2017 German Masters
# 2017 German Masters

The 2017 German Masters (officially the 2017 F66.com German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 February 2017 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.

Martin Gould was the defending champion but he lost 2–6 against Ali Carter in the semi-finals.

Tom Ford made the 128th official maximum break and the third of his career in the second frame of his 5–2 win over Peter Ebdon in the first round. Maximum breaks had already been made in the qualifying rounds by both Ali Carter and Ross Muir.

Anthony Hamilton defeated Carter 9–6 to capture his first ranking title in his 26-year career, having trailed 2–5. At the age of 45, he also became the oldest ranking event winner since Doug Mountjoy was 46 winning the Classic in 1989. He is the third oldest winner of a ranking event after Mountjoy (46) and Ray Reardon (50 and 45).

## Prize fund

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

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000 (€13,300).

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 0 | Martin Gould | 5 | | | | |
| | | Ricky Walden | 3 | | | | |
| John Astley (ENG) | 4 | Ricky Walden | 3 | | | | |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5 | | | Martin Gould | 5 | | |
| | | | | Ryan Day | 2 | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5 | | | Ryan Day | 2 | | |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 1 | Ryan Day | 5 | | | | |
| | | Robin Hull | 4 | | | | |
| Robin Hull (FIN) | 5 | Robin Hull | 4 | | | | |
| Jimmy White (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Jimmy White (ENG) | 4 | | | | | Martin Gould | 2 |
| | | | | | | Ali Carter | 6 |
| Tom Ford (ENG) | 5 | | | | | Ali Carter | 6 |
| Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 2 | Tom Ford | 5 | | | | |
| | | Mark King | 2 | | | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 4 | Mark King | 2 | | | | |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5 | | | Tom Ford | 2 | | |
| | | | | Ali Carter | 5 | | |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 1 | | | Ali Carter | 5 | | |
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 5 | Ali Carter | 5 | | | | |
| | | Zhao Xintong | 4 | | | | |
| Sunny Akani (THA) | 0 | Zhao Xintong | 4 | | | | |
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | | Ali Carter | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | Anthony Hamilton | 9 |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | Anthony Hamilton | 9 |
| Zhang Yong (CHN) | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Zhang Yong (CHN) | 3 | Stuart Bingham | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | David Gilbert | 4 | | | | | | |
| Marco Fu (HKG) | 3 | David Gilbert | 4 | | | | | | |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 5 | | | Stuart Bingham | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | Yan Bingtao | 2 | | | | |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 5 | | | Yan Bingtao | 2 | | | | |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 1 | Michael Holt | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | Yan Bingtao | 5 | | | | | | |
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 2 | Yan Bingtao | 5 | | | | | | |
| Yan Bingtao (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Yan Bingtao (CHN) | 5 | | | | | Stuart Bingham | 4 | | |
| | | | | | | Anthony Hamilton | 6 |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) | 4 | | | | | Anthony Hamilton | 6 |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5 | Ben Woollaston | 2 | | | | |
| | | Barry Hawkins | 5 | | | | |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5 | Barry Hawkins | 5 | | | | |
| Michael White (WAL) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Michael White (WAL) | 1 | | | Barry Hawkins | 4 | | |
| | | | | Anthony Hamilton | 5 | | |
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5 | | | Anthony Hamilton | 5 | | |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 3 | Anthony Hamilton | 5 | | | | |
| | | Mark Selby | 2 | | | | |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 0 | Mark Selby | 2 | | | | |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Brendan Moore. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2017. :

| Ali Carter England | 6–9 | Anthony Hamilton England |
| - | - | - |
| Afternoon: 61–31, 69–1, 66–12, 36–72, 4–61, 116–7 (100), 69–8 (54), 28–64 (56) Evening: 15–66, 1–118 (118), 20–78 (73), 0–74 (74), 53–70 (53, 70), 83–0, 13–63 (57) |||
| 100 | Highest break | 118 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 1 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 6 |

## Qualifying

These matches were played between 6 and 9 December 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Ali Carter made the 125th official maximum break in the fourth frame of his round 1 qualifying match against Wang Yuchen. It was Carter's second professional maximum break. On the same day, Ross Muir made the 126th official maximum break in the third frame of his round 1 qualifying match against Itaro Santos. It was Muir's first professional maximum break.

