European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 2 Explained

Tournament Name:	European Tour 2015/2016 Event 2
Venue:	Stadthalle
Location:	Fürth
Country:	Germany
Organisation:	World Snooker
Format:	Minor-ranking event
Total Prize Fund:	€125,000
Winners Share:	€25,000
Highest Break:	(142)
Score:	4–3
Previous:	ET Event 1 ← 2014 PHC
Next:	ET Event 3→ 2016 PHC

The European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 2 (also known as the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 26 and 30 August 2015 in Fürth, Germany.^[1]

Mark Allen was the defending champion,^[2] but he lost 3–4 to Sanderson Lam in the round of 128.

Ali Carter won his seventh professional title, beating Shaun Murphy 4–3 in the final.^[3]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:^[4]

width=110px	!	width=110px align="right"	Prize fund
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
Total	€125,000

Main draw

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Preliminary rounds

Round 1

Best of 7 frames

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Michael Collumb	4–0	Rolf Mahr
Ben Jones	4–0	Benjamin Buser
Freddie Blunden	0–4	Adam Longley
Stefan Gerst		Adam King
Luca Kaufmann	4–0	Daniel O'Regan
Robert Drahn	0–4	Brian Cini
Jeff Jacobs	4–0	Gery De Mol
Sam Thistlewhite	4–0	Richard Wienold
Paul Liebstreich	2–4	Scott Lyons
Manon Melief	0–4	Daniel Schneider
Mark Vincent	w/d–w/o	Ryan Causton
Christopher Keogan	4–2	Manuel Pomwenger
Charlie Sweeney	4–2	Kilian Baur-Pantoulier
Alexander Ursenbacher	4–0	Stefan Caspers
Dana Amir	0–4	Gerry Egger
Robin Otto	3–4	Joshua Cooper
Sascha Breuer	1–4	Saqib Nasir
Aaron Cook	0–4	Alex Borg
Kacper Filipiak	4–1	Loris Lehmann
Patrick Einsle	4–0	Rick Kraaijeveld
Thomas Blang	0–4	Tony Corrigan
Chris Norbury	4–1	Tomasz Skalski
Jack Bradford	w/d–w/o	Nick Jennings
Jürgen Kesseler	2–4	Charlie Walters
Jamie Clarke	4–1	Andreas Ploner
Kevin Chan	4–0	Imran Nisar
Adam Edge	4–0	Felix Frede
Ralph Müller	0–4	Sam Craigie

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Ashley Carty	4–0	Stefan Schneider
Joe O'Connor	4–0	Shachar Ruberg
Thomas Barton	4–2	Matthais Porn
Dennis Furrer	4–2	Chris Lloyd
Luke Garland	4–0	Corina Maracine
Oliver Brown	2–4	Marc J Davis
Simon Lichtenberg	4–0	Miro Popovic
Josh Boileau	4–0	Michael Schnabel
Markus Fisher	0–4	Andrew Doherty
Thomas Hein	4–1	Matthew Hudson
Adam Duffy	4–1	Hans Blanckaert
Phil O'Kane	4–0	Tanja Ender
Steve Lambrechts	0–4	Julian Mills
Ronny Pawlitza	0–4	Mateusz Baranowski
Stephane Ochoiski	4–1	Sascha Lippe
Carl Rosenberger	1–4	Conor McCormack
Stefan Dohr	0–4	Brandon Sargeant
Wan Chooi Tan	4–1	Thomas Kiesewetter
Laurin Winters	1–4	Marvin Losi
Thomas Frank	w/o–w/d	Ejler Hame
Markus Hertle	1–4	Paul Schopf
Jurian Heusdens	2–4	Thomas Rees
Michael Heeger	4–1	Pedro Chacon
Ralf Günzel	w/o–w/d	Norbert Hofheinz
Oktay Yildiz	1–4	Ashley Hugill
Robbie Purdham	0–4	Lukas Kleckers
Matthew Glasby	0–4	Michael Williams

Round 2

Best of 7 frames

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Stefan Schenk	0–4	Michael Collumb
	0–4	Ben Jones
Adam Longley	4–3	Adamn King
Luca Kaufmann	0–4	Brian Cini
Kishan Hirani	4–0	Jeff Jacobs
Zack Richardson	3–4	Sam Thistlewhite
Scott Lyons	2–4	Daniel Schneider
Callum Lloyd	0–4	Ryan Causton
Christopher Keogan	4–0	Charlie Sweeney
Soner Sari	2–4	Alexander Ursenbacher
Joe Steele	4–1	Gerry Egger
Sebastian Stein	0–4	Joshua Cooper
Saqib Nasir	0–4	Alex Borg
Phuntsok Jaegers	0–4	Kacper Filipiak
Diana Schuler	0–4	Patrick Einsle
Tony Corrigan	1–4	Chris Norbury
Alex Taubman	4–0	Nick Jennings
Damian Wilks	3–4	Charlie Walters
Jamie Clarke	4–0	Kevin Chan
Adam Edge	1–4	Sam Craigie

