2022 German Masters

2022 BildBet German Masters
Tournament information
Dates26–30 January 2022 (2022-01-26 – 2022-01-30)
VenueTempodrom
CityBerlin
CountryGermany
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatRanking 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)
Score9–0
2021
2023

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]

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

The 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

Below 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.

 
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) (1)w/o
 
 
 
 Gao Yang (CHN)w/d
 
England Judd Trump (1)5
 
 
 
China Zhou Yuelong (17)0
 
 Anthony McGill (SCO) (16)2
 
 
 
 Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (17)5
 
England Judd Trump (1)1
 
 
 
China Zhao Xintong (25)5
 
 Tom Ford (ENG) (24)5
 
 
 
 Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9)2
 
England Tom Ford (24)1
 
 
 
China Zhao Xintong (25)5
 
 Zhao Xintong (CHN) (25)5
 
 
 
 Mark Williams (WAL) (8)3
 
China Zhao Xintong (25)6
 
 
 
England Ricky Walden (29)3
 
 Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5)5
 
 
 
 Jimmy Robertson (ENG)1
 
England Kyren Wilson (5)5
 
 
 
England Craig Steadman4
 
 Michael Georgiou (CYP)2
 
 
 
 Craig Steadman (ENG)5
 
England Kyren Wilson (5)1
 
 
 
England Ricky Walden (29)5
 
 Zhang Anda (CHN)3
 
 
 
 Luca Brecel (BEL)5
 
Belgium Luca Brecel2
 
 
 
England Ricky Walden (29)5
 
 Ricky Walden (ENG) (29)5
 
 
 
 Neil Robertson (AUS) (4)3
 
China Zhao Xintong (25)9
 
 
 
China Yan Bingtao (15)0
 
 Andrew Higginson (ENG) w/o
 
 
 
 Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30)w/d
 
England Andrew Higginson3
 
 
 
China Fan Zhengyi5
 
 Liam Highfield (ENG)2
 
 
 
 Fan Zhengyi (CHN)5
 
China Fan Zhengyi0
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (11)5
 
 Lyu Haotian (CHN)1
 
 
 
 Mark Allen (NIR) (11)5
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (11)5
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy (6)3
 
 Kurt Maflin (NOR) (27)4
 
 
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6)5
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (11)4
 
 
 
China Yan Bingtao (15)6
 
 Noppon Saengkham (THA)2
 
 
 
 Ryan Day (WAL) (26)5
 
Wales Ryan Day (26)5
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie1
 
 Sam Craigie (ENG)5
 
 
 
 Ken Doherty (IRL)3
 
Wales Ryan Day (26)4
 
 
 
China Yan Bingtao (15)5
 
 David Gilbert (ENG) (18)3
 
 
 
 Yan Bingtao (CHN) (15)5
 
China Yan Bingtao (15)5
 
 
 
England Mark Selby (2)4
 
 Barry Pinches (ENG)0
 
 
 Mark Selby (ENG) (2)5
 

Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt
Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 30 January 2022.
Zhao Xintong (25)
 China
9–0 Yan Bingtao (15)
 China
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

Qualifying 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]

 
Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2
Best of 9 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Judd Trump (ENG) (1) 5
 
 
 
 Tian Pengfei (CHN) 1
 
England Judd Trump (1) 5
 
 
 
England Anthony Hamilton 3
 
 Aaron Hill (IRL) 2
 
 
 Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Xiao Guodong (CHN) (32) 5
 
 
 
 Duane Jones (WAL) 1
 
China Xiao Guodong (32) 4
 
 
 
China Gao Yang 5
 
 Gao Yang (CHN) 5
 
 
 Stephen Hendry (SCO) 2
 
 
 
 
 
 Anthony McGill (SCO) (16) 5
 
 
 
 Louis Heathcote (ENG) 2
 
Scotland Anthony McGill (16) 5
 
 
 
England Jamie O'Neill 2
 
 Hammad Miah (ENG) 4
 
 
 Jamie O'Neill (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (17) 5
 
 
 
 Peter Devlin (ENG) 1
 
China Zhou Yuelong (17) 5
 
 
 
