2018 Paul Hunter Classic

Paul Hunter Classic
Tournament information
Dates	22–26 August 2018
Venue	Stadthalle
City	Fürth
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£100,000
Winner's share	£20,000
Highest break	Michael Georgiou (CYP) (147); Jamie Jones (WAL) (147)
Final
Champion	Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Runner-up	Peter Ebdon (ENG)
Score	4–2
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in August 2018 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany.^[1] It was the third ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.^[1] The tournament is named in honour of former snooker professional, Paul Hunter.^[2]^[3]

Fürth

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Location in Germany

Michael White was the defending champion, however he lost 1–4 to Zhang Anda in the last 32.

Kyren Wilson won his second ranking tournament, beating Peter Ebdon 4–2 in the final after Ebdon had taken a two-frame lead. Ebdon reached his 18th ranking final at the age of 47 a day before his birthday. It was his first ranking final since 2012. He was the oldest player to reach a ranking event final since 48-year-old Steve Davis reached the final of the 2005 UK Championship.^[4]

Michael Georgiou made the 140th official maximum break in the third frame of his last 128 match against Umut Dikme. It was Georgiou's first professional maximum break. Later on the same day Jamie Jones made the 141st official maximum break in the third frame of his last 64 match against Lee Walker. It was also Jones' first professional maximum break.

13 year old amateur Ben Mertens made his debut at a professional ranking tournament with a 4–1 win over Adam Stefanow. He then exited the tournament in the second round.

Prize fund

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

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

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000, and was split by both Michael Georgiou, in the last 128 round against Umut Dikme, and Jamie Jones in his last 64 match against Lee Walker. This was both players' first maximum break.^[5]

Main rounds

Played from 24 to 26 August 2018. All matches were the best of 7 frames.

