2015 German Masters

2015 Kreativ Dental German Masters
Tournament information
Dates4–8 February 2015 (2015-02-04 – 2015-02-08)
VenueTempodrom
CityBerlin
CountryGermany
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund€341,737
Winner's share€80,000
Highest break Judd Trump (ENG) (147)
Final
Champion Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Score9–7
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The 2015 German Masters (officially the 2015 Kreativ Dental German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–8 February 2015 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.[1]

Judd Trump made the 113th official maximum break during his quarter-final match against Mark Selby.[2]

Ding Junhui was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 4–5 against Ryan Day in the last 32.[4]

Selby won his fifth ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 9–7 in the final.[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[6][7]

  • Winner: 80,000
  • Runner-up: €35,000
  • Semi-final: €20,000
  • Quarter-final: €10,000
  • Last 16: €5,000
  • Last 32: €3,000
  • Last 64: €1,500

Main draw

Impressions
The venue at the first night of the tournament
Panoramic view from the main arena with 5 tables, two less than in 2014
Little Arena, used as TV-Studio for Eurosport-UK
Eurosport commentators Neal Foulds and Jimmy White in an interview with Shaun Murphy

[8][9][10]

 
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
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 Ding Junhui (CHN) 4
 
 
 
 Ryan Day (WAL) 5
 
Wales Ryan Day 5
 
 
 
England Alfie Burden 2
 
 Michael Georgiou (ENG) 3
 
 
 
 Alfie Burden (ENG) 5
 
Wales Ryan Day 4
 
 
 
China Liang Wenbo 5
 
 Li Hang (CHN) 1
 
 
 
 Liang Wenbo (CHN) 5
 
China Liang Wenbo 5
 
 
 
England Stuart Bingham 4
 
 Matthew Selt (ENG) 3
 
 
 
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 5
 
China Liang Wenbo 4
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy6
 
 Mark Allen (NIR) 5
 
 
 
 Mark Williams (WAL) 2
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 4
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy5
 
 Michael Wasley (ENG) 1
 
 
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 5
 
England Shaun Murphy 5
 
 
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan4
 
 Joe Perry (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)0
 
England Joe Perry 0
 
 
 
England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5
 
 Mark Davis (ENG) 1
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 5
 
England Shaun Murphy7
 
 
 
England Mark Selby 9
 
 Neil Robertson (AUS)5
 
 
 
 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 0
 
Australia Neil Robertson5
 
 
 
China Xiao Guodong 0
 
 Xiao Guodong (CHN) 5
 
 
 
 Liam Highfield (ENG) 4
 
Australia Neil Robertson4
 
 
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
 
 Stephen Maguire (SCO) 5
 
 
 
 David Gilbert (ENG) 3
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire 5
 
 
 
England Mark King 2
 
 Mark King (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 3
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire2
 
 
 
England Mark Selby 6
 
 Judd Trump (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Michael Holt (ENG) 0
 
England Judd Trump 5
 
 
 
England Martin Gould 1
 
 Martin Gould (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Ashley Carty (ENG) 3
 
England Judd Trump 4
 
 
 
England Mark Selby 5
 
 John Higgins (SCO) 2
 
 
 
 Peter Ebdon (ENG) 5
 
England Peter Ebdon 1
 
 
 
England Mark Selby 5
 
 Anthony McGill (SCO)4
 
 
 Mark Selby (ENG) 5
 

Final

Mark Selby with trophy
Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt.
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 8 February 2015.[10]
Shaun Murphy
 England
7–9
Mark Selby
 England
Afternoon: 39–71, 88–32 (72), 0–106 (53), 130–0 (130), 119–7 (118), 73–40, 80–0 (51), 62–70 (Selby 62)
Evening: 35–92 (92), 47–84 (52), 0–93 (93), 37–72, 80–0 (80), 60–52, 19–79, 4–99 (51)
130 Highest break 93
2 Century breaks 0
5 50+ breaks 6

Qualifying

These matches were held between 17 and 19 December 2014 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.[11][12][13]

