rates in Bavaria prevented it from being held at the Stadthalle in Fürth. The final was traditionally played as a best-of-17 frames match, but for 2022, it was extended to a best-of-19. There has been four maximum breaks in the history of the tournament. Alain Robidoux made the first in the first qualifying round of the 1989 event against Jim Meadowcroft. The second was Shaun Murphy's fifth official maximum break, which he compiled in the second qualifying round of the 2016 event against Allan Taylor. The third and fourth came at the qualifying stage of the 2022 event. On 16 July, Zhang Anda made a maximum break during his 5–1 win over Anton Kazakov; the following day, Hossein Vafaei made a maximum as he defeated Ng On-yee by the same score. It was the first time either player had made a 147 in professional competition. Winners See also Malta Grand Prix Irish Open Antwerp Open 2013 Rotterdam Open German Masters Paul Hunter Classic References Recurring sporting events established in 1989 1989 establishments in France Snooker in Malta Snooker in Europe Snooker ranking tournaments Snooker non-ranking competitions