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]
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]
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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 Furth Germany 2 It was the fourth ranking event of the 2016 2017 season 3 Paul Hunter ClassicTournament informationDates24 28 August 2016 2016 08 24 2016 08 28 VenueStadthalleCityFurthCountryGermanyOrganisationWorld SnookerFormatRanking eventTotal prize fund 125 000 1 Winner s share 25 000Highest break Thepchaiya Un Nooh THA 147 FinalChampion Mark Selby ENG Runner up Tom Ford ENG Score4 2 20152017 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 Contents 1 Prize fund 2 Main rounds 2 1 Top half 2 1 1 Section 1 2 1 2 Section 2 2 1 3 Section 3 2 1 4 Section 4 2 2 Bottom half 2 2 1 Section 5 2 2 2 Section 6 2 2 3 Section 7 2 2 4 Section 8 2 3 Finals 3 Final 4 Amateur pre qualifying 4 1 Round 1 4 2 Round 2 4 3 Round 3 5 Century breaks 5 1 Amateur pre qualifying stage centuries 5 2 Televised stage centuries 6 ReferencesPrize fund editThe 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 edit 11 12 13 14 Top half edit Section 1 edit Last 128Best of 7 framesLast 64Best of 7 framesLast 32Best of 7 framesLast 16Best of 7 frames nbsp Zhou Yuelong1 nbsp Anthony Hamilton4 nbsp Anthony Hamilton0 nbsp Ricky Walden4 nbsp Josh Boileau0 nbsp Ricky Walden4 nbsp Ricky Walden3 nbsp Liam Highfield4 nbsp Luca Brecel2 nbsp Liam Highfield4 nbsp Liam Highfield4 nbsp Sean Harvey3 nbsp Ross Muir3 nbsp Sean Harvey4 nbsp Liam Highfield3 nbsp Mark Davis4 nbsp Gareth Allen2 nbsp Mark Davis4 nbsp Mark Davis4 nbsp Sanderson Lam2 nbsp Sanderson Lam4 nbsp Jason Weston2 nbsp Mark Davis4 nbsp Lee Walker2 nbsp Lee Walkerw o nbsp Hossein Vafaeiw d nbsp Lee Walker4 nbsp Adam Duffy1 nbsp Adam Duffy4 nbsp Michael Williams0 Section 2 edit Last 128Best of 7 framesLast 64Best of 7 framesLast 32Best of 7 framesLast 16Best of 7 frames nbsp James Cahill4 nbsp Kevin Vandevoort0 nbsp James Cahill4 nbsp Ryan Day2 nbsp Ryan Dayw o nbsp Peter Ebdonw d nbsp James Cahill3 nbsp Mark Selby4 nbsp Mark Selby4 nbsp Oliver Brown0 nbsp Mark Selby4 nbsp Elliot Slessor0 nbsp Martin O Donnell1 nbsp Elliot Slessor4 nbsp Mark Selby4 nbsp Sam Baird2 nbsp Zhao Xintong4 nbsp Ashley Hugill1 nbsp Zhao Xintong2 nbsp Liang Wenbo4 nbsp Liang Wenbo4 nbsp David Lilley3 nbsp Liang Wenbo2 nbsp Sam Baird4 nbsp Gary Wilson4 nbsp Jak Jones1 nbsp Gary Wilson1 nbsp Sam Baird4 nbsp Sam Baird4 nbsp Daniel Ward2 Section 3 edit Last 128Best of 7 framesLast 64Best of 7 framesLast 32Best of 7 framesLast 16Best of 7 frames nbsp Rod Lawler4 nbsp Mitchell Mann2 nbsp Rod Lawler4 nbsp Stuart Carrington1 nbsp Stuart Carrington4 nbsp Ben Jones0 nbsp Rod Lawler1 nbsp Jimmy White4 nbsp