2016 Paul Hunter Classic

Paul Hunter Classic
Tournament information
Dates	24–28 August 2016
Venue	Stadthalle
City	Fürth
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	€125,000
Winner's share	€25,000
Highest break	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA) (147)
Final
Champion	Mark Selby (ENG)
Runner-up	Tom Ford (ENG)
Score	4–2
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The 2016 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 August 2016 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany.^[2] It was the fourth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.^[3]

Named in honour of former professional snooker player Paul Hunter, this was the first time for which the event was a ranking tournament, having previously been a minor-ranking event of the Players Tour Championship.^[1] It was also the first of the two ranking events of the season, along with the Gibraltar Open (also a former European Tour event), which would be open to amateurs and would form the new Amateur Order of Merit.^[4]

Ali Carter was the defending champion,^[5] but he was defeated 3–4 by Yan Bingtao in the last 32.^[6]

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made the 119th official maximum break in the second frame of his last 32 match against Kurt Maflin. It was Un-Nooh's first professional maximum break, having missed the final black on two occasions the previous season.^[7]

Mark Selby won his 8th ranking title, defeating Tom Ford 4–2 in the final.^[8]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[9]

Winner: €25,000
Runner-up: €12,000
Semi-final: €6,000
Quarter-final: €4,000
Last 16: €2,300
Last 32: €1,200
Last 64: €700

Non-televised highest break: €
Televised highest break: €
Total: €125,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £40,000.^[10]

