (68), 55–50, 52–41, 72–1 (72), 31–73 (51), 83–0 (83), 54–63 (59), 104–4 (104)
Evening: 129–0 (110), 58–0, 39–76 (55), 66–32, 56–69 (56, 63), 78–0
110 Highest break 68
2 Century breaks 0
5 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.

Round 1

Round 2

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

References

  1. ↑ "German Masters 2016 schedule & results". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "German Masters: Martin Gould wins maiden ranking title". BBC Sport. 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Maike Kesseler Referees First Major Final". World Snooker Official YouTube Channel. 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2015/2016 Season" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "German Masters Qualifiers Draw and Format". 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "German Masters qualifiers: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "German Masters: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.