Paul Hunter Classic
Introduction 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.
History 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 Classic''' in 2007 in memory of the late player Paul Hunter. In 2010 it became part of the Players Tour Championship.There have been six official maximum breaks in the history of the tournament. The first was made by Ronnie O'Sullivan in 2011 against Adam Duffy. The second was compiled by Ken Doherty in 2012 against Julian Treiber. This was Doherty's first 147.The third was made in 2014 by Aditya Mehta against Stephen Maguire. Mehta became the first Indian player to compile an official 147.The fourth was made by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in 2016 The fifth and sixth were made by Michael Georgiou and Jamie Jones on same day in 2018.
Winners  Year Winner Runner-up Final score Season Grand Prix Fürth (pro–am) 2004  Paul Hunter  Matthew Stevens 4–2 2004/05 Fürth German Open (pro–am) 2005  Mark King  Michael Holt 4–2 2005/06 2006  Michael Holt  Barry Hawkins 4–2 2006/07 Paul Hunter Classic (pro–am) 2007  Barry Pinches  Ken Doherty 4–0 2007/08 2008  Shaun Murphy  Mark Selby 4–0 2008/09 2009  Shaun Murphy  Jimmy White 4–0 2009/10 Paul Hunter Classic (minor-ranking) 2010  Judd Trump  Anthony Hamilton 4–3 2010/11 2011  Mark Selby  Mark Davis 4–0 2011/12 2012   Mark Selby  Joe Swail 4–1 2012/13 2013  Ronnie O'Sullivan  Gerard Greene 4–0 2013/14 2014  Mark Allen  Judd Trump 4–2 2014/15 2015  Ali Carter  Shaun Murphy 4–3 2015/16 Paul Hunter Classic (ranking) 2016  Mark Selby  Tom Ford 4–2 2016/17 2017  Michael White  Shaun Murphy 4–2 2017/18 2018  Kyren Wilson  Peter Ebdon 4–2 2018/19 Paul Hunter Classic (non-ranking) 2019  Barry Hawkins  Kyren Wilson 4–3 2019/20 2020''Cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic'' 2020/21
See also *German Masters, ranking tournament in Berlin*FFB Open, minor-ranking tournament in Fürstenfeldbruck
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