The 2020 German Masters was a professional
snooker tournament held at the
Tempodrom in
Berlin, Germany, between 29 January and 3 February 2020. and previously between
1995 and
1998 as the
German Open. It was the tenth
ranking event of the
2019–20 snooker season following the
European Masters and preceding the
World Grand Prix. It was played as the best-of-nine-frames until the semi-finals, which were best-of-11-frames, followed by a best-of-17-frames final. The event featured 32 participants from the
World Snooker Tour with two qualifying rounds which took place from 20 to 22 December 2019 in
Barnsley, England.
Prize fund The event featured a total prize fund of
£400,000 with the winner receiving £80,000. The event was the second of the "European Series" which included the
European Masters,
Snooker Shoot Out and
Gibraltar Open all sponsored by sports betting company
BetVictor. The player accumulating the highest amount of prize money over the four events received a bonus of £150,000. The breakdown of prize money for the tournament is shown below: • 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 ==Tournament summary==