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Tournament information | |
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Venue | Stadthalle |
Location | Fürth |
Country | Germany |
Established | 2004 |
Organisation(s) | WPBSA, Snookerstars.de |
Format | Ranking event (2016–2018) Non-ranking event (2019) |
Total prize fund | £120,000 |
Current champion | ![]() |
The Paul Hunter Classic is a non-ranking snooker tournament. It changed from a ranking event to a 16-man invitational event in 2019. From 2010 to 2015 it was part of the Players Tour Championship. Barry Hawkins is the reigning champion. After losing its ranking event status, independent promoter Snookerstars.de promoted the 2019 event.
The tournament started in 2004 as the Grand Prix Fürth and was staged in Fürth, Germany. After two years as the Fürth German Open, it was renamed the Paul Hunter Classicin2007 in memory of the late player Paul Hunter.[1]In2010 it became part of the Players Tour Championship.[2]
There have been six official maximum breaks in the history of the tournament. The first was made by Ronnie O'Sullivanin2011 against Adam Duffy.[3] The second was compiled by Ken Dohertyin2012 against Julian Treiber. This was Doherty's first 147.[4] The third was made in 2014byAditya Mehta against Stephen Maguire. Mehta became the first Indian player to compile an official 147.[5] The fourth was made by Thepchaiya Un-Noohin2016[6] The fifth and sixth were made by Michael Georgiou and Jamie Jones on same day in 2018.[7]
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Final score | Season |
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Grand Prix Fürth (pro–am) | ||||
2004 | ![]() |
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4–2 | 2004/05 |
Fürth German Open (pro–am) | ||||
2005 | ![]() |
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4–2 | 2005/06 |
2006 | ![]() |
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4–2 | 2006/07 |
Paul Hunter Classic (pro–am) | ||||
2007 | ![]() |
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4–0 | 2007/08 |
2008 | ![]() |
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4–0 | 2008/09 |
2009 | ![]() |
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4–0 | 2009/10 |
Paul Hunter Classic (minor-ranking) | ||||
2010 | ![]() |
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4–3 | 2010/11 |
2011 | ![]() |
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4–0 | 2011/12 |
2012[9] | ![]() |
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4–1 | 2012/13 |
2013[10] | ![]() |
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4–0 | 2013/14 |
2014[11] | ![]() |
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4–2 | 2014/15 |
2015[12] | ![]() |
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4–3 | 2015/16 |
Paul Hunter Classic (ranking) | ||||
2016[13] | ![]() |
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4–2 | 2016/17 |
2017 | ![]() |
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4–2 | 2017/18 |
2018 | ![]() |
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4–2 | 2018/19 |
Paul Hunter Classic (non-ranking) | ||||
2019 | ![]() |
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4–3 | 2019/20 |
2020 | Cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic | 2020/21 |
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