2022 German Masters
The 2022 German Masters (also known as the 2022 BetVictor German Masters due to sponsorship) will be a professional ranking snooker tournament that will take place from 26 to 30 January 2022 in the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. The tournament will be the ninth ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season. It will be the 16th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the 1995 German Open. The event will feature a prize fund of £400,000 with £80,000 being given to the winner.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26–30 January 2022 |
| Venue | Tempodrom |
| City | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £400,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Defending champion | |
← 2021 | |
Judd Trump will be the defending champion after defeating Jack Lisowski 9–2 in the 2021 final.[2]
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made a 147 break in the second frame of his first qualifying round match with Fan Zhengyi.[3]
Prize fund
The event will feature a total prize fund of £400,000 with the winner receiving £80,000.[1] The event will be the fifth of the "European Series" all sponsored by sports betting company BetVictor. The player accumulating the highest amount of prize money over the events will receive a bonus of £150,000.[4]
- Winner: £80,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £5,000
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £400,000
Main draw
Below are the event's results from the last-32 stage to the final. Player names in bold denote match winners. Numbers in brackets denote player seedings.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying for the event took place between 18 and 26 October 2021 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England. There were two rounds of qualifying, with matches being played as best-of-nine frames.[5]
Round 1
Judd Trump (ENG) (1) 5–1
Tian Pengfei (CHN)
Aaron Hill (IRL) 2–5
Anthony Hamilton (ENG)
Xiao Guodong (CHN) (32) 5–1
Duane Jones (WAL)
Gao Yang (CHN) 5–2
Stephen Hendry (SCO)
Anthony McGill (SCO) (16) 5–2
Louis Heathcote (ENG)
Hammad Miah (ENG) 4–5
Jamie O'Neill (ENG)
Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (17) 5–1
Peter Devlin (ENG)
Zak Surety (ENG) 5–2
Mark Joyce (ENG)
Ashley Hugill (ENG) 4–5
Allan Taylor (ENG)
Tom Ford (ENG) (24) 5–4
Joe O'Connor (ENG)
Lukas Kleckers (GER) 2–5
Yuan Sijun (CHN)
Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9) 5–1
Dominic Dale (WAL)
Pang Junxu (CHN) 5–1
Dean Young (SCO)
Zhao Xintong (CHN) (25) 5–3
Stuart Carrington (ENG)
Chang Bingyu (CHN) 5–2
Peter Lines (ENG)
Mark Williams (WAL) (8) 5–1
Oliver Lines (ENG)
Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5) 5–1
Xu Si (CHN)
Iulian Boiko (UKR) 2–5
Li Hang (CHN)
Gary Wilson (ENG) (28) 5–0
Ian Burns (ENG)
Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 5–2
Martin O'Donnell (ENG)
Barry Hawkins (ENG) (12) 5–3
Matthew Selt (ENG)
Michael Georgiou (CYP) 5–0
Scott Donaldson (SCO)
Joe Perry (ENG) (21) 3–5
Zhang Jiankang (CHN)
Craig Steadman (ENG) 5–4
Ng On-yee (HKG)
Ben Woollaston (ENG) 2–5
Zhang Anda (CHN)
Graeme Dott (SCO) (20) 4–5
Si Jiahui (CHN)
Jamie Wilson (ENG) 1–5
Wu Yize (CHN)
Stuart Bingham (ENG) (13) 1–5
Luca Brecel (BEL)
Simon Lichtenberg (GER) 5–1
Sanderson Lam (ENG)
Ricky Walden (ENG) (29) 5–2
Jackson Page (WAL)
Jordan Brown (NIR) 4–5
Michael White (WAL)
Neil Robertson (AUS) (4) 5–2
Fraser Patrick (SCO)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (3) 0–5
Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
Steven Hallworth (ENG) 1–5
Andrew Higginson (ENG)
Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30) 5–1
Reanne Evans (ENG)
Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 3–5
Ben Hancorn (ENG)
Jack Lisowski (ENG) (14) 5–3
Andrew Pagett (WAL)
Farakh Ajaib (PAK) 0–5
Liam Highfield (ENG)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (19) 3–5
Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
