2017 Paul Hunter Classic

Paul Hunter Classic
Tournament information
Dates	22–27 August 2017
Venue	Stadthalle
City	Fürth
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£100,000
Winner's share	£20,000
Highest break	Mark Selby (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	Michael White (WAL)
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Score	4–2
	← 2016 2018 →

Fürth

Location in Germany

The 2017 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in August 2017 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany.^[1] It was the third ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.^[1] The tournament is named in honour of former snooker professional, Paul Hunter.^[2]^[3]

Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he lost 1–4 to Michael White in the fourth round.^[4] White went on to beat Shaun Murphy 4–2 in the final, capturing his second world ranking title.^[5]

Prize fund[]

Finalists

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[6]

Winner: £20,000
Runner up: £10,000
Semifinals: £4,500
Quarterfinals: £3,000
Last 16: £1,725
Last 32: £1,000
Last 64: £600
Total: £100,000

Main rounds[]

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



Gary Wilson	4

Jimmy White	2
		Gary Wilson	4

		Rod Lawler	0
Zhang Yong	3

Rod Lawler	4
				Gary Wilson	4

				Andy Symons	1
David Grace	4

Matthew Glasby	0
		David Grace	0

		Andy Symons	4
Christopher Keogan	1

Andy Symons	4
						Gary Wilson	4

						Chris Wakelin	2
Fergal O'Brien	4

Steven Hallworth	3
		Fergal O'Brien	3

		Michael Georgiou	4
Michael Georgiou	4

Josh Boileau	2
				Michael Georgiou	3

				Chris Wakelin	4
Noppon Saengkham	4

Ashley Hugill	2
		Noppon Saengkham	0

		Chris Wakelin	4
Chris Wakelin	4

Kishan Hirani	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



Jak Jones	4

Saqib Nasir	1
		Jak Jones	2

		Peter Lines	4
Peter Lines	4

Umut Dikme	1
				Peter Lines	4

				Paul Davison	1
Fang Xiongman	4

Sanderson Lam	3
		Fang Xiongman	0

		Paul Davison	4
Rhys Clark	3

Paul Davison	4
						Peter Lines	0

						Jamie Jones	4
Dominic Dale	4

Daniel Ward	1
		Dominic Dale	4

		John Astley	0
John Astley	4

Daniel Holoyda	0
				Dominic Dale	2

				Jamie Jones	4
Martin O'Donnell	4

Zack Richardson	3
		Martin O'Donnell	2

		Jamie Jones	4
Billy Joe Castle	2

Jamie Jones	4

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



Sean O'Sullivan	0

Ricky Walden	4
		Ricky Walden	3

		Stuart Carrington	4
Stuart Carrington	4

Wang Yuchen	1
				Stuart Carrington	1

				Ben Woollaston	4
Robert Milkins	2

Brian Cini	4
		Brian Cini	0

		Ben Woollaston	4
Ben Woollaston	4

Robin Hull	1
						Ben Woollaston	4

						Tom Ford	0
Rory McLeod	2

Aditya Mehta	4
		Aditya Mehta	2

		Jamie Cope	4
David John	2

Jamie Cope	4
				Jamie Cope	0

				Tom Ford	4
Tom Ford	4

Robert Read	0
		Tom Ford	4

		Alexander Ursenbacher	1
Alexander Ursenbacher	4

Jamie Clarke	2

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



Shaun Murphy	4

Adam Stefanow	2
		Shaun Murphy	4

		Sam Baird	1
Sam Baird	4

Jimmy Robertson	0
				Shaun Murphy	4

				Ken Doherty	0
Darren Morgan	w/d

Ian Preece	w/o
		Ian Preece	1

		Ken Doherty	4
Ken Doherty	4

Ross Muir	1
						Shaun Murphy	4

						Zhao Xintong	2
Zhao Xintong	4

