European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 4 Explained

Tournament Name:European Tour 2013/2014
Event 4
Venue:Stadthalle
Location:Fürth
Country:Germany
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:125,000
Winners Share:€25,000
Highest Break: (133)
(133)
Score:4–0
Previous:ET3
Next:AT2

The European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 4 (also known as the 2013 Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 and 25 August 2013 in Fürth, Germany.[1]

Mark Selby was the defending champion,[2] but he lost 2–4 against Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-finals.

O'Sullivan won his 51st professional title by defeating Gerard Greene 4–0 in the final.[3] Greene reached his first final at an event carrying ranking points.[4]

Prize fund and ranking points

The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below:[5] [6] [7]

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Winner 25,000 2,000
Runner-up €12,000 1,600
Semi-finalist €6,000 1,280
Quarter-finalist €4,000 1,000
Last 16 €2,300 760
Last 32 €1,200 560
Last 64 €700 360
Total €125,000

Main draw

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Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

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Kevin Vandevoort w/o–w/d John Sutton
Peter Wagner 4–0 Carl Rosenberger
Ali Kirim 0–4 Saqib Nasir
Andreas Hartung 4–2 Anita Maflin
Gary Steele 0–4 Sanderson Lam
Martin Spiess w/d–w/o Daniel Dieudonne
Fabian Tost 1–4 Michael Wild
Ian Glover 4–0 Hannah Jones
Matthew Day 4–1 Henry Roper
w/d–w/o Sanjin Kusan
Florian Werres 2–4 Ryan Causton
Jeff Jacobs 2–4 Alain Van Der Steen
0–4 Olivier Vandenboheede
Ross Higgins 4–0 Tobias Renner
Laurin Winters 0–4 Daniel Ward
Adam Edge w/o–n/s Bernd Strnad
Jurian Heusdens 4–1 Jimmy Carney
Sam Harvey 4–0 Angelo Rizzo
Norbert Hofheinz 0–4 Phil Barnes
Ronny Pawlitza 0–4 Oliver Lines
Ronny Buckholz 0–4 Mathijs Bokken
Gerhard Engelschalk 1–4 Sydney Wilson
Dominik Scherübl 4–2 Stéphane Ochoïski
Stefan Caspers 1–4 Pascal Camenzind
Kilian Bauer-Pantoulier 4–0 Michele Battaglia
Marc Davis 4–0 Ralph Müller
Kevin Van Hove 4–0 Nicole Breitenstein
Jan Eisenstein 1–4 Ben Jones
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Jan Leichs 0–4 Wan Chooi Tan
Jack Bradford 4–0 Benjamin Buser
Rick Kraaijeveld 0–4 Stefan Schenk
Christian Rauscher w/o–n/s Marianyela Palacios
Sebastian Thron w/o–w/d Mark Vincent
Ralf Günzel 0–4 Zack Richardson
Oliver Kremp 0–4 Darren Cook
Stefan Gerst 3–4 Luca Kaufmann
Sean Hopkin 0–4 Oliver Brown
Oliver Metzger 2–4 Thomas Blang
3–4 Damian Wilks
3–4 Kishan Hirani
Roman Dietzel 0–4 Christopher Watts
Matthias Porn 0–4 Joe Steele
Matthias Leuthold 0–4 Daniel Schneider
Steven Hallworth 4–0 Thomas Kiesewetter
2–4 Charlie Walters
Thomas Wealthy 4–0 Ralf Hemmerling
Adrian Schmidt w/o–n/s Filipe Cardoso
Tobias Hirmer 1–4 Joe Roberts
Tobias Stelter 0–4 Ashley Carty
Ben Harrison w/d–w/o David Singh
Lukas Kleckers 4–0 Andreas Ploner
Moritz Thomas 0–4 Jordan Brown
David Frew 0–4 Stefan Schneider
Soner Sari 2–4 Hans Blanckaert
Jamie Clarke 4–1 Tomasz Skalski
0–4 Martin Ball

