Paul Hunter Classic

Date: 24-28 Aug 2016; Venue: Stadthalle, F�rth, Germany; Type: Ranking; Defending champion: Allister Carter; Notes: See also results (241)

Final (Winner: £18,750; Runner-up: £9,000)
		Mark Selby [1]	4	-	2	Tom Ford [30]
	85-32 (85), 13-63, 62-59 0-76 (67), 73-31 (72), 99-5 (58) Referee: Jan Scheers (Belgium)
Semifinals (Losers receive £4,500)
		Mark Selby [1]	4	-	2	Dominic Dale [25]
	0-65 (50), 66-0 (66), 58-50, 48-74 (52), 71-1, 59-48
		Tom Ford [30]	4	-	2	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [21]
	104-4 (51), 45-70 (50), 52-74 (73) 118-4 (102), 72-47, 143-0 (136)
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £3,000)
		Mark Selby [1]	4	-	1	Mark Davis [14]
		Dominic Dale [25]	4	-	2	Jimmy White [72]
		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [21]	4	-	3	David Grace [45]
		Tom Ford [30]	4	-	1	Jamie Jones [23]
Round 4 (Last 16; Losers receive £1,725)
1		Mark Davis [14]	4	-	3	Liam Highfield
2		Mark Selby [1]	4	-	2	Sam Baird [33]
3		Jimmy White [72]	4	-	2	Michael White [9]
4		Dominic Dale [25]	4	-	1	Yan Bingtao
5		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [21]	4	-	3	Mark Allen [3]
6		David Grace [45]	4	-	0	Robbie Williams [42]
7		Jamie Jones [23]	4	-	0	Gerard Greene (a)
8		Tom Ford [30]	4	-	1	Zack Richardson (a)
	Ford was on a maximum in frame 1, but lost position on the yellow
Round 3 (Last 32; Losers receive £900)
1		Liam Highfield	4	-	3	Ricky Walden [4]	In the final frame Walden got a snooker to force a respot only for Highfield to double the black
2		Mark Davis [14]	4	-	2	Lee Walker
3		Mark Selby [1]	4	-	3	James Cahill [67]	Selby needed two snookers (and got them) to win frame 5
4		Sam Baird [33]	4	-	2	Liang Wenbo [8]
5		Jimmy White [72]	4	-	1	Rod Lawler [34]
6		Michael White [9]	4	-	2	Mei Xiwen
7		Yan Bingtao	4	-	3	Allister Carter [20]
8		Dominic Dale [25]	4	-	2	Michael Holt [17]
9		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [21]	4	-	1	Kurt Maflin [37]
	In frame 2 Un-Nooh made his first 147 break to earn 40,000 pounds. Must be especially sweet as he missed the final black twice last season. Watch on YouTube.
