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The 2020 German Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 29 January to 2 February 2020 in the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. The tournament was the tenth ranking event of the 2019–2020 snooker season. It was the 14th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the 1995 German Open. The event featured a prize fund of £400,000 with £80,000 being given to the winner.

Format
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==
Tournament summary
won the event, defeating Neil Robertson 9–6. The first round of the German Masters began on 29 January 2020. With no more than one frame between the two, they tied at 4–4. However, Trump won frame nine with a break of 110 and won the match 6–4. The second semi-final was between Robertson and Murphy. Robertson reached the final having lost only two frames in the previous four matches. This was the second time in the 2019–20 snooker season that the pair had met in a final, having done so at the 2019 Champion of Champions. If Robertson won the final, he would be guaranteed to win the European Series. It was held as a best-of-17 frames match, held over two sessions. This was Trump's 15th career ranking event title, his fourth of the season. ==Main draw==
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. Final ==Qualifying==
Qualifying
Qualifying for the event took place between 20 and 22 December 2019 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. There were two rounds of qualifying with matches being played as best-of-9 frames. Round 1 Round 2 ==Century breaks==
Century breaks
Main stage centuries There was a total of 33 century breaks during the tournament. The highest was a 138 made by John Higgins in his first round win over Robbie Williams. • 138, 134 John Higgins • 136, 133, 129, 120, 101, 101 Neil Robertson • 134, 108 Gary Wilson • 133, 106 Mark Williams • 132 Nigel Bond • 132 Scott Donaldson • 130 Elliot Slessor • 129, 127 Shaun Murphy • 126 Yuan Sijun • 122, 119, 114, 110, 100 Judd Trump • 122, 102 Luca Brecel • 122 Robbie Williams • 121 Graeme Dott • 119 Robert Milkins • 112 Michael Georgiou • 111, 110 Mitchell Mann • 108 Matthew Selt • 102 Sunny Akani Qualifying stage centuries There was a total of 77 century breaks during qualifying. The highest was a 143 made by Tom Ford in his second qualifying round match against Oliver Lines. • 143, 129 Tom Ford • 142, 137, 124 Michael Georgiou • 141 Hossein Vafaei • 140, 106 Robert Milkins • 140 Zhang Anda • 139, 137, 127, 109 Zhao Xintong • 135 John Astley • 135 Louis Heathcote • 134, 131 Yan Bingtao • 133 Liang Wenbo • 133 Zhou Yuelong • 132, 130 Kyren Wilson • 132, 103 Ricky Walden • 131, 111 Kacper Filipiak • 131 Kurt Maflin • 130 Xu Si • 126, 106 Dominic Dale • 126 Mark Davis • 124, 115 Stuart Bingham • 123, 113 Li Hang • 123, 105 Luca Brecel • 122 Kishan Hirani • 119 Jack Lisowski • 118 Ali Carter • 118 Fraser Patrick • 118 Joe Perry • 117 Sam Craigie • 116, 109, 107 Judd Trump • 115, 100, 100 Gary Wilson • 115 Ian Burns • 114, 102, 100 Ashley Carty • 114 Jimmy Robertson • 113 Soheil Vahedi • 111 Noppon Saengkham • 110 Alexander Ursenbacher • 110 Anthony Hamilton • 109 Bai Langning • 109 Lee Walker • 108, 101 Igor Figueiredo • 108 Sam Baird • 107 Andrew Higginson • 106 Barry Hawkins • 104, 103 David Gilbert • 104, 100 Matthew Stevens • 103 Fergal O'Brien • 102 Scott Donaldson • 101 Yuan Sijun • 100, 100 Neil Robertson • 100 Mark Selby • 100 Ryan Day ==References==
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