2018 German Masters
# 2018 German Masters

The 2018 German Masters (officially the 2018 D88 German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place from 31 January to 4 February 2018 in Berlin, Germany. It was the thirteenth ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.

Anthony Hamilton was the defending champion, but he lost 1–5 to Jimmy Robertson in the first round.

Mark Williams won his 20th professional ranking title and his second of the season, defeating Graeme Dott 9–1 in the final.

## Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £5,000.

## Main draw

| Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 5 | Jimmy Robertson | 5 | | | | |
| | | Gary Wilson | 3 | | | | |
| Gary Wilson (ENG) | 5 | Gary Wilson | 3 | | | | |
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 2 | | | Jimmy Robertson | 3 | | |
| | | | | Mark Williams | 5 | | |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 3 | | | Mark Williams | 5 | | |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 5 | Mark Williams | 5 | | | | |
| | | Matthew Selt | 2 | | | | |
| Matthew Selt (ENG) | 5 | Matthew Selt | 2 | | | | |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 4 | | | | | Mark Williams | 6 |
| | | | | | | Judd Trump | 1 |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) | 5 | | | | | Judd Trump | 1 |
| Michael Georgiou (CYP) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Michael Georgiou (CYP) | 3 | Ding Junhui | 5 | | | | |
| | | Ricky Walden | 2 | | | | |
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 3 | Ricky Walden | 2 | | | | |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5 | | | Ding Junhui | 3 | | |
| | | | | Judd Trump | 5 | | |
| Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 | | | Judd Trump | 5 | | |
| Yu Delu (CHN) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Yu Delu (CHN) | 4 | Joe Perry | 3 | | | | |
| | | Judd Trump | 5 | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 3 | Judd Trump | 5 | | | | |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | Mark Williams | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | Graeme Dott | 1 |
| Niu Zhuang (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | | Graeme Dott | 1 |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 5 | Mark Davis | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | Ryan Day | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5 | Ryan Day | 5 | | | | | | |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 1 | | | Ryan Day | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Shaun Murphy | 5 | | | | |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 4 | | | Shaun Murphy | 5 | | | | |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 5 | Mark Joyce | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | Shaun Murphy | 5 | | | | | | |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 2 | Shaun Murphy | 5 | | | | | | |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5 | | | | | Shaun Murphy | 4 | | |
| | | | | | | Graeme Dott | 6 |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 3 | | | | | Graeme Dott | 6 |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) | 5 | Graeme Dott | 5 | | | | |
| | | Mei Xiwen | 4 | | | | |
| Hammad Miah (ENG) | 1 | Mei Xiwen | 4 | | | | |
| Mei Xiwen (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Mei Xiwen (CHN) | 5 | | | Graeme Dott | 5 | | |
| | | | | Xiao Guodong | 4 | | |
| Tom Ford (ENG) | 1 | | | Xiao Guodong | 4 | | |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5 | Liang Wenbo | 2 | | | | |
| | | Xiao Guodong | 5 | | | | |
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 5 | Xiao Guodong | 5 | | | | |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 4 February 2018. :

| Mark Williams Wales | 9–1 | Graeme Dott Scotland |
| - | - | - |
| Afternoon: 79–1 (79), 73–8, 56–72 (56, 64), 66–64, 79–0 (79), 76–40 (66), 74–43, 132–0 (110) Evening: 66–16 (66), 86–8 (50) |||
| 110 | Highest break | 64 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 7 | 50+ breaks | 1 |

## Qualifying

These matches were played between 19 and 22 December 2017 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames. Ali Carter was a 2017 German Masters finalist, but he was beaten 5–3 by Wang Yuchen.

