# 2015 German Masters

The 2015 German Masters (officially the 2015 Kreativ Dental German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4–8 February 2015 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.
Judd Trump made the 113th official maximum break during his quarter-final match against Mark Selby.
Ding Junhui was the defending champion, but he lost 4–5 against Ryan Day in the last 32.
Selby won his fifth ranking title by defeating Shaun Murphy 9–7 in the final.

## Prize fund

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

## Main draw

| Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 17 frames | Final Best of 17 frames |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5 | Ryan Day | 5 | | | | |
| | | Alfie Burden | 2 | | | | |
| Michael Georgiou (ENG) | 3 | Alfie Burden | 2 | | | | |
| Alfie Burden (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Alfie Burden (ENG) | 5 | | | Ryan Day | 4 | | |
| | | | | Liang Wenbo | 5 | | |
| Li Hang (CHN) | 1 | | | Liang Wenbo | 5 | | |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5 | Liang Wenbo | 5 | | | | |
| | | Stuart Bingham | 4 | | | | |
| Matthew Selt (ENG) | 3 | Stuart Bingham | 4 | | | | |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 5 | | | | | Liang Wenbo | 4 |
| | | | | | | Shaun Murphy | 6 |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 5 | | | | | Shaun Murphy | 6 |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 2 | Mark Allen | 4 | | | | |
| | | Shaun Murphy | 5 | | | | |
| Michael Wasley (ENG) | 1 | Shaun Murphy | 5 | | | | |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5 | | | Shaun Murphy | 5 | | |
| | | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | | |
| Joe Perry (ENG) | 5 | | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 4 | | |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 0 | Joe Perry | 0 | | | | |
| | | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | | | | |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 1 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 5 | | | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | Shaun Murphy | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | Mark Selby | 9 |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5 | | | | | | | Mark Selby | 9 |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 0 | Neil Robertson | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | Xiao Guodong | 0 | | | | | | |
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 5 | Xiao Guodong | 0 | | | | | | |
| Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Liam Highfield (ENG) | 4 | | | Neil Robertson | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Stephen Maguire | 5 | | | | |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5 | | | Stephen Maguire | 5 | | | | |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 3 | Stephen Maguire | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | Mark King | 2 | | | | | | |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5 | Mark King | 2 | | | | | | |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 3 | | | | | Stephen Maguire | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | Mark Selby | 6 |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 5 | | | | | Mark Selby | 6 |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 0 | Judd Trump | 5 | | | | |
| | | Martin Gould | 1 | | | | |
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 5 | Martin Gould | 1 | | | | |
| Ashley Carty (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Ashley Carty (ENG) | 3 | | | Judd Trump | 4 | | |
| | | | | Mark Selby | 5 | | |
| John Higgins (SCO) | 2 | | | Mark Selby | 5 | | |
| Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 5 | Peter Ebdon | 1 | | | | |
| | | Mark Selby | 5 | | | | |
| Anthony McGill (SCO) | 4 | Mark Selby | 5 | | | | |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Marcel Eckardt. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 8 February 2015. :
| Shaun Murphy England | 7–9 | Mark Selby England |
| Afternoon: 39–71, 88–32 (72), 0–106 (53), 130–0 (130), 119–7 (118), 73–40, 80–0 (51), 62–70 (Selby 62) Evening: 35–92 (92), 47–84 (52), 0–93 (93), 37–72, 80–0 (80), 60–52, 19–79, 4–99 (51) |||
| 130 | Highest break | 93 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 6 |

## Qualifying

These matches were held between 17 and 19 December 2014 at the Robin Park Arena, Sports and Tennis Centre in Wigan, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

