German Masters 2018
D88 German Masters 2018
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| Tournament type: | World ranking tournament |
| Venue: | Tempodrom , Berlin |
| Opening: | January 31, 2018 |
| Endgame: | 4th February 2018
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| Winner: |
 Mark Williams
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| Finalist: |
 Graeme Dott
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| Highest Break: | 140 ( Judd Trump )
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The D88 German Masters 2018 was a snooker tournament of the Snooker Main Tour of the 2017/18 season . For the eighth time in a row, the Tempodrom in Berlin was the venue. The tournament began on January 31st and ended on February 4th, 2018. On September 5th, 2017 World Snooker announced the new sponsor and namesake of the tournament with D88 .
The defending champion was the Englishman Anthony Hamilton , who was eliminated this time in the first round against Jimmy Robertson .
One day before the start of the qualifying round on December 19, 2017, the top favorite Ronnie O'Sullivan , 2012 winner, announced his retirement from the tournament for medical reasons.
Prize money
There were no changes in the prize money compared to the two previous years.
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| winner | £ 80,000 |
| finalist | £ 35,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £ 20,000 |
| Quarter finalist | £ 10,000 |
| Round of 16 | £ 5000 |
| Last 32 | 4000 pounds |
| Last 64 | £ 2000 |
| All in all | £ 363,000 |
The Rolling 147 Prize for a maximum break was £ 5,000 .
Main round
The main tournament in Berlin began on Wednesday, January 31, with the 32 players who had survived the two qualifying rounds at the end of 2017.
final
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Final: Best of 17 Frames Referee: Maike Kesseler Tempodrom , Berlin, Germany, February 4, 2018  |
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Mark Williams
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Graeme Dott
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Afternoon session: 79 : 1 (79), 73 : 8, 56: 72 (56 MW, 64 GD), 66 : 64, 79 : 0 (79), 76 : 40 (66), 74 : 43, 132 : 0 ( 110) Evening session: 66 : 16 (66), 86 : 8 (50) |
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| 110 | Highest break | 64 |
| 1 | Century breaks | - |
| 7th | 50+ breaks | 1 |
qualification
As in the previous year, the qualification took place in Barnsley in the Metrodome . It was the only tournament of the season with two qualifying rounds. From December 19-22, 2017, the 32 players who competed in Berlin a month and a half later were selected from the field of professionals.
A = amateur player (not on the main tour during the 2015/16 season; qualification via the Q-School-Order-of-Merit)
kl. = without a fight
Century breaks
Main round
Final score
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qualification
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- ^ D88 sponsor German Masters. World Snooker, September 5, 2017, archived from the original on December 19, 2017 ; accessed on December 19, 2017 (English).
- ^ O'Sullivan Pulls Out Of German Qualifiers. World Snooker, December 18, 2017, archived from the original on December 19, 2017 ; accessed on December 19, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season. (PDF; 88 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 11, 2017, accessed November 29, 2017 .
- ↑ a b German Masters (2018). Snooker.org, accessed December 15, 2017 .
- ↑ D88 German Masters 2018 Qualifiers - Provisional Format of Play. (PDF; 17 kB) World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association, December 11, 2017, accessed on December 15, 2017 .
- ↑ D88 German Masters 2018 Qualifiers Draw. (PDF; 358 kB) World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association, December 11, 2017, accessed on December 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Centuries German Masters 2018 World Snooker ( Memento from February 1, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 4, 2018
