German Masters 2015

Creative Dental German Masters 2015
Tournament type:	World ranking tournament
Venue:	Tempodrom , Berlin
Opening:	4th February 2015
Endgame:	February 8, 2015
Winner:	Mark Selby
Highest Break:	147 ( Judd Trump )
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Exterior view of the Tempodrom

Panoramic view of the main arena

The Kreativ Dental German Masters 2015 was a snooker tournament of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2014/15 season . It was held at the Tempodrom in Berlin from February 4th to 8th, 2015 and was the fifth edition of the tournament in the German capital since 2011.

The defending champion was the Chinese Ding Junhui , who lost his first round game against Welsh Ryan Day .

In the quarterfinals, Judd Trump made his second official maximum break against reigning world champion Mark Selby . It was the 113th maximum in snooker history, the eighth of the 2014/15 season and the first in the main round of a German ranking tournament. Trump then retired 4: 5 in the decision-making frame.

Due to the halved field of only 32 finalists compared to the previous year (2014: 64 finalists), the main arena was played with only five tables, as in 2013. For this reason, the organizers suspended the first session of the first day of the tournament, so that the tournament only began with the second session at 3:00 p.m. The small arena was used by Eurosport UK as a TV studio for live commentary and interviews. Commentators were former Main Tour professional players Neal Foulds and Jimmy White .

Prize money

The prize money remained unchanged compared to the previous year.

	Prize money
winner	€ 80,000
finalist	€ 35,000
Semi-finalist	€ 20,000
Quarter finalist	€ 10,000
Round of 16	€ 5,000
Last 32	€ 3,000
Last 64	€ 1,500
Highest final round break	€ 4,000
All in all	€ 335,000

Main round

After 64 players came to Germany for the first time last year for the main round, this time the field in qualifying was again reduced to 32 players, as before.

Impressions

Small arena as a TV studio

Ronnie O'Sullivan , Jimmy White and Neal Foulds (from left) in a TV conversation

Mark Selby in an interview after his first round win

Ding Junhui in an interview after his first round defeat

Backstage training room, Shaun Murphy at the front table

Tournament course

1 round

On the first day of the tournament, the reigning world champion Mark Selby narrowly escaped a first round defeat. The Englishman had already taken the lead 4-1 and one frame away from victory, but the Scot Anthony McGill managed to equalize to 4: 4. In the decision-making frame, Selby was finally able to prevail with 68:16.

The world number two and defending champion Ding Junhui had in his match against Welshman Ryan Day in the eighth frame when the score was 57:46 points match point on Pink, however, these missed and Day was able to 4: balance. 4 The last frame clearly went to the Welshman with 82: 1. The number five in the world rankings, Barry Hawkins , surprisingly lost to Mark King 3: 5. Peter Ebdon defeated four-time world champion John Higgins 5-2 and played the tournament's highest break with a 133 at the time.

Ronnie O'Sullivan , who failed in the qualification last year, beat his compatriot Mark Davis 5-1 and played the 782nd Century Break of his career. With 5-0 wins, Judd Trump , Neil Robertson and Joe Perry made it into the round of 16.

Round of 16

The world number one Neil Robertson built on his sovereign performance of the first round and defeated the Chinese Xiao Guodong with 5: 0. This left the Australian two games in a row without losing frames and was the first player to reach the quarter-finals. The Scot Stephen Maguire prevailed 5: 2 against the Englishman Mark King , Judd Trump and Mark Selby both won 5: 1 after strong performances.

Shaun Murphy after defeating Mark Allen

On the second Achtelfinaltag rolled over Ronnie O'Sullivan the world rankings Fourteenth Joe Perry with 5: 0th Welsh Ryan Day also won 5: 2 against Alfie Burden and thus reached the quarter-finals of a full ranking tournament for the first time this season . Liang Wenbo defeated Shanghai Masters winner Stuart Bingham just 5: 4 after Bingham had been in the lead 4-3. In the decision frame, the Chinese got four foul points and secured victory with a break of 24. Also, Shaun Murphy and Mark Allen went the full distance. Allen had already punched the match point when the score was 4: 3, but Murphy was able to collect the necessary foul points and managed to equalize to 4: 4. In the last frame Murphy beat the Northern Irish 5-4 with a break of 76 points .