Xiao Guodong4 nbsp Robert Read0 nbsp Xiao Guodong2 nbsp Jimmy White4 nbsp Jimmy White4 nbsp Jamie Curtis Barrett2 nbsp Jimmy White4 nbsp Michael White2 nbsp Mei Xiwen4 nbsp Steven Hallworth3 nbsp Mei Xiwen4 nbsp Kurt Dunham2 nbsp Alex Borg2 nbsp Kurt Dunham4 nbsp Mei Xiwen2 nbsp Michael White4 nbsp Darryl Hillw d nbsp Zhang Andaw o nbsp Zhang Andaw d nbsp Michael Whitew o nbsp Michael White4 nbsp Yu Delu1 Section 4 edit Last 128Best of 7 framesLast 64Best of 7 framesLast 32Best of 7 framesLast 16Best of 7 frames nbsp Mark Joycew o nbsp Noppon Saengkhamw d nbsp Mark Joyce3 nbsp Ali Carter4 nbsp Ali Carter4 nbsp Stephen Bateman1 nbsp Ali Carter3 nbsp Yan Bingtao4 nbsp Scott Donaldson4 nbsp Hammad Miah3 nbsp Scott Donaldson3 nbsp Yan Bingtao4 nbsp Yan Bingtao4 nbsp Alfie Burden3 nbsp Yan Bingtao1 nbsp Dominic Dale4 nbsp Ben Woollaston2 nbsp Dominic Dale4 nbsp Dominic Dale4 nbsp Ian Glover1 nbsp Kritsanut Lertsattayathornw d nbsp Ian Gloverw o nbsp Dominic Dale4 nbsp Michael Holt2 nbsp Michael Holt4 nbsp Felix Frede1 nbsp Michael Holtw o nbsp Boonyarit Keattikunw d nbsp Boonyarit Keattikunw o nbsp Robert Milkinsw d Bottom half edit Section 5 edit Last 128Best of 7 framesLast 64Best of 7 framesLast 32Best of 7 framesLast 16Best of 7 frames nbsp Oliver Lines1 nbsp Kurt Maflin4 nbsp Kurt Maflin4 nbsp Anthony McGill3 nbsp Anthony McGill4 nbsp George Pragnall0 nbsp Kurt Maflin1 nbsp Thepchaiya Un Nooh4 nbsp Dechawat Poomjaeng4 nbsp Martin Gould2 nbsp Dechawat Poomjaeng2 nbsp Thepchaiya Un Nooh4 nbsp Thepchaiya Un Nooh4 nbsp Lu Chenwei0 nbsp Thepchaiya Un Nooh4 nbsp Mark Allen3 nbsp Fergal O Brien4 nbsp Ashley Beal0 nbsp Fergal O Brien3 nbsp Li Hang4 nbsp Li Hang4 nbsp Jamie Cope2 nbsp Li Hang2 nbsp Mark Allen4 nbsp Zhang Yong2 nbsp Mark Allen4 nbsp Mark Allen4 nbsp Joe Swail1 nbsp Joe Swail4 nbsp Matthew Glasby0 Section 6 edit Last 128Best of 7 framesLast 64Best of 7 framesLast 32Best of 7 framesLast 16Best of 7 frames nbsp Jack Lisowski4 nbsp Matthew Day1 nbsp Jack Lisowski4 nbsp Kyren Wilson0 nbsp Jimmy Robertson0 nbsp Kyren Wilson4 nbsp Jack Lisowski0 nbsp David Grace4 nbsp Matthew Stevens4 nbsp Patrick Einsle2 nbsp Matthew Stevens3 nbsp David Grace4 nbsp Sean O Sullivan0 nbsp David Grace4 nbsp David Grace4 nbsp Robbie Williams0 nbsp Andrew Higginson4 nbsp Allan Taylor1 nbsp Andrew Higginson4 nbsp Rhys Clark1 nbsp Robin Hullw d nbsp Rhys Clarkw o nbsp Andrew Higginson3 nbsp Robbie Williams4 nbsp Joe Perry4 nbsp Michael Collumb2 nbsp Joe Perry2 nbsp Robbie Williams4 nbsp Robbie Williams4 nbsp Simon Lichtenberg1 Section 7 edit Last 128Best of 7 framesLast 64Best of 7 framesLast 32Best of 7 framesLast 16Best of 7 frames nbsp David Gilbert4 nbsp Daniel Devlin0 nbsp David Gilbert2 nbsp Michael Georgiou4 nbsp Michael