10		Mark Allen [3]	4	-	2	Li Hang [39]
11		David Grace [45]	4	-	0	Jack Lisowski [26]
12		Robbie Williams [42]	4	-	3	Andrew Higginson [43]
13		Gerard Greene (a)	4	-	1	Michael Georgiou
14		Jamie Jones [23]	4	-	1	Peter Lines (a)
15		Zack Richardson (a)	4	-	1	John Astley
16		Tom Ford [30]	4	-	2	Alan McManus [10]
Round 2 (Last 64; Losers receive £525)
1		Ricky Walden [4]	4	-	0	Anthony Hamilton
2		Liam Highfield	4	-	3	Sean Harvey (a)
3		Mark Davis [14]	4	-	2	Sanderson Lam [61]
4		Lee Walker	4	-	1	Adam Duffy
5		James Cahill [67]	4	-	2	Ryan Day [13]
6		Mark Selby [1]	4	-	0	Elliot Slessor
7		Liang Wenbo [8]	4	-	2	Zhao Xintong
8		Sam Baird [33]	4	-	1	Gary Wilson [29]
9		Rod Lawler [34]	4	-	1	Stuart Carrington [49]
10		Jimmy White [72]	4	-	2	Xiao Guodong [38]
11		Mei Xiwen	4	-	2	Kurt Dunham
12		Michael White [9]	w/o			Zhang Anda
13		Allister Carter [20]	4	-	3	Mark Joyce [28]
14		Yan Bingtao	4	-	3	Scott Donaldson
15		Dominic Dale [25]	4	-	1	Ian Glover (a)
16		Michael Holt [17]	w/o			Boonyarit Kaettikun
17		Kurt Maflin [37]	4	-	3	Anthony McGill [16]
18		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [21]	4	-	2	Dechawat Poomjaeng [32]
19		Li Hang [39]	4	-	3	Fergal O'Brien [27]
20		Mark Allen [3]	4	-	1	Joe Swail [40]
21		Jack Lisowski [26]	4	-	0	Kyren Wilson [7]
22		David Grace [45]	4	-	3	Matthew Stevens [31]
23		Andrew Higginson [43]	4	-	1	Rhys Clark [60]
24		Robbie Williams [42]	4	-	2	Joe Perry [5]
25		Michael Georgiou	4	-	2	David B Gilbert [12]
26		Gerard Greene (a)	4	-	3	Stuart Bingham [2]
27		Jamie Jones [23]	4	-	1	Cao Yupeng
28		Peter Lines (a)	4	-	3	Craig Steadman
29		Zack Richardson (a)	4	-	2	Rory McLeod [36]
30		John Astley	4	-	2	Mark King [24]
31		Alan McManus [10]	4	-	1	Christopher Keogan
32		Tom Ford [30]	4	-	3	Chris Wakelin [55]
Round 1 (Last 128; Losers receive £0)
1		Anthony Hamilton	4	-	1	Zhou Yuelong [41]
2		Ricky Walden [4]	4	-	0	Josh Boileau
3		Liam Highfield	4	-	2	Luca Brecel [18]
4		Sean Harvey (a)	4	-	3	Ross Muir [53]
5		Mark Davis [14]	4	-	2	Gareth Allen [69]
6		Sanderson Lam [61]	4	-	2	Jason Weston [70]
7		Lee Walker	w/o			Hossein Vafaei [57]	Ayouri didn't show up
8		Adam Duffy	4	-	0	Michael Williams (a)
9		James Cahill [67]	4	-	0	Kevin Vandevoort (a)
10		Ryan Day [13]	w/o			Peter Ebdon [19]
11		Mark Selby [1]	4	-	0	Oliver Brown (a)
12		Elliot Slessor	4	-	1	Martin O'Donnell [51]
13		Zhao Xintong	4	-	1	Ashley Hugill (a)
14		Liang Wenbo [8]	4	-	3	David Lilley (a)
15		Gary Wilson [29]	4	-	1	Jak Jones
16		Sam Baird [33]	4	-	2	Daniel Ward (a)
17		Rod Lawler [34]	4	-	2	Mitchell Mann
18		Stuart Carrington [49]	4	-	0	Ben Jones (a)
19		Xiao Guodong [38]	4	-	0	Robert Read (a)
20		Jimmy White [72]	4	-	2	Jamie Curtis-Barrett
21		Mei Xiwen	4	-	3	Steven Hallworth (a)
22		Kurt Dunham	4	-	2	Alex Borg
23		Zhang Anda	w/o			Darryl Hill [59]
