European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 2

European Tour 2015/2016
Event 2
Tournament information
Dates 26 August–30 August 2015
Venue Stadthalle
City Fürth
Country Germany
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Minor-ranking event
Total prize fund €125,000
Winner's share €25,000
Highest break Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng (142)
Final
Champion England Ali Carter
Runner-up England Shaun Murphy
Score 4–3
← ET1
ET3 →

The European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 2 (also known as the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26–30 August 2015 in Fürth, Germany.[1]

Mark Allen was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 3–4 to Sanderson Lam in the round of 128.

Ali Carter won his seventh professional title, beating Shaun Murphy 4–3 in the final.[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:[4]

Prize fund
Winner €25,000
Runner-up €12,000
Semi-finalist €6,000
Quarter-finalist €4,000
Last 16 €2,300
Last 32 €1,200
Last 64 €700
Total €125,000

Main draw

[5][6][7]

Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Scotland Michael Collumb 4–0 Germany Rolf Mahr
Wales Ben Jones 4–0 Austria Benjamin Buser
England Freddie Blunden 0–4 England Adam Longley
Germany Stefan Gerst w/d–w/o England Adam King
Germany Luca Kaufmann 4–0 Republic of Ireland Daniel O'Regan
Germany Robert Drahn 0–4 Malta Brian Cini
Belgium Jeff Jacobs 4–0 Belgium Gery De Mol
England Sam Thistlewhite 4–0 Germany Richard Wienold
Germany Paul Liebstreich 2–4 England Scott Lyons
Netherlands Manon Melief 0–4 Germany Daniel Schneider
England Mark Vincent w/d–w/o England Ryan Causton
England Christopher Keogan 4–2 Austria Manuel Pomwenger
Republic of Ireland Charlie Sweeney 4–2 Germany Kilian Baur-Pantoulier
Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher 4–0 Germany Stefan Caspers
Israel Dana Amir 0–4 Austria Gerry Egger
Germany Robin Otto 3–4 England Joshua Cooper
Germany Sascha Breuer 1–4 England Saqib Nasir
England Aaron Cook 0–4 Malta Alex Borg
Poland Kacper Filipiak 4–1 Germany Loris Lehmann
Germany Patrick Einsle 4–0 Austria Rick Kraaijeveld
Germany Thomas Blang 0–4 Republic of Ireland Tony Corrigan
England Chris Norbury 4–1 Belgium Tomasz Skalski
Wales Jack Bradford w/d–w/o England Nick Jennings
Germany Jürgen Kesseler 2–4 England Charlie Walters
Wales Jamie Rhys Clarke 4–1 Austria Andreas Ploner
Netherlands Kevin Chan 4–0 England Imran Nisar
England Adam Edge 4–0 Germany Felix Frede
Germany Ralph Müller 0–4 England Sam Craigie
England Ashley Carty 4–0 Germany Stefan Schneider
England Joe O'Connor 4–0 Israel Shachar Ruberg
England Thomas Barton 4–2 Germany Matthais Porn
Switzerland Dennis Furrer 4–2 Wales Chris Lloyd
England Luke Garland 4–0 Romania Corina Maracine
England Oliver Brown 2–4 Scotland Marc J Davis
Germany Simon Lichtenberg 4–0 Germany Miro Popovic
Republic of Ireland Josh Boileau 4–0 Germany Michael Schnabel
Germany Markus Fisher 0–4 Republic of Ireland Andrew Doherty
Germany Thomas Hein 4–1 England Matthew Hudson
England Adam Duffy 4–1 Belgium Hans Blanckaert
England Phil O'Kane 4–0 Germany Tanja Ender
Belgium Steve Lambrechts 0–4 England Julian Mills
Germany Ronny Pawlitza 0–4 Poland Mateusz Baranowski
France Stephane Ochoiski 4–1 Germany Sascha Lippe
Germany Carl Rosenberger 1–4 Northern Ireland Conor McCormack
Germany Stefan Dohr 0–4 England Brandon Sargeant
Belgium Wan Chooi Tan 4–1 Germany Thomas Kiesewetter
Netherlands Laurin Winters 1–4 Switzerland Marvin Losi
Germany Thomas Frank w/o–w/d Denmark Ejler Hame
Germany Markus Hertle 1–4 Austria Paul Schopf
Belgium Jurian Heusdens 2–4 Wales Thomas Rees
Germany Michael Heeger 4–1 Germany Pedro Chacon
Germany Ralf Günzel w/o–w/d Germany Norbert Hofheinz
Germany Oktay Yildiz 1–4 England Ashley Hugill
England Robbie Purdham 0–4 Germany Lukas Kleckers
England Matthew Glasby 0–4 England Michael Williams