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



Michael White	4

Thor Chuan Leong	2
		Michael White	4

		Allan Taylor	2
Rory McLeod	0

Allan Taylor	4
				Michael White	1

				Zhang Anda	4
Zhang Anda	4

George Pragnall	3
		Zhang Anda	4

		Dominic Dale	2
Dominic Dale	4

Itaro Santos	0
						Zhang Anda	4

						Harvey Chandler	0
Mark Joyce	4

Michael Wild	3
		Mark Joyce	4

		Brian Cini	2
Sean O'Sullivan	0

Brian Cini	4
				Mark Joyce	0

				Harvey Chandler	4
Alexander Ursenbacher	4

Barry Pinches	0
		Alexander Ursenbacher	1

		Harvey Chandler	4
Fan Zhengyi	w/d

Harvey Chandler	w/o

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



Sam Baird	4

Kevin Van Hove	2
		Sam Baird	4

		Reggie Edwards	0
Andy Lee	3

Reggie Edwards	4
				Sam Baird	3

				Jackson Page	4
Ian Burns	4

Oliver Brown	0
		Ian Burns	1

		Jackson Page	4
Zhou Yuelong	0

Jackson Page	4
						Jackson Page	2

						Scott Donaldson	4
Niu Zhuang	4

James Cahill	1
		Niu Zhuang	3

		Scott Donaldson	4
Scott Donaldson	4

Sam Craigie	2
				Scott Donaldson	4

				Tom Ford	3
Ross Muir	4

Patrick Einsle	1
		Ross Muir	2

		Tom Ford	4
Tom Ford	4

Luke Pinches	0

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



Mark King	4

Martin O'Donnell	3
		Mark King	4

		Jack Bradford	2
Stuart Carrington	w/d

Jack Bradford	w/o
				Mark King	2

				Peter Ebdon	4
Peter Ebdon	4

Ben Jones	0
		Peter Ebdon	4

		Andreas Ploner	0
Basem Eltahhan	2

Andreas Ploner	4
						Peter Ebdon	4

						Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	0
Ben Woollaston	4

Alex Taubman	2
		Ben Woollaston	1

		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4

Christopher Watts	0
				Thepchaiya Un-Nooh	4

				Zhang Yong	2
Michael Georgiou	4

Umut Dikme	2
		Michael Georgiou	3

		Zhang Yong	4
Elliot Slessor	3

Zhang Yong	4

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



Craig Steadman	4

Oliver Lines	1
		Craig Steadman	4

		Kishan Hirani	0
Kishan Hirani	4

Jamie Clarke	3
				Craig Steadman	3

				Lee Walker	4
Lee Walker	4

Regis D'Anna	0
		Lee Walker	4

		Jamie Jones	2
Jamie Jones	4

Nigel Bond	0
						Lee Walker	4

						Chris Wakelin	2
Chris Wakelin	4

Luke Simmonds	1
		Chris Wakelin	4

		Aaron Busuttil	2
Stefan Joachim	0

Aaron Busuttil	4
				Chris Wakelin	4

				Luca Brecel	2
Chen Zifan	4

Duncan Bezzina	0
		Chen Zifan	1

		Luca Brecel	4
Luca Brecel	4

Curtis Daher	0

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



Kyren Wilson	4

Chen Feilong	2
		Kyren Wilson	4

		Jake Nicholson	0
Ashley Carty	3

Jake Nicholson	4
				Kyren Wilson	4

				Liam Highfield	0
Liam Highfield	4

Sergey Isaenko	0
		Liam Highfield	4

		Ryan Davies	1
Kilian Baur-Pantoulier	0

Ryan Davies	4
						Kyren Wilson	4

						Hammad Miah	1
Gary Wilson	4

John Astley	2
		Gary Wilson	0

		Jordan Brown	4
Jordan Brown	4

Philip Ciantar	1
				Jordan Brown	2

				Hammad Miah	4
Hammad Miah	4

Jurian Heusdens	1
		Hammad Miah	4

		Gerard Greene	2
Gerard Greene	4

Soner Sari	0

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



Matthew Selt	4

Vetter Luis	3
		Matthew Selt	3

		Joe O'Connor	4
Joe O'Connor	4

Sompol Saetang	0
				Joe O'Connor	3

				Daniel Wells	4
Daniel Wells	4

Juergen Kesseler	0
		Daniel Wells	4

		Robert Milkins	3
Robert Milkins	4

Sanderson Lam	2
						Daniel Wells	4

						Billy Joe Castle	2
Adam Stefanow	1

Ben Mertens	4
		Ben Mertens	0

		Andrew Higginson	4
Andrew Higginson	4

Fabian Monnin	1
				Andrew Higginson	3

