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:


 * 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: €2,000


 * Televised highest break: €4,000
 * Total: €367,000

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.

Qualifying stage centuries

 * 138, 108 – Michael Wasley
 * 137, 131, 116 – Marco Fu
 * 137, 122 – Stephen Maguire
 * 136 – Dominic Dale
 * 133 – Anthony McGill
 * 131, 103 – Alan McManus
 * 130, 107 – Zhao Xintong
 * 130 – Michael White
 * 129 – Ian Burns
 * 128 – Matthew Stevens
 * 127, 104 – Robin Hull
 * 127, 102 – Stuart Bingham
 * 127 – Mark King
 * 126 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 124 – Michael Holt
 * 122 – Rod Lawler


 * 121, 102 – Liang Wenbo
 * 121 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 120 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 119 – Barry Hawkins
 * 118, 111, 110 – Shaun Murphy
 * 115, 108 – Barry Pinches
 * 113, 108 – John Higgins
 * 105, 100 – Kurt Maflin
 * 104 – Tian Pengfei
 * 104 – Sam Craigie
 * 104 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 104 – Eden Sharav
 * 103 – Neil Robertson
 * 103 – Kyren Wilson
 * 102 – Ali Carter
 * 102 – Hossein Vafaei

Televised stage centuries

 * 125, 120, 109, 104 – Judd Trump
 * 121 – Mark Allen
 * 119, 105, 104 – Mark Joyce
 * 113 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 110, 104, 100 – Martin Gould
 * 109 – Stuart Bingham


 * 106 – Marco Fu
 * 103 – Mark King
 * 102 – Graeme Dott
 * 102 – Luca Brecel
 * 101 – Kurt Maflin