# 2021 German Masters

The 2021 German Masters (officially the 2021 BildBet German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 27 to 31 January 2021. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was staged at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was the eighth ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season. It was the 15th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the 1995 German Open. Shaun Murphy made the sixth maximum break of his career in the first qualifying round against Chen Zifan.
The event featured a prize fund of £400,000 with £80,000 given to the winner. It was sponsored for the first time by BildBet, a subsidiary company created by BetVictor in collaboration with the local newspaper Bild. Despite the different name, the tournament was part of the BetVictor European Series.
Judd Trump was the defending champion after defeating Neil Robertson 9–6 in the 2020 final. Trump met Jack Lisowski in the final, a repeat of the previous ranking event final, the World Grand Prix. It was the first time that the same two players had met in successive ranking event finals since John Higgins and Steve Davis met in the Welsh Open and International Open finals at the start of 1995. Trump won by 9 frames to 2, becoming the first player ever to successfully defend the title.

## Prize fund

The event featured a total prize fund of £400,000 with the winner receiving £80,000. The event was the third of the "European Series" all sponsored by sports betting company BetVictor. The player accumulating the highest amount of prize money over the six events will receive a bonus of £150,000.
* 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 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 |
| Judd Trump (ENG) (1) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 1 | Judd Trump (1) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Joe Perry (17) | 3 | | | | |
| Duane Jones (WAL) | 1 | Joe Perry (17) | 3 | | | | |
| Joe Perry (ENG) (17) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Joe Perry (ENG) (17) | 5 | | | Judd Trump (1) | 5 | | |
| | | | | Ding Junhui (9) | 3 | | |
| Kacper Filipiak (POL) | 4 | | | Ding Junhui (9) | 3 | | |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) (9) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) (9) | 5 | Ding Junhui (9) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Dominic Dale | 0 | | | | |
| Dominic Dale (WAL) | 5 | Dominic Dale | 0 | | | | |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) (8) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) (8) | 4 | | | | | Judd Trump (1) | 6 |
| | | | | | | Barry Hawkins (20) | 5 |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (5) | 4 | | | | | Barry Hawkins (20) | 5 |
| Jamie O'Neill (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Jamie O'Neill (ENG) | 5 | Jamie O'Neill | 4 | | | | |
| | | Jordan Brown | 5 | | | | |
| Jordan Brown (NIR) | 5 | Jordan Brown | 5 | | | | |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) (21) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) (21) | 2 | | | Jordan Brown | 1 | | |
| | | | | Barry Hawkins (20) | 5 | | |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (20) | 5 | | | Barry Hawkins (20) | 5 | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 4 | Barry Hawkins (20) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Jak Jones | 2 | | | | |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) (29) | 4 | Jak Jones | 2 | | | | |
| Jak Jones (WAL) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Jak Jones (WAL) | 5 | | | | | | | Judd Trump (1) | 9 |
| | | | | | | | | Jack Lisowski (15) | 2 |
| Fergal O'Brien (IRL) | 5 | | | | | | | Jack Lisowski (15) | 2 |
| Michael White (WAL) | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Michael White (WAL) | 1 | Fergal O'Brien | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | Joe O'Connor | 5 | | | | | | |
| Mark Joyce (ENG) | 4 | Joe O'Connor | 5 | | | | | | |
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) | 5 | | | Joe O'Connor | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | Tom Ford (22) | 5 | | | | |
| Tom Ford (ENG) (22) | 5 | | | Tom Ford (22) | 5 | | | | |
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) | 0 | Tom Ford (22) | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | Stuart Carrington | 2 | | | | | | |
| Stuart Carrington (ENG) | w/o | Stuart Carrington | 2 | | | | | | |
| John Higgins (SCO) (6) | w/d | | | | | | | | |
| John Higgins (SCO) (6) | w/d | | | | | Tom Ford (22) | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | Jack Lisowski (15) | 6 |
| Pang Junxu (CHN) | 3 | | | | | Jack Lisowski (15) | 6 |
| Robbie Williams (ENG) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Robbie Williams (ENG) | 5 | Robbie Williams | 4 | | | | |
| | | Stuart Bingham (10) | 5 | | | | |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (10) | 5 | Stuart Bingham (10) | 5 | | | | |
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (23) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (23) | 2 | | | Stuart Bingham (10) | 3 | | |
| | | | | Jack Lisowski (15) | 5 | | |
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) | 4 | | | Jack Lisowski (15) | 5 | | |
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (15) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (15) | 5 | Jack Lisowski (15) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Luca Brecel (31) | 2 | | | | |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) (31) | 5 | Luca Brecel (31) | 2 | | | | |
| Noppon Saengkham (THA) | 1 | | | | | | |

### Final

Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Rob Spencer Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 31 January 2021. :
| Judd Trump (1) England | 9–2 | Jack Lisowski (15) England |
| Afternoon: 76–31, 0–90, 87–0, 64–25, 65–30, 72–0, 68–58, 71–14 Evening: 87–49, 0–106, 119–0 (119) |||
| 119 | Highest break | 67 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |

## Qualifying

Qualifying for the event took place between 10 and 14 November 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. There were two rounds of qualifying with matches being played as best-of-9 frames.

