2013 German Masters Explained

Tournament Name:	2013 Betfair German Masters
Venue:	Tempodrom
Location:	Berlin
Country:	Germany
Organisation:	World Snooker
Format:	Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	€300,000
Winners Share:	€60,000
Highest Break:	(144)
Score:	9–6
Previous:	2012
Next:	2014

The 2013 German Masters (officially the 2013 Betfair German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 January – 3 February 2013 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2012/2013 season.^[1]

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion,^{[2] [3]} but he decided not to compete this year.^[4]

Ali Carter won his third ranking title by defeating Marco Fu 9–6 in the final.^[5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6]

• Winner: €60,000
• Runner-up: €32,000
• Semi-final: €16,000
• Quarter-final: €9,000
• Last 16: €4,500
• Last 32: €2,750
• Last 64: €1,500

• Non-televised highest break: €0^[7]
• Televised highest break: €2,000
• Total: €300,000

Main draw

^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 3 February 2013.^[12]
Ali Carter	9–6	Marco Fu
Afternoon: 54–71,,,,,,, Evening: 117–4 (116),,,,,,
121	Highest break	104
2	Century breaks	1
5	50+ breaks	3

Qualifying

Qualifying matches were held between 28 and 30 November 2012 at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England.^{[13] [14]} 10 matches from the second qualifying round, were held over and played on 30 January 2013 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany.^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [15]} Matches were over 9 frames.

Round 1

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	5–2
	5–2
	2–5
	5–0
	5–4
	5–0
	4–5
	3–5
	3–5
	1–5
	2–5
	5–2
	5–1
	5–3
	3–5
	5–0

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	5–1
	5–3
	5–3
	5–3
	1–5
	5–1
	5–4
	5–4
	5–1
	w/o–w/d
	1–5
	3–5
	5–1
	5–3
	4–5
	1–5

Round 2

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^[16]	5–4	James Wattana
	0–5	Anthony Hamilton
	1–5	Fraser Patrick
	5–0	Rory McLeod
	2–5	Xiao Guodong
	1–5	Kurt Maflin
	5–1	Tian Pengfei
	5–1	Martin O'Donnell
	5–0	Daniel Wells
	3–5	Michael Wasley
	5–4	Zhang Anda
	5–1	Rod Lawler
	5–3	Liang Wenbo
	4–5	Dave Harold
	5–4	Chen Zhe
	5–1	Ben Woollaston

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	3–5	Peter Lines
	5–4	Adam Duffy
	5–4	Matthew Selt
	5–3	Alfred Burden
	5–3	Pankaj Advani
	5–4	Mark Joyce
	5–3	Barry Pinches
	5–3	Alan McManus
	5–2	Nigel Bond
	5–3	Jimmy White
	2–5	Dechawat Poomjaeng
	5–0	Sam Baird
	5–4	Liu Chuang
	5–3	Jamie Jones
	5–0	Simon Bedford
	5–2	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Century breaks

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• 144, 122 Michael Holt
• 142, 127, 115 Kurt Maflin
• 142, 126, 110, 108, 104, 100 Marco Fu
• 141, 130 Liang Wenbo
• 141, 106 Judd Trump
• 141 Neil Robertson
• 140 Robert Milkins
• 135 Matthew Selt
• 134, 114 Ding Junhui
• 133, 127, 116, 107 Shaun Murphy
• 132, 130, 122, 106, 102 Barry Hawkins
• 131 Graeme Dott
• 130 Xiao Guodong
• 129 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
• 128, 102 Joe Perry
• 128 Adam Duffy
• 123, 114, 104 Mark Selby

• 121, 116 Ali Carter
• 121, 102 Dave Harold
• 120 Mark Joyce
• 119 Ricky Walden
• 116 Fergal O'Brien
• 112 James Wattana
• 107 Jamie Jones
• 105 Stuart Bingham
• 105 Mark King
• 103 Pankaj Advani
• 102 Rod Lawler
• 101 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
• 101 Matthew Stevens
• 100 Gerard Greene
• 100 Luca Brecel
• 100 Fraser Patrick
• 100 Mark Allen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2012/2013 . Snooker.org . 4 June 2012.
2. Web site: Rocket flies again in Germany final. Times of Malta. 20 September 2012.
3. Web site: O'Sullivan fights back to land Masters. RTÉ.ie. 6 February 2012.
4. Web site: World Snooker Statement – Ronnie O'Sullivan . worldsnooker.com . . 6 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109042259/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~2972006%2C00.html . 9 November 2012.
5. Web site: Ali Carter won the German Masters after beating Marco Fu in Berlin. Sky Sports. 3 February 2013.
6. Web site: Prize Money. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 28 November 2012.
7. Web site: Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14 . 1 May 2013 . worldsnooker.com . . 30 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131012082213/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3194469%2C00.html . 12 October 2013 . dead .
8. Web site: 2013 German Masters draw and Tempodrom, Berlin format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 3 December 2012.
9. Web site: 2013 German Masters results . . 4 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160128033129/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/a9dca894ba4ae4995a6d7dd3abd842aad_Print.pdf . 28 January 2016 . dead.
10. Web site: German Masters (2013). Snooker.org. 9 November 2012.
11. Web site: German Masters 2013: Schedule and results from Berlin. BBC Sport. 2 February 2013.
12. Web site: Match 95 / Final – Ali Carter v Marco Fu . worldsnookerdata.com . . 3 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216053229/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13205?matchId=154602 . 16 December 2013 . dead.
13. Web site: 2013 German Masters draw and Sheffield, England format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 9 November 2012.
14. Web site: German Masters Qualifiers (2012). Snooker.org. 9 November 2012.
15. Web site: 2013 German Masters qualifiers results . worldsnooker.com . . 3 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130126144527/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/GermanMastersQArticle/0%2C%2C13165~2997114%2C00.html . 26 January 2013 .
16. Matches were held over and played in Berlin.
17. Web site: German Masters centuries . worldsnookerdata.com . . 3 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131216065413/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13205 . 16 December 2013 . live.