Quarter finals

Judd Trump punches the last ball for the maximum break at the German Masters 2015

For the first time in the history of the German Masters, all four quarter-finals went over the full game distance of nine frames. Liang Wenbo and Ryan Day faced each other in the first game . The difference was never more than one frame, Day played high breaks of 91, 132 and 85, but the Chinese won the last frame with breaks of 57 and 48 points. In the second duel, world champion Mark Selby and last year's finalist Judd Trump faced each other. After the break, Trump scored his second official maximum break at 1: 3, after the game was marked by high breaks in the previous frames. Selby got a series of 87, 83 and 95 points, Trump played a 94 in frame two. After a contested sixth frame, both continued the offensive game, in the "Decider" Trump had already taken the lead with 31 points when he missed Pink and Selby won the game with a 60 break.

The triple-crown winners Shaun Murphy and Ronnie O'Sullivan met at the TV table . Murphy took a 2-0 lead after breaks of 77 and 59 points when O'Sullivan started an impressive chase and pulled away 4-2. The UK Champion was only one frame away from the semi-finals when Murphy saved himself into the decisive frame for the second time that day of the tournament. Murphy advanced with 33 points, then O'Sullivan took the lead, but missed the early decision due to a position error on red. Murphy took his chance and won with a 34 clearance just 67:65. In the last quarterfinal match, Neil Robertson and Stephen Maguire fought a close head-to-head duel. In the first frame Maguire had already pulled away with 62 points, but Robertson got four foul points and went 1-0 in front with a 51 clearance. In the further course of the game, the Australian always took a frame lead, but could not extend it at any time, as Maguire always managed to equalize immediately. In the last frame, Robertson was just before the finish line with 69 points when he unluckily punched black in a safety on red and snookered himself behind green. After around four hours of play and a strong 34 clearance, however, Maguire was the last player to reach the semi-finals.

Semifinals

In the afternoon, Masters winner Shaun Murphy and Liang Wenbo met . Murphy started strong, played a 141 in the second frame and took a 3-0 lead. Wenbo, who had hardly found his way into the game so far, got his first frame with a 90 break and went into the break with a 1: 3 deficit. Then the Chinese turned up, played a Century of 106 points and used Murphy's hole error to take the lead 4-3. In the last three frames only the English played. He scored 317 points in a row, including the tournament's second-highest break of 145 points, and secured a place in the final with a 6-4 win.

Tournament statistics

	Round 1 best of 9 frames					Round of 16 best of 9 frames					Quarterfinals Best of 9 Frames					Semi-final best of 11 frames					Final Best of 17 frames
	1	Ding Junhui	4th
	22nd	Ryan Day	5
						22nd	Ryan Day	5
						58	Alfie Burden	2
	95	Michael Georgiou	3
	58	Alfie Burden	5
											22nd	Ryan Day	4th
											25th	Liang Wenbo	5
	65	Li Hang	1
	25th	Liang Wenbo	5
						25th	Liang Wenbo	5
						8th	Stuart Bingham	4th
	42	Matthew Selt	3
	8th	Stuart Bingham	5
																25th	Liang Wenbo	4th
																11	Shaun Murphy	6th
	6th	Mark Allen	5
	18th	Mark Williams	2
						6th	Mark Allen	4th
						11	Shaun Murphy	5
	93	Michael Wasley	1
	11	Shaun Murphy	5
											11	Shaun Murphy	5
											4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	4th
	14th	Joe Perry	5
	46	Jimmy Robertson	0
						14th	Joe Perry	0
						4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
	19th	Mark Davis	1
	4th	Ronnie O'Sullivan	5
																					11	Shaun Murphy	7th
																					2	Mark Selby	9
	3	Neil Robertson	5
	28	Fergal O'Brien	0
						3	Neil Robertson	5
						20th	Xiao Guodong	0
	20th	Xiao Guodong	5
	80	Liam Highfield	4th
											3	Neil Robertson	4th
											12	Stephen Maguire	5
	12	Stephen Maguire	5
	32	David Gilbert	3
						12	Stephen Maguire	5
						35	Mark King	2
	35	Mark King	5
	5	Barry Hawkins	3
																12	Stephen Maguire	2
																2	Mark Selby	6th
	7th	Judd Trump	5
	23	Michael Holt	0
						7th	Judd Trump	5
						27	Martin Gould	1
	27	Martin Gould	5
	A.	Ashley Carty	3
											7th	Judd Trump	4th
											2	Mark Selby	5
	15th	John Higgins	2
	31	Peter Ebdon	5
						31	Peter Ebdon	1
						2	Mark Selby	5
	30th	Anthony McGill	4th
	2	Mark Selby	5