24		Michael White [9]	4	-	1	Yu Delu [48]
25		Mark Joyce [28]	w/o			Noppon Saengkham [54]
26		Allister Carter [20]	4	-	1	Stephen Bateman (a)
27		Scott Donaldson	4	-	3	Hammad Miah
28		Yan Bingtao	4	-	3	Alfie Burden [50]
29		Dominic Dale [25]	4	-	2	Ben Woollaston [15]
30		Ian Glover (a)	w/o			K Lertsattayatthorn
31		Michael Holt [17]	4	-	1	Felix Frede (a)
32		Boonyarit Kaettikun	w/o			Robert Milkins [11]
33		Kurt Maflin [37]	4	-	1	Oliver Lines [46]
34		Anthony McGill [16]	4	-	0	George Pragnall (a)
35		Dechawat Poomjaeng [32]	4	-	2	Martin Gould [6]
36		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [21]	4	-	0	Lü Chenwei (a)
37		Fergal O'Brien [27]	4	-	0	Ashley Beal (a)
38		Li Hang [39]	4	-	2	Jamie Cope [52]
39		Mark Allen [3]	4	-	2	Zhang Yong [62]
40		Joe Swail [40]	4	-	0	Matthew Glasby (a)
41		Jack Lisowski [26]	4	-	1	Matthew Day (a)
42		Kyren Wilson [7]	4	-	0	Jimmy Robertson [22]
43		Matthew Stevens [31]	4	-	2	Patrick Einsle (a)
	Stevens missed the yellow on the way to a maximum
44		David Grace [45]	4	-	0	Sean O'Sullivan [58]
45		Andrew Higginson [43]	4	-	1	Allan Taylor [68]
46		Rhys Clark [60]	w/o			Robin Hull [44]
47		Joe Perry [5]	4	-	2	Michael Collumb (a)
48		Robbie Williams [42]	4	-	1	Simon Lichtenberg (a)
49		David B Gilbert [12]	4	-	0	Daniel Devlin (a)
50		Michael Georgiou	4	-	1	Fraser Patrick [71]
51		Stuart Bingham [2]	4	-	1	Sydney Wilson [64]
52		Gerard Greene (a)	4	-	0	Hatem Yassin
53		Cao Yupeng	4	-	3	Barry Pinches (a)
54		Jamie Jones [23]	4	-	0	Tian Pengfei [35]
55		Craig Steadman	4	-	3	Nigel Bond [56]
56		Peter Lines (a)	4	-	1	Michael Wild [66]
57		Zack Richardson (a)	4	-	1	Paul S Davison [63]
58		Rory McLeod [36]	4	-	2	Brandon Sargeant (a)
59		John Astley	w/o			Hamza Akbar [65]	Visa issues for Akbar
60		Mark King [24]	4	-	1	David John
61		Christopher Keogan	4	-	0	Thor Chuan Leong
62		Alan McManus [10]	4	-	1	Andy Hicks (a)
63		Tom Ford [30]	4	-	2	Ian Burns [47]
64		Chris Wakelin [55]	4	-	2	Chen Zhe
Qual Round 3 (Last 156; Losers receive £0)
1		Sean Harvey (a)	4	-	1	Adam Stefanow (a)
2		Michael Williams (a)	4	-	0	Richard Wienold (a)
3		Kevin Vandevoort (a)	4	-	1	Luke Pinches (a)
4		Oliver Brown (a)	4	-	1	Kilian Baur-Pantoulier (a)
5		Ashley Hugill (a)	4	-	1	Reggie Edwards (a)
6		David Lilley (a)	4	-	0	Ryan Causton (a)
7		Daniel Ward (a)	4	-	3	Alex Taubman (a)
8		Ben Jones (a)	4	-	2	Andreas Ploner (a)
9		Robert Read (a)	4	-	1	Soner Sari (a)
10		Steven Hallworth (a)	4	-	1	Zak Surety (a)
11		Stephen Bateman (a)	4	-	1	Wendy Jans (af)
12		Ian Glover (a)	4	-	0	Joshua Cooper (a)
13		Felix Frede (a)	4	-	3	Jack Bradford (a)
14		George Pragnall (a)	4	-	1	Adam Bobat (a)
15		Lü Chenwei (a)	4	-	0	Conor McCormack (a)
16		Ashley Beal (a)	4	-	2	Reanne Evans (af)
17		Matthew Glasby (a)	4	-	2	Daniel Womersley (a)
18		Matthew Day (a)	4	-	2	Adam Edge (a)