Rory McLeod (JAM) 0–5
Lu Ning (CHN)
Lee Walker (WAL) 2–5
Lyu Haotian (CHN)
Ali Carter (ENG) (22) 5–3
Robert Milkins (ENG)
Sunny Akani (THA) 5–3
Michael Judge (IRL)
Mark Allen (NIR) (11) 5–1
Alfie Burden (ENG)
David Lilley (ENG) 5–1
Mitchell Mann (ENG)
Kurt Maflin (NOR) (27) 5–2
Andy Hicks (ENG)
Cao Yupeng (CHN) 5–2
Robbie Williams (ENG)
Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6) 5–1
Mark King (ENG)
John Higgins (SCO) (7) 2–5
Noppon Saengkham (THA)
Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) 4–5
Jak Jones (WAL)
Ryan Day (WAL) (26) 5–4
Jimmy White (ENG)
Nigel Bond (ENG) 2–5
Jamie Clarke (WAL)
Ding Junhui (CHN) (10) 4–5
Mark Davis (ENG)
Gerard Greene (NIR) 2–5
Sam Craigie (ENG)
Martin Gould (ENG) (23) 4–5
Matthew Stevens (WAL)
Chris Wakelin (ENG) 4–5
Ken Doherty (IRL)
Elliot Slessor (ENG) 2–5
Zhao Jianbo (CHN)
David Gilbert (ENG) (18) 5–4
David Grace (ENG)
Lei Peifan (CHN) 5–3
Soheil Vahedi (IRN)
Yan Bingtao (CHN) (15) 5–2
Chen Zifan (CHN)
Jamie Jones (WAL) 4–5
Barry Pinches (ENG)
Michael Holt (ENG) (31) 3–5
John Astley (ENG)
Sean Maddocks (ENG) 2–5
Ashley Carty (ENG)
Mark Selby (ENG) (2) 5–2
Ross Muir (SCO)
Round 2
Judd Trump (1) 5–3
Anthony Hamilton
Xiao Guodong (32) 4–5
Gao Yang
Anthony McGill (16) 5–2
Jamie O'Neill
Zhou Yuelong (17) 5–3
Zak Surety
Allan Taylor 1–5
Tom Ford (24)
Yuan Sijun 1–5
Stephen Maguire (9)
Pang Junxu 3–5
Zhao Xintong (25)
Chang Bingyu 1–5
Mark Williams (8)
Kyren Wilson (5) 5–4
Li Hang
Gary Wilson (28) 2–5
Jimmy Robertson
Barry Hawkins (12) 3–5
Michael Georgiou
Zhang Jiankang 2–5
Craig Steadman
Zhang Anda 5–0
Si Jiahui
Wu Yize 1–5
Luca Brecel
Simon Lichtenberg 1–5
Ricky Walden (29)
Michael White 2–5
Neil Robertson (4)
Hossein Vafaei 3–5
Andrew Higginson
Liang Wenbo (30) 5–2
Ben Hancorn
Jack Lisowski (14) 3–5
Liam Highfield
Fan Zhengyi 5–4
Lu Ning
Lyu Haotian 5–1
Ali Carter (22)
Sunny Akani 3–5
Mark Allen (11)
David Lilley 3–5
Kurt Maflin (27)
Cao Yupeng 4–5
Shaun Murphy (6)
Noppon Saengkham 5–4
Jak Jones
Ryan Day (26) 5–3
Jamie Clarke
Mark Davis 1–5
Sam Craigie
Matthew Stevens 3–5
Ken Doherty
Zhao Jianbo 2–5
David Gilbert (18)
Lei Peifan 2–5
Yan Bingtao (15)
Barry Pinches 5–1
John Astley
Ashley Carty 1–5
Mark Selby (2)
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 74[6]
- 147 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 143 – Peter Devlin
- 141, 136, 123, 114 – Zhao Xintong
- 141 – Alfie Burden
- 141 – Hossein Vafaei
- 140 – Zhang Anda
- 140 – Joe O'Connor
- 138 – Michael Georgiou
- 138 – John Higgins
- 136 – Lu Ning
- 135, 134, 103 – Neil Robertson
- 134, 112 – Mark Selby
- 133, 122, 120 – Mark Allen
- 133, 104 – Gary Wilson
- 133 – Fan Zhengyi
- 132, 105, 105 – Noppon Saengkham
- 130 – Anthony Hamilton
- 128, 108 – Cao Yupeng
- 128, 103 – Mark Williams
- 125 – Li Hang
- 125 – Matthew Selt
- 123, 104, 104 – Kyren Wilson
- 122, 102 – Wu Yize
- 119, 104 – Barry Hawkins
- 119 – Mark Davis
- 118, 102, 100 – Shaun Murphy
- 118 – Yan Bingtao
- 113, 105 – Ashley Hugill
- 113, 104 – Jamie Jones
- 113 – Hammad Miah
- 113 – Barry Pinches
- 112, 101 – Alexander Ursenbacher
- 111 – Chang Bingyu
- 110, 104 – Jack Lisowski
- 110 – Jamie Clarke
- 109 – Graeme Dott
- 109 – Michael White
- 108, 103 – Jak Jones
- 108 – Anthony McGill
- 107, 107, 102 – Ricky Walden
- 104 – Pang Junxu
- 103, 100 – Yuan Sijun
- 102 – Zhou Yuelong
- 101 – Sunny Akani
- 101 – Lyu Haotian
- 100, 100 – Judd Trump
References
- "BetVictor German Masters". World Snooker Tour.
- World Snooker Tour (2021-01-31). "Trump defends German Masters title". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- World Snooker Tour (2021-10-22). "Un-Nooh Scores Third 147". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- "BetVictor Extends Involvement with WST". World Snooker Tour. 28 June 2021
- "BetVictor German Masters Qualifiers Draw". World Snooker Tour. August 27, 2021.
- "BetVictor German Masters 2022 Qualifiers | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 18–26 October 2021.