Reanne Evans	0
		Zhao Xintong	4

		Kuldesh Johal	0
Hamza Akbar	w/d

Kuldesh Johal	w/o
				Zhao Xintong	4

				Craig Steadman	2
Gerard Greene	2

Craig Steadman	4
		Craig Steadman	4

		Yu Delu	3
Stuart Bingham	0

Yu Delu	4

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



Allan Taylor	1

Alan McManus	4
		Alan McManus	4

		Kurt Maflin	3
Kurt Maflin	4

Brandon Sargeant	1
				Alan McManus	0

				Kyren Wilson	4
Kyren Wilson	4

Kurt Dunham	0
		Kyren Wilson	4

		Jamie Curtis-Barrett	0
Jamie Curtis-Barrett	4

Chris Totten	2
						Kyren Wilson	3

						Ian Burns	4
Ian Burns	4

Andy Hicks	3
		Ian Burns	4

		Alfie Burden	2
Scott Donaldson	3

Alfie Burden	4
				Ian Burns	4

				Joe O'Connor	0
Lukas Kleckers	2

Joe O'Connor	4
		Joe O'Connor	4

		Harvey Chandler	1
Li Yuan	2

Harvey Chandler	4

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



Eden Sharav	1

Alex Borg	4
		Alex Borg	2

		Mike Dunn	4
Mike Dunn	4

Lee Mein	1
				Mike Dunn	0

				Michael White	4
Robbie Williams	4

Matthew Selt	2
		Robbie Williams	1

		Michael White	4
Adam Duffy	3

Michael White	4
						Michael White	4

						Mark Selby	1
Joe Swail	4

Louis Heathcote	3
		Joe Swail	4

		Adam Edge	2
Chen Zhe	w/d

Adam Edge	w/o
				Joe Swail	3

				Mark Selby	4
Niel Vincent ^{[nb 1]}	1

Michael Williams	4
		Michael Williams	1

		Mark Selby	4
Michael Holt	2

Mark Selby	4

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



Soheil Vahedi	w/d

David Gilbert	w/o
		David Gilbert	4

		Nigel Bond	3
Nigel Bond	4

Joshua Thomond	3
				David Gilbert	3

				George Pragnall	4
Mark Williams	w/d

George Pragnall	w/o
		George Pragnall	4

		Barry Pinches	3
Matthew Bolton	3

Barry Pinches	4
						George Pragnall	1

						Mitchell Mann	4
Mitchell Mann	4

Daniel Wells	2
		Mitchell Mann	4

		Robert James	1
Xu Si	3

Robert James	4
				Mitchell Mann	4

				Oliver Brown	1
Liam Highfield	4

Lee Walker	1
		Liam Highfield	3

		Oliver Brown	4
Oliver Lines	0

Oliver Brown	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



Matthew Stevens	4

Kacper Filipiak	1
		Matthew Stevens	4

		Sam Craigie	0
Yuan Sijun	w/d

Sam Craigie	w/o
				Matthew Stevens	1

				Mark Joyce	4
Mark Joyce	4

Marc J Davis	0
		Mark Joyce	4

		Andrew Higginson	1
Hammad Miah	2

Andrew Higginson	4
						Mark Joyce	4

						Mark King	3
Peter Ebdon	4

Martin Gould	1
		Peter Ebdon	4

		Jack Lisowski	1
Jack Lisowski	4

Roman Dietzel	3
				Peter Ebdon	1

				Mark King	4
Luca Brecel	4

Ashley Carty	1
		Luca Brecel	1

		Mark King	4
Mark King	4

Elliot Slessor	2

Finals[]

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



Gary Wilson	2

Jamie Jones	4
		Jamie Jones	3

		Shaun Murphy	4
Ben Woollaston	2

Shaun Murphy	4
				Shaun Murphy	2

				Michael White	4
Ian Burns	1

Michael White	4
		Michael White	4

		Mitchell Mann	1
Mitchell Mann	4

Mark Joyce	3

Notes

^ Wildcard

Final[]

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: . Stadthalle, Fürth, Germany, 27 August 2017.
Shaun Murphy England	2–4	Michael White Wales
0–79, 27–72, 84–0 (84), 9–90 (83), 59–53, 0–97 (97)
84	Highest break	97
0	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	2

Amateur pre-qualifying[]

These matches were played in Fürth on 22–24 August 2017. All matches were best of 7 frames.