				Billy Joe Castle	4
Billy Joe Castle	4

Iulian Boiko	1
		Billy Joe Castle	4

		Xiao Guodong	3
Xiao Guodong	w/o

Yuan Sijun	w/d

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



Jack Lisowski	4

Dylan Emery	0
		Jack Lisowski	4

		Zhang Jiankang	0
Zhang Jiankang	4

Felix Frede	3
				Jack Lisowski	4

				Lu Ning	3
Lu Ning	4

Daniel Williams	1
		Lu Ning	4

		Eden Sharav	0
Eden Sharav	4

Daniel Holoyda	1
						Jack Lisowski	4

						Jimmy Robertson	0
Jimmy Robertson	w/o

Chris Totten	w/d
		Jimmy Robertson	4

		Joe Swail	1
Joe Swail	4

Paul Davison	1
				Jimmy Robertson	4

				Rod Lawler	3
Rod Lawler	4

Florian Nüßle	0
		Rod Lawler	4

		Lukas Kleckers	3
Lukas Kleckers	4

Ng On-yee	1

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



Alfie Burden	4

Marcin Nitschke	3
		Alfie Burden	4

		Simon Lichtenberg	1
Simon Lichtenberg	4

Wayne Brown	3
				Alfie Burden	2

				Mark Davis	4
Ashley Hugill	1

Andrew Pagett	4
		Andrew Pagett	2

		Mark Davis	4
Mark Davis	4

Markus Hertle	0
						Mark Davis	2

						Peter Lines	4
Kurt Maflin	4

David Grace	2
		Kurt Maflin	1

		Peter Lines	4
Peter Lines	4

Yun Fung Tam	1
				Peter Lines	4

				Noppon Saengkham	2
Noppon Saengkham	4

Robbie Williams	2
		Noppon Saengkham	4

		Fergal O'Brien	1
Shaun Murphy	2

Fergal O'Brien	4

Finals

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



Zhang Anda	3

Scott Donaldson	4
		Scott Donaldson	1

		Peter Ebdon	4
Peter Ebdon	4

Lee Walker	1
				Peter Ebdon	2

				Kyren Wilson	4
Kyren Wilson	4

Daniel Wells	3
		Kyren Wilson	4

		Peter Lines	3
Jack Lisowski	3

Peter Lines	4

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Luise Kraatz. Stadthalle, Fürth, Germany, 26 August 2018.
Peter Ebdon England	2–4	Kyren Wilson England
54–20, 66–18, 49–60, 4–127 (120), 23–67, 5–125
66	Highest break	120
0	Century breaks	1

Amateur pre-qualifying

These matches were played in Fürth on 22–23 August 2018. All matches were the best of 7 frames.

Round 1

Julian Maschmeier	0–4	Jamie O'Neill
Nirek Kaltenborn	w/d–w/o	Hussam Al-Saffar
Michael Wild	4–1	Davut Dikme
Johny Moermans	2–4	Antoni Kowalski
Louis Wakelin	2–4	Matthew Glasby
Kevin Van Hove	4–0	Daniel Schneider
Abdullah Atmar Ghulam Jilani	0–4	Mateusz Baranowski
Callum Beresford	4–1	Robin Otto
James Cahill	4–1	Conor Caniff
Michael Heeger	0–4	Patrick Einsle
Luis Chacon	0–4	Luke Pinches
Michael Spooner	0–4	Jack Bradford
Ben Jones	4–0	Ján Chren
Tomasz Skalski	3–4	Daniel Womersley
Nutcharut Wongharuthai	4–0	Enes Bakirci
Gert Kempenaers	4–1	Norbert Hofheinz
Ron Kantor	w/o–w/d	Tyler Rees
Luke Simmonds	4–0	Luca Kaufmann
Dale Prime	1–4	Aaron Busuttil
Sean Maddocks	4–1	Joerg Petersen
Nicolai Gebhardt	1–4	Curtis Daher
Umar Ali Shaikh	0–4	Cheung Ka Wai
Sergey Isaenko	4–1	Stephane Ochoiski
Ryan Davies	4–0	Shahidul Islam
Karam Fatima	2–4	Philip Ciantar
Zsolt Fenyvesi	1–4	Jurian Heusdens
Soner Sari	4–0	Georg Schoder
Ronny Buchholz	w/d–w/o	Vetter Luis
Boris Lazarkov	1–4	Horst Bendig
Tan Wang Chooi	3–4	Juergen Kesseler
Ben Mertens	4–1	Marvin Losi
Pedro Chacon	0–4	Fabian Monnin
Tom Zimmermann	0–4	Dylan Emery
Patrick Whelan	4–0	Andreas Hartung
Dechawat Poomjaeng	w/d–w/o	Daniel Williams
Daniel Holoyda	4–2	Fabian Haken
Jamie Curtis-Barrett	0–4	Florian Nüßle
Ng On-yee	4–0	Paul Thompson
Marcin Nitschke	4–0	Christian Oehmicke
Matthew Roberts	4–1	Bernd Strnad
Andrew Pagett	4–0	Paweł Rogoza
Ralf Guenzel	1–4	Markus Hertle
David Grace	4–0	John Nicholson
Yun Fung Tam	4–0	Abid Manzoor