19		Patrick Einsle (a)	4	-	0	Robert Drahn (a)
20		Michael Collumb (a)	4	-	1	Andy Lee (a)
21		Simon Lichtenberg (a)	4	-	0	Andreas Hartung (a)
22		Daniel Devlin (a)	4	-	1	Lewis Gillen (a)
23		Gerard Greene (a)	4	-	2	Kishan Hirani (a)
24		Barry Pinches (a)	4	-	0	Mourad Naitali (a)
25		Peter Lines (a)	4	-	0	Laurin Winters (a)
26		Zack Richardson (a)	4	-	3	Saqib Nasir (a)
27		Brandon Sargeant (a)	4	-	0	Stephen Kershaw (a)
28		Andy Hicks (a)	4	-	0	Mohammed Rangzib (a)
Qual Round 2 (Last 212; Losers receive £0)
1		Sean Harvey (a)	4	-	0	Manon Melief (af)
2		Adam Stefanow (a)	4	-	1	Jake Nicholson (a)
3		Richard Wienold (a)	4	-	3	Simon Dent (a)
4		Michael Williams (a)	4	-	0	Kaavya Bharath (a)
5		Luke Pinches (a)	4	-	3	Thomas Lancastle (a)
6		Kevin Vandevoort (a)	4	-	0	Thomas Frank (a)
7		Kilian Baur-Pantoulier (a)	w/o			Lukas Kleckers (a)
8		Oliver Brown (a)	4	-	1	Johny Moermans (a)
9		Ashley Hugill (a)	4	-	0	Tomasz Skalski (a)
10		Reggie Edwards (a)	4	-	1	Imran Nisar (a)
11		Ryan Causton (a)	4	-	2	Charlie Walters (a)
12		David Lilley (a)	4	-	3	Marcin Nitschke (a)
13		Alex Taubman (a)	4	-	3	Paul Norris (a)
14		Daniel Ward (a)	4	-	0	Umar Ali Shaikh (a)
15		Ben Jones (a)	4	-	0	Loris Lehmann (a)
16		Andreas Ploner (a)	4	-	0	Aaron Cook (a)
17		Robert Read (a)	4	-	0	Sebastian Stein (a)
18		Soner Sari (a)	4	-	1	Terence Davidson (a)
19		Steven Hallworth (a)	4	-	1	Farakh Ajaib (a)
20		Zak Surety (a)	4	-	0	Wolfgang Frey (a)
21		Wendy Jans (af)	4	-	3	Ali Kirim (a)
22		Stephen Bateman (a)	w/o			Louis Heathcote (a)
23		Ian Glover (a)	4	-	0	Tony Corrigan (a)
24		Joshua Cooper (a)	4	-	0	Hussam Al-Shaffar (a)
25		Jack Bradford (a)	4	-	3	Phil O'Kane (a)
26		Felix Frede (a)	4	-	0	Labeeb Ahmed (a)
27		George Pragnall (a)	4	-	2	Adam Longley (a)
28		Adam Bobat (a)	4	-	0	Prasit Buttakham (a)
29		Conor McCormack (a)	4	-	0	Norbert Hofheinz (a)
30		Lü Chenwei (a)	4	-	0	Marcel Praeckert (a)
31		Ashley Beal (a)	w/o			Mark Davies (a)
32		Reanne Evans (af)	4	-	0	Matthias Porn (a)
33		Matthew Glasby (a)	4	-	3	Luca Kaufmann (a)
34		Daniel Womersley (a)	4	-	2	Joe Steele (a)
35		Matthew Day (a)	4	-	0	Hamim Hussain (a)
36		Adam Edge (a)	4	-	2	Jamie Bodle (a)
37		Patrick Einsle (a)	4	-	0	Didier Gaugler (a)
38		Robert Drahn (a)	4	-	2	Bhavesh Sodha (a)
39		Andy Lee (a)	4	-	2	Jeremy Lee (a)
40		Michael Collumb (a)	w/o			James Dabell (a)
41		Simon Lichtenberg (a)	4	-	0	Andrew Ivasiv (a)
42		Andreas Hartung (a)	4	-	1	Rolf Mahr (a)
43		Lewis Gillen (a)	4	-	0	Julian Maschmeier (a)
44		Daniel Devlin (a)	4	-	0	J�rg Petersen (a)
45		Gerard Greene (a)	4	-	0	Jeff Cundy (a)
46		Kishan Hirani (a)	4	-	2	Joshua Thomond (a)
47		Barry Pinches (a)	4	-	0	Patrick Whelan (a)
48		Mourad Naitali (a)	4	-	2	Gert Kempenaers (a)
49		Laurin Winters (a)	w/o			Matthew Marten (a)
	Marten didn't show up.
