2016 Paul Hunter Classic


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, 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.

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.

Main rounds

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Final

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

Century breaks

Amateur pre-qualifying stage centuries