2016 Paul Hunter Classic

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]

Paul Hunter Classic

Tournament information
Dates	24–28 August 2016 (2016-08-24 – 2016-08-28)
Venue	Stadthalle
City	Fürth
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	€125,000[1]
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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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

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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

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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