### Round 1

| Martin Gould (ENG) | 5–1 | Sanderson Lam (ENG) |
| - | - | - |
| Jason Weston (ENG) | 1–5 | Craig Steadman (ENG) |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5–3 | Oliver Lines (ENG) |
| Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 4–5 | James Cahill (ENG) |
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 5–1 | Xiao Guodong (CHN) |
| John Astley (ENG) | 5–1 | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5–3 | Daniel Womersley (ENG) |
| Andy Hicks (ENG) | 2–5 | Robbie Williams (ENG) |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5–3 | Gareth Allen (WAL) |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5–0 | Rory Thor (MYS) |
| Adam Duffy (ENG) | 5–3 | Mei Xiwen (CHN) |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 5–4 | Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 5–3 | Chris Wakelin (ENG) |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) | 3–5 | Robin Hull (FIN) |
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) | 3–5 | Jimmy White (ENG) |
| Joe Perry (ENG) | 5–3 | Kurt Maflin (NOR) |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 5–0 | Paul Davison (ENG) |
| Tom Ford (ENG) | 5–1 | Duane Jones (WAL) |
| Matthew Selt (ENG) | 5–2 | Ian Preece (WAL) |
| Michael Georgiou (CYP) | 3–5 | Peter Ebdon (ENG) |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5–4 | Darryl Hill (IOM) |
| Gary Wilson (ENG) | 5–3 | Rod Lawler (ENG) |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5–1 | Rhys Clark (SCO) |
| Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG) | 0–5 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) |
| Josh Boileau (IRL) | 1–5 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5–4 | Mitchell Mann (ENG) |
| Ross Muir (SCO) | 5–2 | Itaro Santos (BRA) |
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 5–0 | Wang Yuchen (CHN) |
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 5–1 | David Grace (ENG) |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) | 2–5 | Sunny Akani (THA) |
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 5–3 | Li Hang (CHN) |
| John Higgins (SCO) | 5–4 | Rory McLeod (ENG) |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 5–2 | Alfie Burden (ENG) |
| Peter Lines (ENG) | 1–5 | Yu Delu (CHN) |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 5–3 | Fraser Patrick (SCO) |
| Zhang Yong (CHN) | 5–4 | Mike Dunn (ENG) |
| Marco Fu (HKG) | 5–3 | David John (WAL) |
| Martin O'Donnell (ENG) | 4–5 | Adam Stefanow (POL) |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 5–3 | Kurt Dunham (AUS) |
| Elliot Slessor (ENG) | 3–5 | Allan Taylor (ENG) |
| Igor Figueiredo (BRA) | 5–2 | Eden Sharav (SCO) |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 5–0 | James Wattana (THA) |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 5–2 | Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | w/d–w/o | Sam Craigie (ENG) |
| Alex Borg (MLT) | 5–3 | Sydney Wilson (ENG) |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 4–5 | Dominic Dale (WAL) |
| Yan Bingtao (CHN) | 5–1 | Sam Baird (ENG) |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5–1 | Daniel Wells (WAL) |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5–2 | Lee Walker (WAL) |
| Christopher Keogan (ENG) | 5–3 | Brandon Sargeant (ENG) |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5–1 | Zak Surety (ENG) |
| Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 5–4 | Zhang Anda (CHN) |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5–3 | Ian Burns (ENG) |
| Jamie Cope (ENG) | 1–5 | Jak Jones (WAL) |
| Michael White (WAL) | 5–4 | Chen Zhe (CHN) |
| Hammad Miah (ENG) | 1–5 | Liam Highfield (ENG) |
| Scott Donaldson (SCO) | 3–5 | Boonyarit Keattikun (THA) |
| Anthony McGill (SCO) | 2–5 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) |
| Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn (THA) | 1–5 | Mark Joyce (ENG) |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 5–3 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) |
| Aditya Mehta (IND) | 5–4 | Nigel Bond (ENG) |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 5–3 | Joe Swail (NIR) |
| Michael Wild (ENG) | 4–5 | Fang Xiongman (CHN) |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 5–0 | Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) |

### Round 2

| Martin Gould | 5–1 | Craig Steadman |
| - | - | - |
| Jamie Jones | 5–2 | James Cahill |
| Kyren Wilson | 4–5 | John Astley |
| Ricky Walden | 5–1 | Robbie Williams |
| Robert Milkins | 3–5 | Ryan Day |
| Adam Duffy | 2–5 | Mark Allen |
| Matthew Stevens | 3–5 | Robin Hull |
| Jimmy White | 5–3 | Joe Perry |
| Judd Trump | 1–5 | Tom Ford |
| Matthew Selt | 4–5 | Peter Ebdon |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5–3 | Gary Wilson |
| Mark King | 5–3 | Andrew Higginson |
| Noppon Saengkham | 4–5 | Stephen Maguire |
| Ross Muir | 4–5 | Ali Carter |
| Jack Lisowski | 4–5 | Sunny Akani |
| Zhao Xintong | 5–1 | John Higgins |
| Stuart Bingham | 5–3 | Yu Delu |
| Mark Davis | 3–5 | Zhang Yong |
| Marco Fu | 5–1 | Adam Stefanow |
| David Gilbert | 5–2 | Allan Taylor |
| Igor Figueiredo | 3–5 | Michael Holt |
| Stuart Carrington | 5–1 | Sam Craigie |
| Alex Borg | 1–5 | Dominic Dale |
| Yan Bingtao | 5–4 | Shaun Murphy |
| Neil Robertson | 5–1 | Christopher Keogan |
| Ben Woollaston | 5–1 | Tian Pengfei |
| Barry Hawkins | 5–0 | Jak Jones |
| Michael White | 5–4 | Liam Highfield |
| Boonyarit Keattikun | 3–5 | Anthony Hamilton |
| Mark Joyce | 4–5 | Mark Williams |
| Aditya Mehta | 4–5 | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
| Fang Xiongman | 0–5 | Mark Selby |

## Century breaks

### Televised stage centuries

Total: 16

### Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 56