50		Peter Lines (a)	4	-	2	Jamie Rhys Clarke (a)
51		Zack Richardson (a)	4	-	0	Joshua Baddeley (a)
52		Saqib Nasir (a)	4	-	0	Abdullah Atmar Ghulam Jilani (a)
53		Stephen Kershaw (a)	4	-	2	Andy Symons (a)
54		Brandon Sargeant (a)	4	-	0	Daniel O'Regan (a)
55		Andy Hicks (a)	4	-	0	Manasawin Phetmalaikul (a)
56		Mohammed Rangzib (a)	4	-	0	David Charleton (a)
Qual Round 1 (Last 244; Losers receive £0)
1		Adam Stefanow (a)	4	-	0	Anton Woywod (a)
2		Simon Dent (a)	4	-	1	Carl Rosenberger (a)
3		Michael Williams (a)	4	-	0	Robin Otto (a)
4		Kevin Vandevoort (a)	4	-	1	Stefan Gerst (a)
5		Johny Moermans (a)	4	-	3	Tom Zimmermann (a)
6		Imran Nisar (a)	4	-	0	Dragos-Bogdan Dorojan (a)
7		Charlie Walters (a)	4	-	2	Jurian Heusdens (a)
8		Marcin Nitschke (a)	4	-	0	Regis D'Anna (a)
9		Daniel Ward (a)	4	-	2	Richard Beckham (a)
10		Ben Jones (a)	4	-	2	Stefan Joachim (a)
11		Soner Sari (a)	4	-	2	Thomas Rees (a)
12		Farakh Ajaib (a)	w/o			Chris Kilcoyne (a)
13		Wolfgang Frey (a)	4	-	2	Markus Fischer (a)
14		Tony Corrigan (a)	4	-	3	Greg Casey (a)
15		Phil O'Kane (a)	4	-	2	Declan Brennan (a)
16		Labeeb Ahmed (a)	4	-	0	Peter Brehm (a)
17		Adam Bobat (a)	4	-	0	Jonas Sprengel (a)
18		Marcel Praeckert (a)	w/o			Khan Majid (a)	Majid didn't show up
19		Ashley Beal (a)	4	-	1	Nicolas Georgopoulos (a)
20		Luca Kaufmann (a)	4	-	0	Kevin Chan (a)
21		Hamim Hussain (a)	w/o			Richard Haney (a)
22		Adam Edge (a)	4	-	2	Ben Murphy (a)
23		Andy Lee (a)	4	-	1	Stefan Schenk (a)
24		Andreas Hartung (a)	4	-	2	Heiko Mutz (a)
25		Joshua Thomond (a)	4	-	1	William Frey (a)
26		Jamie Rhys Clarke (a)	4	-	2	Daniel Schneider (a)
27		Joshua Baddeley (a)	4	-	0	Ralph Müller (a)
28		Saqib Nasir (a)	4	-	0	Ralf Günzel (a)
29		Brandon Sargeant (a)	4	-	1	Fabian Haken (a)
30		Andy Hicks (a)	4	-	3	Wayne Townsend (a)