2017 Paul Hunter Classic

Paul Hunter Classic
Tournament information
Dates 22-27 August 2017
Venue Stadthalle
City Fürth
Country Germany
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Ranking event
← 2016

The 2017 Paul Hunter Classic is a professional ranking snooker tournament that will take place in August 2017 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany.[1] It will be 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 is the defending champion, having defeated Tom Ford 4–2 in the 2016 final.[4]

Prize Fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]

Draw

Amateur Pre-qualfying

Round 1

Germany Thomas Frank − Germany Norbert Hofheinz
Wales Daniel Williams − England Matthew Glasby
England Mike Finn − Finland Mika Hummelin
Germany Andreas Volkert − England Andy Symons
Poland Wojciech Pastor − Germany Daniel Schneider
Romania Corina Maracine w/o−w/d Romania Dragos-Bogdan Dorojan
Wales Joshua Sellar − Wales Lewis Sinclair
Turkey Ismail Türker − Germany Stefan Gerst
England Jenson Kendrick − Germany Thomas Goder
Northern Ireland Conor McCormack − Germany Jürgen Kesseler
Germany Umut Dikme − Germany Felix Frede
Wales Alex Taubman − England Bhavesh Sodha
England Reggie Edwards − Belgium Wan Chooi Tan
England Daniel Ward − Germany Mike Beneke
Belgium Amedeo Durnez − England Matthew Hudson
England Patrick Whelan − England Dillon McGee
England Luke Pinches − England Zack Richardson
Germany Hans Bergmann − Germany Robin Otto
Malta Brian Cini − England Michael Wild
England Scott Lyons − Northern Ireland Declan Brennan
Republic of Ireland Tony Corrigan − England Jamie Cope
Switzerland Luis Vetter − England Louis Wakelin
Wales Andrew Rogers − Germany Ronny Buchholz
China Jiaming Zhang − Wales Ben Jones
Malta Tony Drago − Germany Peter Brehm
England Jeff Cundy − Germany Christof Biniarsch
England Andrew Molyneux − Germany Heiko Mutz
Germany Michael Drews − Germany Stefan Joachim
England Reanne Evans − Turkey Soner Sari
England Imran Nisar − Belgium Tomas Vastenavondt
England Joshua Cooper − England Maria Catalano
Germany Rolf Mahr − Scotland Aaron Graham
Northern Ireland William Robert Allen Ginn − England Aaron Cook
Germany Jens Kirchner − England Brandon Sargeant
Syria Alkojah Omar − England Andy Hicks
Finland Heikki Niva − Germany Pedro Chacon
England Ron Kantor − Germany Andreas Hartung
England John Parkin − Switzerland Tom Zimmermann
England Harvey Chandler − Belgium Lieven Vanthournout
England Sam Thistlewhite − Netherlands Kevin Chan
Scotland Lee Mein − Germany Paul Liebstreich
Bulgaria Boris Lazarkov − Germany Stefan Dohr
England Louis Heathcote − England Hamim Hussain
Germany Hassan Glumcevic-Kaufmann − Scotland Gary Thomson
Poland Antoni Kowalski − Germany Michael Buchholz
England Adam Edge − Scotland Fraser Patrick
Germany Jörg Petersen − England David Church
Germany Luis Chacon − England Michael Williams
Scotland Michael Collumb − England Joshua Thomond
England Andrew Milliard − Germany Luca Kaufmann
Germany Kilian Baur-Pantoulier − England Simon Dent
Northern Ireland Billy Brown − England Barry Pinches
Romania Tudor Simion Popescu − Turkey Ali Kirim
England Robert James − England John Foster
England Ryan Causton − Germany Sascha Breuer
France Fabian Monnin − Romania Mihai Vladu
Germany Dietmar Smolka − England Luke Simmonds
England Jamie O'Neill − Wales Jackson Page
Poland Kacper Filipiak − Germany Frank Mikulsky
France Gregory Herbrecht − Germany Carl Rosenberger
Wales Tyler Rees − Shahidul Islam
Germany Fabian Haken − Germany Fabian Meulner
Switzerland Marvin Losi − Romania Andrei Orzan
Germany Stefan Schenk − Germany Patrick Einsle
England Ashley Carty − England Anthony Blyth

Round 2

Poland Marcin Nitschke − Germany
France Christophe Rives-Lange −
Germany Oliver Kremp −
Germany Anton Woywod −
England Steven Hallworth −
Germany Horst Bendig − Romania Corina Maracine
Wales Kishan Hirani − Wales
England Jin Foulger −
France Brian Ochoiski −
England Saqib Nasir −
England Manasawin Phetmalaikul − Germany
Austria Michael Peyr −
Austria Florian Nüßle −
England Mark Vincent −
England Halim Hussain −
Poland Daniel Holoyda − England
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mario-Željo Miloševic − England
England Martin Pitcher − Germany
Germany Markus Fischer −
England Gary Challis −
Germany Ralf Günzel −
Germany Thomas Blang −
England Nev Graham −
England Robert Read −
England Curtis Daher −
Wales Jamie Rhys Clarke −
Wales Jack Bradford −
Poland Adam Stefanow −
Germany Jan Eisenstein −
Denmark Ejler Hame − England
England Kuldesh Johal −
England Thomas Kevern −
Poland Mateusz Baranowski −