Round 1

 Ding Junhui (CHN) 5–1  Jamie Clarke (WAL)
 Peter Lines (ENG) 2–5  Craig Steadman (ENG)
 Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 3–5  Sydney Wilson (ENG)
 Ryan Day (WAL) 5–2  Dave Harold (ENG)
 Graeme Dott (SCO) 1–5  Michael Georgiou (ENG)
 Tom Ford (ENG) 2–5  Andrew Pagett (WAL)
 Alfie Burden (ENG) 5–3  David Grace (ENG)
 Ali Carter (ENG) 4–5  Sam Baird (ENG)
 Ricky Walden (ENG) 4–5  Li Hang (CHN)
 Gerard Greene (NIR) 5–2  Ratchayothin Yotharuck (THA)
 Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) 2–5  Stuart Carrington (ENG)
 Liang Wenbo (CHN) 5–4  Ian Glover (ENG)
 Alan McManus (SCO) 5–4  Zak Surety (ENG)
 Matthew Selt (ENG) 5–4  Lu Chenwei (CHN)
 Kurt Maflin (NOR) 3–5  Igor Figueiredo (BRA)
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 5–1  Zhou Yuelong (CHN)
 Mark Allen (NIR) 5–3  Robin Hull (FIN)
 Ben Woollaston (ENG) 5–2  Alex Davies (ENG)
 Yu Delu (CHN) 5–1  Lee Walker (WAL)
 Mark Williams (WAL) 5–4  Luca Brecel (BEL)
 Dominic Dale (WAL) 1–5  Lu Ning (CHN)
 Mike Dunn (ENG) w/d–w/o  Michael Wasley (ENG)
 Robbie Williams (ENG) 5–0  Matthew Day (ENG)
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 5–1  Joe O'Connor (ENG)
 Joe Perry (ENG) 5–1  Scott Donaldson (SCO)
 Cao Yupeng (CHN) 4–5  Fraser Patrick (SCO)
 Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 5–4  Hammad Miah (ENG)
 Matthew Stevens (WAL) 3–5  Ian Burns (ENG)
 Mark Davis (ENG) 5–4  Daniel Wells (WAL)
 Gary Wilson (ENG) 5–2  Michael Leslie (SCO)
 Aditya Mehta (IND) 5–3  Adam Duffy (ENG)
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 5–2  George Pragnall (ENG)
 Neil Robertson (AUS) 5–4  Mitchell Mann (ENG)
 Jamie Jones (WAL) 5–3  Joe Swail (NIR)
 Jimmy White (ENG) 3–5  Tian Pengfei (CHN)
 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 5–1  Lyu Haotian (CHN)
 Xiao Guodong (CHN) 5–0  Cao Xinlong (CHN)
 Nigel Bond (ENG) 2–5  Tony Drago (MLT)
 Rory McLeod (ENG) 2–5  Liam Highfield (ENG)
 Marco Fu (HKG) 5–1  Steve Davis (ENG)
 Stephen Maguire (SCO) 5–1  Alexander Ursenbacher (SWI)
 David Morris (IRL) 5–1  Duane Jones (WAL)
 Rod Lawler (ENG) 5–2  Allan Taylor (ENG)
 David Gilbert (ENG) 5–2  Joel Walker (ENG)
 Michael White (WAL) 5–1  Chris Norbury (ENG)
 Mark King (ENG) 5–3  Steven Hallworth (ENG)
 Jamie Burnett (SCO) w/d–w/o  Barry Pinches (ENG)
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 5–0  Noppon Saengkham (THA)
 Judd Trump (ENG) 5–0  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)
 Mark Joyce (ENG) w/o–w/d  Jak Jones (WAL)
 Kyren Wilson (ENG) 4–5  Zhang Anda (CHN)
 Michael Holt (ENG) 5–3  Eden Sharav (SCO)
 Martin Gould (ENG) 5–3  Chris Melling (ENG)
 Jamie Cope (ENG) 2–5  Ross Muir (SCO)
 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 4–5  James Cahill (ENG)
 Robert Milkins (ENG) 2–5  Ashley Carty (ENG)
 John Higgins (SCO) 5–2  Elliot Slessor (ENG)
 Ken Doherty (IRL) 5–3  Vinnie Calabrese (AUS)
 Marcus Campbell (SCO) 5–0  Michael Tomlinson (ENG)
 Peter Ebdon (ENG) 5–2  Chris Wakelin (ENG)
 Anthony McGill (SCO) 5–3  John Astley (ENG)
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) 2–5  Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)
 Jack Lisowski (ENG) 1–5  Oliver Lines (ENG)
 Mark Selby (ENG) 5–3  Oliver Brown (ENG)

Round 2

China Ding Junhui 5–1 England Craig Steadman
England Sydney Wilson 3–5 Wales Ryan Day
England Michael Georgiou 5–3 Wales Andrew Pagett
England Alfie Burden 5–4 England Sam Baird
China Li Hang 5–0 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene
England Stuart Carrington 3–5 China Liang Wenbo
Scotland Alan McManus 4–5 England Matthew Selt
Brazil Igor Figueiredo 1–5 England Stuart Bingham
Northern Ireland Mark Allen 5–3 England Ben Woollaston
China Yu Delu 1–5 Wales Mark Williams
China Lu Ning 1–5 England Michael Wasley
England Robbie Williams 3–5 England Shaun Murphy
England Joe Perry 5–4 Scotland Fraser Patrick
England Jimmy Robertson 5–4 England Ian Burns
England Mark Davis 5–3 England Gary Wilson
India Aditya Mehta 2–5 England Ronnie O'Sullivan
Australia Neil Robertson 5–2 Wales Jamie Jones
China Tian Pengfei 2–5 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien
China Xiao Guodong 5–0 Malta Tony Drago
England Liam Highfield 5–2 Hong Kong Marco Fu
Scotland Stephen Maguire 5–4 Republic of Ireland David Morris
England Rod Lawler 2–5 England David Gilbert
Wales Michael White 3–5 England Mark King
England Barry Pinches 4–5 England Barry Hawkins
England Judd Trump 5–4 England Mark Joyce
China Zhang Anda 1–5 England Michael Holt
England Martin Gould 5–1 Scotland Ross Muir
England James Cahill 2–5 England Ashley Carty
Scotland John Higgins 5–2 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty
Scotland Marcus Campbell 2–5 England Peter Ebdon
Scotland Anthony McGill 5–3 England Sean O'Sullivan
England Oliver Lines 2–5 England Mark Selby

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

[14]

Televised stage centuries

[15]

References

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  15. ^ "German Masters: century breaks". worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

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