### Round 1

| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5–3 | Chen Zhe (CHN) |
| - | - | - |
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) | 5–0 | Zhang Yong (CHN) |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 5–3 | Rhys Clark (SCO) |
| Peter Lines (ENG) | 5–4 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 1–5 | Gary Wilson (ENG) |
| Xu Si (CHN) | 4–5 | David Grace (ENG) |
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 5–3 | Alfie Burden (ENG) |
| Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) | 3–5 | Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5–1 | Sunny Akani (THA) |
| Michael White (WAL) | 3–5 | Robin Hull (FIN) |
| Basem Eltahhan (EGY) | 0–5 | Matthew Stevens (WAL) |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 5–1 | Oliver Lines (ENG) |
| Aditya Mehta (IND) | 5–1 | Ben Jones (WAL) |
| Yan Bingtao (CHN) | 3–5 | Matthew Selt (ENG) |
| Rod Lawler (ENG) | 5–1 | Ross Muir (SCO) |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 5–3 | Li Yuan (CHN) |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) | 5–4 | Gerard Greene (NIR) |
| Nigel Bond (ENG) | 5–3 | Christopher Keogan (ENG) |
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) | 2–5 | Michael Georgiou (CYP) |
| Elliot Slessor (ENG) | 1–5 | Ian Burns (ENG) |
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 1–5 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 5–4 | Lee Walker (WAL) |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5–1 | Boonyarit Keattikun (THA) |
| Leo Fernandez (IRL) | 3–5 | Ashley Hugill (ENG) |
| Daniel Wells (WAL) | 3–5 | Thor Chuan Leong (MYS) |
| Joe Perry (ENG) | 5–1 | Joe Swail (NIR) |
| Yu Delu (CHN) | 5–0 | Jamie Clarke (WAL) |
| Anthony McGill (SCO) | 3–5 | Jimmy White (ENG) |
| Chris Totten (SCO) | 5–2 | Matthew Bolton (AUS) |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5–4 | Alex Borg (MLT) |
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 5–4 | Fang Xiongman (CHN) |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 5–3 | Adam Duffy (ENG) |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | w/d–w/o | Rory McLeod (ENG) |
| Niu Zhuang (CHN) | 5–1 | Ian Preece (WAL) |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 3–5 | Mark Davis (ENG) |
| Kurt Maflin (NOR) | 4–5 | Josh Boileau (IRL) |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5–0 | Kurt Dunham (AUS) |
| Craig Steadman (ENG) | 4–5 | John Astley (ENG) |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5–1 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) |
| Martin O'Donnell (ENG) | 3–5 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) |
| Eden Sharav (SCO) | 2–5 | Mike Dunn (ENG) |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 5–3 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 5–2 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 3–5 | Wang Yuchen (CHN) |
| Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) | 2–5 | Jackson Page (WAL) |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 5–4 | Dominic Dale (WAL) |
| Chen Zifan (CHN) | 2–5 | Cao Yupeng (CHN) |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5–2 | Paul Davison (ENG) |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5–1 | Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG) |
| Hossein Vafaei (IRN) | 2–5 | Liam Highfield (ENG) |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) | 5–2 | Soheil Vahedi (IRN) |
| Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 5–4 | Jak Jones (WAL) |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) | 1–5 | Hammad Miah (ENG) |
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 5–2 | Sam Craigie (ENG) |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 1–5 | Mei Xiwen (CHN) |
| Billy Joe Castle (ENG) | 1–5 | Robbie Williams (ENG) |
| Lukas Kleckers (GER) | 2–5 | Tom Ford (ENG) |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5–2 | Chris Wakelin (ENG) |
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 5–4 | Li Hang (CHN) |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5–1 | Duane Jones (WAL) |
| Hamza Akbar (PAK) | 5–1 | Allan Taylor (ENG) |
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 5–1 | Sanderson Lam (ENG) |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5–4 | Zhang Anda (CHN) |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 5–0 | Sam Baird (ENG) |

### Round 2

| Anthony Hamilton | 5–4 | Mitchell Mann |
| - | - | - |
| Jimmy Robertson | 5–4 | Peter Lines |
| Gary Wilson | 5–3 | David Grace |
| Martin Gould | 5–4 | Ken Doherty |
| Fergal O'Brien | 5–2 | Robin Hull |
| Matthew Stevens | 3–5 | Mark Williams |
| Aditya Mehta | 4–5 | Matthew Selt |
| Rod Lawler | 2–5 | Mark Allen |
| Ding Junhui | 5–1 | Nigel Bond |
| Michael Georgiou | 5–1 | Ian Burns |
| Jack Lisowski | 5–3 | Stuart Carrington |
| Ricky Walden | 5–2 | Ashley Hugill |
| Thor Chuan Leong | 0–5 | Joe Perry |
| Yu Delu | 5–2 | Jimmy White |
| Chris Totten | 2–5 | Ben Woollaston |
| Yuan Sijun | 4–5 | Judd Trump |
| Rory McLeod | 4–5 | Niu Zhuang |
| Mark Davis | 5–0 | Josh Boileau |
| Ryan Day | 5–1 | John Astley |
| Mark King | 4–5 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| Mike Dunn | 2–5 | David Gilbert |
| Mark Joyce | 5–0 | Wang Yuchen |
| Jackson Page | 0–5 | Alan McManus |
| Cao Yupeng | 2–5 | Shaun Murphy |
| Barry Hawkins | 5–2 | Liam Highfield |
| Graeme Dott | 5–4 | Peter Ebdon |
| Hammad Miah | 5–3 | Zhao Xintong |
| Mei Xiwen | 5–1 | Robbie Williams |
| Tom Ford | 5–3 | Neil Robertson |
| Andrew Higginson | 3–5 | Liang Wenbo |
| Hamza Akbar | 1–5 | Xiao Guodong |
| Jamie Jones | 2–5 | Mark Selby |

## Century breaks

### Televised stage centuries

Total: 27

* 140, 109, 103 – Judd Trump
* 138, 104 – Shaun Murphy
* 136 – Mark Joyce
* 136 – Mei Xiwen
* 131, 124 – Ding Junhui
* 130, 117, 115 – Ryan Day
* 121 – Graeme Dott
* 114, 104 – Ben Woollaston
* 112, 108 – Gary Wilson
* 111 – Liang Wenbo
* 110, 109 – Mark Williams
* 109, 103 – Mark Davis
* 103 – Jack Lisowski
* 102 – Ricky Walden
* 101 – David Gilbert
* 101 – Matthew Selt
* 100 – Mark Allen

### Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 52

