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
Total prize fund	£100,000
Winner's share	£20,000
Highest break	Mark Selby (143)
Final
Champion	Michael White
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy
Score	4–2
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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

1. ↑ Wildcard

Final

Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Martyn Royce 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

References

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