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Ashley Carty	4–1	Joe O'Connor
Tom Zimmermann	0–4	Thomas Barton
Peter Brehm	1–4	Dennis Furrer
Nico Elton	4–3	Luke Garland
Marc J Davis	4–0	Simon Lichtenberg
Josh Boileau	4–1	Andrew Doherty
Richard Beckham	4–0	Thomas Hein
Jamie Bodle	2–4	Adam Duffy
Heiko Mutz	0–4	Phil O'Kane
Julian Mills	1–4	Mateusz Baranowski
Ron Florax	0–4	Stephane Ochoiski
Vamsikrishna Yanamandra	0–4	Conor McCormack
Elliot Slessor	4–0	Brandon Sargeant
Wan Chooi Tan	4–2	Marvin Losi
Andreas Hartung	4–1	Thomas Frank
Paul Schopf	3–4	Thomas Rees
Anton Woywod	0–4	Michael Heeger
Jake Nicholson	4–0	Ralf Günzel
Ashley Hugill	4–3	Lukas Kleckers
Michael Williams	4–0	Dessie Sheehan

Round 3

Best of 7 frames

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Michael Collumb	3–4	Ben Jones
Adam Longley	1–4	Brian Cini
	2–4	Sam Thistlewhite
Daniel Schneider	1–4	Ryan Causton
Christopher Keogan	4–2	Alexander Ursenbacher
Joe Steele	3–4	Joshua Cooper
	3–4	Kacper Filipiak
Patrick Einsle	4–1	Chris Norbury
Alex Taubman	4–3	Charlie Walters
	1–4	Sam Craigie

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Ashley Carty	4–2	Thomas Barton
Dennis Furrer	0–4	Nico Elton
Marc J Davis	4–3	Josh Boileau
Richard Beckham	4–1	Adam Duffy
Phil O'Kane	2–4	Mateusz Baranowski
Stephane Ochoiski	4–3	Conor McCormack
Elliot Slessor	4–1	Wan Chooi Tan
Andreas Hartung	0–4	Thomas Rees
Michael Heeger	0–4	Jake Nicholson
Ashley Hugill	4–1	Michael Williams

Main rounds

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

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• 142 Dechawat Poomjaeng
• 140 Liang Wenbo
• 136 Michael Williams
• 131 Kurt Maflin
• 130, 106, 102 Judd Trump
• 130 Stuart Carrington
• 129, 111 Ashley Carty
• 128 Peter Ebdon
• 126 Josh Boileau
• 125, 110 John Higgins
• 125 Ashley Hugill
• 124 Brian Cini
• 123, 123 Mark King
• 123 Shaun Murphy

• 122 Kyren Wilson
• 117, 115 David Gilbert
• 114 Jamie Cope
• 112, 105 Ali Carter
• 110 Elliot Slessor
• 110 Chris Norbury
• 108, 107 Patrick Einsle
• 105 Ben Woollaston
• 105 Rod Lawler
• 105 Mark Williams
• 103 Ian Burns
• 102 Dominic Dale
• 100 Sean O'Sullivan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar 2015/2016. Snooker.org. 7 September 2015.
2. Web site: Allen beats Trump to win Paul Hunter Classic. Eurosport UK. 7 September 2015. 24 August 2014.
3. Web site: Carter wins Paul Hunter Classic. World Snooker. 30 August 2015. 7 September 2015.
4. Web site: European Tour 2014/2015 Entry Pack for Paul Hunter Classic 2015 – Furth, Germany (ET2). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 July 2015. 7 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907034724/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ET2-PHC-Entry-Pack.pdf. 7 September 2015.
5. Web site: Paul Hunter Classic 2015 (ET2) Draw & Results. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 August 2015. 7 September 2015. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907035956/http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/2fe4383d-acc2-48ad-950f-8d9a3980e9d6.pdf. 7 September 2015.
6. Web site: ET2 – The Paul Hunter Classic 2015 Format. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 September 2015. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907040350/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ET2-Paul-Hunter-Classic-2015-format-of-play-for-players-v2.pdf. 7 September 2015.
7. Web site: European Tour Event Two (2015). Snooker.org. 7 September 2015.
8. Web site: Paul Hunter Classic 2015 (ET2): century breaks. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150908070048/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/13859/paul-hunter-classic-et2. 8 September 2015.