2016 Paul Hunter Classic

Paul Hunter Classic 2016 08 24 2016 08 28 y Stadthalle Fürth Germany World Snooker Ranking event €125,000 €25,000 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh THA (147) Mark Selby ENG Tom Ford ENG 4–2 2015 2017 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.http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Click-here-for-the-entry-pack.pdf Paul Hunter Classic Entry Pack World Snooker 24 June 2016 It was the fourth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2016&template=2 Calendar 2016/2017 Snooker.org 14 May 2016 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.http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/paul-hunter-classic-2015 Paul Hunter Classic 2016 World Snooker 6 July 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20160829111139/http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournaments/paul-hunter-classic-2015 29 August 2016 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.http://www.worldsnooker.com/world-snooker-tour-201617/ World Snooker Tour World Snooker 25 June 2016 Ali Carter was the defending champion,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/30/ali-carter-shaun-murphy-snooker Ali Carter beats Shaun Murphy to win Paul Hunter Classic in Fürth The Guardian 24 June 2016 but he was defeated 3–4 by Yan Bingtao in the last 32.http://www.worldsnooker.com/whirlwind-flies-into-furth-last-16 Whirlwind Flies Into Furth Last 16 World Snooker 27 August 2016 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.http://www.worldsnooker.com/un-nooh-makes-147-in-furth Un-Nooh Makes 147 In Furth World Snooker 28 August 2016 Mark Selby won his 8th ranking title, defeating Tom Ford 4–2 in the final.https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/37210994 Mark Selby wins snooker's Paul Hunter Classic in Germany BBC Sport 29 August 2016 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf Indicative prize money rankings schedule 2016/2017 season World Snooker 24 June 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161104205739/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Tour-Prize-Money-Ranking-Points-Schedule-2016-17-v1.pdf 4 November 2016 70% 50% 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 50% Non-televised highest break: € Televised highest break: € Total: €125,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £40,000.http://www.worldsnooker.com/robertson-tops-centuries-chart Robertson Tops Centuries Chart World Snooker 11 August 2016 Main rounds Top half Section 1 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames CHN Zhou Yuelong 1 ENG Anthony Hamilton 4 IRL Josh Boileau 0 ENG Ricky Walden 4 BEL Luca Brecel 2 ENG Liam Highfield 4 SCO Ross Muir 3 ENG Sean Harvey 4 WAL Gareth Allen 2 ENG Mark Davis 4 ENG Sanderson Lam 4 ENG Jason Weston 2 WAL Lee Walker w/o IRN Hossein Vafaei w/d ENG Adam Duffy 4 ENG Michael Williams 0 ENG Anthony Hamilton 0 ENG Ricky Walden 4 ENG Liam Highfield 4 ENG Sean Harvey 3 ENG Mark Davis 4 ENG Sanderson Lam 2 WAL Lee Walker 4 ENG Adam Duffy 1 ENG Ricky Walden 3 ENG Liam Highfield 4 ENG Mark Davis 4 WAL Lee Walker 2 ENG Liam Highfield 3 ENG Mark Davis 4 Section 2 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG James Cahill 4 BEL Kevin Vandevoort 0 WAL Ryan Day w/o ENG Peter Ebdon w/d ENG Mark Selby 4 ENG Oliver Brown 0 ENG Martin O'Donnell 1 ENG Elliot Slessor 4 CHN Zhao Xintong 4 ENG Ashley Hugill 1 CHN Liang Wenbo 4 ENG David Lilley 3 ENG Gary Wilson 4 WAL Jak Jones 1 ENG Sam Baird 4 ENG Daniel Ward 2 ENG James Cahill 4 WAL Ryan Day 2 ENG Mark Selby 