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2025 German Masters
The 2025 German Masters (officially the 2025 Machineseeker German Masters)[1] is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 27 January to 2 February 2025 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It is the twelfth ranking event of the 2024–25 season and will be broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe and by other broadcasters internationally. The winner will receive £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the Brandon Parker trophy, and a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions invitational event. Judd Trump is the defending champion, having defeated Si Jiahui 10–5 in the 2024 final. Format The event will be held at the Tempodrom in Berlin.  The arena during the final of the 2012 German Masters The event will take place from 27 January to 2 February 2025 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany.[2][3] The twelfth ranking event of the 2024–25 season (following the 2024 Scottish Open and preceding the 2025 Welsh Open), and the only major tournament of the season to be held in mainland Europe, the tournament is the fifteenth edition of the German Masters since 2011. Originally created as the ranking German Open in 1995, and held for three consecutive years in different cities, it was renamed the German Masters in 1998 and held as a non‑ranking event before being discontinued thereafter. It was revived as the ranking German Masters in 2011 and since then has been held at the Tempodrom in Berlin.[a] Qualifying took place from 16 to 19 December 2024 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.[2][6] The WST implemented a new format for the four Home Nations events and the German Masters this season. In qualifying round one, players seeded 65–96 face those seeded 97–128. In qualifying round two, the 32 round one winners play those seeded 33–64. The 32 round two winners then play the top 32 seeds in the first round of the main stage.[7] All matches up to and including the quarter‑finals are played as best of nine frames. The semi‑finals are best of 11, and the final is a best‑of‑19 frame match played over two sessions.[6][3] The defending champion is Judd Trump, who won his record third German Masters title in 2024, winning the final 10–5 against China's Si Jiahui who was contesting his first ranking final.[12] The qualifying rounds were broadcast by Discovery+ in Europe (including the United Kingdom and Ireland) and by the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy WeChat Channel, the CBSA‑WPBSA Academy Douyin and Huya Live in China. They were available from Matchroom Sport in all other territories.[13] Prize fundThe tournament winner will receive the Brandon Parker trophy.[14] The breakdown of prize money for the event, an increase of £123,400 from the previous event, is shown below:[2]
SummaryQualifying roundsRound 1Reigning Women's World Champion Bai Yulu recorded another win in her debut professional season as she defeated Liam Pullen in a deciding frame to win 5–4. 1997 World Champion Ken Doherty secured his first victory of the season, beating Oliver Lines 5–4 on the deciding black, despite having led 4–0. In a match between two rookies, Latvian player Artemijs Žižins defeated Indian professional Kreishh Gurbaxani 5–4, while Belgian Julien Leclercq made a high break of 131 in beating Jimmy White 5–2. Other results included whitewash victories for Stuart Carrington and Stan Moody, over Manasawin Phetmalaikul and Ahmed Aly Elsayed respectively.[15] Recent 2024 Scottish Open champion Lei Peifan was defeated 3–5 by Allan Taylor.[16] Amateur Joshua Thomond defeated Belgian Ben Mertens on a respotted black in the deciding frame to win 5–4. Reanne Evans won her first match of the season, defeating Amir Sarkhosh 5–3. Day three saw amateurs Iulian Boiko and Dylan Emery both win 5–2 over Michael Holt and Louis Heathcote respectively, while 2024 Shoot Out finalist Liam Graham recovered from 0–4 down to defeat Ma Hailong 5–4.[17] Round 2Doherty defeated Jordan Brown 5–4, winning his second match in a row in a deciding frame. Dominic Dale beat Zak Surety 5–3 and Žižins beat Matthew Selt 5–4, fluking the final red in the deciding frame.[18] Scots Anthony McGill & Graeme Dott both won their first games 5–0, with wins over Haydon Pinhey and Xing Zihao respectively. Bai lost 1–5 to compatriot Yuan Sijun despite hitting a break of 128, the highest by a woman on the World Snooker Tour since Allison Fisher in 1992. Irish professional Aaron Hill defeated Moody 5–4 in a deciding frame that lasted 85 minutes and Xu Si compiled a high break of 142 in his 5–1 win over Leclercq.[16]. Joe O'Connor defeated Evans 5–1, and Antoni Kowalski whitewashed Martin O'Donnell. Graham beat Sanderson Lam 5–4; and Englishmen Alfie Burden and David Lilley whitewashed Welshmen Jamie Jones and Liam Davies respectively.[19] Main drawThe results of the main draw will be shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players. Players in bold denote match winners.[3][20] Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying roundsThe results of the qualifying rounds will be shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.[6][21]
Century breaksQualifying stage centuriesA total of 31 century breaks were made during the qualifying stage of the tournament in Sheffield.[22]
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