Main rounds

^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Top half

Section 1

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Zhou Yuelong	1

Anthony Hamilton	4
		Anthony Hamilton	0

		Ricky Walden	4
Josh Boileau	0

Ricky Walden	4
				Ricky Walden	3

				Liam Highfield	4
Luca Brecel	2

Liam Highfield	4
		Liam Highfield	4

		Sean Harvey	3
Ross Muir	3

Sean Harvey	4
						Liam Highfield	3

						Mark Davis	4
Gareth Allen	2

Mark Davis	4
		Mark Davis	4

		Sanderson Lam	2
Sanderson Lam	4

Jason Weston	2
				Mark Davis	4

				Lee Walker	2
Lee Walker	w/o

Hossein Vafaei	w/d
		Lee Walker	4

		Adam Duffy	1
Adam Duffy	4

Michael Williams	0

Section 2

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



James Cahill	4

Kevin Vandevoort	0
		James Cahill	4

		Ryan Day	2
Ryan Day	w/o

Peter Ebdon	w/d
				James Cahill	3

				Mark Selby	4
Mark Selby	4

Oliver Brown	0
		Mark Selby	4

		Elliot Slessor	0
Martin O'Donnell	1

Elliot Slessor	4
						Mark Selby	4

						Sam Baird	2
Zhao Xintong	4

Ashley Hugill	1
		Zhao Xintong	2

		Liang Wenbo	4
Liang Wenbo	4

David Lilley	3
				Liang Wenbo	2

				Sam Baird	4
Gary Wilson	4

Jak Jones	1
		Gary Wilson	1

		Sam Baird	4
Sam Baird	4

Daniel Ward	2

Section 3

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Rod Lawler	4

Mitchell Mann	2
		Rod Lawler	4

		Stuart Carrington	1
Stuart Carrington	4

Ben Jones	0
				Rod Lawler	1

				Jimmy White	4
Xiao Guodong	4

Robert Read	0
		Xiao Guodong	2

		Jimmy White	4
Jimmy White	4

Jamie Curtis-Barrett	2
						Jimmy White	4

						Michael White	2
Mei Xiwen	4

Steven Hallworth	3
		Mei Xiwen	4

		Kurt Dunham	2
Alex Borg	2

Kurt Dunham	4
				Mei Xiwen	2

				Michael White	4
Darryl Hill	w/d

Zhang Anda	w/o
		Zhang Anda	w/d

		Michael White	w/o
Michael White	4

Yu Delu	1

Section 4

Last 128
Best of 7 frames

Last 64
Best of 7 frames

Last 32
Best of 7 frames

Last 16
Best of 7 frames

Mark Joyce

w/o

Noppon Saengkham

w/d

Mark Joyce

3

Ali Carter

4

Ali Carter

4

Stephen Bateman

1

Ali Carter

3

Yan Bingtao

4

Scott Donaldson

4

Hammad Miah

3

Scott Donaldson

3

Yan Bingtao

4

Yan Bingtao

4

Alfie Burden

3

Yan Bingtao

1

Dominic Dale

4

Ben Woollaston

2

Dominic Dale

4

Dominic Dale

4

Ian Glover

1

Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn

w/d

Ian Glover

w/o

Dominic Dale

4

Michael Holt

2

Michael Holt

4

Felix Frede

1

Michael Holt

w/o

Boonyarit Keattikun

w/d

Boonyarit Keattikun

w/o

Robert Milkins

w/d

Bottom half

Section 5

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Oliver Lines	1

Kurt Maflin	4
		Kurt Maflin	4

		Anthony McGill	3
Anthony McGill	4

George Pragnall	0
				Kurt Maflin	1

				Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
Dechawat Poomjaeng	4

Martin Gould	2
		Dechawat Poomjaeng	2

		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4

Lü Chenwei	0
						Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4

						Mark Allen	3
Fergal O'Brien	4

Ashley Beal	0
		Fergal O'Brien	3

		Li Hang	4
Li Hang	4

Jamie Cope	2
				Li Hang	2

				Mark Allen	4
Zhang Yong	2

Mark Allen	4
		Mark Allen	4

		Joe Swail	1
Joe Swail	4

Matthew Glasby	0

Section 6

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Jack Lisowski	4

Matthew Day	1
		Jack Lisowski	4

		Kyren Wilson	0
Jimmy Robertson	0

Kyren Wilson	4
				Jack Lisowski	0

				David Grace	4
Matthew Stevens	4

Patrick Einsle	2
		Matthew Stevens	3

		David Grace	4
Sean O'Sullivan	0

David Grace	4
						David Grace	4

						Robbie Williams	0
Andrew Higginson	4

Allan Taylor	1
		Andrew Higginson	4

		Rhys Clark	1
Robin Hull	w/d

Rhys Clark	w/o
				Andrew Higginson	3

				Robbie Williams	4
Joe Perry	4

Michael Collumb	2
		Joe Perry	2

		Robbie Williams	4
Robbie Williams	4

Simon Lichtenberg	1

Section 7

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



David Gilbert	4

Daniel Devlin	0
		David Gilbert	2

		Michael Georgiou	4
Michael Georgiou	4

Fraser Patrick	1
				Michael Georgiou	1

				Gerard Greene	4
Sydney Wilson	1

Stuart Bingham	4
		Stuart Bingham	3

		Gerard Greene	4
Hatem Yassen	0

Gerard Greene	4
						Gerard Greene	0

						Jamie Jones	4
Cao Yupeng	4

Barry Pinches	3
		Cao Yupeng	1

		Jamie Jones	4
Jamie Jones	4

Tian Pengfei	0
				Jamie Jones	4

				Peter Lines	1
Nigel Bond	3

Craig Steadman	4
		Craig Steadman	3

		Peter Lines	4
Michael Wild	1

Peter Lines	4

Section 8

Last 128 Best of 7 frames		Last 64 Best of 7 frames		Last 32 Best of 7 frames		Last 16 Best of 7 frames



Paul Davison	1

Zack Richardson	4
		Zack Richardson	4

		Rory McLeod	2
Rory McLeod	4

Brandon Sargeant	2
				Zack Richardson	4

				John Astley	1
John Astley	w/o

Hamza Akbar	w/d
		John Astley	4

		Mark King	2
David John	1

Mark King	4
						Zack Richardson	1

						Tom Ford	4
Rory Thor	0

Christopher Keogan	4
		Christopher Keogan	1

		Alan McManus	4
Alan McManus	4

Andy Hicks	1
				Alan McManus	2

				Tom Ford	4
Ian Burns	2

Tom Ford	4
		Tom Ford	4

		Chris Wakelin	3
Chen Zhe	2

Chris Wakelin	4

Finals

Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames		Semi-finals Best of 7 frames		Final Best of 7 frames