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

Germany Stefan Schenk 0–4 Scotland Michael Collumb
Belgium Ben Mertens 0–4 Wales Ben Jones
England Adam Longley '4 –3 England Adamn King
Germany Luca Kaufmann 0–4 Malta Brian Cini
Wales Kishan Hirani 4–0 Belgium Jeff Jacobs
England Zack Richardson 3–4 England Sam Thistlewhite
England Scott Lyons 2–4 Germany Daniel Schneider
Wales Callum Lloyd 0–4 England Ryan Causton
England Christopher Keogan 4–0 Republic of Ireland Charlie Sweeney
Turkey Soner Sari 2–4 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher
England Joe Steele 4–1 Austria Gerry Egger
Germany Sebastian Stein 0–4 England Joshua Cooper
England Saqib Nasir 0–4 Malta Alex Borg
Belgium Phuntsok Jaegers 0–4 Poland Kacper Filipiak
Germany Diana Schuler 0–4 Germany Patrick Einsle
Republic of Ireland Tony Corrigan 1–4 England Chris Norbury
Wales Alex Taubman 4–0 England Nick Jennings
England Damian Wilks 3–4 England Charlie Walters
Wales Jamie Rhys Clarke 4–0 Netherlands Kevin Chan
England Adam Edge 1–4 England Sam Craigie
England Ashley Carty 4–1 England Joe O'Connor
Switzerland Tom Zimmermann 0–4 England Thomas Barton
Germany Peter Brehm 1–4 Switzerland Dennis Furrer
England Nico Elton 4–3 England Luke Garland
Scotland Marc J Davis 4–0 Germany Simon Lichtenberg
Republic of Ireland Josh Boileau 4–1 Republic of Ireland Andrew Doherty
England Richard Beckham 4–0 Germany Thomas Hein
England Jamie Bodle 2–4 England Adam Duffy
Germany Heiko Mutz 0–4 England Phil O'Kane
England Julian Mills 1–4 Poland Mateusz Baranowski
Sweden Ron Florax 0–4 France Stephane Ochoiski
Vamsikrishna Yanamandra 0–4 Northern Ireland Conor McCormack
England Elliot Slessor 4–0 England Brandon Sargeant
Belgium Wan Chooi Tan 4–2 Switzerland Marvin Losi
Germany Andreas Hartung 4–1 Germany Thomas Frank
Austria Paul Schopf 3–4 Wales Thomas Rees
Germany Anton Woywod 0–4 Germany Michael Heeger
England Jake Nicholson 4–0 Germany Ralf Günzel
England Ashley Hugill 4–3 Germany Lukas Kleckers
England Michael Williams 4–0 Republic of Ireland Dessie Sheehan

Round 3

Best of 7 frames

Scotland Michael Collumb 3–4 Wales Ben Jones
England Adam Longley 1–4 Malta Brian Cini
Wales Kishan Hirani 2–4 England Sam Thistlewhite
Germany Daniel Schneider 1–4 England Ryan Causton
England Christopher Keogan 4–2 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher
England Joe Steele 3–4 England Joshua Cooper
Malta Alex Borg 3–4 Poland Kacper Filipiak
Germany Patrick Einsle 4–1 England Chris Norbury
Wales Alex Taubman 4–3 England Charlie Walters
Wales Jamie Rhys Clarke 1–4 England Sam Craigie
England Ashley Carty 4–2 England Thomas Barton
Switzerland Dennis Furrer 0–4 England Nico Elton
Scotland Marc J Davis 4–3 Republic of Ireland Josh Boileau
England Richard Beckham 4–1 England Adam Duffy
England Phil O'Kane 2–4 Poland Mateusz Baranowski
France Stephane Ochoiski 4–3 Northern Ireland Conor McCormack
England Elloit Slessor 4–1 Belgium Wan Chooi Tan
Germany Andreas Hartung 0–4 Wales Thomas Rees
Germany Michael Heeger 0–4 England Jake Nicholson
England Ashley Hugill 4–1 England Michael Williams