### Round 1

| Judd Trump (ENG) (1) | 5–2 | Anthony Hamilton (ENG) |
| Sunny Akani (THA) | 2–5 | Peter Lines (ENG) |
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) (32) | 5–4 | Lu Ning (CHN) |
| Mark Davis (ENG) | 5–3 | Ben Hancorn (ENG) |
| Gary Wilson (ENG) (16) | 4–5 | Lei Peifan (CHN) |
| Allan Taylor (ENG) | 4–5 | Duane Jones (WAL) |
| Joe Perry (ENG) (17) | 5–3 | Li Hang (CHN) |
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) | 5–1 | Chang Bingyu (CHN) |
| Kacper Filipiak (POL) | w/o–w/d | Riley Parsons (ENG) |
| Scott Donaldson (SCO) (24) | 2–5 | Luo Honghao (CHN) |
| Fan Zhengyi (CHN) | 1–5 | Ashley Carty (ENG) |
| Ding Junhui (CHN) (9) | 5–3 | Martin Gould (ENG) |
| Sean Maddocks (ENG) | 0–5 | Jamie Jones (WAL) |
| Matthew Selt (ENG) (25) | 4–5 | Dominic Dale (WAL) |
| Barry Pinches (ENG) | 2–5 | Alan McManus (SCO) |
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) (8) | w/o–w/d | Rod Lawler (ENG) |
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (5) | 5–0 | Chen Zifan (CHN) |
| Ian Burns (ENG) | 5–2 | David Lilley (ENG) |
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) (28) | 5–3 | Lee Walker (WAL) |
| Daniel Wells (WAL) | 3–5 | Jamie O'Neill (ENG) |
| Yan Bingtao (CHN) (12) | 4–5 | Sam Craigie (ENG) |
| Jordan Brown (NIR) | 5–2 | Rory McLeod (JAM) |
| Graeme Dott (SCO) (21) | w/o–w/d | Fraser Patrick (SCO) |
| Jamie Wilson (ENG) | 2–5 | Leo Fernandez (IRL) |
| Jimmy White (ENG) | w/o–w/d | Mark King (ENG) |
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (20) | 5–2 | Hossein Vafaei (IRN) |
| Ryan Day (WAL) | 5–3 | Andy Hicks (ENG) |
| Mark Williams (WAL) (13) | 4–5 | Paul Davison (ENG) |
| Aaron Hill (IRL) | 5–2 | Billy Castle (ENG) |
| Liang Wenbo (CHN) (29) | 5–2 | Ken Doherty (IRL) |
| Jak Jones (WAL) | 5–3 | Si Jiahui (CHN) |
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (4) | 5–0 | Zak Surety (ENG) |
| Mark Selby (ENG) (3) | 3–5 | Fergal O'Brien (IRL) |
| Simon Lichtenberg (GER) | 5–1 | Amine Amiri (MAR) |
| Matthew Stevens (WAL) (30) | 2–5 | Michael White (WAL) |
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) | 0–5 | Elliot Slessor (ENG) |
| Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (14) | 4–5 | Mark Joyce (ENG) |
| Soheil Vahedi (IRN) | 5–3 | David Grace (ENG) |
| Anthony McGill (SCO) (19) | 5–3 | Zhao Jianbo (CHN) |
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) | 5–3 | Lyu Haotian (CHN) |
| Liam Highfield (ENG) | 5–1 | Jamie Curtis-Barrett (ENG) |
| Tom Ford (ENG) (22) | 5–0 | Gerard Greene (NIR) |
| Jimmy Robertson (ENG) | 5–1 | Alex Borg (MLT) |
| David Gilbert (ENG) (11) | 2–5 | Yuan Sijun (CHN) |
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) | 1–5 | Stuart Carrington (ENG) |
| Michael Holt (ENG) (27) | 5–2 | Brian Ochoiski (FRA) |
| Ashley Hugill (ENG) | w/o–w/d | Tian Pengfei (CHN) |
| John Higgins (SCO) (6) | 5–4 | Robert Milkins (ENG) |
| Mark Allen (NIR) (7) | 5–1 | Gao Yang (CHN) |
| Pang Junxu (CHN) | 5–2 | Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) |
| Kurt Maflin (NOR) (26) | 2–5 | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) |
| Robbie Williams (ENG) | 5–4 | Florian Nüßle (AUT) |
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (10) | 5–1 | Eden Sharav (ISR) |
| Ricky Walden (ENG) | 5–1 | Xu Si (CHN) |
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (23) | 5–0 | Lukas Kleckers (GER) |
| Peter Devlin (ENG) | 5–3 | Iulian Boiko (UKR) |
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) | 5–0 | Farakh Ajaib (ENG) |
| Ali Carter (ENG) (18) | 2–5 | Nigel Bond (ENG) |
| Jackson Page (WAL) | 4–5 | Brandon Sargeant (ENG) |
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (15) | 5–3 | Igor Figueiredo (BRA) |
| Jamie Clarke (WAL) | 2–5 | Andrew Higginson (ENG) |
| Luca Brecel (BEL) (31) | 5–4 | James Cahill (ENG) |
| Oliver Lines (ENG) | 2–5 | Noppon Saengkham (THA) |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) (2) | 4–5 | Ben Woollaston (ENG) |

