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2011 German Masters

Tournament information
Dates	2–6 February 2011 (2011-02-02 – 2011-02-06)
Venue	Tempodrom
City	Berlin
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking 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)
Score	9–7
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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.

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

Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 5–4  Kurt Maflin (NOR)  Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 2–5  Adam Wicheard (ENG)  Patrick Wallace (NIR) 0–5  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)  Alfie Burden (ENG) 5–2  Zhang Anda (CHN)  Mike Dunn (ENG) – Bye  Jack Lisowski (ENG) 5–2  James McBain (SCO)  Jamie Burnett (SCO) 5–4  James Wattana (THA)  Bjorn Haneveer (BEL) 3–5  Liu Song (CHN)  Barry Pinches (ENG) 4–5  Kyren Wilson (ENG)  Nigel Bond (ENG) 5–0  Reanne Evans (ENG)  Jimmy White (ENG) 5–2  Liam Highfield (ENG)  Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 5–2  Igor Figueiredo (BRA)  Tony Drago (MLT) 5–4  Kuldesh Johal (ENG)  Ian McCulloch (ENG) 5–1  Issara Kachaiwong (THA)  Rod Lawler (ENG) 2–5  Simon Bedford (ENG)  Andy Hicks (ENG) 5–1  Paul Davison (ENG)

Joe Jogia (ENG) 1–5  Jamie O'Neill (ENG)  Anthony McGill (SCO) 5–2  Michael White (WAL)  Stuart Pettman (ENG) w/d–w/o  Xiao Guodong (CHN)  Dominic Dale (WAL) 5–4  David Morris (IRL)  Mark Joyce (ENG) 5–1  Andrew Pagett (WAL)  Alan McManus (SCO) 5–0  Jak Jones (WAL)  Matthew Selt (ENG) 5–3  Ben Woollaston (ENG)  Michael Holt (ENG) 3–5  David Gilbert (ENG)  Rory McLeod (ENG) 3–5  Matthew Couch (ENG)  Steve Davis (ENG) w/o–w/d  Michael Judge (IRL)  Peter Lines (ENG) 2–5  Joe Delaney (IRL)  Joe Swail (NIR) 5–1  Justin Astley (ENG)  Dave Harold (ENG) 5–0  Dermot McGlinchey (NIR)  Adrian Gunnell (ENG) 5–0  Noppon Saengkham (THA)  Robert Milkins (ENG) 5–4  Jimmy Michie (ENG)  Jamie Jones (WAL) 5–2  Liu Chuang (CHN)

Round 2

Anthony Hamilton 5–1 Adam Wicheard Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 5–1 Alfie Burden Mike Dunn 3–5 Jack Lisowski Jamie Burnett 4–5 Liu Song Kyren Wilson 2–5 Nigel Bond Jimmy White 1–5 Jimmy Robertson Tony Drago w/o–w/d Ian McCulloch Simon Bedford 5–2 Andy Hicks

Jamie O'Neill 1–5 Anthony McGill Xiao Guodong 3–5 Dominic Dale Mark Joyce 3–5 Alan McManus Matthew Selt 5–3 David Gilbert Matthew Couch 2–5 Steve Davis Joe Delaney 2–5 Joe Swail Dave Harold 5–2 Adrian Gunnell Robert Milkins 5–3 Jamie Jones

Round 3

Stuart Bingham (ENG) 1–5 Anthony Hamilton  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 2–5 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon  Marcus Campbell (SCO) 3–5 Jack Lisowski  Ken Doherty (IRL) 4–5 Liu Song  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 2–5 Nigel Bond  Judd Trump (ENG) 5–3 Jimmy Robertson  Andrew Higginson (ENG) 5–2 Tony Drago  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 5–3 Simon Bedford

Tom Ford (ENG) 2–5 Anthony McGill  Gerard Greene (NIR) 3–5 Dominic Dale  Joe Perry (ENG) 5–3 Alan McManus  Stephen Lee (ENG) 5–2 Matthew Selt  Ryan Day (WAL) 5–0 Steve Davis  Martin Gould (ENG) 0–5 Joe Swail  Marco Fu (HKG) 5–3 Dave Harold  Mark Davis (ENG) 4–5 Robert Milkins

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

Televised stage centuries

Gallery

• Inside the venue
• Mark Williams after winning the title
• Mark Selby being interviewed after the final
• Referee Jan Verhaas
• Semi-finalist Graeme Dott
• Semi-finalist Marco Fu

References

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External links

• German Masters
• 2011 in snooker
• 2011 in German sport
• February 2011 sports events in Europe
• Sports competitions in Berlin