Round 1[]


Thomas Frank	3–4	Norbert Hofheinz
Daniel Williams	0–4	Matthew Glasby
Mike Finn	w/o–w/d	Mika Hummelin
Andreas Volkert	0–4	Andy Symons
Wojciech Pastor	4–3	Daniel Schneider
Corina Maracine	w/o–w/d	Dragos-Bogdan Dorojan
Joshua Sellar	3–4	Lewis Sinclair
Ismail Türker	4–1	Stefan Gerst
Jenson Kendrick	4–1	Thomas Goder
Conor McCormack	4–1	Jürgen Kesseler
Umut Dikme	4–0	Felix Frede
Alex Taubman	4–0	Bhavesh Sodha
Reggie Edwards	4–1	Wan Chooi Tan
Daniel Ward	4–0	Mike Beneke
Amedeo Durnez	4–1	Matthew Hudson
Patrick Whelan	2–4	Dillon McGee
Luke Pinches	2–4	Zack Richardson
Hans Bergmann	0–4	Robin Otto
Brian Cini	4–2	Michael Wild
Scott Lyons	0–4	Declan Brennan
Tony Corrigan	1–4	Jamie Cope
Luis Vetter	3–4	Louis Wakelin
Andrew Rogers	4–1	Ronny Buchholz
Jiaming Zhang	1–4	Ben Jones
Tony Drago	4–0	Peter Brehm
Jeff Cundy	4–1	Christof Biniarsch
Andrew Molyneux	4–0	Heiko Mutz
Michael Drews	3–4	Stefan Joachim
Reanne Evans	4–3	Soner Sari
Imran Nisar	4–0	Tomas Vastenavondt
Joshua Cooper	4–0	Maria Catalano
Rolf Mahr	0–4	Aaron Graham
Billy Ginn	4–1	Aaron Cook


Jens Kirchner	0–4	Brandon Sargeant
Alkojah Omar	1–4	Andy Hicks
Heikki Niva	4–0	Pedro Chacon
Ron Kantor	0–4	Andreas Hartung
John Parkin	4–1	Tom Zimmermann
Harvey Chandler	4–1	Lieven Vanthournout
Sam Thistlewhite	4–0	Kevin Chan
Lee Mein	4–1	Paul Liebstreich
Boris Lazarkov	0–4	Stefan Dohr
Louis Heathcote	4–1	Hamim Hussain
Hassan Glumcevic-Kaufmann	0–4	Gary Thomson
Antoni Kowalski	4–0	Michael Buchholz
Adam Edge	4–1	Fraser Patrick
Jörg Petersen	2–4	David Church
Luis Chacon	0–4	Michael Williams
Michael Collumb	3–4	Joshua Thomond
Andrew Milliard	3–4	Luca Kaufmann
Kilian Baur-Pantoulier	3–4	Simon Dent
Billy Brown	0–4	Barry Pinches
Tudor Simion Popescu	4–2	Ali Kirim
Robert James	4–2	John Foster
Ryan Causton	4–0	Sascha Breuer
Fabian Monnin	4–3	Mihai Vladu
Dietmar Smolka	0–4	Luke Simmonds
Jamie O'Neill	w/d–w/o	Jackson Page
Kacper Filipiak	4–0	Frank Mikulsky
Gregory Herbrecht	4–2	Carl Rosenberger
Tyler Rees	4–0	Shahidul Islam
Fabian Haken	4–1	Fabian Meulner
Marvin Losi	3–4	Andrei Orzan
Stefan Schenk	1–4	Patrick Einsle
Ashley Carty	4–0	Anthony Blyth