4 ENG Elliot Slessor 0 CHN Zhao Xintong 2 CHN Liang Wenbo 4 ENG Gary Wilson 1 ENG Sam Baird 4 ENG James Cahill 3 ENG Mark Selby 4 CHN Liang Wenbo 2 ENG Sam Baird 4 ENG Mark Selby 4 ENG Sam Baird 2 Section 3 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Rod Lawler 4 ENG Mitchell Mann 2 ENG Stuart Carrington 4 WAL Ben Jones 0 CHN Xiao Guodong 4 ENG Robert Read 0 ENG Jimmy White 4 ENG Jamie Curtis-Barrett 2 CHN Mei Xiwen 4 ENG Steven Hallworth 3 MLT Alex Borg 2 AUS Kurt Dunham 4 IOM Darryl Hill w/d CHN Zhang Anda w/o WAL Michael White 4 CHN Yu Delu 1 ENG Rod Lawler 4 ENG Stuart Carrington 1 CHN Xiao Guodong 2 ENG Jimmy White 4 CHN Mei Xiwen 4 AUS Kurt Dunham 2 CHN Zhang Anda w/d WAL Michael White w/o ENG Rod Lawler 1 ENG Jimmy White 4 CHN Mei Xiwen 2 WAL Michael White 4 ENG Jimmy White 4 WAL Michael White 2 Section 4 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Mark Joyce w/o THA Noppon Saengkham w/d ENG Ali Carter 4 IRL Stephen Bateman 1 SCO Scott Donaldson 4 ENG Hammad Miah 3 CHN Yan Bingtao 4 ENG Alfie Burden 3 ENG Ben Woollaston 2 WAL Dominic Dale 4 THA Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn w/d ENG Ian Glover w/o ENG Michael Holt 4 GER Felix Frede 1 THA Boonyarit Keattikun w/o ENG Robert Milkins w/d ENG Mark Joyce 3 ENG Ali Carter 4 SCO Scott Donaldson 3 CHN Yan Bingtao 4 WAL Dominic Dale 4 ENG Ian Glover 1 ENG Michael Holt w/o THA Boonyarit Keattikun w/d ENG Ali Carter 3 CHN Yan Bingtao 4 WAL Dominic Dale 4 ENG Michael Holt 2 CHN Yan Bingtao 1 WAL Dominic Dale 4 Bottom half Section 5 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Oliver Lines 1 NOR Kurt Maflin 4 SCO Anthony McGill 4 ENG George Pragnall 0 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 4 ENG Martin Gould 2 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4 CHN Lü Chenwei 0 IRL Fergal O'Brien 4 ENG Ashley Beal 0 CHN Li Hang 4 ENG Jamie Cope 2 CHN Zhang Yong 2 NIR Mark Allen 4 NIR Joe Swail 4 ENG Matthew Glasby 0 NOR Kurt Maflin 4 SCO Anthony McGill 3 THA Dechawat Poomjaeng 2 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4 IRL Fergal O'Brien 3 CHN Li Hang 4 NIR Mark Allen 4 NIR Joe Swail 1 NOR Kurt Maflin 1 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4 CHN Li Hang 2 NIR Mark Allen 4 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4 NIR Mark Allen 3 Section 6 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Jack Lisowski 4 ENG Matthew Day 1 ENG Jimmy Robertson 0 ENG Kyren Wilson 4 WAL Matthew Stevens 4 GER Patrick Einsle 2 ENG Sean O'Sullivan 0 ENG David Grace 4 ENG Andrew Higginson 4 ENG Allan Taylor 1 FIN Robin Hull w/d SCO Rhys Clark w/o ENG Joe Perry 4 SCO Michael Collumb 2 ENG Robbie Williams 4 GER Simon Lichtenberg 1 ENG Jack Lisowski 4 ENG Kyren Wilson 0 WAL Matthew Stevens 3 ENG David Grace 4 ENG Andrew Higginson 4 SCO Rhys Clark 1 ENG Joe Perry 2 ENG Robbie Williams 4 ENG Jack Lisowski 0 ENG David Grace 4 ENG Andrew Higginson 3 ENG Robbie Williams 4 ENG David Grace 4 ENG Robbie Williams 0 Section 7 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG David Gilbert 4 ENG Daniel Devlin 0 CYP Michael Georgiou 4 SCO Fraser Patrick 1 ENG Sydney Wilson 1 ENG Stuart Bingham 4 EGY Hatem Yassen 0 NIR Gerard Greene 4 CHN Cao Yupeng 4 ENG Barry Pinches 3 WAL Jamie Jones 4 CHN Tian Pengfei 0 ENG Nigel Bond 3 ENG Craig Steadman 4 ENG Michael Wild 1 ENG Peter Lines 4 ENG David Gilbert 2 CYP Michael Georgiou 4 ENG Stuart Bingham 3 NIR Gerard Greene 4 CHN Cao Yupeng 1 WAL Jamie Jones 4 ENG Craig Steadman 3 ENG Peter Lines 4 CYP Michael Georgiou 1 NIR Gerard Greene 4 WAL Jamie Jones 4 ENG Peter Lines 1 NIR