Round 2

George Pragnall	4–3	Jamie O'Neill
Itaro Santos	4–1	Hussam Al-Saffar
Loris Lehmann	0–4	Michael Wild
Brian Cini	4–2	Antoni Kowalski
Barry Pinches	4–3	Matthew Glasby
Heikki Niva	3–4	Kevin Van Hove
Reggie Edwards	4–3	Mateusz Baranowski
Oliver Brown	4–2	Callum Beresford
Thomas Cesal	0–4	Jackson Page
Charlie Walters	2–4	James Cahill
Jenson Kendrick	1–4	Patrick Einsle
Kevin Vandevoort	3–4	Luke Pinches
Bartosz Utkowski	0–4	Jack Bradford
Markus Fischer	0–4	Ben Jones
Achim Belzl	0–4	Andreas Ploner
Alex Taubman	4–0	Daniel Womersley
Christopher Watts	4–1	Nutcharut Wongharuthai
Umut Dikme	4–0	Gert Kempenaers
Regis D'Anna	4–0	Ron Kantor
Stefan Gerst	0–4	Luke Simmonds
Brian Ochoiski	3–4	Aaron Busuttil
Duncan Bezzina	4–2	Sean Maddocks
Ebrahim Baghi	2–4	Curtis Daher
Jake Nicholson	4–0	Cheung Ka Wai
Carl Rosenberger	0–4	Sergey Isaenko
Peter Devlin	3–4	Ryan Davies
Phil O'Kane	w/d–w/o	Philip Ciantar
Billy Ginn	2–4	Jurian Heusdens
Mario-Željo Miloševic	1–4	Soner Sari
Paul Ludden	0–4	Vetter Luis
Sompol Saetang	4–0	Horst Bendig
Smolka Dietmar	0–4	Juergen Kesseler
Jan Matejícek	0–4	Ben Mertens
Bhavesh Sodha	0–4	Fabian Monnin
Iulian Boiko	4–2	Brandon Sargeant
Tony Corrigan	1–4	Dylan Emery
Felix Frede	4–3	Patrick Whelan
David Elahi	0–4	Daniel Williams
Tanja Ender	0–4	Daniel Holoyda
Richard Wienold	0–4	Florian Nüßle
Paul Schopf	2–4	Ng On-yee
Ismail Türker	0–4	Marcin Nitschke
Wayne Brown	4–1	Matthew Roberts
James Budd	0–4	Andrew Pagett
Thomas Blang	0–4	Markus Hertle
Rolf Mahr	0–4	David Grace
Tom Egger	0–4	Yun Fung Tam

Century breaks

Main rounds centuries

Total: 43

147 – Michael Georgiou
147 – Jamie Jones
144, 125, 116, 104, 101 – Chris Wakelin
143 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
141 – Jackson Page
137, 102 – Jack Lisowski
134, 106 – Lee Walker
129 – Eden Sharav
123, 100 – Luca Brecel
120, 111 – Kyren Wilson
115, 103 – Liam Highfield
113, 107 – Scott Donaldson
110 – Peter Ebdon
109, 108, 108 – Zhang Yong
109, 107, 101 – Mark Davis
108 – Gary Wilson
107 – Fergal O'Brien
106, 100 – Rod Lawler
106 – Shaun Murphy
105 – Tom Ford
105 – Noppon Saengkham
104 – Harvey Chandler
104 – Kurt Maflin
102 – Peter Lines
101 – Dominic Dale
101 – Andrew Higginson
101 – Jimmy Robertson
100 – Sam Baird

Amateur pre-qualifying centuries

Total: 6^[6]

131, 100 – David Grace
104, 100 – Dylan Emery
102 – Charlie Walters
101 – Andrew Pagett

References

^ ^a ^b "Full Calendar - World Snooker". World Snooker. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ "Geschichte der PHC". SnookerStars. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
^ "Ali Carter: Son Max 'drive' to recover from cancer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ "Paul Hunter Classic: Kyren Wilson beats Peter Ebdon for second ranking title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ "Results - Snooker - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
^ Rolf Kalb (24 August 2018). "Amateur Round Centuries at the PHC in Fürth". Twitter. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

[calendar-1] "Full Calendar - World Snooker". World Snooker. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

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

[bbc._AliC-3] "Ali Carter: Son Max 'drive' to recover from cancer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[bbc._Paul-4] "Paul Hunter Classic: Kyren Wilson beats Peter Ebdon for second ranking title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[5] "Results - Snooker - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[6] Rolf Kalb (24 August 2018). "Amateur Round Centuries at the PHC in Fürth". Twitter. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

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Tournament information

Dates	22–26 August 2018 (2018-08-22 – 2018-08-26)
Venue	Stadthalle
City	Fürth
Country	Germany
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£100,000
Winner's share	£20,000
Highest break	Michael Georgiou (CYP) (147) Jamie Jones (WAL) (147)
Final
Champion	Kyren Wilson (ENG)
Runner-up	Peter Ebdon (ENG)
Score	4–2
← 2017 2019 →