### Round 1

| Ding Junhui (CHN) | 5–1 | Jamie Clarke (WAL) |
| Peter Lines (ENG) | 2–5 | Craig Steadman (ENG) |
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 3–5 | Sydney Wilson (ENG) |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5–2 | Dave Harold (ENG) |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) | 1–5 | Michael Georgiou (ENG) |
| Tom Ford (ENG) | 2–5 | Andrew Pagett (WAL) |
| Alfie Burden (ENG) | 5–3 | David Grace (ENG) |
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 4–5 | Sam Baird (ENG) |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 4–5 | Li Hang (CHN) |
| Gerard Greene (NIR) | 5–2 | Ratchayothin Yotharuck (THA) |
| Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) | 2–5 | Stuart Carrington (ENG) |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5–4 | Ian Glover (ENG) |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 5–4 | Zak Surety (ENG) |
| Matthew Selt (ENG) | 5–4 | Lu Chenwei (CHN) |
| Kurt Maflin (NOR) | 3–5 | Igor Figueiredo (BRA) |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 5–1 | Zhou Yuelong (CHN) |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 5–3 | Robin Hull (FIN) |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5–2 | Alex Davies (ENG) |
| Yu Delu (CHN) | 5–1 | Lee Walker (WAL) |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 5–4 | Luca Brecel (BEL) |
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 1–5 | Lu Ning (CHN) |
| Mike Dunn (ENG) | w/d–w/o | Michael Wasley (ENG) |
| Robbie Williams (ENG) | 5–0 | Matthew Day (ENG) |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5–1 | Joe O'Connor (ENG) |
| Joe Perry (ENG) | 5–1 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) |
| Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 4–5 | Fraser Patrick (SCO) |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 5–4 | Hammad Miah (ENG) |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 3–5 | Ian Burns (ENG) |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 5–4 | Daniel Wells (WAL) |
| Gary Wilson (ENG) | 5–2 | Michael Leslie (SCO) |
| Aditya Mehta (IND) | 5–3 | Adam Duffy (ENG) |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5–2 | George Pragnall (ENG) |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) | 5–4 | Mitchell Mann (ENG) |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5–3 | Joe Swail (NIR) |
| Jimmy White (ENG) | 3–5 | Tian Pengfei (CHN) |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5–1 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 5–0 | Cao Xinlong (CHN) |
| Nigel Bond (ENG) | 2–5 | Tony Drago (MLT) |
| Rory McLeod (ENG) | 2–5 | Liam Highfield (ENG) |
| Marco Fu (HKG) | 5–1 | Steve Davis (ENG) |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5–1 | Alexander Ursenbacher (SWI) |
| David Morris (IRL) | 5–1 | Duane Jones (WAL) |
| Rod Lawler (ENG) | 5–2 | Allan Taylor (ENG) |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 5–2 | Joel Walker (ENG) |
| Michael White (WAL) | 5–1 | Chris Norbury (ENG) |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5–3 | Steven Hallworth (ENG) |
| Jamie Burnett (SCO) | w/d–w/o | Barry Pinches (ENG) |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5–0 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 5–0 | Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA) |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | w/o–w/d | Jak Jones (WAL) |
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 4–5 | Zhang Anda (CHN) |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 5–3 | Eden Sharav (SCO) |
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 5–3 | Chris Melling (ENG) |
| Jamie Cope (ENG) | 2–5 | Ross Muir (SCO) |
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 4–5 | James Cahill (ENG) |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 2–5 | Ashley Carty (ENG) |
| John Higgins (SCO) | 5–2 | Elliot Slessor (ENG) |
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5–3 | Vinnie Calabrese (AUS) |
| Marcus Campbell (SCO) | 5–0 | Michael Tomlinson (ENG) |
| Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 5–2 | Chris Wakelin (ENG) |
| Anthony McGill (SCO) | 5–3 | John Astley (ENG) |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 2–5 | Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 1–5 | Oliver Lines (ENG) |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 5–3 | Oliver Brown (ENG) |

### Round 2

| Ding Junhui | 5–1 | Craig Steadman |
| Sydney Wilson | 3–5 | Ryan Day |
| Michael Georgiou | 5–3 | Andrew Pagett |
| Alfie Burden | 5–4 | Sam Baird |
| Li Hang | 5–0 | Gerard Greene |
| Stuart Carrington | 3–5 | Liang Wenbo |
| Alan McManus | 4–5 | Matthew Selt |
| Igor Figueiredo | 1–5 | Stuart Bingham |
| Mark Allen | 5–3 | Ben Woollaston |
| Yu Delu | 1–5 | Mark Williams |
| Lu Ning | 1–5 | Michael Wasley |
| Robbie Williams | 3–5 | Shaun Murphy |
| Joe Perry | 5–4 | Fraser Patrick |
| Jimmy Robertson | 5–4 | Ian Burns |
| Mark Davis | 5–3 | Gary Wilson |
| Aditya Mehta | 2–5 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Neil Robertson | 5–2 | Jamie Jones |
| Tian Pengfei | 2–5 | Fergal O'Brien |
| Xiao Guodong | 5–0 | Tony Drago |
| Liam Highfield | 5–2 | Marco Fu |
| Stephen Maguire | 5–4 | David Morris |
| Rod Lawler | 2–5 | David Gilbert |
| Michael White | 3–5 | Mark King |
| Barry Pinches | 4–5 | Barry Hawkins |
| Judd Trump | 5–4 | Mark Joyce |
| Zhang Anda | 1–5 | Michael Holt |
| Martin Gould | 5–1 | Ross Muir |
| James Cahill | 2–5 | Ashley Carty |
| John Higgins | 5–2 | Ken Doherty |
| Marcus Campbell | 2–5 | Peter Ebdon |
| Anthony McGill | 5–3 | Sean O'Sullivan |
| Oliver Lines | 2–5 | Mark Selby |

## Century breaks
### Televised stage centuries

* 147, 104, 102 – Judd Trump
* 145, 141, 130, 118 – Shaun Murphy
* 134, 134, 117 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
* 133 – Peter Ebdon
* 132 – Ryan Day
* 126 – Mark Selby
* 119, 107 – Stephen Maguire
* 112 – Alfie Burden
* 111 – Neil Robertson
* 110 – Mark Davis
* 106, 103 – Liang Wenbo
* 106 – Mark King
* 103 – Matthew Selt
* 100 – Mark Allen