Gerard Greene 0 WAL Jamie Jones 4 Section 8 main 4 200 yes high Last 128Best of 7 frames Last 64Best of 7 frames Last 32Best of 7 frames no Last 16Best of 7 frames ENG Paul Davison 1 ENG Zack Richardson 4 ENG Rory McLeod 4 ENG Brandon Sargeant 2 ENG John Astley w/o PAK Hamza Akbar w/d WAL David John 1 ENG Mark King 4 MYS Rory Thor 0 ENG Christopher Keogan 4 SCO Alan McManus 4 ENG Andy Hicks 1 ENG Ian Burns 2 ENG Tom Ford 4 CHN Chen Zhe 2 ENG Chris Wakelin 4 ENG Zack Richardson 4 ENG Rory McLeod 2 ENG John Astley 4 ENG Mark King 2 ENG Christopher Keogan 1 SCO Alan McManus 4 ENG Tom Ford 4 ENG Chris Wakelin 3 ENG Zack Richardson 4 ENG John Astley 1 SCO Alan McManus 2 ENG Tom Ford 4 ENG Zack Richardson 1 ENG Tom Ford 4 Finals main 3 200 yes high Quarter-finalsBest of 7 frames Semi-finalsBest of 7 frames no FinalBest of 7 frames ENG Mark Davis 1 ENG Mark Selby 4 ENG Jimmy White 2 WAL Dominic Dale 4 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4 ENG David Grace 3 WAL Jamie Jones 1 ENG Tom Ford 4 ENG Mark Selby 4 WAL Dominic Dale 2 THA Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2 ENG Tom Ford 4 ENG Mark Selby 4 ENG Tom Ford 2 Final Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Jan Scheers Stadthalle, Fürth, Germany, 28 August 2016 Mark Selby 4–2 Tom Ford 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.http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Click-here-for-the-draw.pdf Paul Hunter Classic Draw World Snooker 20 July 2016http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Click-here-for-the-format.pdf Paul Hunter Classic Format World Snooker 20 July 2016http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=22&event=518 Paul Hunter Classic Results Snooker.org 26 August 2016http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13904/paul-hunter-classic Paul Hunter Classic Matches World Snooker 26 August 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20160829111524/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Index/13904/paul-hunter-classic 29 August 2016 Round 1 GER Anton Woywod 0–4 POL Adam Stefanow ENG Simon Dent 4–1 GER Carl Rosenberger GER Robin Otto 0–4 ENG Michael Williams GER Stefan Gerst 1–4 BEL Kevin Vandevoort BEL Johny Moermans 4–3 SWI Tom Zimmermann ENG Imran Nisar 4–0 ROU Dragos-Bogdan Dorojan ENG Charlie Walters 4–2 BEL Jurian Heusdens FRA Regis D'Anna 0–4 POL Marcin Nitschke ENG Richard Beckham 2–4 ENG Daniel Ward WAL Ben Jones 4–2 GER Stefan Joachim WAL Thomas Rees 2–4 TUR Soner Sari IRL Chris Kilcoyne w/d–w/o ENG Farakh Ajaib GER Wolfgang Frey 4–2 GER Markus Fischer IRL Greg Casey 3–4 IRL Tony Corrigan ENG Phil O'Kane 4–2 NIR Declan Brennan GER Peter Brehm 0–4 ENG Labeeb Ahmed GER Jonas Sprengel 0–4 ENG Adam Bobat ENG Khan Majid w/d–w/o GER Marcel Prakert ENG Ashley Beal 4–1 GER Nicolas Georgopoulos NED Kevin Chan 0–4 GER Luca Kaufmann ENG Hamim Hussain w/o–w/d ENG Richard Haney ENG Ben Murphy 2–4 ENG Adam Edge HKG Andy Lee 4–1 GER Stefan Schenk GER Andreas Hartung 4–2 GER Heiko Mutz ENG Joshua Thomond 4–1 GER William Frey GER Daniel Schneider 2–4 WAL Jamie Clarke GER Ralph Müller 0–4 ENG Joshua Baddeley ENG Saqib Nasir 4–0 GER Ralf Günzel ENG Brandon Sargeant 4–1 GER Fabian Haken ENG Andy Hicks 4–3 ENG Wayne Townsend Round 2 ENG Sean Harvey 4–0 NED Manon Melief ENG Jake Nicholson 1–4 POL Adam Stefanow GER Richard Wienold 4–3 ENG Simon Dent IND Kaavya Bharath 0–4 ENG Michael Williams EGY Thomas Lancastle 3–4 ENG Luke Pinches GER Thomas Frank 0–4 BEL Kevin Vandevoort GER Kilian Baur-Pantoulier w/o–w/d GER Lukas Kleckers ENG Oliver Brown 4–1 BEL Johny Moermans