Georgiou4 nbsp Fraser Patrick1 nbsp Michael Georgiou1 nbsp Gerard Greene4 nbsp Sydney Wilson1 nbsp Stuart Bingham4 nbsp Stuart Bingham3 nbsp Gerard Greene b 4 b nbsp Hatem Yassen0 nbsp Gerard Greene4 nbsp Gerard Greene0 nbsp Jamie Jones4 nbsp Cao Yupeng4 nbsp Barry Pinches3 nbsp Cao Yupeng1 nbsp Jamie Jones4 nbsp Jamie Jones4 nbsp Tian Pengfei0 nbsp Jamie Jones4 nbsp Peter Lines1 nbsp Nigel Bond3 nbsp Craig Steadman4 nbsp Craig Steadman3 nbsp Peter Lines4 nbsp Michael Wild1 nbsp Peter Lines4 Section 8 edit Last 128Best of 7 framesLast 64Best of 7 framesLast 32Best of 7 framesLast 16Best of 7 frames nbsp Paul Davison1 nbsp Zack Richardson4 nbsp Zack Richardson4 nbsp Rory McLeod2 nbsp Rory McLeod4 nbsp Brandon Sargeant2 nbsp Zack Richardson4 nbsp John Astley1 nbsp John Astleyw o nbsp Hamza Akbarw d nbsp John Astley4 nbsp Mark King2 nbsp David John1 nbsp Mark King4 nbsp Zack Richardson1 nbsp Tom Ford4 nbsp Rory Thor0 nbsp Christopher Keogan4 nbsp Christopher Keogan1 nbsp Alan McManus4 nbsp Alan McManus4 nbsp Andy Hicks1 nbsp Alan McManus2 nbsp Tom Ford4 nbsp Ian Burns2 nbsp Tom Ford4 nbsp Tom Ford4 nbsp Chris Wakelin3 nbsp Chen Zhe2 nbsp Chris Wakelin4 Finals edit Quarter finalsBest of 7 framesSemi finalsBest of 7 framesFinalBest of 7 frames nbsp Mark Davis1 nbsp Mark Selby4 nbsp Mark Selby4 nbsp Dominic Dale2 nbsp Jimmy White2 nbsp Dominic Dale4 nbsp Mark Selby4 nbsp Tom Ford2 nbsp Thepchaiya Un Nooh4 nbsp David Grace3 nbsp Thepchaiya Un Nooh2 nbsp Tom Ford4 nbsp Jamie Jones1 nbsp Tom Ford4 Final editFinal Best of 7 frames Referee Jan Scheers Stadthalle Furth Germany 28 August 2016 12 13 14 Mark Selby nbsp England 4 2 Tom Ford nbsp 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 1Amateur pre qualifying editThese matches were played in Furth on 24 25 August 2016 All matches were best of 7 frames 11 12 13 14 Round 1 edit nbsp Anton Woywod 0 4 nbsp Adam Stefanow nbsp Simon Dent 4 1 nbsp Carl Rosenberger nbsp Robin Otto 0 4 nbsp Michael Williams nbsp Stefan Gerst 1 4 nbsp Kevin Vandevoort nbsp Johny Moermans 4 3 nbsp Tom Zimmermann nbsp Imran Nisar 4 0 nbsp Dragos Bogdan Dorojan nbsp Charlie Walters 4 2 nbsp Jurian Heusdens nbsp Regis D Anna 0 4 nbsp Marcin Nitschke nbsp Richard Beckham 2 4 nbsp Daniel Ward nbsp Ben Jones 4 2 nbsp Stefan Joachim nbsp Thomas Rees 2 4 nbsp Soner Sari nbsp Chris Kilcoyne w d w o nbsp Farakh Ajaib nbsp Wolfgang Frey 4 2 nbsp Markus Fischer nbsp Greg Casey 3 4 nbsp Tony Corrigan nbsp Phil O Kane 4 2 nbsp Declan Brennan nbsp Peter Brehm 0 4 nbsp Labeeb Ahmed nbsp Jonas Sprengel 0 4 nbsp Adam Bobat nbsp Khan Majid w d w o nbsp Marcel Prakert nbsp Ashley Beal 4 1 nbsp Nicolas Georgopoulos nbsp Kevin Chan 0 4 nbsp Luca Kaufmann nbsp Hamim Hussain w o w d nbsp Richard Haney nbsp Ben