2026 German Masters
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 January – 1 February 2026 |
| Venue | Tempodrom |
| City | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Organisation | World Snooker Tour |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Defending champion | Kyren Wilson (ENG) |
← 2025 | |
The 2026 German Masters (officially the 2026 Machineseeker German Masters)[1] is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will take place from 26 January to 1 February 2026 at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany.[2] Qualifying will take place from 5 to 8 January at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England.[2][3] The 16th consecutive edition of the German Masters since it was revived in 2011, it will be the 12th ranking event of the 2025–26 snooker season, following the 2025 Scottish Open and preceding the 2026 World Grand Prix.[4]
Kyren Wilson will be the defending champion, having defeated Barry Hawkins 10–9 in the 2025 final.[5]
Prize fund
The tournament winner received the Brandon Parker trophy and £100,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event, an increase of £123,400 from the previous event, is shown below:
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-up: £45,000
- Semi-final: £21,000
- Quarter-final: £13,200
- Last 16: £9,000
- Last 32: £5,400
- Last 64: £3,600
- Last 96: £1,000
- Highest break: £5,000
- Total: £550,400
Main draw
The results of the main draw are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the top 32 seeded players. Players in bold denote match winners.
Top half
| Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kyren Wilson (ENG) (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hossein Vafaei (IRN) (31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barry Hawkins (ENG) (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhang Anda (CHN) (22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Maguire (SCO) (24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Allen (NIR) (10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yuan Sijun (CHN) (30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Murphy (ENG) (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Williams (WAL) (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson Page (WAL) (32) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wu Yize (CHN) (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jak Jones (WAL) (18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elliot Slessor (ENG) (20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris Wakelin (ENG) (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pang Junxu (CHN) (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neil Robertson (AUS) (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
Bottom half
| Last 64 Best of 9 frames | Last 32 Best of 9 frames | Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | |||||||||||||||||||
| Judd Trump (ENG) (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe O'Connor (ENG) (27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Si Jiahui (CHN) (14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Gilbert (ENG) (23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Lisowski (ENG) (21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xiao Guodong (CHN) (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhou Yuelong (CHN) (28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Higgins (SCO) (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Selby (ENG) (7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lei Peifan (CHN) (29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ali Carter (ENG) (19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Bingham (ENG) (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Wilson (ENG) (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Ford (ENG) (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhao Xintong (CHN) (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
Qualifying rounds
The results of the qualifying rounds are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote the players' seeding, an "a" indicates amateur players who were not on the main World Snooker Tour, and players in bold denote match winners.
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 9 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 9 frames | |||||
| Dylan Emery (WAL) (91) | Robert Milkins (ENG) (57) | |||||
| Florian Nüßle (AUT) (124) | ||||||
| Michał Szubarczyk (POL) (95) | Anthony McGill (SCO) (47) | |||||
| Kreishh Gurbaxani (IND) (120) | ||||||
| Antoni Kowalski (POL) (72) | Mark Davis (ENG) (63) | |||||
| Liam Graham (SCO) (104) | ||||||
| Amir Sarkhosh (IRN) (77) | Matthew Stevens (WAL) (48) | |||||
| Mahmoud El Hareedy (EGY) (125) | ||||||
| Steven Hallworth (ENG) (90) | He Guoqiang (CHN) (45) | |||||
| Gao Yang (CHN) (105) | ||||||
| Robbie McGuigan (NIR) (87) | Oliver Lines (ENG) (59) | |||||
| Mink Nutcharut (THA) (116) | ||||||
| Julien Leclercq (BEL) (76) | Matthew Selt (ENG) (37) | |||||
| Ashley Hugill (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Iulian Boiko (UKR) (80) | Zak Surety (ENG) (51) | |||||
| Hatem Yassen (EGY) (110) | ||||||
| Huang Jiahao (CHN) (83) | Sanderson Lam (ENG) (61) | |||||
| Jimmy White (ENG) (121) | ||||||
| Artemijs Žižins (LAT) (75) | Jimmy Robertson (ENG) (33) | |||||
| Liu Wenwei (CHN) (108) | ||||||
| Bulcsú Révész (HUN) (82) | Jordan Brown (NIR) (62) | |||||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) (97) | ||||||
| Marco Fu (HKG) (92) | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (43) | |||||
| Xu Yichen (CHN) (109) | ||||||
| Liam Highfield (ENG) (89) | Aaron Hill (IRL) (41) | |||||
| Fergal Quinn (NIR) (122) | ||||||
| Louis Heathcote (ENG) (71) | Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND) (64) | |||||
| Chatchapong Nasa (THA) (115) | ||||||
| Farakh Ajaib (PAK) (78) | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (40) | |||||
| Yao Pengcheng (CHN) (103) | ||||||
| Chang Bingyu (CHN) (68) | Stan Moody (ENG) (49) | |||||
| Oliver Brown (ENG) (113) | ||||||
| Round 1 (Last 128) Best of 9 frames | Round 2 (Last 96) Best of 9 frames | |||||
| Cheung Ka Wai (HKG) (85) | David Lilley (ENG) (52) | |||||
| Ng On Yee (HKG) (118) | ||||||
| Ben Mertens (BEL) (65) | Ryan Day (WAL) (35) | |||||
| Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI) (119) | ||||||
| Mitchell Mann (ENG) (79) | Fan Zhengyi (CHN) (55) | |||||
| Mohammed Shehab (UAE) (117) | ||||||
| Liam Davies (WAL) (74) | Luca Brecel (BEL) (42) | |||||
| Leone Crowley (IRL) (112) | ||||||
| Chris Totten (SCO) (96) | Ben Woollaston (ENG) (36) | |||||
| Lan Yuhao (CHN) (101) | ||||||
| Allan Taylor (ENG) (73) | Robbie Williams (ENG) (54) | |||||
| Mateusz Baranowski (POL) (102) | ||||||
| Duane Jones (WAL) (67) | Daniel Wells (WAL) (39) | |||||
| Ross Muir (SCO) (106) | ||||||
| Haydon Pinhey (ENG) (86) | Jamie Jones (WAL) (58) | |||||
| Patrick Whelan (ENG) (a) | ||||||
| Gong Chenzhi (CHN) (66) | Liu Hongyu (CHN) (56) | |||||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) (100) | ||||||
| David Grace (ENG) (94) | Xu Si (CHN) (38) | |||||
| Ian Burns (ENG) (98) | ||||||
| Haris Tahir (PAK) (84) | Long Zehuang (CHN) (53) | |||||
| Zhao Hanyang (CHN) (107) | ||||||
| Liam Pullen (ENG) (81) | Ricky Walden (ENG) (44) | |||||
| Jonas Luz (BRA) (111) | ||||||
| Wang Yuchen (HKG) (69) | Lyu Haotian (CHN) (46) | |||||
| Ken Doherty (IRL) (99) | ||||||
| Sunny Akani (THA) (70) | Scott Donaldson (SCO) (50) | |||||
| Sahil Nayyar (CAN) (123) | ||||||
| Sam Craigie (ENG) (88) | Noppon Saengkham (THA) (34) | |||||
| Connor Benzey (ENG) (114) | ||||||
| Jiang Jun (CHN) (93) | Michael Holt (ENG) (60) | |||||
| Umut Dikme (GER) (a) | ||||||
- Note: w/d=withdrawn; w/o=walkover
References
- ^ "Machineseeker Renews Partnership With Snooker's German Masters". World Snooker Tour. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Tournaments 2025–26". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "German Masters Qualifiers 2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "Calendar 2025/2026 - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ^ "German Masters: Kyren Wilson edges out Barry Hawkins in final". BBC Sport. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.