Round 2[]


Marcin Nitschke	4–0	Norbert Hofheinz
Christophe Rives-Lange	0–4	Matthew Glasby
Oliver Kremp	0–4	Mike Finn
Anton Woywod	0–4	Andy Symons
Steven Hallworth	4–0	Wojciech Pastor
Horst Bendig	4–1	Corina Maracine
Kishan Hirani	4–0	Lewis Sinclair
Jinyoung Foulger	4–2	Ismail Türker
Brian Ochoiski	4–3	Jenson Kendrick
Saqib Nasir	4–1	Conor McCormack
Manasawin Phetmalaikul	1–4	Umut Dikme
Michael Peyr	0–4	Alex Taubman
Florian Nüßle	4–0	Reggie Edwards
Mark Vincent	w/d–w/o	Daniel Ward
Halim Hussain	0–4	Amedeo Durnez
Daniel Holoyda	4–2	Dillon McGee
Mario-Željo Miloševic	0–4	Zack Richardson
Martin Pitcher	1–4	Robin Otto
Markus Fischer	0–4	Brian Cini
Gary Challis	1–4	Declan Brennan
Ralf Günzel	0–4	Jamie Cope
Thomas Blang	0–4	Louis Wakelin
Nev Graham	2–4	Andrew Rogers
Robert Read	4–3	Ben Jones
Curtis Daher	1–4	Tony Drago
Jamie Clarke	4–1	Jeff Cundy
Jack Bradford	3–4	Andrew Molyneux
Adam Stefanow	4–0	Stefan Joachim
Jan Eisenstein	2–4	Reanne Evans
Ejler Hame	0–4	Imran Nisar
Kuldesh Johal	4–1	Joshua Cooper
Thomas Kevern	4–1	Aaron Graham
Mateusz Baranowski	4–0	Billy Ginn


John Gillard	0–4	Brandon Sargeant
Stephane Ochoiski	2–4	Andy Hicks
Mohammad Al Asfar	0–4	Heikki Niva
Peter Devlin	4–0	Andreas Hartung
Joe O'Connor	4–1	John Parkin
Loris Lehmann	0–4	Harvey Chandler
Regis D'Anna	0–4	Sam Thistlewhite
Nicolai Gebhardt	0–4	Lee Mein
Hu Hao	w/d–w/o	Stefan Dohr
Wayne Brown	1–4	Louis Heathcote
Josh Mulholland	3–4	Gary Thomson
James Cahill	w/d–w/o	Antoni Kowalski
Andreas Ploner	3–4	Adam Edge
Jake Nicholson	4–0	David Church
Joe Steele	w/d–w/o	Michael Williams
Clayton Humphries	1–4	Joshua Thomond
Vedant Kulkarni	w/d–w/o	Sean McAllister
Abdullah Atmar Ghulam Jilani	0–4	Luca Kaufmann
George Pragnall	4–1	Simon Dent
Bernd Strnad	0–4	Barry Pinches
Volker Grigo	0–4	Tudor Simion Popescu
Jani Kananen	0–4	Robert James
Charlie Walters	4–2	Ryan Causton
Oliver Brown	4–0	Fabian Monnin
Simon Brtyant	0–4	Luke Simmonds
Nitin Sharma	w/d–w/o	Jackson Page
Karol Lelek	0–4	Kacper Filipiak
Stuart Watson	4–0	Gregory Herbrecht
Marc J Davis	4–2	Tyler Rees
Barry Mincher	0–4	Fabian Haken
Roman Dietzel	4–3	Andrei Orzan
Ben Mertens	2–4	Patrick Einsle
Simon Lichtenberg	2–4	Ashley Carty

Round 3[]


