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2025 German Masters
The 2025 German Masters (officially the 2025 Machineseeker German Masters) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 27 January to 2 February 2025 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. The 12th Snooker world rankings, ranking event of the 2024–25 snooker season, 202425 season, following the 2024 Scottish Open (snooker), 2024 Scottish Open and preceding the 2025 Welsh Open (snooker), 2025 Welsh Open, it was broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe and by other broadcasters internationally. The winner received £100,000 from a total prize fund of £550,400, the Brandon Parker trophy, and a place in the 2025 Champion of Champions (snooker), Champion of Champions invitational event. Judd Trump was the defending champion, having defeated Si Jiahui 105 in the 2024 German Masters, 2024 final, but Trump lost 25 to Neil Robertson in the last 16. For the first time in the tournament's history, the final went to a deciding frame. Kyren Wilson, the reigning World Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Masters
The German Masters is a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament held at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany since 2011, except for 2021, when it was held at Milton Keynes in England because of the COVID-19 pandemic. An earlier ranking event, the German Open, was held in Germany from 1995 to 1997. This was followed by an invitation event, called the German Masters, in 1998. The reigning champion is Kyren Wilson. History The tournament started as the German Open and was a List of snooker ranking tournaments, ranking tournament from 1995 to 1997. The first event was played in Frankfurt in December 1995, replacing the European Open (snooker), European Open in the December place in the calendar, the European Open being moved to early 1996. The tournament involved the top 16 players in the world ranking who were joined by 16 qualifiers and 4 wild-card players. The four lowest ranked qualifiers played the wild-card players, winning all their four matches and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champion Of Champions (snooker)
The Champion of Champions is a professional non-ranking snooker tournament. It was initially held in 1978 and 1980, and was then revived in 2013 by Matchroom Sport replacing Premier League Snooker. The reigning champion is Mark Williams, who won the title for the first time in 2024. The Champion of Champions features winners of World Snooker ( main tour, women's and seniors tour) events over the preceding 12 months, with the field topped up, if necessary, from the current world rankings. In 2020, the tournament had a prize fund of £440,000, of which £150,000 went to the winner. History The event was created in 1978 by boxing promoter Mike Barrett. It was contested by four players at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England, and was played over two days, with the semi-finals on the first day and the final on the second day. World Champion Ray Reardon beat that year's Masters winner Alex Higgins 11–9 in the final. Brief highlights were shown on ITV's '' World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall Arena
The Marshall Arena (formerly known as Arena MK, also Milton Keynes Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, located beside Stadium MK. The multi-use event space is positioned over three floors and anticipates music and sporting events, conferences, exhibitions and parties. History The arena was to be the home of the Milton Keynes Lions professional basketball team. However, the retail developments that would have provided enabling funding were deferred due to lack of financing, leaving the Lions without a home. Following the conclusion of the 2011–12 season, the Lions could not secure a venue within Milton Keynes, resulting in a move south to the Copper Box. It officially opened on 8 February 2014 when it hosted the 2014 English National Badminton Championships. Name In September 2018, Marshall Amplification announced an agreement with Arena MK to use the space for music events, rebranding it the "Marshall Arena". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 German Masters
The 2021 German Masters (officially the 2021 BildBet German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 27 to 31 January 2021. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was staged at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. The tournament was the eighth ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season. It was the 15th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the 1995 German Open. Shaun Murphy made the sixth maximum break of his career in the first qualifying round against Chen Zifan. The event featured a prize fund of £400,000 with £80,000 given to the winner. It was sponsored for the first time by BildBet, a subsidiary company created by BetVictor in collaboration with the local newspaper Bild. Despite the different name, the tournament was part of the BetVictor European Series. Judd Trump was the defending champion after defeating Neil Robertson 9–6 in the 2020 final. Trump met Jack Lisowski in the final, a repeat of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 German Masters
The 1998 German Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8–13 December 1998 at the Best Western Rheinhotel in Bingen am Rhein, Germany. Twelve players competed, 10 of the leading 11 in the world rankings, together with Steve Davis and Jimmy White. Ronnie O'Sullivan, ranked 3 in the world, did not compete. Matches were over 9 frames, except for the final which the best-of-11. Prize money was £110,000 with all players guaranteed a minimum of £5,000 for competing. Tony Drago beat Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals, his first win over Hendry in 13 attempts. John Parrott beat world number one, John Higgins, at the same stage. Parrott beat Mark Williams 6–4 in the final. Williams led 4–3 but Parrott won the next three to win the match. It was Parrott's first win since the European Open in March 1996. Parrott also won the £1,000 high break prize for a break of 130 in his semi-final match. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 German Open (snooker)