England Zak Surety 3
 
 Zak Surety (ENG) 5
 
 
 Mark Joyce (ENG) 2
 
 
 
 
 
 Ashley Hugill (ENG) 4
 
 
 
 Allan Taylor (ENG) 5
 
England Allan Taylor 1
 
 
 
England Tom Ford (24) 5
 
 Tom Ford (ENG) (24) 5
 
 
 Joe O'Connor (ENG) 4
 
 
 
 
 
 Lukas Kleckers (GER) 2
 
 
 
 Yuan Sijun (CHN) 5
 
China Yuan Sijun 1
 
 
 
Scotland Stephen Maguire (9) 5
 
 Stephen Maguire (SCO) (9) 5
 
 
 Dominic Dale (WAL) 1
 
 
 
 
 
 Pang Junxu (CHN) 5
 
 
 
 Dean Young (SCO) 1
 
China Pang Junxu 3
 
 
 
China Zhao Xintong (25) 5
 
 Zhao Xintong (CHN) (25) 5
 
 
 Stuart Carrington (ENG) 3
 
 
 
 
 
 Chang Bingyu (CHN) 5
 
 
 
 Peter Lines (ENG) 2
 
China Chang Bingyu 1
 
 
 
Wales Mark Williams (8) 5
 
 Mark Williams (WAL) (8) 5
 
 
 Oliver Lines (ENG) 1
 
 
 
 
 
 Kyren Wilson (ENG) (5) 5
 
 
 
 Xu Si (CHN) 1
 
England Kyren Wilson (5) 5
 
 
 
China Li Hang 4
 
 Iulian Boiko (UKR) 2
 
 
 Li Hang (CHN) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Gary Wilson (ENG) (28) 5
 
 
 
 Ian Burns (ENG) 0
 
England Gary Wilson (28) 2
 
 
 
England Jimmy Robertson 5
 
 Jimmy Robertson (ENG) 5
 
 
 Martin O'Donnell (ENG) 2
 
 
 
 
 
 Barry Hawkins (ENG) (12) 5
 
 
 
 Matthew Selt (ENG) 3
 
England Barry Hawkins (12) 3
 
 
 
Cyprus Michael Georgiou 5
 
 Michael Georgiou (CYP) 5
 
 
 Scott Donaldson (SCO) 0
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe Perry (ENG) (21) 3
 
 
 
 Zhang Jiankang (CHN) 5
 
China Zhang Jiankang 2
 
 
 
England Craig Steadman 5
 
 Craig Steadman (ENG) 5
 
 
 Ng On-yee (HKG) 4
 
 
 
 
 
 Ben Woollaston (ENG) 2
 
 
 
 Zhang Anda (CHN) 5
 
China Zhang Anda 5
 
 
 
China Si Jiahui 0
 
 Graeme Dott (SCO) (20) 4
 
 
 Si Jiahui (CHN) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Jamie Wilson (ENG) 1
 
 
 
 Wu Yize (CHN) 5
 
China Wu Yize 1
 
 
 
Belgium Luca Brecel 5
 
 Stuart Bingham (ENG) (13) 1
 
 
 Luca Brecel (BEL) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Simon Lichtenberg (GER) 5
 
 
 
 Sanderson Lam (ENG) 1
 
Germany Simon Lichtenberg 1
 
 
 
England Ricky Walden (29) 5
 
 Ricky Walden (ENG) (29) 5
 
 
 Jackson Page (WAL) 2
 
 
 
 
 
 Jordan Brown (NIR) 4
 
 
 
 Michael White (WAL) 5
 
Wales Michael White 2
 
 
 
Australia Neil Robertson (4) 5
 
 Neil Robertson (AUS) (4) 5
 
 
 Fraser Patrick (SCO) 2
 
 
Round 1
Best of 9 frames
Round 2
Best of 9 frames
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (3) 0
 
 
 
 Hossein Vafaei (IRN) 5
 
Iran Hossein Vafaei 3
 
 
 
England Andrew Higginson 5
 
 Steven Hallworth (ENG) 1
 
 
 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Liang Wenbo (CHN) (30) 5
 
 
 
