# 2016 German Masters

The 2016 German Masters (officially the 2016 918.com German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3–7 February 2016 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2015/2016 season.
The defending champion Mark Selby lost 3–5 against Stephen Maguire in the last 16.
Martin Gould won the first ranking title of his professional career, defeating Luca Brecel 9–5 in the final. German referee Maike Kesseler officiated at her first ranking 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 |
| Mark Selby (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 0 | Mark Selby | 3 | | | | |
| | | Stephen Maguire | 5 | | | | |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5 | Stephen Maguire | 5 | | | | |
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 1 | | | Stephen Maguire | 1 | | |
| | | | | Graeme Dott | 5 | | |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) | 5 | | | Graeme Dott | 5 | | |
| Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 0 | Graeme Dott | 5 | | | | |
| | | Barry Hawkins | 3 | | | | |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 2 | Barry Hawkins | 3 | | | | |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5 | | | | | Graeme Dott | 2 |
| | | | | | | Martin Gould | 6 |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 5 | | | | | Martin Gould | 6 |
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 0 | Judd Trump | 5 | | | | |
| | | Zhang Anda | 1 | | | | |
| Alfie Burden (ENG) | 0 | Zhang Anda | 1 | | | | |
| Zhang Anda (CHN) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Zhang Anda (CHN) | 5 | | | Judd Trump | 4 | | |
| | | | | Martin Gould | 5 | | |
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 5 | | | Martin Gould | 5 | | |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 4 | Martin Gould | 5 | | | | |
| | | Ben Woollaston | 0 | | | | |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5 | Ben Woollaston | 0 | | | | |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | Martin Gould | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | Luca Brecel | 5 |
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) | 2 | | | | | | | Luca Brecel | 5 |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) | 5 | Luca Brecel | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | Kurt Maflin | 3 | | | | | | |
| Marco Fu (HKG) | 1 | Kurt Maflin | 3 | | | | | | |
| Kurt Maflin (NOR) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Kurt Maflin (NOR) | 5 | | | Luca Brecel | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | Mark Joyce | 4 | | | | |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 5 | | | Mark Joyce | 4 | | | | |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 2 | Mark Joyce | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | Mark King | 2 | | | | | | |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5 | Mark King | 2 | | | | | | |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 4 | | | | | Luca Brecel | 6 | | |
| | | | | | | Kyren Wilson | 3 |
| Ian Burns (ENG) | 4 | | | | | Kyren Wilson | 3 |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 5 | Michael Holt | 4 | | | | |
| | | Kyren Wilson | 5 | | | | |
| Rory McLeod (ENG) | 4 | Kyren Wilson | 5 | | | | |
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 5 | | | Kyren Wilson | 5 | | |
| | | | | Ryan Day | 4 | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5 | | | Ryan Day | 4 | | |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 3 | Ryan Day | 5 | | | | |
| | | Stuart Bingham | 3 | | | | |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 2 | Stuart Bingham | 3 | | | | |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |

## Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Maike Kesseler. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 7 February 2016. :
| Martin Gould England | 9–5 | Luca Brecel Belgium |
| Afternoon: 21–96 (68), 55–50, 52–41, 72–1 (72), 31–73 (51), 83–0 (83), 54–63 (59), 104–4 (104) Evening: 129–0 (110), 58–0, 39–76 (55), 66–32, 56–69 (56, 63), 78–0 |||
| 110 | Highest break | 68 |
| 2 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 5 | 50+ breaks | 5 |

## Qualifying

These matches were held between 17 and 20 December 2015 at the Robin Park Arena and Sports Centre in Wigan, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

