The 2022 German Masters (officially the 2022 BildBet German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 26 to 30 January 2022 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany.[1] The tournament was the ninth ranking event of the 2021–22 snooker season and the 16th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the German Open. The fifth of eight tournaments in the European Series, it was the first professional snooker tournament held outside the United Kingdom in almost two years, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26–30 January 2022 |
| Venue | Tempodrom |
| City | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £400,000 |
| Winner's share | £80,000 |
| Highest break |  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (147) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
| Runner-up | Yan Bingtao (CHN) |
| Score | 9–0 |
← 2021 2023 → | |
Judd Trump was the defending champion, having defeated Jack Lisowski 9–2 in the 2021 final.[3] However, Trump lost 1–5 in the quarter-finals to Zhao Xintong,[4] who went on to meet Yan Bingtao in the final.[5] Aged 24 and 21 respectively, Zhao and Yan had the youngest combined age of any two ranking finalists since Neil Robertson played Jamie Cope at the 2006 Grand Prix.[5] It was the second time that two players from mainland China contested a ranking final; the previous occasion was the 2013 Shanghai Masters final between Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong.[5] Zhao whitewashed Yan 9–0 in the final to win the second ranking title of his career.[6] He became the third player in professional snooker history, after Steve Davis at the 1989 Grand Prix and Robertson at the January 2020 European Masters, to win a two-session ranking final without conceding a frame.[7]
The tournament's highest break was achieved by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, who made the third maximum break of his career in his first qualifying round match against Fan Zhengyi.[8]
Prize fund
editThe event features a total prize fund of £400,000 with the winner receiving £80,000. The event is the fifth of the eight events in the European Series, all sponsored by sports betting company BetVictor. (BildBet is BetVictor's German sports betting platform, launched in partnership with the German tabloid newspaper Bild.[9]) The player accumulating the highest amount of prize money over the eight events will receive a bonus of £150,000.[10]
- Winner: £80,000
- Runner-up: £35,000
- Semi-final: £20,000
- Quarter-final: £10,000
- Last 16: £5,000
- Last 32: £4,000
- Last 64: £3,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £400,000
Main draw
editBelow are the event's results from the last-32 stage to the final. Player names in bold denote match winners. Numbers in brackets denote player seedings.
Final
edit| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 30 January 2022. | ||
| Zhao Xintong (25) |
9–0 | Yan Bingtao (15) |
| Afternoon: 91–36, 71–38, 130–1 (118), 90–4, 89–33, 98–34, 70–60, 75–26 Evening: 63–31 | ||
| 118 | Highest break | 60 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
Qualifying
editQualifying for the event took place between 18 and 26 October 2021 at the Chase Leisure Centre in Cannock, England. There were two rounds of qualifying, with matches being played as best-of-nine frames.[11]
Century breaks
editMain stage centuries
editTotal: 29[12]
- 136, 108 – Sam Craigie
- 135 – Stephen Maguire
- 134, 104 – Fan Zhengyi
- 130 – Craig Steadman
- 130 – Judd Trump
- 129, 120 – Luca Brecel
- 124, 105 – Ricky Walden
- 124 – Shaun Murphy
- 122 – Kurt Maflin
- 119 – Mark Selby
- 118, 116, 107, 106, 104 – Mark Allen
- 118, 100 – Zhao Xintong
- 117, 107 – Kyren Wilson
- 116 – Yan Bingtao
- 112 – Michael Georgiou
- 104, 102 – Tom Ford
- 104 – Liam Highfield
- 102 – Ryan Day
- 101 – Noppon Saengkham
Qualifying stage centuries
editTotal: 74[13]
- 147 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
- 143 – Peter Devlin
- 141, 136, 123, 114 – Zhao Xintong
- 141 – Alfie Burden
- 141 – Hossein Vafaei
- 140 – Joe O'Connor
- 140 – Zhang Anda
- 138 – Michael Georgiou
- 138 – John Higgins
- 136 – Lu Ning
- 135, 134, 103 – Neil Robertson
- 134, 112 – Mark Selby
- 133, 122, 120 – Mark Allen
- 133, 104 – Gary Wilson
- 133 – Fan Zhengyi
- 132, 105, 105 – Noppon Saengkham
- 130 – Anthony Hamilton
- 128, 108 – Cao Yupeng
- 128, 103 – Mark Williams
- 125 – Li Hang
- 125 – Matthew Selt
- 123, 104, 104 – Kyren Wilson
- 122, 102 – Wu Yize
- 119, 104 – Barry Hawkins
- 119 – Mark Davis
- 118, 102, 100 – Shaun Murphy
- 118 – Yan Bingtao
- 113, 105 – Ashley Hugill
- 113, 104 – Jamie Jones
- 113 – Hammad Miah
- 113 – Barry Pinches
- 112, 101 – Alexander Ursenbacher
- 111 – Chang Bingyu
- 110, 104 – Jack Lisowski
- 110 – Jamie Clarke
- 109 – Graeme Dott
- 109 – Michael White
- 108, 103 – Jak Jones
- 108 – Anthony McGill
- 107, 107, 102 – Ricky Walden
- 104 – Pang Junxu
- 103, 100 – Yuan Sijun
- 102 – Zhou Yuelong
- 101 – Sunny Akani
- 101 – Lyu Haotian
- 100, 100 – Judd Trump
References
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- ^ "Shaun Murphy: Return To German Masters Feels Like A Huge Moment For Snooker". The Sportsman. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ World Snooker Tour (2021-01-31). "Trump defends German Masters title". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "Zhao Xintong secures statement win to knock defending champion Judd Trump out of German Masters and reach semi-finals". Eurosport. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ a b c "Yan Sets Up All-Chinese Final". World Snooker. 2022-01-29. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ "Zhao Destroys Yan In Berlin Final". World Snooker. 2022-01-30. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ "Zhao Xintong wraps up whitewash victory over Yan Bingtao to secure German Masters victory in Berlin". Eurosport. 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ World Snooker Tour (2021-10-22). "Un-Nooh Scores Third 147". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ^ Insider, Gambling. "BetVictor teams up with Bild to launch BildBet in Germany". www.gamblinginsider.com. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ "BetVictor Extends Involvement with WST". World Snooker Tour. 28 June 2021
- ^ "BetVictor German Masters Qualifiers Draw". World Snooker Tour. August 27, 2021. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021.
- ^ "BildBet German Masters 2022 | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 26–30 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "BetVictor German Masters 2022 Qualifiers | Centuries". World Snooker Tour. 18–26 October 2021. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.