Mark Davis	1

Mark Selby	4
		Mark Selby	4

		Dominic Dale	2
Jimmy White	2

Dominic Dale	4
				Mark Selby	4

				Tom Ford	2
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4

David Grace	3
		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	2

		Tom Ford	4
Jamie Jones	1

Tom Ford	4

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers Stadthalle, Fürth, Germany, 28 August 2016^[12]^[13]^[14]
Mark Selby England	4–2	Tom Ford England
85–32 (85), 13–63, 62–59, 0–76 (67), 73–31 (72), 99–5 (58)
85	Highest break	67
0	Century breaks	0
3	50+ breaks	1

Amateur pre-qualifying

These matches were played in Fürth on 24–25 August 2016. All matches were best of 7 frames.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Round 1


Anton Woywod	0–4	Adam Stefanow
Simon Dent	4–1	Carl Rosenberger
Robin Otto	0–4	Michael Williams
Stefan Gerst	1–4	Kevin Vandevoort
Johny Moermans	4–3	Tom Zimmermann
Imran Nisar	4–0	Dragos-Bogdan Dorojan
Charlie Walters	4–2	Jurian Heusdens
Regis D'Anna	0–4	Marcin Nitschke
Richard Beckham	2–4	Daniel Ward
Ben Jones	4–2	Stefan Joachim
Thomas Rees	2–4	Soner Sari
Chris Kilcoyne	w/d–w/o	Farakh Ajaib
Wolfgang Frey	4–2	Markus Fischer
Greg Casey	3–4	Tony Corrigan
Phil O'Kane	4–2	Declan Brennan


Peter Brehm	0–4	Labeeb Ahmed
Jonas Sprengel	0–4	Adam Bobat
Khan Majid	w/d–w/o	Marcel Prakert
Ashley Beal	4–1	Nicolas Georgopoulos
Kevin Chan	0–4	Luca Kaufmann
Hamim Hussain	w/o–w/d	Richard Haney
Ben Murphy	2–4	Adam Edge
Andy Lee	4–1	Stefan Schenk
Andreas Hartung	4–2	Heiko Mutz
Joshua Thomond	4–1	William Frey
Daniel Schneider	2–4	Jamie Clarke
Ralph Müller	0–4	Joshua Baddeley
Saqib Nasir	4–0	Ralf Günzel
Brandon Sargeant	4–1	Fabian Haken
Andy Hicks	4–3	Wayne Townsend

Round 2


Sean Harvey	4–0	Manon Melief
Jake Nicholson	1–4	Adam Stefanow
Richard Wienold	4–3	Simon Dent
Kaavya Bharath	0–4	Michael Williams
Thomas Lancastle	3–4	Luke Pinches
Thomas Frank	0–4	Kevin Vandevoort
Kilian Baur-Pantoulier	w/o–w/d	Lukas Kleckers
Oliver Brown	4–1	Johny Moermans
Tomasz Skalski	0–4	Ashley Hugill
Reggie Edwards	4–1	Imran Nisar
Ryan Causton	4–2	Charlie Walters
David Lilley	4–3	Marcin Nitschke
Paul Norris	3–4	Alex Taubman
Umar Ali Shaikh	0–4	Daniel Ward
Loris Lehmann	0–4	Ben Jones
Andreas Ploner	4–0	Aaron Cook
Robert Read	4–0	Sebastian Stein
Terence Davidson	1–4	Soner Sari
Steven Hallworth	4–1	Farakh Ajaib
Zak Surety	4–0	Wolfgang Frey
Ali Kirim	3–4	Wendy Jans
Stephen Bateman	w/o–w/d	Louis Heathcote
Ian Glover	4–0	Tony Corrigan
Hussam Al-Saffar	0–4	Joshua Cooper
Jack Bradford	4–3	Phil O'Kane
Felix Frede	4–0	Labeeb Ahmed
George Pragnall	4–2	Adam Longley
Prasit Buttakham	0–4	Adam Bobat