### Round 2

| Judd Trump (1) | 5–0 | Peter Lines |
| Xiao Guodong (32) | 4–5 | Mark Davis |
| Lei Peifan | 3–5 | Duane Jones |
| Joe Perry (17) | 5–4 | Steven Hallworth |
| Kacper Filipiak | 5–1 | Luo Honghao |
| Ashley Carty | 0–5 | Ding Junhui (9) |
| Jamie Jones | 0–5 | Dominic Dale |
| Alan McManus | 4–5 | Stephen Maguire (8) |
| Shaun Murphy (5) | 5–1 | Ian Burns |
| Zhao Xintong (28) | 3–5 | Jamie O'Neill |
| Sam Craigie | 2–5 | Jordan Brown |
| Graeme Dott (21) | 5–1 | Leo Fernandez |
| Jimmy White | 2–5 | Barry Hawkins (20) |
| Ryan Day | 5–1 | Paul Davison |
| Aaron Hill | 0–5 | Liang Wenbo (29) |
| Jak Jones | 5–4 | Kyren Wilson (4) |
| Fergal O'Brien | 5–2 | Simon Lichtenberg |
| Michael White | 5–4 | Elliot Slessor |
| Mark Joyce | 5–4 | Soheil Vahedi |
| Anthony McGill (19) | 4–5 | Joe O'Connor |
| Liam Highfield | 4–5 | Tom Ford (22) |
| Jimmy Robertson | 3–5 | Yuan Sijun |
| Stuart Carrington | 5–3 | Michael Holt (27) |
| Ashley Hugill | 0–5 | John Higgins (6) |
| Mark Allen (7) | 2–5 | Pang Junxu |
| Martin O'Donnell | 4–5 | Robbie Williams |
| Stuart Bingham (10) | 5–2 | Ricky Walden |
| Zhou Yuelong (23) | 5–0 | Peter Devlin |
| Louis Heathcote | 5–3 | Nigel Bond |
| Brandon Sargeant | 2–5 | Jack Lisowski (15) |
| Andrew Higginson | 2–5 | Luca Brecel (31) |
| Noppon Saengkham | 5–2 | Ben Woollaston |

## Century breaks
### Main stage centuries

Total: 25
* 140, 133, 116, 101 – Barry Hawkins
* 135, 113 – Robbie Williams
* 134, 132, 131, 124, 104 – Tom Ford
* 131, 131, 119, 101, 100 – Judd Trump
* 128 – Jack Lisowski
* 115 – Louis Heathcote
* 114 – Liang Wenbo
* 110 – Stuart Bingham
* 104, 101 – Ding Junhui
* 104 – Jamie O'Neill
* 101 – Jordan Brown
* 100 – Jak Jones

### Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 58
* 147, 117, 113 – Shaun Murphy
* 138, 115 – Stuart Bingham
* 133, 103 – Jack Lisowski
* 133 – Xiao Guodong
* 132, 104 – Luca Brecel
* 132 – Yan Bingtao
* 131 – Jamie O'Neill
* 130, 100 – Anthony McGill
* 129 – Andrew Higginson
* 128 – Simon Lichtenberg
* 127 – Elliot Slessor
* 127 – Zhao Xintong
* 126, 124 – Kyren Wilson
* 126, 101 – Mark Allen
* 126 – Kurt Maflin
* 125 – Martin Gould
* 122 – Sunny Akani
* 121 – Pang Junxu
* 119 – John Higgins
* 118 – Jordan Brown
* 115, 112 – Lei Peifan
* 114, 105, 101 – Ricky Walden
* 113, 110 – Ryan Day
* 113 – Robert Milkins
* 112 – Sam Craigie
* 110 – Ding Junhui
* 110 – Mark Joyce
* 109, 102, 101 – Jimmy Robertson
* 108 – Stephen Maguire
* 108 – Mark Selby
* 108 – Michael White
* 107, 103, 100 – Judd Trump
* 107 – Dominic Dale
* 107 – Joe Perry
* 106 – Luo Honghao
* 104 – Jamie Jones
* 102 – Liang Wenbo
* 102 – Joe O'Connor
* 101 – Tom Ford
* 101 – Barry Hawkins
* 101 – Martin O'Donnell
* 101 – Robbie Williams