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2014/15 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)

final

Mark Selby with trophy

Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Marcel Eckardt Tempodrom ,  Berlin , Germany , February 8, 2015
Shaun Murphy	7: 9	Mark Selby
Afternoon session: 39: 71 , 88 : 32 (72), 0: 106 (53), 130 : 0 (130), 119 : 7 (118), 73 : 40, 80 : 0 (51), 62: 70 (62 Selby) Evening session: 35: 92 (92), 47: 84 (52), 0: 93 (93), 37: 72 , 80 : 0 (80), 66 : 52, 19: 79 , 4: 99 (51)
130	Highest break	93
2	Century breaks	-
5	50+ breaks	6th

qualification

The venue for the qualification from December 17-19, 2014 was Robin Park Arena and Sports Center in Wigan near Manchester. Since there are no more seeded players, the 128 players who started were reduced to 32 players in two elimination rounds. Round 1 took place on Wednesday and Thursday, round 2 on Friday.

First round best of 9 frames Second round best of 9 frames                   1   Ding Junhui 5   A.   Jamie Rhys Clarke 1     1   Ding Junhui 5   85   Craig Steadman 1 59   Peter Lines 2 85   Craig Steadman 5   49   Anthony Hamilton 3   A.   Sydney Wilson 5     A.   Sydney Wilson 3   22nd   Ryan Day 5 22nd   Ryan Day 5 70   Dave Harold 2   17th   Graeme Dott 1   95   Michael Georgiou 5     95   Michael Georgiou 5   82   Andrew Pagett 3 43   Tom Ford 2 82   Andrew Pagett 5   58   Alfie Burden 5   101   David Grace 3     58   Alfie Burden 5   73   Sam Baird 4th 13   Allister Carter 4th 73   Sam Baird 5   9   Ricky Walden 4th   65   Li Hang 5     65   Li Hang 5   44   Gerard Greene 0 44   Gerard Greene 5 100   Ratchayothin Yotharuck 2   41   Dechawat Poomjaeng 2   68   Stuart Carrington 5     68   Stuart Carrington 3   25th   Liang Wenbo 5 25th   Liang Wenbo 5 107   Ian Glover 4th   24   Alan McManus 5   104   Zak Surety 4th     24   Alan McManus 4th   42   Matthew Selt 5 42   Matthew Selt 5 105   Lu Chenwei 4th   33   Kurt Maflin 3   92   Igor Figueiredo 5     92   Igor Figueiredo 1   8th   Stuart Bingham 5 8th   Stuart Bingham 5 86   Zhou Yuelong 1   6th   Mark Allen 5   71   Robin Hull 3     6th   Mark Allen 5   36   Ben Woollaston 3 36   Ben Woollaston 5 77   Alex Davies 2   52   Yu Delu 5   113   Lee Walker 1     52   Yu Delu 1   18th   Mark Williams 5 18th   Mark Williams 5 66   Luca Brecel 4th   29   Dominic Dale 1   112   Lu Ning 5     112   Lu Ning 1   93   Michael Wasley 5 48   Mike Dunn - 93   Michael Wasley kl.   57   Robbie Williams 5   A.   Matthew Day 0     57   Robbie Williams 3   11   Shaun Murphy 5 11   Shaun Murphy 5 A.   Joe O'Connor 1   14th   Joe Perry 5   84   Scott Donaldson 1     14th   Joe Perry 5   75   Fraser Patrick 3 63   Cao Yupeng 4th 75   Fraser Patrick 5   46   Jimmy Robertson 5   87   Hammad Miah 4th     46   Jimmy Robertson 5   79   Ian Burns 4th 21st   Matthew Stevens 3 79   Ian Burns 5   19th   Mark Davis 5   A.   Daniel Wells 4th     19th   Mark Davis 5   64   Gary Wilson 3 64   Gary Wilson 5 111   Michael Leslie 2   53   Aditya Mehta 5   A.   Adam Duffy 3     53   Aditya Mehta 2   4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 4th   Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 A.   George Pragnall 2

