European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 2 Explained

Tournament Name:European Tour 2014/2015
Event 2
Venue:Stadthalle
Location:Fürth
Country:Germany
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:126,877
Winners Share:€25,000
Highest Break: (147)
Score:4–2
Previous:ET1
Next:ET3

The European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 2 (also known as the 2014 Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 and 24 August 2014 in Fürth, Germany.[1]

Aditya Mehta made the 106th official maximum break during his last 32 match against Stephen Maguire. Mehta became the first Indian player to compile an official 147.[2]

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion,[3] but he lost 2–4 against Tian Pengfei in the last 16.

Mark Allen won his seventh professional title by defeating Judd Trump 4–2 in the final.[4] [5]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:[6]

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Winner 25,000
Runner-up €12,000
Semi-finalist €6,000
Quarter-finalist €4,000
Last 16 €2,300
Last 32 €1,200
Last 64 €700
Maximum break €1,877
Total €126,877

Main draw

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Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

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Josh Boileau 4–1 Brian Cini
Luke Garland 4–0 Jerom Meeus
Billy Brown 3–4 Wan Chooi Tan
Ali Masoudi Alavi 0–4 Duane Jones
Kishan Hirani 4–0 Thomas Kiesewetter
Anton Woywod 0–4 Reanne Evans
Jan Leichs 0–4 Kobi Mates
Eden Sharav 4–0 Adam Bobat
Norbert Hofheinz 0–4 Ryan Causton
Chris Jones 1–4 Daniel Wells
Matthew Glasby 0–4 Adam Duffy
Gerry Egger 0–4 Luca Kaufmann
Sanjin Kusan 0–4 Stephane Ochoiski
Hans Blanckaert 4–1 Fabian Tost
Kevin Chan 1–4 Mitchell Travis
Zack Richardson w/o–n/s Filipe Cardoso
Ashley Carty 4–0 Matthias Porn
Simon Dent 4–0 Manon Melief
Jurian Heusdens 4–3 Kristof Vermeiren
Thomas Dowling 4–1 Steve Lambrechts
Carl Rosenberger w/o–w/d Nils Hartung
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Jack Bradford 4–0 Stefan Gerst
Christopher Keogan 4–1 Jeff Jacobs
Nicole Breitenstein 0–4 Gareth Allen
Joe Steele 4–2
Michael Williams 4–0 Rick Kraaijeveld
3–4 Paul Davison
Vyacheslav Nikiforov 3–4 Stefan Schenk
Shachar Ruberg 0–4 John Sutton
Andreas Ploner 4–0 Ralf Günzel
Ralph Müller 0–4 Martin O'Donnell
Thomas Broeckx 0–4 Marc Davis
Raymon Fabrie 2–4 Jordan Brown
0–4 Michael Collumb
William Lemons 4–0 Jayson
Umar Ali Shaikh 0–4 Ross Higgins
Tomasz Skalski 4–1 Manuel Pomwenger
1–4 Jamie Clarke
Ben Jones 4–2 Matthew Day
Alex Taubman 4–0 Robert Drahn
Corina Maracine 0–4 Dylan Craig

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

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0–4 Josh Boileau
Luke Garland 4–3 Wan Chooi Tan
Daniel Schneider 0–4 Duane Jones
Phil Barnes 0–4 Kishan Hirani
Prasit Buttakham 1–4 Reanne Evans
Sanderson Lam 4–0 Kobi Mates
Ali Kirim 0–4 Eden Sharav
2–4 Ryan Causton
Joe O'Connor 4–3 Daniel Wells
Jamie Bodle 1–4 Adam Duffy
Luca Kaufmann 4–1 Stephane Ochoiski
Andreas Hartung 2–4 Hans Blanckaert
2–4 Mitchell Travis
2–4 Zack Richardson
3–4 Ashley Carty
Jeff Cundy 4–1 Simon Dent
Jurian Heusdens 0–4 Thomas Dowling
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Saqib Nasir 4–0 Carl Rosenberger
2–4 Jack Bradford
Gerhard Engelschalk 0–4 Christopher Keogan
Bernd Strnad 0–4 Gareth Allen
Sascha Lippe 4–0 Joe Steele
Benjamin Buser 0–4 Michael Williams
Paul Davison 4–0 Stefan Schenk
2–4 Andreas Ploner
Sebastian Thron 0–4 Martin O'Donnell
3–4 Marc Davis
3–4 Michael Collumb
w/d–w/o William Lemons
Markus Pfistermüller 1–4 Ross Higgins
Tomasz Skalski 2–4 Jamie Clarke
Ashley Hugill 1–4 Ben Jones
3–4 Alex Taubman
Matthew Hulatt 0–4 Dylan Craig

Round 3

Best of 7 frames

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2–4 Luke Garland
3–4 Kishan Hirani
0–4 Sanderson Lam
Eden Sharav 4–2 Ryan Causton
1–4 Adam Duffy
Luca Kaufmann 2–4 Hans Blanckaert
Mitchell Travis 4–0 Zack Richardson
0–4 Jeff Cundy
Thomas Dowling 4–2 Saqib Nasir
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Jack Bradford 4–2 Christopher Keogan
Gareth Allen 4–3 Sascha Lippe
Michael Williams 1–4 Paul Davison
Andreas Ploner 3–4 Martin O'Donnell
3–4 Michael Collumb
William Lemons 4–1 Ross Higgins
Jamie Clarke 4–1 Ben Jones
Alex Taubman 4–1 Dylan Craig

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2014/2015. Snooker.org. 14 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Mehta 147/O'Sullivan In Form. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 22 August 2014. 22 August 2014.
  3. Web site: Superb O'Sullivan wins Paul Hunter Classic. Eurosport UK. 14 August 2014. 25 August 2013.
  4. Web site: Three and easy for Allen. Sporting Life. 24 August 2014. 24 August 2014. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131844/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/9439033/-. dead.
  5. Web site: Hendon. Dave. Allen beats Trump for Paul Hunter Classic title. Inside Snooker. 24 August 2014. 24 August 2014.
  6. Web site: European Tour 2014/2015 Entry pack for Paul Hunter Classic 2014 – Furth, Germany (ET2) . worldsnooker.com . . 4 July 2014 . 14 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814152910/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/a0/c2/0,,13165~180896,00.pdf . 14 August 2014 . dead . dmy .
  7. Web site: Paul Hunter Classic 2014 (ET2) draw & results . . 24 August 2014 . 24 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904095222/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/8d441664-895e-4a1e-b6ac-3f8e0669c661.pdf . 4 September 2014 . dead . dmy .
  8. Web site: European Tour 2 – The Paul Hunter Classic 2014 Format . worldsnooker.com . . 14 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814170622/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/18/c3/0,,13165~181016,00.pdf . 14 August 2014 . dead . dmy .
  9. Web site: European Tour Event Two (2014). Snooker.org. 14 August 2014.
  10. Web site: Paul Hunter Classic (ET2): century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 24 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140823083315/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13759 . 23 August 2014 . dead . dmy .
  11. Web site: 2014 European Tour – Event 2 – Tournament Ranking. CueTracker – Snooker Database. 24 August 2014.