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
 England Barry Hawkins 4  
 China Zhang Yong 2      England Barry Hawkins 3  
 England Kyren Wilson 4      England Kyren Wilson 4  
 Wales Ben Jones 0        England Kyren Wilson 4  
 England Gary Wilson 3        Scotland John Higgins 1  
 England Anthony Hamilton 4      England Anthony Hamilton 0  
 England Stuart Bingham 3      Scotland John Higgins 4  
 Scotland John Higgins 4        England Kyren Wilson 1
 England Mark King 4        England Mark King 4
 Malta Brian Cini 0      England Mark King 4  
 Wales Jamie Jones 4      Wales Jamie Jones 0  
 England Sam Thistlewhite 1        England Mark King 4  
 Wales Lee Walker 4        Wales Lee Walker 0  
 England Sydney Wilson 3      Wales Lee Walker 4       
 England Rory McLeod 3      Norway Kurt Maflin 3       
 Norway Kurt Maflin 4  
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
 Northern Ireland Mark Allen 3  
 England Sanderson Lam 4      England Sanderson Lam 0  
 England Ian Burns 4      England Ian Burns 4  
 England Ryan Causton 3        England Ian Burns 4  
 Wales Duane Jones 4        England Martin O'Donnell 2  
 England Steven Hallworth 3      Wales Duane Jones 3  
 England Martin O'Donnell 4      England Martin O'Donnell 4  
 Thailand Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon 2        England Ian Burns 4
 England Peter Lines 1        Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong 3
 England Rod Lawler 4      England Rod Lawler 4  
 England Jack Lisowski 4      England Jack Lisowski 3  
 China Lyu Chenwei 1        England Rod Lawler 1  
 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong 4        Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong 4  
 England Christopher Keogan 1      Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong 4       
 China Liang Wenbo 4      China Liang Wenbo 0       
 Thailand Noppon Saengkham 1  
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
 Scotland Alan McManus 4  
 England Joshua Cooper 0      Scotland Alan McManus 2  
 England Mark Davis 4      England Mark Davis 4  
 England Paul Davison 3        England Mark Davis 4  
 Scotland Eden Sharav 2        England David Gilbert 2  
 England Mitchell Mann 4      England Mitchell Mann 1  
 England David Gilbert 4      England David Gilbert 4  
 Poland Kacper Filipiak 0        England Mark Davis 3
 England Mike Dunn 4        England Stuart Carrington 4
 Scotland Ross Muir 1      England Mike Dunn 2  
 Malta Tony Drago 2      England Stuart Carrington 4  
 England Stuart Carrington 4        England Stuart Carrington 4  
 Wales Matthew Stevens 4        Wales Matthew Stevens 1  
 Germany Patrick Einsle 1      Wales Matthew Stevens 4       
 Wales Michael White w/o      Wales Michael White 1       
 England Chris Melling w/d  
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
 England Shaun Murphy 4  
 England Barry Pinches 0      England Shaun Murphy 4  
 England Zak Surety 4      England Zak Surety 0  
 China Zhang Anda 0        England Shaun Murphy 4  
 England Craig Steadman 2        Belgium Luca Brecel 2  
 Scotland Fraser Patrick 4      Scotland Fraser Patrick 1  
 Belgium Luca Brecel 4      Belgium Luca Brecel 4  
 Wales Gareth Allen 3        England Shaun Murphy 4
 England Peter Ebdon 4        England Robbie Williams 1
 Scotland Rhys Clark 0      England Peter Ebdon 2  
 England Alfie Burden 4      England Alfie Burden 4  
 Wales Alex Taubman 0        England Alfie Burden 2  
 England Robbie Williams 4        England Robbie Williams 4  
 England Sam Craigie 0      England Robbie Williams 4       
 England Ben Woollaston 3      Scotland Jamie Burnett 3       
 Scotland Jamie Burnett 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
 Scotland Graeme Dott w/o  
 Australia Vinnie Calabrese w/d      Scotland Graeme Dott 4  
 Wales Dominic Dale 4      Wales Dominic Dale 0  
 China Yu Delu 1        Scotland Graeme Dott 3  
 England Jamie Cope 4        England Jamie Cope 4  
 England Ashley Carty 3      England Jamie Cope 4  
 England Robert Milkins 2      England Nico Elton 2  
 England Nico Elton 4        England Jamie Cope 3
 Scotland Anthony McGill 0        England Judd Trump 4
 Wales Daniel Wells 4      Wales Daniel Wells 4  
 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 0      China Xiao Guodong 0  
 China Xiao Guodong 4        Wales Daniel Wells 1  
 England Joe Perry 4        England Judd Trump 4  
