The main stage of the 2022 Snooker German Masters will be held tonight at the Tempodrom Theater in Berlin, with 32 players competing for the final title. At the same time, the German Masters is also the last ranking match before the Players Championship, and the single-season prize money ranking after the German Masters will finally determine the 16 places in the Players Championship.
The following is the ranking of the single-season prize money before the German Masters (including the prize money of the German Masters qualifiers; the players with the prize money mark blue, who have entered the main tournament and still have the hope of competing for tickets):
This season, there are only two ranking tournaments between the two Red Packet World Grand Prix and the Players Championship, one of which is a low-prize single-time limited time tournament. The single-time limited time tournament only allowed champion Wafi to lock in the tickets. The result of the German Masters is expected to change two or so seats. Prize money distribution for the German Masters, Round of 64, £3,000; Round of 32, £4,000; Round of 16, £5,000; Round of 8, £10,000; Semi-final, £20,000; Runner-up, £35,000; Champion, £80,000.
Currently stuck in 16th place is Hawkins, Hawkins qualifiers are out, can only resign themselves to fate, theoretically there is still hope of saving tickets. Because of the German Masters, the prize money of the round of 32 and the round of 16 is only £1,000, and the two big chasers behind Hawkins, McGill and Selby, have to pass two rounds to reach the quarterfinals. For the players in the back, the requirements for tickets are even higher. The four players in front of Hawkins who are around £62,000 (Trump, because of Gao Yang's retirement, has automatically advanced to the round of 16) can only ensure tickets by entering the quarterfinals, otherwise the players who fall behind the fastest may also lose tickets.
At the Current German Masters, the top 16 seeds (note the post-British Open world rankings) have 10 places, with Trump, McGill, Maguire, Mark Williams, Karen Wilson and Robertson in the top half and Allen, Murphy, Yan Bingtao and Selby in the lower half. There are also two current top 16 players in the world rankings in the top half, Zhao Xintong and Luca.
A total of eight Chinese players advanced to the main tournament, including Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong, Liang Wenbo, Lv Haotian, Fan Zhengyi, Zhang Anda and Gao Yang. However, two players withdrew before the game, Gao Yang and Liang Wenbo, who tested positive for the new crown before leaving. In the first round of the main tournament, it was basically a vicious battle for Chinese players, and the focus of the battle was first promoted by Zhao Xintong and Ma Wei; in other games, Yan Bingtao played against Tudou Brother Gilbert, Zhou Yuelong against McGill, Lu Haotian against Allen, Zhang Anda against Luca, all of which were not easy to play. I hope that Chinese players can have a good play.