The 1995 German Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 3 and 10 December 1995 at the Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. It was the first ranking event held in Germany. John Higgins won the inaugural event defeating Ken Doherty 9–3 in the final. Summary The tournament involved the top 16 players in the world ranking who were joined by 16 qualifiers and 4 wild-card players. The four lowest ranked qualifiers played the wild-card players, winning all their four matches and advancing to the last-32. Four of the top-16 players lost in the last-32 round, including Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jimmy White. Further top-ranked players were beaten in the last-16 stage, including Steve Davis, John Parrott and James Wattana. Tony Drago led Stephen Hendry 3–1 but Hendry then won the next four frames to win the match 5–3. Three Scots, Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus and John Higgins, won their quarter-final matches and were joined in the semi-finals by Ken Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 German Masters
The 2011 German Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 2–6 February at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. The event was last held in 1998, but it was non-ranking. John Parrott won in the final 6–4 against Mark Williams. Mark Williams won his 18th ranking title by defeating Mark Selby 9–7 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for 2011 is shown below: Winner: €50,000 Runner-up: €30,000 Semi-finalists: €15,000 Quarter-finalists: €9,000 Last 16: €6,000 Last 32: €3,750 Last 48: €1,500 Highest break: €2,000 Total: €280,000 Wildcard round These matches were played in Berlin on 2 and 3 February 2011. Main draw Final Qualifying These matches were held between 14 and 17 December 2010 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries * 133, 120 Mark Joyce * 130, 130, 113 Jamie Burnett * 130 Issara Kachaiwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the third largest of Northern England. The city is in the North Midlands, in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don with its four tributaries: the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin and the Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park and is the fifth-largest city in England. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. Sheffield played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution, developing many signifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponds Forge International Sports Centre
Ponds Forge International Sports Centre is a leisure complex in Sheffield, England. It has an Olympic-sized swimming pool with 2,600 seating capacity, a family and children's pools (50 m Competition pool and 25 metre diving pit), water slides amongst other facilities. Managed by Everyone Active on behalf of the Sheffield City Council. History Ponds Forge was opened in 1991 as a venue for the Summer Universiade, which the city hosted that year. In the 1994 UK Sports Design Awards, Ponds Forge was highly commended in the overall category, and for the use of steel in its construction it won the British Steel Award. The name ''Ponds Forge'' is borrowed from the steel works that formerly occupied this site and a high anvil has been left in situ next to the building, partly because it was deemed too expensive to move. The River Sheaf runs under the site and flooded the car park on 21 December 1991, shutting down the complex for 6 days. Proof of this can be found on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 German Masters
The 2012 German Masters (officially the 2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters) was a professional Snooker world rankings, 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 (snooker player), 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 (snooker player), Mark Williams was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 3–5 against Stephen Lee (snooker player), 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: Euro, €50,000 *Runner-up: €30,000 *S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Doherty
Kenneth Joseph Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player who also works as a commentator and pundit on televised snooker broadcasts. From Ranelagh in Dublin, he is the sport's only World Snooker Championship, world champion from the Republic of Ireland, having won the title in 1997, and one of only five players from outside the United Kingdom to have won the title in the modern era. He was the first player to have won the world amateur and world professional title; Doherty was previously world U-21 champion. After moving from Dublin to London to pursue his snooker career, Doherty won the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship, World Under-21 Amateur Championship and the IBSF World Snooker Championship, World Amateur Championship in 1989. He turned professional the following year and reached the first of his 17 Snooker world rankings, ranking finals at the 1992 Grand Prix (snooker), 1992 Grand Prix, losing 9–10 to Jimmy White. He won the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Century Break
In snooker, a century break (also century, sometimes called a ton) is a of 100 points or more, compiled in one to the table. A century break requires potting at least 25 consecutive balls, and the ability to score centuries is regarded as a mark of the highest skill in snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan has described a player's first century break as the "ultimate milestone for any snooker player". Joe Davis made the first televised century break in 1962. O'Sullivan holds the record for the most career centuries in professional competition, with over 1,200. Three players have reached the milestone of 1,000 career century breaks: O'Sullivan attained it at the 2019 Players Championship, followed by John Higgins at the 2024 English Open and Judd Trump at the 2024 British Open. Overall, 14 players have surpassed 500 career centuries in professional competition. Trump holds the record for the most century breaks in a single season, having made 107 in the 2024–25 season. He and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