First round best of 9 frames Second round best of 9 frames                   3   Neil Robertson 5   94   Mitchell Mann 4th     3   Neil Robertson 5   47   Jamie Jones 2 47   Jamie Jones 5 67   Joe Swail 3   61   Jimmy White 3   96   Tian Pengfei 5     96   Tian Pengfei 2   28   Fergal O'Brien 5 28   Fergal O'Brien 5 74   Lü Haotian 1   20th   Xiao Guodong 5   102   Cao Xinlong 0     20th   Xiao Guodong 5   90   Tony Drago 0 56   Nigel Bond 2 90   Tony Drago 5   51   Rory McLeod 2   80   Liam Highfield 5     80   Liam Highfield 5   10   Marco Fu 2 10   Marco Fu 5 ITC   Steve Davis 1   12   Stephen Maguire 5   110   Alexander Ursenbacher 1     12   Stephen Maguire 5   54   David Moriss 4th 54   David Morris 5 A.   Duane Jones 1   34   Rod Lawler 5   106   Allan Taylor 2     34   Rod Lawler 2   32   David Gilbert 5 32   David Gilbert 5 83   Joel Walker 2   26th   Michael White 5   99   Chris Norbury 1     26th   Michael White 3   35   Mark King 5 35   Mark King 5 109   Steven Hallworth 3   45   Jamie Burnett -   91   Barry Pinches kl.     91   Barry Pinches 4th   5   Barry Hawkins 5 5   Barry Hawkins 5 69   Noppon Saengkham 0   7th   Judd Trump 5   114   Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 0     7th   Judd Trump 5   39   Mark Joyce 4th 39   Mark Joyce kl. 108   Jak Jones -   60   Kyren Wilson 4th   103   Zhang Anda 5     103   Zhang Anda 1   23   Michael Holt 5 23   Michael Holt 5 A.   Eden Sharav 3   27   Martin Gould 5   89   Chris Melling 3     27   Martin Gould 5   98   Ross Muir 1 55   Jamie Cope 2 98   Ross Muir 5   37   Andrew Higginson 4th   76   James Cahill 5     76   James Cahill 2   A.   Ashley Carty 5 16   Robert Milkins 2 A.   Ashley Carty 5   15th   John Higgins 5   97   Elliot Slessor 2     15th   John Higgins 5   38   Ken Doherty 2 38   Ken Doherty 5 88   Vinnie Calabrese 3   50   Marcus Campbell 5   A.   Michael Tomlinson 3     50   Marcus Campbell 2   31   Peter Ebdon 5 31   Peter Ebdon 5 72   Chris Wakelin 2   30th   Anthony McGill 5   78   John Astley 3     30th   Anthony McGill 5   A.   Sean O'Sullivan 3 62   Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2 A.   Sean O'Sullivan 5   40   Jack Lisowski 1   81   Oliver Lines 5     81   Oliver Lines 2   2   Mark Selby 5 2   Mark Selby 5 A.   Oliver Brown 3

A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2014/15 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
ITC = Invitational Tour Card

Century Breaks

Main round

Judd Trump scored the 113th official maximum break in the fifth frame of the quarterfinals against Mark Selby . It is the second of his career and the eighth of the current season . Mark Selby had also been the opponent at his first maximum.