Conor McCormack	4–0	Norbert Hofheinz
Lü Chenwei	4–0	Marcel Prakert
Mark Davies	w/d–w/o	Ashley Beal
Reanne Evans	4–0	Matthias Porn
Matthew Glasby	4–3	Luca Kaufmann
Daniel Womersley	4–2	Joe Steele
Matthew Day	4–0	Hamim Hussain
Jamie Bodle	2–4	Adam Edge
Didier Gaugler	0–4	Patrick Einsle
Bhavesh Sodha	2–4	Robert Drahn
Jeremy Lee	2–4	Andy Lee
James Dabell	w/d–w/o	Michael Collumb
Simon Lichtenberg	4–0	Andrew Ivasiv
Rolf Mahr	1–4	Andreas Hartung
Julian Maschmeier	0–4	Lewis Gillen
Daniel Devlin	4–0	Jörg Petersen
Jeff Cundy	0–4	Gerard Greene
Kishan Hirani	4–2	Joshua Thomond
Barry Pinches	4–0	Patrick Whelan
Gert Kempenaers	2–4	Mourad Naitali
Laurin Winters	w/o–w/d	Matthew Marten
Peter Lines	4–2	Jamie Clarke
Zack Richardson	4–0	Joshua Baddeley
Abdullah Atmar Ghulam Jilani	0–4	Saqib Nasir
Stephen Kershaw	4–2	Andy Symons
Daniel O'Regan	0–4	Brandon Sargeant
Manasawin Phetmalaikul	0–4	Andy Hicks
David Charleton	0–4	Mohammed Aurangzaib

Round 3


Sean Harvey	4–1	Adam Stefanow
Richard Wienold	0–4	Michael Williams
Luke Pinches	1–4	Kevin Vandevoort
Kilian Baur-Pantoulier	1–4	Oliver Brown
Ashley Hugill	4–1	Reggie Edwards
Ryan Causton	0–4	David Lilley
Alex Taubman	3–4	Daniel Ward
Ben Jones	4–2	Andreas Ploner
Robert Read	4–1	Soner Sari
Steven Hallworth	4–1	Zak Surety
Wendy Jans	1–4	Stephen Bateman
Ian Glover	4–0	Joshua Cooper
Jack Bradford	3–4	Felix Frede
George Pragnall	4–1	Adam Bobat


Conor McCormack	0–4	Lü Chenwei
Ashley Beal	4–2	Reanne Evans
Matthew Glasby	4–2	Daniel Womersley
Matthew Day	4–2	Adam Edge
Patrick Einsle	4–0	Robert Drahn
Andy Lee	1–4	Michael Collumb
Simon Lichtenberg	4–0	Andreas Hartung
Lewis Gillen	1–4	Daniel Devlin
Gerard Greene	4–2	Kishan Hirani
Barry Pinches	4–0	Mourad Naitali
Laurin Winters	0–4	Peter Lines
Zack Richardson	4–3	Saqib Nasir
Stephen Kershaw	0–4	Brandon Sargeant
Andy Hicks	4–0	Mohammed Aurangzaib

Century breaks

Amateur pre-qualifying stage centuries

119 – Kishan Hirani
109 – Gerard Greene
106, 104 – Andy Hicks

106 – Ashley Hugill
105 – Ian Glover

Televised stage centuries

^[15]

147, 141, 120 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
136, 128, 120, 102, 101 – Tom Ford
136, 106 – Michael Holt
132, 116 – Liang Wenbo
132 – Zhou Yuelong
127 – Mark Selby
123 – Zhao Xintong
121 – Ali Carter
120, 101, 100 – Mark Allen
120 – Matthew Stevens
118, 110 – Kurt Maflin
118, 105 – David Gilbert

112 – Joe Swail
111 – Li Hang
110 – Dominic Dale
109 – Andrew Higginson
107 – Zack Richardson
104 – Robbie Williams
104 – Jack Lisowski
104 – Martin O'Donnell
104 – Mark Davis
101 – Mei Xiwen
100 – Fergal O'Brien

References

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