2013 German Masters

This article is about the snooker tournament. For the curling event, see 2013 German Masters (curling).

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]

2013 Betfair German Masters

Tournament information
Dates	30 January – 3 February 2013 (2013-01-30 – 2013-02-03)
Venue	Tempodrom
City	Berlin
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	€300,000
Winner's share	€60,000
Highest break	Michael Holt (ENG) (144)
Final
Champion	Ali Carter (ENG)
Runner-up	Marco Fu (HKG)
Score	9–6
← 2012 2014 →

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

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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
	Judd Trump (ENG)	4
	Anthony Hamilton (ENG)	5
					Anthony Hamilton	2
					Ali Carter	5
	Fraser Patrick (SCO)	3
	Ali Carter (ENG)	5
									Ali Carter	5
									Michael Holt	2
	Xiao Guodong (CHN)	4
	Kurt Maflin (NOR)	5
					Kurt Maflin	3
					Michael Holt	5
	Michael Holt (ENG)	5
	Mark Williams (WAL)	1
													Ali Carter	6
													Neil Robertson	2
	Neil Robertson (AUS)	5
	Michael Wasley (ENG)	1
					Neil Robertson	5
					Andrew Higginson	1
	Andrew Higginson (ENG)	5
	Stuart Bingham (ENG)	1
									Neil Robertson	5
									Shaun Murphy	4
	Graeme Dott (SCO)	5
	Dave Harold (ENG)	3
					Graeme Dott	4
					Shaun Murphy	5
	Robert Milkins (ENG)	3
	Shaun Murphy (ENG)	5
																	Ali Carter	9
																	Marco Fu	6
	Peter Lines (ENG)	5
	Ken Doherty (IRL)	3
					Peter Lines	3
					Marco Fu	5
	Marco Fu (HKG)	5
	Ricky Walden (ENG)	3
									Marco Fu	5
									Matthew Stevens	3
	Matthew Stevens (WAL)	5
	Jamie Burnett (SCO)	1
					Matthew Stevens	5
					Mark King	4
	Mark King (ENG)	5
	Stephen Maguire (SCO)	0
													Marco Fu	6
													Barry Hawkins	4
	Mark Allen (NIR)	5
	Dominic Dale (WAL)	2
					Mark Allen	1
					Barry Hawkins	5
	Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)	2
	Barry Hawkins (ENG)	5
									Barry Hawkins	5
									Mark Selby	1
	Ding Junhui (CHN)	5
	Marcus Campbell (SCO)	0
					Ding Junhui	3
					Mark Selby	5
	Joe Perry (ENG)	2
	Mark Selby (ENG)	5

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Olivier Marteel. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 3 February 2013.[10][12]
Ali Carter  England	9–6	Marco Fu  Hong Kong
Afternoon: 54–71, 11–67 (55), 75–0 (55), 0–104 (104), 80–0 (70), 68–39, 0–87 (83), 30–64 Evening: 117–4 (116), 128–0 (121), 67–0, 30–69, 103–31 (71), 78–4, 61–1
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

James Wattana (THA) 5–2  Li Yan (CHN)  Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 5–2  Ian Burns (ENG)  Michael White (WAL) 2–5  Fraser Patrick (SCO)  Rory McLeod (ENG) 5–0  Jordan Brown (NIR)  Xiao Guodong (CHN) 5–4  Jamie O'Neill (ENG)  Kurt Maflin (NOR) 5–0  Joel Walker (ENG)  Anthony McGill (SCO) 4–5  Tian Pengfei (CHN)  Gerard Greene (NIR) 3–5  Martin O'Donnell (ENG)  Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 3–5  Daniel Wells (WAL)  Jack Lisowski (ENG) 1–5  Michael Wasley (ENG)  Aditya Mehta (IND) 2–5  Zhang Anda (CHN)  Rod Lawler (ENG) 5–2  Liam Highfield (ENG)  Liang Wenbo (CHN) 5–1  Paul Davison (ENG)  Dave Harold (ENG) 5–3  Craig Steadman (ENG)  David Gilbert (ENG) 3–5  Chen Zhe (CHN)  Ben Woollaston (ENG) 5–0  Ben Judge (AUS)

Peter Lines (ENG) 5–1  Passakorn Suwannawat (THA)  Adam Duffy (ENG) 5–3  David Grace (ENG)  Matthew Selt (ENG) 5–3  Robbie Williams (ENG)  Alfred Burden (ENG) 5–3  Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)  Mike Dunn (ENG) 1–5  Pankaj Advani (IND)  Mark Joyce (ENG) 5–1  Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA)  Barry Pinches (ENG) 5–4  Luca Brecel (BEL)  Alan McManus (SCO) 5–4  Tony Drago (MLT)  Nigel Bond (ENG) 5–1  Scott Donaldson (SCO)  Jimmy White (ENG) w/o–w/d  Mohamed Khairy (EGY)  Yu Delu (CHN) 1–5  Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)  Andy Hicks (ENG) 3–5  Sam Baird (ENG)  Liu Chuang (CHN) 5–1  Adrian Gunnell (ENG)  Jamie Jones (WAL) 5–3  Michael Leslie (SCO)  Steve Davis (ENG) 4–5  Simon Bedford (ENG)  Cao Yupeng (CHN) 1–5  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)

Round 2

Judd Trump (ENG)[n 1] 5–4 James Wattana  Jamie Cope (ENG) 0–5 Anthony Hamilton  Martin Gould (ENG) 1–5 Fraser Patrick  Ali Carter (ENG) 5–0 Rory McLeod  Mark Davis (ENG) 2–5 Xiao Guodong  Tom Ford (ENG) 1–5 Kurt Maflin  Michael Holt (ENG) 5–1 Tian Pengfei  Mark Williams (WAL)[n 1] 5–1 Martin O'Donnell  Neil Robertson (AUS)[n 1] 5–0 Daniel Wells  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 3–5 Michael Wasley  Andrew Higginson (ENG) 5–4 Zhang Anda  Stuart Bingham (ENG) 5–1 Rod Lawler  Graeme Dott (SCO) 5–3 Liang Wenbo  Ryan Day (WAL) 4–5 Dave Harold  Robert Milkins (ENG) 5–4 Chen Zhe  Shaun Murphy (ENG)[n 1] 5–1 Ben Woollaston

John Higgins (SCO)[n 1] 3–5 Peter Lines  Ken Doherty (IRL) 5–4 Adam Duffy  Marco Fu (HKG) 5–4 Matthew Selt  Ricky Walden (ENG) 5–3 Alfred Burden  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 5–3 Pankaj Advani  Jamie Burnett (SCO) 5–4 Mark Joyce  Mark King (ENG) 5–3 Barry Pinches  Stephen Maguire (SCO)[n 1] 5–3 Alan McManus  Mark Allen (NIR)[n 1] 5–2 Nigel Bond  Dominic Dale (WAL)[n 1] 5–3 Jimmy White  Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 2–5 Dechawat Poomjaeng  Barry Hawkins (ENG) 5–0 Sam Baird  Ding Junhui (CHN)[n 1] 5–4 Liu Chuang  Marcus Campbell (SCO) 5–3 Jamie Jones  Joe Perry (ENG) 5–0 Simon Bedford  Mark Selby (ENG)[n 1] 5–2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

1. Matches were held over and played in Berlin.

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

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