England John Gillard −
France Stephane Ochoiski −
Syria Mohammad Al Asfar −
England Peter Devlin −
England Joe O'Connor −
Germany Loris Lehmann −
France Regis D'Anna −
Germany Nicolai Gebhardt −
China Hu Hao −
England Wayne Brown − England
England Josh Mulholland −
England James Cahill −
Austria Andreas Ploner −
England Jake Nicholson −
England Joe Steele −
England Clayton Humphries −
India Vedant Kulkarni − England Sean McAllister
Afghanistan Abdullah Atmar Ghulam Jilani −
England George Pragnall −
Germany Bernd Strnad −
Germany Volker Grigo −
Finland Jani Kananen − England
England Charlie Walters −
England Oliver Brown −
Wales Simon Brtyant −
India Nitin Sharma −
Poland Karol Lelek −
England Stuart Watson −
Scotland Marc J Davis −
England Barry Mincher − Germany
Germany Roman Dietzel −
Belgium Ben Mertens −
Germany Simon Lichtenberg −

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 Gary Wilson
 
 
 
England Jimmy White
 
 
 
 
 
 China Zhang Yong
 
 
 
England Rod Lawler
 
 
 
 
 
 England David Grace
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Christopher Keogan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Cyprus Michael Georgiou
 
 
 
Republic of Ireland Josh Boileau
 
 
 
 
 
 Thailand Noppon Saengkham
 
 
 
England Ashley Hugill
 
 
 
 
 
 England Chris Wakelin
 
 
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Wales Jak Jones
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Peter Lines
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 China Fang Xiongman
 
 
 
England Sanderson Lam
 
 
 
 
 
 Scotland Rhys Clark
 
 
 
England Paul Davison
 
 
 
 
 
 Wales Dominic Dale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England John Astley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Martin O'Donnell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Billy Joe Castle
 
 
Wales Jamie Jones
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
 England Sean O'Sullivan
 
 
 
England Ricky Walden
 
 
 
 
 
 England Stuart Carrington
 
 
 
China Wang Yuchen
 
 
 
 
 
 England Robert Milkins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Ben Woollaston
 
 
 
Finland Robin Hull
 
 
 
 
 
 England Rory McLeod
 
 
 
India Aditya Mehta
 
 
 
 
 
 Wales David John
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Tom Ford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher
 
 
 

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Sam Baird
 
 
 
England Jimmy Robertson
 
 
 
 
 
 Wales Darren Morgan
 
 
 
Wales Ian Preece
 
 
 
 
 
 Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty
 
 
 
Scotland Ross Muir
 
 
 
 
 
 China Zhao Xintong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pakistan Hamza Akbar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene
 
 
 
England Craig Steadman
 
 
 
 
 
 England Stuart Bingham
 
 
China Yu Delu
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
 England Allan Taylor
 
 
 
Scotland Alan McManus
 
 
 
 
 
 Norway Kurt Maflin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Kyren Wilson
 
 
 
Australia Kurt Dunham
 
 
 
 
 
 England Jamie Curtis-Barrett
 
 
 
Scotland Chris Totten
 
 
 
 
 
 England Ian Burns
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Scotland Scott Donaldson
 
 
 
England Alfie Burden
 
 
 
 
 
 Germany Lukas Kleckers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 China Li Yuan
 
 
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Scotland Eden Sharav
 
 
 
Malta Alex Borg
 
 
 
 
 
 England Mike Dunn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Robbie Williams
 
 
 
England Matthew Selt
 
 
 
 
 
 England Adam Duffy
 
 
 
Wales Michael White
 
 
 
 
 
 Northern Ireland Joe Swail
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 China Chen Zhe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wildcard player
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Michael Holt
 
 
England Mark Selby
 

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
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Iran Soheil Vahedi w/d
 
 
 
England David Gilbert w/o
 
 England David Gilbert
 
 
 
 
 England Nigel Bond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wales Mark Williams
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Australia Matthew Bolton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Mitchell Mann
 
 
 
Wales Daniel Wells
 
 
 
 
 
 China Xu Si
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Liam Highfield
 
 
 
Wales Lee Walker
 
 
 
 
 
 England Oliver Lines
 
 
 

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 Matthew Stevens
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie
 
 China Yuan Sijun w/d
 
 
 
England Sam Craigie w/o
 
 
 
 
 
 England Mark Joyce
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Hammad Miah
 
 
 
England Andrew Higginson
 
 
 
 
 
 England Peter Ebdon
 
 
 
England Martin Gould
 
 
 
 
 
 England Jack Lisowski
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Belgium Luca Brecel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 England Mark King
 
 
England Elliot Slessor
 

Finals

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

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee:
Stadthalle, Fürth, Germany, 27 August 2017.

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0 Highest break 0
0 Century breaks 0
0 50+ breaks 0

References

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