 Reanne Evans (ENG) 1
 
China Liang Wenbo (30) 5
 
 
 
England Ben Hancorn 2
 
 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 3
 
 
 Ben Hancorn (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Jack Lisowski (ENG) (14) 5
 
 
 
 Andrew Pagett (WAL) 3
 
England Jack Lisowski (14) 3
 
 
 
England Liam Highfield 5
 
 Farakh Ajaib (PAK) 0
 
 
 Liam Highfield (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (19) 3
 
 
 
 Fan Zhengyi (CHN) 5
 
China Fan Zhengyi 5
 
 
 
China Lu Ning 4
 
 Rory McLeod (JAM) 0
 
 
 Lu Ning (CHN) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Lee Walker (WAL) 2
 
 
 
 Lyu Haotian (CHN) 5
 
China Lyu Haotian 5
 
 
 
England Ali Carter (22) 1
 
 Ali Carter (ENG) (22) 5
 
 
 Robert Milkins (ENG) 3
 
 
 
 
 
 Sunny Akani (THA) 5
 
 
 
 Michael Judge (IRL) 3
 
Thailand Sunny Akani 3
 
 
 
Northern Ireland Mark Allen (11) 5
 
 Mark Allen (NIR) (11) 5
 
 
 Alfie Burden (ENG) 1
 
 
 
 
 
 David Lilley (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 Mitchell Mann (ENG) 1
 
England David Lilley 3
 
 
 
Norway Kurt Maflin (27) 5
 
 Kurt Maflin (NOR) (27) 5
 
 
 Andy Hicks (ENG) 2
 
 
 
 
 
 Cao Yupeng (CHN) 5
 
 
 
 Robbie Williams (ENG) 2
 
China Cao Yupeng 4
 
 
 
England Shaun Murphy (6) 5
 
 Shaun Murphy (ENG) (6) 5
 
 
 Mark King (ENG) 1
 
 
 
 
 
 John Higgins (SCO) (7) 2
 
 
 
 Noppon Saengkham (THA) 5
 
Thailand Noppon Saengkham 5
 
 
 
Wales Jak Jones 4
 
 Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) 4
 
 
 Jak Jones (WAL) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Ryan Day (WAL) (26) 5
 
 
 
 Jimmy White (ENG) 4
 
Wales Ryan Day (26) 5
 
 
 
Wales Jamie Clarke 3
 
 Nigel Bond (ENG) 2
 
 
 Jamie Clarke (WAL) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Ding Junhui (CHN) (10) 4
 
 
 
 Mark Davis (ENG) 5
 
England Mark Davis 1
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie 5
 
 Gerard Greene (NIR) 2
 
 
 Sam Craigie (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Martin Gould (ENG) (23) 4
 
 
 
 Matthew Stevens (WAL) 5
 
Wales Matthew Stevens 3
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5
 
 Chris Wakelin (ENG) 4
 
 
 Ken Doherty (IRL) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Elliot Slessor (ENG) 2
 
 
 
 Zhao Jianbo (CHN) 5
 
China Zhao Jianbo 2
 
 
 
England David Gilbert (18) 5
 
 David Gilbert (ENG) (18) 5
 
 
 David Grace (ENG) 4
 
 
 
 
 
 Lei Peifan (CHN) 5
 
 
 
 Soheil Vahedi (IRN) 3
 
China Lei Peifan 2
 
 
 
China Yan Bingtao (15) 5
 
 Yan Bingtao (CHN) (15) 5
 
 
 Chen Zifan (CHN) 2
 
 
 
 
 
 Jamie Jones (WAL) 4
 
 
 
 Barry Pinches (ENG) 5
 
England Barry Pinches 5
 
 
 
England John Astley 1
 
 Michael Holt (ENG) (31) 3
 
 
 John Astley (ENG) 5
 
 
 
 
 
 Sean Maddocks (ENG) 2
 
 
 
 Ashley Carty (ENG) 5
 
England Ashley Carty 1
 
 
 
England Mark Selby (2) 5
 
 Mark Selby (ENG) (2) 5
 
 
 Ross Muir (SCO) 2
 

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 29[12]

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 74[13]

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