### Round 1

| Mark Selby (ENG) | w/o–w/d | Kuldesh Johal (ENG) |
| Sam Baird (ENG) | 3–5 | David Morris (IRL) |
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 4–5 | Andy Hicks (ENG) |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) | 4–5 | Steven Hallworth (ENG) |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) | 5–1 | Chris Wakelin (ENG) |
| Andrew Higginson (ENG) | 5–4 | Joe O'Connor (ENG) |
| Michael White (WAL) | 5–2 | Sanderson Lam (ENG) |
| Ken Doherty (IRL) | 5–4 | Michael Georgiou (ENG) |
| Jamie Burnett (SCO) | 3–5 | Zak Surety (ENG) |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) | w/o–w/d | Fraser Patrick (SCO) |
| Tian Pengfei (CHN) | 5–0 | Lyu Chenwei (CHN) |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) | 5–2 | Gareth Allen (WAL) |
| Mike Dunn (ENG) | 5–4 | Sydney Wilson (ENG) |
| Alan McManus (SCO) | 5–0 | James Wattana (THA) |
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) | 5–1 | Zhang Yong (CHN) |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) | 5–2 | Luke Simmonds (ENG) |
| Judd Trump (ENG) | 5–1 | Peter Lines (ENG) |
| David Grace (ENG) | 4–5 | Rhys Clark (SCO) |
| Ali Carter (ENG) | 5–3 | Barry Pinches (ENG) |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 5–4 | Jason Weston (ENG) |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 3–5 | Alfie Burden (ENG) |
| Robin Hull (FIN) | 5–2 | Paul Davison (ENG) |
| Robert Milkins (ENG) | 4–5 | Zhang Anda (CHN) |
| Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) | 5–3 | Tony Drago (MLT) |
| Gerard Greene (NIR) | 1–5 | Nigel Bond (ENG) |
| Martin Gould (ENG) | 5–1 | Joel Walker (ENG) |
| Li Hang (CHN) | 5–0 | Hatem Yassen (EGY) |
| Mark Williams (WAL) | 5–1 | Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (THA) |
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) | 5–3 | Lee Walker (WAL) |
| Ben Woollaston (ENG) | 5–2 | Sam Craigie (ENG) |
| Oliver Lines (ENG) | 1–5 | Lu Ning (CHN) |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) | 5–3 | Michael Wasley (ENG) |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) | 1–5 | Ashley Hugill (ENG) |
| Cao Yupeng (CHN) | 3–5 | Zhao Xintong (CHN) |
| Jamie Jones (WAL) | 5–3 | Adam Duffy (ENG) |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) | 5–2 | James Cahill (ENG) |
| Marco Fu (HKG) | 5–3 | Hammad Miah (ENG) |
| Yu Delu (CHN) | 5–4 | Liam Highfield (ENG) |
| David Gilbert (ENG) | 4–5 | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) |
| Kurt Maflin (NOR) | 5–0 | Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG) |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 5–3 | Alex Taubman (WAL) |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 4–5 | Ross Muir (SCO) |
| Robbie Williams (ENG) | 5–1 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) |
| Mark Allen (NIR) | 5–2 | Duane Jones (WAL) |
| Mark King (ENG) | 5–0 | Jimmy White (ENG) |
| Anthony McGill (SCO) | 5–3 | Michael Wild (ENG) |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | 5–4 | Jamie Cope (ENG) |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) | 5–1 | Hamza Akbar (PAK) |
| John Higgins (SCO) | 5–1 | Ian Glover (ENG) |
| Aditya Mehta (IND) | 1–5 | Ian Burns (ENG) |
| Michael Holt (ENG) | 5–0 | Sean O'Sullivan (ENG) |
| Rod Lawler (ENG) | 5–4 | Craig Steadman (ENG) |
| Joe Perry (ENG) | 5–2 | Chris Melling (ENG) |
| Rory McLeod (ENG) | 5–3 | Vinnie Calabrese (AUS) |
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) | 5–0 | Jake Nicholson (ENG) |
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) | 5–0 | Thor Chuan Leong (MYS) |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) | 5–1 | Itaro Santos (BRA) |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5–2 | Scott Donaldson (SCO) |
| Joe Swail (NIR) | 5–2 | Allan Taylor (ENG) |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 5–4 | Eden Sharav (SCO) |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5–4 | Hossein Vafaei (IRN) |
| Peter Ebdon (ENG) | 5–1 | Mitchell Mann (ENG) |
| Anthony Hamilton (ENG) | 5–2 | Darryl Hill (IOM) |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) | 5–1 | Daniel Wells (WAL) |

### Round 2

| Mark Selby | 5–3 | David Morris |
| Andy Hicks | 4–5 | Steven Hallworth |
| Stephen Maguire | 5–2 | Andrew Higginson |
| Michael White | 3–5 | Ken Doherty |
| Zak Surety | 0–5 | Graeme Dott |
| Tian Pengfei | 5–3 | Ding Junhui |
| Mike Dunn | 1–5 | Alan McManus |
| Zhou Yuelong | 3–5 | Barry Hawkins |
| Judd Trump | 5–2 | Rhys Clark |
| Ali Carter | 5–3 | Jimmy Robertson |
| Alfie Burden | 5–1 | Robin Hull |
| Zhang Anda | 5–4 | Dechawat Poomjaeng |
| Nigel Bond | 1–5 | Martin Gould |
| Li Hang | 3–5 | Mark Williams |
| Xiao Guodong | 4–5 | Ben Woollaston |
| Lu Ning | 2–5 | Shaun Murphy |
| Ashley Hugill | 1–5 | Zhao Xintong |
| Jamie Jones | 0–5 | Luca Brecel |
| Marco Fu | 5–1 | Yu Delu |
| Martin O'Donnell | 3–5 | Kurt Maflin |
| Mark Joyce | 5–3 | Ross Muir |
| Robbie Williams | 0–5 | Mark Allen |
| Mark King | 5–4 | Anthony McGill |
| Stuart Carrington | 5–3 | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| John Higgins | 3–5 | Ian Burns |
| Michael Holt | 5–4 | Rod Lawler |
| Joe Perry | 3–5 | Rory McLeod |
| Kyren Wilson | 5–1 | Jack Lisowski |
| Matthew Stevens | 3–5 | Ryan Day |
| Joe Swail | 2–5 | Liang Wenbo |
| Fergal O'Brien | 5–4 | Peter Ebdon |
| Anthony Hamilton | 4–5 | Stuart Bingham |