Marcin Nitschke	1–4	Matthew Glasby
Mike Finn	0–4	Andy Symons
Steven Hallworth	4–0	Horst Bendig
Kishan Hirani	4–2	Jinyoung Foulger
Brian Ochoiski	0–4	Saqib Nasir
Umut Dikme	4–0	Alex Taubman
Florian Nüßle	2–4	Daniel Ward
Amedeo Durnez	3–4	Daniel Holoyda
Zack Richardson	4–1	Robin Otto
Brian Cini	4–3	Declan Brennan
Jamie Cope	4–0	Louis Wakelin
Andrew Rogers	2–4	Robert Read
Tony Drago	3–4	Jamie Clarke
Andrew Molyneux	0–4	Adam Stefanow
Reanne Evans	4–2	Imran Nisar
Kuldesh Johal	4–1	Thomas Kevern
Mateusz Baranowski	0–4	Brandon Sargeant


Andy Hicks	4–1	Heikki Niva
Peter Devlin	3–4	Joe O'Connor
Harvey Chandler	4–3	Sam Thistlewhite
Lee Mein	4–0	Stefan Dohr
Louis Heathcote	4–0	Gary Thomson
Antoni Kowalski	2–4	Adam Edge
Jake Nicholson	1–4	Michael Williams
Joshua Thomond	4–2	Sean McAllister
Luca Kaufmann	0–4	George Pragnall
Barry Pinches	4–0	Tudor Simion Popescu
Robert James	4–1	Charlie Walters
Oliver Brown	4–0	Luke Simmonds
Jackson Page	2–4	Kacper Filipiak
Stuart Watson	2–4	Marc J Davis
Fabian Haken	0–4	Roman Dietzel
Patrick Einsle	1–4	Ashley Carty

Century breaks[]

Main rounds centuries[]

Total: 24

143 – Mark Selby
142 – Dominic Dale
132 – Paul Davison
132 – Kyren Wilson
124 – Fergal O'Brien
123, 120, 104 – Mark Joyce
123 – Martin O'Donnell
122 – Mark King
119, 102, 100 – Jamie Jones

115 – Nigel Bond
114 – Jak Jones
109 – Kurt Maflin
107, 106 – Gary Wilson
107, 106 – Ben Woollaston
105 – Liam Highfield
104 – Shaun Murphy
103 – Tom Ford
100 – Alan McManus

Amateur pre-qualifying stage centuries[]

117 – Ashley Carty
107, 103 – Barry Pinches
105 – Jamie Cope
102 – Andy Hicks
102 – Adam Stefanow
101 – Louis Heathcote

References[]

^ ^a ^b http://www.worldsnooker.com/full-calendar/
^ "Geschichte der PHC". SnookerStars. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/34152547
^ "Mark Selby wins snooker's Paul Hunter Classic in Germany". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^ "Lightning Strikes In Germany". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[WC-7] Wildcard

[calendar-1] ttp://www.worldsnooker.com/full-calendar/

[SnookerStars-2] "Geschichte der PHC". SnookerStars. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.

[3] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/34152547

[4] "Mark Selby wins snooker's Paul Hunter Classic in Germany". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

[5] "Lightning Strikes In Germany". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[6] "Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

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v t Paul Hunter Classic
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PTC Tour (minor-ranking)	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Ranking events	2016 2017 2018
Non-ranking events	2019
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v t 2017–18 snooker season
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Team events	World Cup CVB Snooker Challenge Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (team)
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Amateur events	Q School Event 1 Event 2 WSF Championship
World Seniors Tour	UK Seniors Championship Seniors Irish Masters World Seniors Championship Seniors Masters
2017/18 world rankings ranking points

Tournament information

Dates	22–27 August 2017 (2017-08-22 – 2017-08-27)
Venue	Stadthalle
City	Fürth
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£100,000
Winner's share	£20,000
Highest break	Mark Selby (ENG) (143)
Final
Champion	Michael White (WAL)
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy (ENG)
Score	4–2
← 2016 2018 →