2017 German Masters

The 2017 German Masters (officially the 2017 F66.com German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 1–5 February 2017 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. It was the twelfth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.

Martin Gould was the defending champion but he lost 2–6 against Ali Carter in the semi-finals.

Tom Ford made the 128th official maximum break and the third of his career in the second frame of his 5–2 win over Peter Ebdon in the first round. Maximum breaks had already been made in the qualifying rounds by both Ali Carter and Ross Muir.

Anthony Hamilton defeated Carter 9–6 to capture his first ranking title in his 26-year career, having trailed 2–5. At the age of 45, he also became the oldest ranking event winner since Doug Mountjoy was 46 winning the Classic in 1989.

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


 * Highest break: €4,000
 * Total: €367,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000 (€13,300).

Qualifying
These matches were played between 6 and 9 December 2016 at the Barnsley Metrodome in Barnsley, England. All matches were best of 9 frames.

Ali Carter made the 125th official maximum break in the fourth frame of his round 1 qualifying match against Wang Yuchen. It was Carter's second professional maximum break. On the same day, Ross Muir made the 126th official maximum break in the third frame of his round 1 qualifying match against Itaro Santos. It was Muir's first professional maximum break.

Televised stage centuries
Total: 16


 * 147 – Tom Ford
 * 137, 126 – Martin Gould
 * 132, 104 – Ryan Day
 * 129 – Stuart Bingham
 * 125 – Robin Hull
 * 118 – Anthony Hamilton


 * 117, 112, 101, 100 – Ali Carter
 * 117 – Ben Woollaston
 * 115 – Yan Bingtao
 * 103 – Zhao Xintong
 * 100 – Mark Selby

Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 56


 * 147, 106 – Ali Carter
 * 147 – Ross Muir
 * 140, 101 – Stuart Carrington
 * 139, 123 – Michael Georgiou
 * 138 – Zhao Xintong
 * 136 – Jamie Jones
 * 135, 101 – Robin Hull
 * 135 – Alfie Burden
 * 133, 127, 117, 106 – Shaun Murphy
 * 132 – Marco Fu
 * 131, 120 – Mark Selby
 * 129 – Michael White
 * 128 – Itaro Santos
 * 128 – Matthew Selt
 * 126 – Scott Donaldson
 * 125, 110 – David Gilbert
 * 124, 109 – Tian Pengfei
 * 122, 112 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
 * 119 – Jack Lisowski
 * 118, 109, 102 – Sunny Akani
 * 118 – Mei Xiwen
 * 116 – Matthew Stevens


 * 116 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 114 – Kyren Wilson
 * 113 – Xiao Guodong
 * 113 – Mark King
 * 112 – Luca Brecel
 * 112 – Judd Trump
 * 107 – Joe Perry
 * 107 – Robert Milkins
 * 106 – Ben Woollaston
 * 105 – Mark Allen
 * 105 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
 * 105 – Dominic Dale
 * 104 – Sean O'Sullivan
 * 104 – Joe Swail
 * 102 – Aditya Mehta
 * 102 – Rory McLeod
 * 102 – Gary Wilson
 * 101 – Ricky Walden
 * 101 – Liam Highfield
 * 101 – John Astley
 * 101 – Mark Joyce