The final was contested between the reigning world champion Judd Trump and Neil Robertson, who had won the preceding European Masters event.

The 2020 German Masters was a professional snooker tournament held at the Tempodrom in Berlin, Germany, between 29 January and 3 February 2020.

[5][6] It was the tenth ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season following the European Masters and preceding the World Grand Prix.

[9] The event featured 32 participants from the World Snooker Tour with two qualifying rounds which took place from 20 to 22 December 2019 in Barnsley, England.

The player accumulating the highest amount of prize money over the four events received a bonus of £150,000.

[13] The breakdown of prize money for the tournament is shown below:[11][12] The first round of the German Masters began on 29 January 2020.

[9] A commemorative cake in the shape of a snooker table was baked to celebrate the 10th edition of the event to be held in the Tempodrome.

[15] Three players completed a whitewash in the first round, with Sunny Akani, Michael Georgiou and Matthew Selt all winning 5–0.

[14] European Masters finalist Zhao Xintong defeated 17th seed Gary Wilson 5–1.

[16] World number two Neil Robertson completed a second straight whitewash over Elliot Slessor in the quarter-finals, having also defeated Mitchell Mann in the second round 5–0.

[10] Defending champion Kyren Wilson did not qualify for the event, after losing 4–5 to Zhao Xintong in the second round.