The 2011 German Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 2–6 February at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 2–6 February 2011 |
Venue | Tempodrom |
City | Berlin |
Country | Germany |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | €280,000 |
Winner's share | €50,000 |
Highest break | John Higgins (SCO) (143) |
Final | |
Champion | Mark Williams (WAL) |
Runner-up | Mark Selby (ENG) |
Score | 9–7 |
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The event was last held in 1998, but it was non-ranking. John Parrott won in the final 6–4 against Mark Williams.[1]
Mark Williams won his 18th ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–7 in the final.[2]
Prize fund
editThe breakdown of prize money for 2011 is shown below:[3]
Winner: €50,000 |
Highest break: €2,000 Total: €280,000 |
Wildcard round
editThese matches were played in Berlin on 2 and 3 February 2011.[4][5][6][7]
Match | Score | ||
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WC1 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5–1 | Pavel Leyk (GER) |
WC2 | Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA) | 5–3 | Tomasz Skalski (BEL) |
WC3 | Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 5–2 | Luca Brecel (BEL) |
WC4 | Liu Song (CHN) | 2–5 | Daniel Wells (WAL)[8] |
WC5 | Nigel Bond (ENG) | 5–2 | Stefan Kasper (GER) |
WC6 | Anthony McGill (SCO) | w/o–w/d | Mario Wehrmann (NLD) |
WC7 | Joe Swail (NIR) | 5–0 | Hans Blanckaert (BEL) |
WC8 | Robert Milkins (ENG) | 5–1 | Lasse Münstermann (GER) |
Main draw
editFinal
editFinal: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 6 February 2011.[6] | ||
Mark Selby (6) England |
7–9 | Mark Williams (3) Wales |
Afternoon: 92–0 (82), 0–84 (56), 0–108 (108), 99–1, 0–81, 71–0 (63), 42–83 (53), 0–105 (105) Evening: 46–71, 54–41, 0–121 (96), 70–27, 83–7 (60), 70–45, 49–76, 0–83 (82) | ||
82 | Highest break | 108 |
0 | Century breaks | 2 |
3 | 50 breaks | 6 |
Qualifying
editThese matches were held between 14 and 17 December 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.[11][12][13][14]
Round 1
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Round 3
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Century breaks
editQualifying stage centuries
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Televised stage centuries
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Gallery
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Inside the venue
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Mark Williams after winning the title
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Mark Selby being interviewed after the final
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Referee Jan Verhaas
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Semi-finalist Graeme Dott
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Semi-finalist Marco Fu
References
edit- ^ Turner, Chris. "Major European Tournaments". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chri Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ "Mark Williams edges past Selby to win German Masters". BBC Sport. 6 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Prize Money". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 December 2010. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010.
- ^ a b "German Masters Draw" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Wild Cards Named For German Masters". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "German Masters". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ a b "German Masters 2011". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ "Wells Handed Berlin Place". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ "O'Sullivan Withdraws From German Masters". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "John Higgins Withdraws". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ "German Masters Qualifiers Drawsheet" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "German Masters Qualifiers Results And Format". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "German Masters Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "German Masters 2011 – Qualifying". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "Century Breaks (Qualifying)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "Century Breaks" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2011.