The 2016 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24-28 August 2016 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
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. 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.
Ali Carter was the defending champion, but he was defeated 3-4 by Yan Bingtao in the last 32.
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.
Mark Selby won his 8th ranking title, defeating Tom Ford 4-2 in the final.
Video 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £40,000.
Maps 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Amateur pre-qualifying
These matches were played in Fürth on 24-25 August 2016. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Main rounds
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Finals
Final
Century breaks
Amateur pre-qualifying stage centuries
Televised stage centuries
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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