The 2019 German Masters (officially the 2019 D88.com German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, taking place from 30 January to 3 February 2019 in Berlin, Germany. The tournament was the eleventh ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

2019 D88.com German Masters
Tournament information
Dates30 January – 3 February 2019 (2019-01-30 – 2019-02-03)
VenueTempodrom
CityBerlin
CountryGermany
OrganisationWorld Snooker
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£400,000
Winner's share£80,000
Highest break David Gilbert (ENG) (139)
Final
Champion Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Runner-up David Gilbert (ENG)
Score9–7
2018
2020
Tempodrom (Berlin)
Interior of main arena during the 2012 German Masters final

The event was won by Kyren Wilson, who won his third career ranking event, defeating David Gilbert in the final 9–7.[1]

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost 5–0 to Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals.[2]

Judd Trump made his fourth career maximum break, in the second qualifying round of the event, in his 5–0 win over Lukas Kleckers.[3] David Gilbert made the main event's highest break; with a break of 139.

Despite never previously reaching the last 16 of a ranking event, Duane Jones reached the semi-finals, defeating top 16 players Ding Junhui and Jack Lisowski.

Tournament Summary

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Two rounds of qualifying took place between 18 and 21 December 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.[4] The main event featured 32 players, held between 30 January and 3 February 2019 on four tables.

Prize fund

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The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break: £5,000

Main draw

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Last 32
Best of 9 frames
Last 16
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 17 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
  Mark Williams (WAL)5
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong (CHN)3
 
  Mark Williams5
 
 
 
  Joe Perry0
 
  Sam Baird (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Joe Perry (ENG)5
 
  Mark Williams0
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson5
 
  Peter Ebdon (ENG)5
 
 
 
  Shaun Murphy (ENG)3
 
  Peter Ebdon2
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson5
 
  Rory McLeod (ENG)3
 
 
 
  Kyren Wilson (ENG)5
 
  Kyren Wilson6
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire1
 
  Barry Hawkins (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Robert Milkins (ENG)5
 
  Robert Milkins1
 
 
 
  Stephen Maguire5
 
  Stephen Maguire (SCO)5
 
 
 
  Michael Georgiou (CYP)1
 
  Stephen Maguire5
 
 
 
  Judd Trump2
 
  Yan Bingtao (CHN)5
 
 
 
  Matthew Stevens (WAL)3
 
  Yan Bingtao1
 
 
 
  Judd Trump5
 
  Li Hang (CHN)2
 
 
 
  Judd Trump (ENG)5
 
  Kyren Wilson9
 
 
 
  David Gilbert7
 
  John Higgins (SCO)4
 
 
 
  Yuan Sijun (CHN)5
 
  Yuan Sijun3
 
 
 
  Duane Jones5
 
  Jack Lisowski (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Duane Jones (WAL)5
 
  Duane Jones5
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui3
 
  Xiao Guodong (CHN)5
 
 
 
  Ryan Day (WAL)1
 
  Xiao Guodong4
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui5
 
  Fergal O'Brien (IRL)3
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui (CHN)5
 
  Duane Jones1
 
 
 
  David Gilbert6
 
  Neil Robertson (AUS)5
 
 
 
  Kurt Maflin (NOR)1
 
  Neil Robertson5
 
 
 
  Stuart Bingham0
 
  Stuart Bingham (ENG)5
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson (ENG)2
 
  Neil Robertson3
 
 
 
  David Gilbert5
 
  David Gilbert (ENG)5
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston (ENG)2
 
  David Gilbert5
 
 
 
  Mark Selby4
 
  Ricky Walden (ENG)1
 
 
  Mark Selby (ENG)5
 

Final

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Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 3 February 2019.
Kyren Wilson
  England
9–7 David Gilbert
  England
Afternoon: 79–25, 74–0, 1–92, 87–0, 69–41, 0–95, 45–80, 101–0
Evening: 24–85, 0–102, 27–87, 36–94, 93–18, 58–47, 103–3, 78–0
93 Highest break 95
0 Century breaks 0

Qualifying

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Two rounds of qualifying matches took place between 18 and 21 December 2018 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England.[6] All matches were best of 9 frames.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Century breaks

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Main stage centuries

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Total: 28

Qualifying stage centuries

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Total: 80

References

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  1. ^ "Kyren Wilson beats David Gilbert to win dramatic German Masters final". BBC Sport. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Maguire Downs Trump To Reach Semis". World Snooker. 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Trump Makes 147 In German Qualifiers". World Snooker. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. ^ "2018/19 Calendar" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2018/2019 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Calendar 2018/2019_December". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 18 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2018.