2012 German Masters

The 2012 German Masters (officially the 2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 February 2012 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. This was the first time that PartyPoker.net sponsored the event.

Mike Dunn made the 79th official maximum break during his round 1 qualifying match against Kurt Maflin. This was Dunn's first 147 break. Stephen Hendry missed the final stage of a ranking event for the first time in 15 years after losing 1–5 to James Wattana in the final qualifying round.

Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 3–5 against Stephen Lee.

Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 23rd ranking title by defeating Stephen Maguire 9–7 in the final.

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


 * Winner: €50,000
 * Runner-up: €30,000
 * Semi-final: €15,000
 * Quarter-final: €9,000
 * Last 16: €6,000
 * Last 32: €3,750
 * Last 48: €1,500


 * Stage two highest break: €2,000
 * Total: €280,000

Wildcard round
These matches were played in Berlin on 1 February 2012.

Qualifying
These matches were held between 21 and 25 November 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. Matches were over 9 frames.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 147 – Mike Dunn
 * 143, 100, 100 – Michael White
 * 137, 102 – Jamie Jones
 * 137 – Adam Duffy
 * 135 – Ken Doherty
 * 133 – Stuart Carrington
 * 131, 101 – Liu Song
 * 126 – David Gilbert
 * 124, 120 – Jimmy White
 * 123 – Liang Wenbo
 * 122 – Passakorn Suwannawat
 * 121 – Adam Wicheard
 * 120, 115 – Ryan Day


 * 117, 100 – Xiao Guodong
 * 116 – Andy Hicks
 * 112, 108 – Jamie Burnett
 * 112, 101 – Mark Davis
 * 111, 107 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 111 – Mark Joyce
 * 110 – Andrew Higginson
 * 109, 100 – Yu Delu
 * 104 – Anthony McGill
 * 103 – Sam Craigie
 * 103 – Joe Perry
 * 102 – Paul Davison
 * 102 – James Wattana

Televised stage centuries

 * 130, 128, 106, 100 – Stephen Maguire
 * 129 – Ali Carter
 * 128 – Stuart Bingham
 * 128 – Shaun Murphy
 * 123, 111, 110 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 113 – Barry Hawkins
 * 111, 104 – Mark Selby
 * 111 – Judd Trump
 * 109 – Peter Ebdon
 * 107 – Mark Williams
 * 102 – Mike Dunn
 * 102 – Joe Perry
 * 102 – Ricky Walden
 * 101 – Stephen Lee
 * 100 – Tom Ford