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tournament that took place from 1 to 5 February 2023 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany. Organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by sports betting company BetVictor, the tournament was the tenth ranking event of the

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and the seventh of the eight events in the European Series. The 17th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the

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, the tournament was broadcast by Eurosport in Europe and by multiple other broadcasters internationally. The winner received £80,000 from a total prize fund of £427,000. The reigning world champion and world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by

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. Many other highly ranked players—including

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, Stuart Bingham, Ryan Day, Ding Junhui, Barry Hawkins, John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Mark Selby, Judd Trump, and Mark Williams—lost in the qualifying rounds, which were held from 21 to 26 November 2022 at the

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, England. In December 2022 and January 2023, amid a match-fixing investigation, the sport's governing body suspended four players who had qualified: Li Hang, Zhao Jianbo, and the previous year's finalists Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong. Their opponents received walkovers to the next round. Only four players ranked inside the world's top 16— Luca Brecel, Jack Lisowski, Neil Robertson, and Kyren Wilson—featured at the main stage in Berlin. Zhao Xintong won the 2022 event, defeating Yan 9–0 in the final, but was unable to defend the title due to his suspension. Jimmy White defeated

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5–1 in the last 32, becoming the first player over 60 to reach the last 16 of a ranking event since Eddie Charlton at the

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. Ali Carter defeated Tom Ford 10–3 in the final to win the tournament for a second time, following his previous win in

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. It was Carter's fifth ranking title and his first ranking win since the 2016 World Open. He moved up eight places to 15th in the world rankings after the event. Robert Milkins made the third maximum break of his career, the highest of the tournament, in his quarter-final match against Chris Wakelin. Milkins also made a 146 break in his last-32 match against Daniel Wells.

Prize fund

The event featured a total prize fund of £427,000 with the winner receiving £80,000. * Winner: £80,000 * Runner-up: £35,000 * Semi-final: £17,500 * Quarter-final: £11,000 * Last 16: £7,500 * Last 32: £4,500 * Last 64: £3,000 * Highest break: £5,000 * Total: £427,000

Main draw

Below are the event's results from the last-32 stage to the final. Player names in bold denote match winners. Numbers in brackets denote player seedings.

Final

Qualifying

Qualifying for the event took place between 21 and 26 November 2022 at the

, England. There were three rounds of qualifying, where the first round consisted of two pre-qualifier matches only. All qualifier matches were played as best-of-nine frames.

Round 1 (Pre-Qualifiers)

*PQ1: 5–0 *PQ2: 5–0

Rounds 2 and 3

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 27 *

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, 146, 109 Robert Milkins * 133, 130, 122, 121, 120, 111 Ali Carter * 133, 118 Neil Robertson * 128 Matthew Stevens * 125 Daniel Wells * 121, 104 Tom Ford * 120, 115 Elliot Slessor * 117, 102 Jack Lisowski * 117 Si Jiahui * 116, 102 Chris Wakelin * 114 Louis Heathcote * 114 Tian Pengfei * 112 Kyren Wilson * 107 Pang Junxu * 100 Xiao Guodong

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 60 * 144 Fergal O'Brien * 143, 119 Ding Junhui * 139, 101 Ali Carter * 139 Fan Zhengyi * 137, 123 Lyu Haotian * 133, 108 Anthony McGill * 133 Zhang Anda * 133 Liam Highfield * 132 Michael White * 131 Xu Si * 129, 102 Yan Bingtao * 129, 101 David Grace * 129 Sam Craigie * 127 Judd Trump * 124, 102 Alexander Ursenbacher * 121, 110 Gary Wilson * 119, 110, 109 Kyren Wilson * 119 Jack Lisowski * 117, 100 Graeme Dott * 117

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* 116 Ricky Walden * 115

* 115 Xiao Guodong * 110 John Higgins * 110 Jackson Page * 108, 105 Elliot Slessor * 108, 102 Zhao Xintong * 107, 105 Joe O'Connor * 106, 100 Tian Pengfei * 104 Neil Robertson * 103, 101 Louis Heathcote * 103 Barry Pinches * 102, 100 Jimmy Robertson * 102 Jamie Clarke * 102 David Gilbert * 102

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* 102 Joe Perry * 101 Ryan Day * 101

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* 101 Rod Lawler * 101 Matthew Selt * 100 James Cahill * 100 Duane Jones

References

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