2012 German Masters

[1] Mike Dunn made the 79th official maximum break during his round 1 qualifying match against Kurt Maflin.

[2] 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.

[3] Mark Williams was the defending champion,[4] 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.

[9][10][11] [9][10][11] These matches were held between 21 and 25 November 2011 at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England.

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Maguire behind the trophy before the last session of the final. In the background the referee Michaela Tabb.
Stephen Maguire played the highest century of the televised stage with 130.