Judd Trump 147 , 104, 102 Shaun Murphy 145, 141, 130, 118 Ronnie O'Sullivan 134 (2 ×), 117 Peter Ebdon 133 Ryan Day 132 Mark Selby 126 Stephen Maguire 119, 107

Alfie Burden 112 Neil Robertson 111 Mark Davis 110 Liang Wenbo 106, 103 Mark King 106 Matthew Selt 103 Mark Allen 100

qualification

Shaun Murphy 142, 116 Aditya Mehta 141, 101 Ding Junhui 136, 131 Daniel Wells 136 Ian Burns 136 Neil Robertson 135, 134, 105, 101 Allister Carter 135 Zak Surety 133 Mark Davis 132 Michael Wasley 131, 121 Mark Allen 127 Adam Duffy 121 Judd Trump 120, 114, 105 Ronnie O'Sullivan 117, 106, 104 Robin Hull 117

Ryan Day 117 Li Hang 115, 103 Matthew Stevens 115 Michael White 115 Xiao Guodong 113 David Gilbert 112 Sam Baird 109 Mitchell Mann 107 Alfie Burden 105 Michael Leslie 104 Michael Holt 104 Yu Delu 103 Oliver Lines 103 Jack Lisowski 102 Jimmy Robertson 100

Web links

Commons : German Masters 2015  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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2. ↑ German Masters - tournament information: winners, prize money and distances. (No longer available online.) Yahoo Eurosport on Jan 27, 2015, archived from the original on March 8, 2015 ; accessed on February 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ German Masters Draw. (PDF; 184 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 23, 2014, archived from the original on February 4, 2015 ; accessed on January 1, 2015 . 
4. ↑ German Masters 2015 Provisional Format of Play. (PDF; 76.8 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original on February 4, 2015 ; accessed on January 1, 2015 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Kreativ Dental German Masters (2015). Snooker.org, accessed February 7, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Anthony McGill v Mark Selby - Frame Details. (No longer available online.) In: love-snooker.com. Love Snooker, archived from the original on February 6, 2015 ; accessed on February 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ result thing vs. Day ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Snooker.org. Retrieved February 5, 2015.  
8. ^ Liang Wenbo v Stuart Bingham - Frame details. (No longer available online.) In: love-snooker.com. Love Snooker, archived from the original on February 7, 2015 ; Retrieved February 7, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Mark Allen v Shaun Murphy - Frame Details. (No longer available online.) In: love-snooker.com. Love Snooker, archived from the original on February 7, 2015 ; Retrieved February 7, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Murphy Down's Rocket In Thriller. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , February 6, 2015, accessed February 7, 2015 . 
11. ^ Liang Wenbo v Shaun Murphy - Frame details. (No longer available online.) In: love-snooker.com. Love Snooker, archived from the original on February 7, 2015 ; Retrieved February 7, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ German Masters 2015 Qualifying Format. (PDF; 38.8 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , archived from the original on December 16, 2014 ; Retrieved December 9, 2014 . 
13. ^ German Masters Qualifiers Draw. (PDF; 738 kB) (No longer available online.) World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , December 20, 2014, archived from the original on December 20, 2014 ; accessed on January 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ^ German Masters Qualifiers (2014). Snooker.org, accessed January 1, 2015 . 
15. ^ German Masters - Century Breaks. In: worldsnookerdata.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , accessed February 7, 2015 . 
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