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| Tournament information | |
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| Venue | Tempodrom |
| Location | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Established | 1995 |
| Organisation(s) | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £550,400[1] |
| Recent edition | 2025 |
| Current champion |  Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
TheGerman Masters is a professionalrankingsnooker tournament. It originated as the German Open, a ranking event held in Germany from 1995 to 1997. The tournament became the German Masters in1998, when it was staged once as a non-ranking invitational event. Revived as a ranking event in2011, the tournament has been staged annually since then at theTempodrom in Berlin, although the2021 edition was held at theMarshall Arena inMilton Keynes, England, during theCOVID-19 pandemic. The most successful player in the tournament's history isJudd Trump, who has won the title three times, in2020, 2021, and2024.Ali Carter,Mark Williams, andKyren Wilson have all won the title twice. The reigning champion is Wilson.
The tournament started as theGerman Open and was aranking tournament from 1995 to 1997. The first event was played inFrankfurt in December 1995, replacing theEuropean Open in the December place in the calendar, the European Open being moved to early 1996.[2] 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.[3]John Higgins metKen Doherty in the final. The match was level at three frame each before Higgins won the next six frames to win 9–3 and take the first prize of £40,000. Higgins made a break of 139 in the final to also win the high break prize of £5,000.[3]
The 1996 event was again held in December, at the British military base atOsnabrück.[4] 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 inPreston, Lancashire in November.[5]Ronnie O'Sullivan metAlain Robidoux in the final, winning 9–7. O'Sullivan led 7–3 before Robidoux won the next four frames to level the match at 7–7. O'Sullivan then won the next two frames to win the match, finishing with a break of 108. Robidoux took the high break prize for a break of 145 in the final.[5]
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The 1997 event was held inBingen am Rhein using the same format as in 1996. The final qualifying round was held inHereford in September.[6]John Higgins metJohn Parrott in the final, Higgins led 5–3 lead after the first session and then won the first three frames in the evening session to lead 8–3. Parrott won frame 12 but Higgins finished the match with a break of 105 in the next frame, winning the first prize of £50,000.[6] In 1998 the event was again held at Bingen am Rhein but became an invitation event with 12 players competing. The name of the tournament was changed toGerman Masters. The winner received £25,000 with all 12 players guaranteed a minimum of £5,000.[7]John Parrott beatMark Williams 6–4 in the final. Williams led 4–3 but Parrott won the next three to win the match.[7] The event then was discontinued, but returned for the2010/2011 season as a ranking tournament.[2]
The revived tournament has been held at theTempodrom inBerlin since the2011 edition.[a] The trophy was named after formerWorld Snooker Tour director Brandon Parker in 2021.[10]
In 2024 the World Snooker Tour announcedthat the televised stages of the tournament were to be increased from its normal five days to the traditional seven days.[11][12]
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