Murphy 2 4 nbsp Adam Edge nbsp Andy Lee 4 1 nbsp Stefan Schenk nbsp Andreas Hartung 4 2 nbsp Heiko Mutz nbsp Joshua Thomond 4 1 nbsp William Frey nbsp Daniel Schneider 2 4 nbsp Jamie Clarke nbsp Ralph Muller 0 4 nbsp Joshua Baddeley nbsp Saqib Nasir 4 0 nbsp Ralf Gunzel nbsp Brandon Sargeant 4 1 nbsp Fabian Haken nbsp Andy Hicks 4 3 nbsp Wayne Townsend Round 2 edit nbsp Sean Harvey 4 0 nbsp Manon Melief nbsp Jake Nicholson 1 4 nbsp Adam Stefanow nbsp Richard Wienold 4 3 nbsp Simon Dent nbsp Kaavya Bharath 0 4 nbsp Michael Williams nbsp Thomas Lancastle 3 4 nbsp Luke Pinches nbsp Thomas Frank 0 4 nbsp Kevin Vandevoort nbsp Kilian Baur Pantoulier w o w d nbsp Lukas Kleckers nbsp Oliver Brown 4 1 nbsp Johny Moermans nbsp Tomasz Skalski 0 4 nbsp Ashley Hugill nbsp Reggie Edwards 4 1 nbsp Imran Nisar nbsp Ryan Causton 4 2 nbsp Charlie Walters nbsp David Lilley 4 3 nbsp Marcin Nitschke nbsp Paul Norris 3 4 nbsp Alex Taubman nbsp Umar Ali Shaikh 0 4 nbsp Daniel Ward nbsp Loris Lehmann 0 4 nbsp Ben Jones nbsp Andreas Ploner 4 0 nbsp Aaron Cook nbsp Robert Read 4 0 nbsp Sebastian Stein nbsp Terence Davidson 1 4 nbsp Soner Sari nbsp Steven Hallworth 4 1 nbsp Farakh Ajaib nbsp Zak Surety 4 0 nbsp Wolfgang Frey nbsp Ali Kirim 3 4 nbsp Wendy Jans nbsp Stephen Bateman w o w d nbsp Louis Heathcote nbsp Ian Glover 4 0 nbsp Tony Corrigan nbsp Hussam Al Saffar 0 4 nbsp Joshua Cooper nbsp Jack Bradford 4 3 nbsp Phil O Kane nbsp Felix Frede 4 0 nbsp Labeeb Ahmed nbsp George Pragnall 4 2 nbsp Adam Longley nbsp Prasit Buttakham 0 4 nbsp Adam Bobat nbsp Conor McCormack 4 0 nbsp Norbert Hofheinz nbsp Lu Chenwei 4 0 nbsp Marcel Prakert nbsp Mark Davies w d w o nbsp Ashley Beal nbsp Reanne Evans 4 0 nbsp Matthias Porn nbsp Matthew Glasby 4 3 nbsp Luca Kaufmann nbsp Daniel Womersley 4 2 nbsp Joe Steele nbsp Matthew Day 4 0 nbsp Hamim Hussain nbsp Jamie Bodle 2 4 nbsp Adam Edge nbsp Didier Gaugler 0 4 nbsp Patrick Einsle nbsp Bhavesh Sodha 2 4 nbsp Robert Drahn nbsp Jeremy Lee 2 4 nbsp Andy Lee nbsp James Dabell w d w o nbsp Michael Collumb nbsp Simon Lichtenberg 4 0 nbsp Andrew Ivasiv nbsp Rolf Mahr 1 4 nbsp Andreas Hartung nbsp Julian Maschmeier 0 4 nbsp Lewis Gillen nbsp Daniel Devlin 4 0 nbsp Jorg Petersen nbsp Jeff Cundy 0 4 nbsp Gerard Greene nbsp Kishan Hirani 4 2 nbsp Joshua Thomond nbsp Barry Pinches 4 0 nbsp Patrick Whelan nbsp Gert Kempenaers 2 4 nbsp Mourad Naitali nbsp Laurin Winters w o w d nbsp Matthew Marten nbsp Peter Lines 4 2 nbsp Jamie Clarke nbsp Zack Richardson 4 0 nbsp Joshua Baddeley nbsp Abdullah Atmar Ghulam Jilani 0 4 nbsp Saqib Nasir nbsp Stephen Kershaw 4 2 nbsp Andy Symons nbsp Daniel O Regan 0 4 nbsp Brandon Sargeant nbsp Manasawin Phetmalaikul 0 4 nbsp 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