2012 German Masters
The 2012 PartyPoker.net German Masters was a professional 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 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 was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals 3–5 against 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: €50,000
- Runner-up: €30,000
- Semi-final: €15,000
- Quarter-final: €9,000
- Last 16: €6,000
- Last 32: €3,750
- Last 48: €1,500
- Stage two highest break: €2,000
- Total: €280,000
Wildcard round
| Match | Score | ||
| WC1 |  Ken Doherty | 5–1 |  Patrick Einsle |
| WC2 |  Adrian Gunnell | 5–3 |  Peter Bullen |
| WC3 |  Yu Delu | 5–3 | Chris Norbury |
| WC4 | Mike Dunn | 3–5 | Craig Steadman |
| WC5 | Liu Song | 5–0 |  Soner Sari |
| WC6 |  James Wattana | w/o–w/d |  Mario Wehrmann |
| WC7 | Paul Davison | 5–2 |  Krzysztof Wróbel |
| WC8 | Tom Ford | 5–1 | Philip Arnold |
Main draw
Final
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2012. | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2012. | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Michaela Tabb. Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, 5 February 2012. |
| Ronnie O'Sullivan | 9–7 | Stephen Maguire |
| Afternoon: 111–26 , 0–130 , 8–106 , 5–132 , 58–73 , 63–8, 20–69 , 75–24 Evening: 0–115 , 89–47 , 78–0 , 68–59 , 94–37 , 75–31, 43–82 , 66–41 | Afternoon: 111–26 , 0–130 , 8–106 , 5–132 , 58–73 , 63–8, 20–69 , 75–24 Evening: 0–115 , 89–47 , 78–0 , 68–59 , 94–37 , 75–31, 43–82 , 66–41 | Afternoon: 111–26 , 0–130 , 8–106 , 5–132 , 58–73 , 63–8, 20–69 , 75–24 Evening: 0–115 , 89–47 , 78–0 , 68–59 , 94–37 , 75–31, 43–82 , 66–41 |
| 111 | Highest break | 130 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 3 |
| 6 | 50+ breaks | 7 |
Qualifying
These matches were held between 21 and 25 November 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.;Preliminary round
Best of 9 frames
; Round 1–3
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 147 Mike Dunn
- 143, 100, 100 Michael White
- 137, 102 Jamie Jones
- 137 Adam Duffy
- 135 Ken Doherty
- 133 Stuart Carrington
- 131, 101 Liu Song
- 126 David Gilbert
- 124, 120 Jimmy White
- 123 Liang Wenbo
- 122 Passakorn Suwannawat
- 121 Adam Wicheard
- 120, 115 Ryan Day
- 117, 100 Xiao Guodong
- 116 Andy Hicks
- 112, 108 Jamie Burnett
- 112, 101 Mark Davis
- 111, 107 Anthony Hamilton
- 111 Mark Joyce
- 110 Andrew Higginson
- 109, 100 Yu Delu
- 104 Anthony McGill
- 103 Sam Craigie
- 103 Joe Perry
- 102 Paul Davison
- 102 James Wattana
Televised stage centuries
- 130, 128, 106, 100 Stephen Maguire
- 129 Ali Carter
- 128 Stuart Bingham
- 128 Shaun Murphy
- 123, 111, 110 Ronnie O'Sullivan
- 113 Barry Hawkins
- 111, 104 Mark Selby
- 111 Judd Trump
- 109 Peter Ebdon
- 107 Mark Williams
- 102 Mike Dunn
- 102 Joe Perry
- 102 Ricky Walden
- 101 Stephen Lee
- 100 Tom Ford
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