The qualifiers for the German Masters concluded on Thursday with 32 players joining next month’s main draw in Berlin.
The top 32 players from the official world rankings list already enjoyed seeding through to the venue stages at the Tempodrom.
But the remaining contenders first had to attend the preliminary phase of the 2024/25 season’s 12th ranking event this week in Sheffield.
Among the players who safely advanced from the German Masters qualifiers was 2018 runner-up Graeme Dott, who comfortably beat Xing Zihao with a whitewash display.
Fellow former world champion Ken Doherty also made it through, the Irishman winning his first two games of the campaign with back-to-back deciding-frame victories over Oliver Lines and Jordan Brown.
Proven ranking event winners Ricky Walden, Dominic Dale, and Anthony McGill progressed as well in addition to Fan Zhengyi, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, and Jimmy Robertson.
There was disappointment for Lei Peifan, however, who immediately came crashing back down to earth following his shock success at last week’s Scottish Open – losing 5-3 to Allan Taylor.
Former German Masters champion Anthony Hamilton’s 5-2 defeat to Cheung Ka Wai means that the 53 year-old’s provisional end-of-season ranking stands at a lowly 65.
Only the top 64 are guaranteed tour survival, putting the Sheriff’s near 34-year career as a professional in jeopardy.
In an even worse situation is Joe Perry, who is languishing way down at number 76 on the provisional end-of-season standings after losing 5-4 to Ross Muir.
Elsewhere, recent Snooker Shoot Out runner-up Liam Graham won his two qualifying bouts 5-4 having at one stage trailed Ma Hailong 4-0 in his initial fixture.
Reigning women’s world champion Bai Yulu and all-time legend Reanne Evans won their round-of-128 ties but fell at the following hurdle to Yuan Sijun and Joe O’Connor respectively.
The full list of results at the German Masters qualifiers is below.
The 2025 German Masters runs from January 27th to Feburary 2nd at the Tempodrom in Berlin.
German Masters Qualifiers
Results
Round of 128
David Grace 5-0 Anton Kazakov
Reanne Evans 5-3 Amir Sarkhosh
Hammad Miah 5-3 Chris Totten
Antoni Kowalski 5-4 Ian Burns
Bai Yulu 5-4 Liam Pullen
Ross Muir 5-0 Robbie McGuigan
Paul Deaville w/o Andrew Pagett
Liam Graham 5-4 Ma Hailong
Liam Davies 5-2 Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Sunny Akani 5-3 Hatem Yassen
Rory Thor 5-3 Haris Tahir
Alexander Ursenbacher 5-1 Jonas Luz
Wang Yuchen 5-4 Andrew Higginson
Alfie Burden 5-3 Mostafa Dorgham
Dean Young 5-2 Joshua Cooper
Dylan Emery 5-2 Louis Heathcote
Farakh Ajaib 5-3 Ashley Carty
Bulcsu Revesz 5-2 Baipat Siripaporn
Ken Doherty 5-4 Oliver Lines
Gong Chenzhi 5-3 Mink Nutcharut
Zak Surety 5-1 Simon Blackwell
Stuart Carrington 5-0 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
Joshua Thomand 5-4 Ben Mertens
Stan Moody 5-0 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Jiang Jun 5-1 Huang Jiahao
Haydon Pinhey 5-2 Duane Jones
Xing Zihao 5-1 Mitchell Mann
Julien Leclercq 5-2 Jimmy White
Allan Taylor 5-3 Lei Peifan
Iulian Boiko 5-2 Michael Holt
Artemijs Zizins 5-4 Kreishh Gurbaxani
Cheung Ka Wai 5-3 Marco Fu
Round of 96
David Grace 5-3 Long Zehuang
Joe O’Connor 5-1 Reanne Evans
Hammad Miah 5-2 Matthew Stevens
Antoni Kowalski 5-0 Martin O’Donnell
Yuan Sijun 5-1 Bai Yulu
Ross Muir 5-4 Joe Perry
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-3 Paul Deaville
Liam Graham 5-4 Sanderson Lam
David Lilley 5-0 Liam Davies
Jackson Page 5-1 Sunny Akani
He Guoqiang 5-4 Rory Thor
Alexander Ursenbacher 5-2 Scott Donaldson
Ben Woollaston 5-2 Wang Yuchen
Alfie Burden 5-0 Jamie Jones
Ricky Walden 5-3 Dean Young
Dylan Emery 5-4 Jamie Clarke
Liu Hongyu 5-3 Farakh Ajaib
Lyu Haotian 5-3 Bulcsu Revesz
Ken Doherty 5-4 Jordan Brown
Fan Zhengyi 5-3 Gong Chenzhi
Dominic Dale 5-3 Zak Surety
Daniel Wells 5-3 Stuart Carrington
Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Joshua Thomand
Aaron Hill 5-4 Stan Moody
Jiang Jun 5-2 Tian Pengfei
Anthony McGill 5-0 Haydon Pinhey
Graeme Dott 5-0 Xing Zihao
Xu Si 5-1 Julien Leclercq
Allan Taylor 5-2 Robbie Williams
Mark Davis 5-1 Iulian Boiko
Artemijs Zizins 5-4 Matthew Selt
Cheung Ka Wai 5-2 Anthony Hamilton
2025 German Masters draw
Round of 64 (bo9)
Judd Trump vs David Grace
Stephen Maguire vs Joe O’Connor
Chris Wakelin vs Hammad Miah
Neil Robertson vs Antoni Kowalski
Hossein Vafaei vs Yuan Sijun
Ding Junhui vs Ross Muir
Stuart Bingham vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Shaun Murphy vs Liam Graham
Mark Allen vs David Lilley
Wu Yize vs Jackson Page
Ali Carter ve He Guoqiang
Jack Lisowski vs Alexander Ursenbacher
David Gilbert vs Ben Woollaston
Barry Hawkins vs Alfie Burden
Ryan Day vs Ricky Walden
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Dylan Emery
Mark Selby vs Liu Hongyu
Elliot Slessor vs Liu Haotian
Si Jiahui vs Ken Doherty
Xiao Guodong vs Fan Zhengyi
Tom Ford vs Dominic Dale
Gary Wilson vs Daniel Wells
Noppon Saengkham vs Jimmy Robertson
Mark Williams vs Aaron Hill
Luca Brecel vs Jiang Jun
Pang Junxu vs Anthony McGill
Zhang Anda vs Graeme Dott
Robert Milkins vs Xu Si
Jak Jones vs Allan Taylor
John Higgins vs Mark Davis
Zhou Yuelong vs Artemijs Zizins
Kyren Wilson vs Cheung Ka Wai
Featured photo credit: WST
Matt Selt stormed off after his loss to Zizins, even telling the referee to shut up. He did however, enjoy the small consolation of making his 200th career century in the match.
Yes, I like to see emotion from players but that was a bit pathetic really.
I’ve never warmed to Selt. I only read what happened as opposed to seeing it.
Agreed. It’s actually the players like Holt who show emotion that i warm to and cheer for.
I used to feel that way about Selt but there’s something not quite right about him.
It goes beyond emotion – I hope he gets help