BEL Tomasz Skalski 0–4 ENG Ashley Hugill ENG Reggie Edwards 4–1 ENG Imran Nisar ENG Ryan Causton 4–2 ENG Charlie Walters ENG David Lilley 4–3 POL Marcin Nitschke ENG Paul Norris 3–4 WAL Alex Taubman PAK Umar Ali Shaikh 0–4 ENG Daniel Ward GER Loris Lehmann 0–4 WAL Ben Jones AUT Andreas Ploner 4–0 ENG Aaron Cook ENG Robert Read 4–0 GER Sebastian Stein CAN Terence Davidson 1–4 TUR Soner Sari ENG Steven Hallworth 4–1 ENG Farakh Ajaib ENG Zak Surety 4–0 GER Wolfgang Frey TUR Ali Kirim 3–4 BEL Wendy Jans IRL Stephen Bateman w/o–w/d ENG Louis Heathcote ENG Ian Glover 4–0 IRL Tony Corrigan DEN Hussam Al-Saffar 0–4 ENG Joshua Cooper WAL Jack Bradford 4–3 ENG Phil O'Kane GER Felix Frede 4–0 ENG Labeeb Ahmed ENG George Pragnall 4–2 ENG Adam Longley THA Prasit Buttakham 0–4 ENG Adam Bobat NIR Conor McCormack 4–0 GER Norbert Hofheinz CHN Lü Chenwei 4–0 GER Marcel Prakert WAL Mark Davies w/d–w/o ENG Ashley Beal ENG Reanne Evans 4–0 GER Matthias Porn ENG Matthew Glasby 4–3 GER Luca Kaufmann ENG Daniel Womersley 4–2 ENG Joe Steele ENG Matthew Day 4–0 ENG Hamim Hussain ENG Jamie Bodle 2–4 ENG Adam Edge FRA Didier Gaugler 0–4 GER Patrick Einsle ENG Bhavesh Sodha 2–4 GER Robert Drahn ENG Jeremy Lee 2–4 HKG Andy Lee ENG James Dabell w/d–w/o SCO Michael Collumb GER Simon Lichtenberg 4–0 UKR Andrew Ivasiv GER Rolf Mahr 1–4 GER Andreas Hartung GER Julian Maschmeier 0–4 ENG Lewis Gillen ENG Daniel Devlin 4–0 GER Jörg Petersen ENG Jeff Cundy 0–4 NIR Gerard Greene WAL Kishan Hirani 4–2 ENG Joshua Thomond ENG Barry Pinches 4–0 ENG Patrick Whelan BEL Gert Kempenaers 2–4 MAR Mourad Naitali NED Laurin Winters w/o–w/d ENG Matthew Marten ENG Peter Lines 4–2 WAL Jamie Clarke ENG Zack Richardson 4–0 ENG Joshua Baddeley AFG 2013 Abdullah Atmar Ghulam Jilani 0–4 ENG Saqib Nasir ENG Stephen Kershaw 4–2 ENG Andy Symons IRL Daniel O'Regan 0–4 ENG Brandon Sargeant ENG Manasawin Phetmalaikul 0–4 ENG Andy Hicks SCO David Charleton 0–4 ENG Mohammed Aurangzaib Round 3 ENG Sean Harvey 4–1 POL Adam Stefanow GER Richard Wienold 0–4 ENG Michael Williams ENG Luke Pinches 1–4 BEL Kevin Vandevoort GER Kilian Baur-Pantoulier 1–4 ENG Oliver Brown ENG Ashley Hugill 4–1 ENG Reggie Edwards ENG Ryan Causton 0–4 ENG David Lilley WAL Alex Taubman 3–4 ENG Daniel Ward WAL Ben Jones 4–2 AUT Andreas Ploner ENG Robert Read 4–1 TUR Soner Sari ENG Steven Hallworth 4–1 ENG Zak Surety BEL Wendy Jans 1–4 IRL Stephen Bateman ENG Ian Glover 4–0 ENG Joshua Cooper WAL Jack Bradford 3–4 GER Felix Frede ENG George Pragnall 4–1 ENG Adam Bobat NIR Conor McCormack 0–4 CHN Lü Chenwei ENG Ashley Beal 4–2 ENG Reanne Evans ENG Matthew Glasby 4–2 ENG Daniel Womersley ENG Matthew Day 4–2 ENG Adam Edge GER Patrick Einsle 4–0 GER Robert Drahn HKG Andy Lee 1–4 SCO Michael Collumb GER Simon Lichtenberg 4–0 GER Andreas Hartung ENG Lewis Gillen 1–4 ENG Daniel Devlin NIR Gerard Greene 4–2 WAL Kishan Hirani ENG Barry Pinches 4–0 MAR Mourad Naitali NED Laurin Winters 0–4 ENG Peter Lines ENG Zack Richardson 4–3 ENG Saqib Nasir ENG Stephen Kershaw 0–4 ENG Brandon Sargeant ENG Andy Hicks 4–0 ENG 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 http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13904/paul-hunter-classic Paul Hunter Classic Centuries World Snooker 26 August 2016 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20160829113050/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13904/paul-hunter-classic 29 August 2016 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 2016 Paul Hunter Classic 2016 Category:2016 in snooker Category:2016 in German sport Category:August 2016 sports events in Germany