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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 three times, in 2020, 2021, and 2024. Ali Carter, Mark Williams, and Kyren Wilson have all won the title twice. The reigning champion is Wilson.
The 1996 event was again held in December, at the British military base at Osnabrück. 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. Ronnie O'Sullivan met Alain 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.
The 1997 event was held in Bingen am Rhein using the same format as in 1996. The final qualifying round was held in Hereford in September. John Higgins met John 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. 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 to German Masters. The winner received £25,000 with all 12 players guaranteed a minimum of £5,000. John Parrott beat Mark Williams 6–4 in the final. Williams led 4–3 but Parrott won the next three to win the match. The event then was discontinued, but returned for the 2010/2011 season as a ranking tournament.
The revived tournament has been held at the Tempodrom in Berlin since the 2011 edition. The trophy was named after former World Snooker Tour director Brandon Parker in 2021.
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.
Winners
German Open (ranking, 1995–1997) 1995 9–3 Messe Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany 1995/96 1996 9–7 Roberts Barracks Osnabrück, Germany 1996/97 1997 9–4 Atlantis Rheinhotel Bingen am Rhein, Germany 1997/98 German Masters (non-ranking, 1998) 1998 6–4 1998/99 German Masters (ranking, 2011– present) 2011 9–7 Tempodrom Berlin, Germany 2010/11 2012 9–7 2011/12 2013 9–6 2012/13 2014 9–5 2013/14 2015 9–7 2014/15 2016 9–5 2015/16 2017 9–6 2016/17 2018 9–1 2017/18 2019 9–7 2018/19 2020 9–6 2019/20 2021 9–2 Marshall Arena Milton Keynes, England 2020/21 2022 9–0 Tempodrom Berlin, Germany 2021/22 2023 10–3 2022/23 2024 10–5 2023/24 2025 10–9 2024/25
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