 England Michael Wasley 0      England Joe Perry 2       
 England Judd Trump 4      England Judd Trump 4       
 Scotland Marc J Davis 2  
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
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 3  
 China Tian Pengfei 4      China Tian Pengfei 4  
 England Michael Georgiou 2      China Zhou Yuelong 3  
 China Zhou Yuelong 4        China Tian Pengfei 2  
 Scotland Michael Leslie 1        England Sean O'Sullivan 4  
 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 4      Northern Ireland Joe Swail 0  
 England Sean O'Sullivan 4      England Sean O'Sullivan 4  
 England Allan Taylor 0        England Sean O'Sullivan 0
 England Michael Holt 4        England Michael Holt 4
 England Richard Beckham 0      England Michael Holt 4  
 Finland Robin Hull w/d      Poland Mateusz Baranowski 1  
 Poland Mateusz Baranowski w/o        England Michael Holt 4  
 England Andrew Higginson 4        England Andrew Higginson 2  
 England Sam Baird 2      England Andrew Higginson 4       
 England Matthew Selt 4      England Matthew Selt 1       
 China Lu Ning 3  
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
 Wales Ryan Day 4  
 England Liam Highfield 2      Wales Ryan Day 2  
 Republic of Ireland David Morris 1      Hong Kong Marco Fu 4  
 Hong Kong Marco Fu 4        Hong Kong Marco Fu 2  
 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 0        England Jimmy Robertson 4  
 England Jimmy Robertson 4      England Jimmy Robertson 4  
 Scotland Stephen Maguire 4      Scotland Stephen Maguire 3  
 France Stephane Ochoiski 1        England Jimmy Robertson 2
 England Ali Carter 4        England Ali Carter 4
 England Elliot Slessor 0      England Ali Carter 4  
 India Aditya Mehta 4      India Aditya Mehta 1  
 England Ian Glover 2        England Ali Carter 4  
 England Jason Weston w/d        China Li Hang 0  
 China Cao Yupeng w/o      China Cao Yupeng 0       
 England Oliver Lines 1      China Li Hang 4       
 China Li Hang 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
 Wales Mark Williams 4  
 Wales Thomas Rees 0      Wales Mark Williams 4  
 England Chris Wakelin 4      England Chris Wakelin 2  
 England David Grace 1        Wales Mark Williams 4  
 England Joel Walker w/o        Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 2  
 Iran Hossein Vafaei Ayouri w/d      England Joel Walker 1  
 England Ricky Walden 3      Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 4  
 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 4        Wales Mark Williams 4
 England Mark Selby 4        Scotland Scott Donaldson 1
 England Jake Nicholson 1      England Mark Selby 2  
 Scotland Scott Donaldson 4      Scotland Scott Donaldson 4  
 England Ashley Hugill 1        Scotland Scott Donaldson 4  
 Isle of Man Darryl Hill 0        England Martin Gould 2  
 England Martin Gould 4      England Martin Gould 4       
 England Tom Ford 2      England James Cahill 1       
 England James Cahill 4  

Finals

Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames		 Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames		 Final
Best of 7 frames
 England Mark King 4  
 England Ian Burns 0      England Mark King 3  
 England Stuart Carrington 2      England Shaun Murphy 4  
 England Shaun Murphy 4        England Shaun Murphy 3
 England Judd Trump 1        England Ali Carter 4
 England Michael Holt 4      England Michael Holt 2
 England Ali Carter 4      England Ali Carter 4    
 Wales Mark Williams 2  

Century breaks

[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament Calendar 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Allen beats Trump to win Paul Hunter Classic". Eurosport UK. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Carter wins Paul Hunter Classic". World Snooker. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "European Tour 2014/2015 Entry Pack for Paul Hunter Classic 2015 – Furth, Germany (ET2)" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Paul Hunter Classic 2015 (ET2) Draw & Results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "ET2 – The Paul Hunter Classic 2015 Format" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "European Tour Event Two (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Paul Hunter Classic 2015 (ET2): century breaks". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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