The German Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It originated as the German Open, a ranking event held in Germany from 1995 to 1997. The tournament became the German Masters in 1998, when it was staged once as a non-ranking invitational event. Revived as a ranking event in 2011, the tournament has been staged annually since then at the Tempodrom in Berlin, although the 2021 edition was held at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most successful player in the tournament's history is Judd Trump, who has won the title four times, in 2020, 2021, 2024, and 2026. Ali Carter, Mark Williams, and Kyren Wilson have all won the title twice. The reigning champion is Trump.
History
thumb|The event has been held at the [[Tempodrom in Berlin since 2011.]]
The tournament started as the German Open and was a ranking tournament from 1995 to 1997. The first event was played in Frankfurt in December 1995, replacing the 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 advancing to the last-32. Only 16 players competed in Germany. The final qualifying round in which the top-16 seeds played 16 players from earlier qualifying rounds was played in Preston, Lancashire in November. The trophy was named after former World Snooker Tour director Brandon Parker in 2021.
In 2024 the World Snooker Tour announced that the televised stages of the tournament were to be increased from its normal five days to the traditional seven days.
Winners
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! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Year
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Winner
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Runner-up
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Final score
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Venue
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | City
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #00af00" | Season
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| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | German Open (ranking, 1995–1997)
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| 1995
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–3
| Messe Frankfurt
| Frankfurt, Germany
| 1995/96
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| 1996
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–7
| Roberts Barracks
| Osnabrück, Germany
| 1996/97
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| 1997
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–4
| Atlantis Rheinhotel
| Bingen am Rhein, Germany
| 1997/98
|-
| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | German Masters (non-ranking, 1998)
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 6–4
|
|
| 1998/99
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| colspan=7 style="text-align: center; background-color: #c0ffc0" | German Masters (ranking, 2011–present)
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| 2011
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–7
| rowspan=10 | Tempodrom
| rowspan=10 | Berlin, Germany
| 2010/11
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| 2012
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–7
| 2011/12
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| 2013
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–6
| 2012/13
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| 2014
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–5
| 2013/14
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| 2015
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–7
| 2014/15
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| 2016
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–5
| 2015/16
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| 2017
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–6
| 2016/17
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| 2018
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–1
| 2017/18
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| 2019
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–7
| 2018/19
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| 2020
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–6
| 2019/20
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| 2021
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–2
| Marshall Arena
| Milton Keynes, England
| 2020/21
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| 2022
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 9–0
| rowspan=5 | Tempodrom
| rowspan=5 | Berlin, Germany
| 2021/22
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| 2023
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 10–3
| 2022/23
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| 2024
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 10–5
| 2023/24
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| 2025
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 10–9
| 2024/25
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| 2026
|
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| style="text-align: center" | 10–4
| 2025/26
|}
Finalists
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! Name
! Nationality
! Winner
!
! Finals
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| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 5
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| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 3
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| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 3
|-
|
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| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 2
|-
|
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| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 2
|-
|
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| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 2
|-
|
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2
|-
|
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2
|-
|
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 2
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|-
|
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| align="center" | 0
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Legend
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| The names of active players are marked in bold.
|}
See also
- Paul Hunter Classic
- Sport in Berlin