Round 3

Best of 7 frames

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Kevin Vandevoort 3–4 Peter Wagner
Saqib Nasir 4–0 Andreas Hartung
Sanderson Lam 4–0 Daniel Dieudonne
0–4 Ian Glover
Matthew Day 4–0 Sanjin Kusan
Ryan Causton 4–1 Alain Van Der Steen
Olivier Vandenboheede 4–2 Ross Higgins
Daniel Ward 4–3 Adam Edge
Jurian Heusdens 4–3 Sam Harvey
1–4 Oliver Lines
Mathijs Bokken 0–4 Sydney Wilson
Dominik Scherübl 4–1 Pascal Camenzind
Kilian Bauer-Pantoulier 1–4 Marc Davis
1–4 Ben Jones
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Wan Chooi Tan 4–3 Jack Bradford
Stefan Schenk 4–3 Christian Rauscher
Sebastian Thron 0–4 Zack Richardson
Darren Cook 4–1 Luca Kaufmann
Oliver Brown 4–0 Thomas Blang
Damian Wilks 0–4 Kishan Hirani
Christopher Watts 0–4 Joe Steele
Daniel Schneider 2–4 Steven Hallworth
Charlie Walters 4–1 Thomas Wealthy
Adrian Schmidt 0–4 Joe Roberts
3–4 David Singh
Lukas Kleckers 4–2 Jordan Brown
Stefan Schneider 0–4 Hans Blanckaert
Jamie Clarke 4–1 Martin Ball

Round 4

Best of 7 frames

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Peter Wagner 0–4 Saqib Nasir
0–4 Ian Glover
Matthew Day 4–3 Ryan Causton
Olivier Vandenboheede 1–4 Daniel Ward
Jurian Heusdens 0–4 Oliver Lines
Sydney Wilson 4–0 Dominik Scherübl
1–4 Ben Jones
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Wan Chooi Tan 4–1 Stefan Schenk
Zack Richardson 1–4 Darren Cook
2–4 Kishan Hirani
Joe Steele 1–4 Steven Hallworth
Charlie Walters 4–3 Joe Roberts
David Singh Lukas Kleckers
Hans Blanckaert 0–4 Jamie Clarke

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2013/2014. Snooker.org. 29 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Selby retains Paul Hunter Classic title. Eurosport UK. 21 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131215010839/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/selby-retains-paul-hunter-classic-title-200224570.html. 15 December 2013.
  3. Web site: Superb O'Sullivan wins Paul Hunter Classic. Eurosport UK. 29 August 2013. 25 August 2013.
  4. Web site: O'Sullivan Triumphs in Germany. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 26 August 2013. 25 August 2013.
  5. Web site: European Tour 2013/2014 Entry pack for the Paul Hunter Classic (ET4) . worldsnooker.com . . 29 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105050538/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/69/bd/0,,13165~179561,00.pdf . 5 November 2013 . dead .
  6. Web site: Prize Money Breakdowns 2013/14. 1 May 2013. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012082213/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3194469%2C00.html. 12 October 2013. dead.
  7. Web site: The Tour Ranking Points Schedule 2013/2014 Season . worldsnooker.com . . 9 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130928172152/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/5d/bc/0,,13165~179293,00.pdf . 28 September 2013 . dead .
  8. Web site: Paul Hunter Classic (ET4) Draw And Results . . 25 August 2013 . 25 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130828152156/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/5781bbb8-d99d-492b-94d1-d7c465cf84d9.pdf . 28 August 2013 . dead .
  9. Web site: Paul Hunter Classic (ET4) Format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 31 July 2013.
  10. Web site: European Tour Event Four (2013). Snooker.org. 29 July 2013.
  11. Web site: ET4 Paul Hunter Classic Qualifying Centuries. https://archive.today/20130823125601/https://www.facebook.com/sportstat/posts/525060304232234. dead. 23 August 2013. SportStat on Facebook. 23 August 2013. 23 August 2013.
  12. Web site: Paul Hunter Classic (ET4): century breaks . worldsnookerdata.com . . 25 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001451/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/CenturyBreakList/Tournament/13388 . 3 December 2013 . dead .