Paul Hunter Classic 2016: Mark Selby wins in Germany

Selby got the better of an all-Leicester final to cement his position as world number one and collect his first trophy since winning the World Championship in May.

It's an eighth career ranking title for 33-year-old Selby, who earned the top prize of 25,000 Euros at the tournament in Furth.

Selby failed to get beyond the last 32 of his first two events of the season but went all the way this time by winning seven consecutive matches.

In the final, he took the opening frame with a break of 85 then world number 40 Ford, who was aiming for his first ranking title, won the second. Frame three came down to the colours and Selby nicked it by potting pink and black.

Ford's run of 67 made it 2-2, but Selby regained the lead with a break of 72 before clinching victory in frame six with a run of 58.

"It's always great to win a tournament and I can take a lot of confidence from it," said Selby, who also won the Paul Hunter Classic in 2011 and 2012. "It wasn't a good final, Tom missed a few balls. But it's always a great tournament here in Germany with fantastic crowds."

Ford added: "I'm disappointed by the way I played in the final because I had been scoring heavily all week but it wasn't there today."

In the semi-finals, Ford beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-2 while Selby saw off Dominic Dale by the same scoreline.

Other highlights of the tournament included Thailand's Un-Nooh making a 147 on Saturday, the first maximum of his career and worth a £40,000 bonus, as well as veteran Jimmy White reaching the quarter-finals of a ranking event for the first time in 12 years before his run was ended by Dale. 

Paul Hunter Classic Daily Results

Thursday August 25
Morning Session (1000 local, 0900 BST)
Wildcard & First-round games (best of seven frames)
Conor McCormack 4-0 Norbert Hofheinz
Lyu Chenwei 4-0 Marcel Prackert
Mark Davies v Ashley Beal (w/o)
Reanne Evans 4-0 Mattias Porn
Matthew Glasby 4-3 Luca Kaufman
Daniel Womersley 4-2 Joe Steele
Matthew Day 4-0 Hamim Hussain
Jamie Bodle 2-4 Adam Edge
Gaugier Didier 0-4 Patrick Einsle
Bhavesh Sodha 2-4 Robert Drahn
Jeremy Lee 2-4 Andy Lee
James Dabell v Michael Collumb w/o
Simon Lichtenberg 4-0 Andrew Ivasiv
Rolf Mahr 1-4 Andreas Hartung
Julian Maschmeier 0-4 Lewis Gillen
Daniel Devlin 4-0 Joerg Petersen
Jeff Cundy 0-4 Gerard Greene
Kishan Hirani 4-2 Joshua Thomond
Barry Pinches 4-0 Patrick Whelan
Gert Kempenaers 2-4 Mourad Naitali

Afternoon Session (1300 local, 1200 BST)
Wildcard & First-round games (best of seven frames)
Laurin Winters v Matthew Marten (w/o)
Peter Lines 4-2 Jamie Clarke
Zack Richardson 4-0 Joshua Baddeley
Abdullah Atmar Ghulam Jilani 0-4 Saqib Nasir
Stephen Kershaw 4-2 Andy Symons
Daniel O'Regan 0-4 Brandon Sargeant
Manasawin Phetmalaikul 0-4 Andy Hicks
David Charleton 0-4 Muhammad Aurangzaib
Sean Harvey 4-1 Adam Stefanow
Richard Wienold 0-4 Michael Williams
Luke Pinches 1-4 Kevin Vandevoort
Kilian Baur-Pantoulier 1-4 Oliver Brown
Ashley Hugill 4-1 Reggie Edwards
Ryan Causton 0-4 David Lilley
Alex Taubman 3-4 Daniel Ward
Ben Jones 4-2 Andreas Ploner
Robert Read 4-1 Soner Sari

Evening Session (1930 local, 1830 BST)
Wildcard & First-round games (best of seven frames)
Simon Lichtenberg 4-0 Andreas Hartung
Lewis Gillen 1-4 Daniel Devlin
Gerard Greene 4-2 Kishan Hirani
Barry Pinches 4-0 Mourad Naitali
Laurin Winters 0-4 Peter Lines
Zack Richardson 4-3 Saqib Nasir
Stephen Kershaw 0-4 Brandon Sargeant
Andy Hicks 4-0  Muhammad Aurangzaib
Steven Hallworth 4-1 Zak Surety
Wendy Jans 1-4 Stephen Bateman
Ian Glover 4-0 Joshua Cooper
Jack Bradford v Felix Frede
George Pragnall 4-1 Adam Bobat
Conor McCormack 0-4 Lyu Chenwei
Ashley Beal 4-2 Reanne Evans
Matthew Glasby 4-2 Daniel Womersley
Matthew Day 4-2 Adam Edge
Patrick Einsle 4-0 Robert Drahn
Andy Lee 1-4 Michael Collumb

Friday August 26
First, Second & Third Round Games
Morning Session (0930 local, 0830 BST)
(best of seven frames)
Zhou Yuelong 1-4 Anthony Hamilton
Josh Boileau 0-4 Ricky Walden
Luca Brecel 2-4 Liam Highfield
Ross Muir 3-4 Sean Harvey
Gareth Allen 2-4 Mark Davis
Sanderson Lam 4-2 Jason Weston
Lee Walker v Hossein Vafaei Ayouri (n/s)
Adam Duffy 4-0 Michael Williams
James Cahill 4-0 Kevin Vandevoort
(w/o) Ryan Day v Peter Ebdon
Mark Selby 4-0 Oliver Brown
Martin O'Donnell 1-4 Elliot Slessor
Zhao Xintong 4-1 Ashley Hugill
Liang Wenbo 4-3 David Lilley
Jimmy White 4-2 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
Gary Wilson 4-1 Jak Jones
Sam Baird 4-2 Daniel Ward
Rod Lawler 4-2 Mitchell Mann
Stuart Carrington 4-0 Ben Jones
Xiao Guodong 4-0 Robert Read
Mei Xi Wen 4-3 Steven Hallworth
Alex Borg 2-4 Kurt Dunham
Darryl Hill v Zhang Anda (w/o)
(w/o) Mark Joyce v Noppon Saengkham

Afternoon Session (1300 local, 1200 BST)
Michael White 4-1 Yu De Lu
Ali Carter 4-1 Stephen Bateman
Scott Donaldson 4-3 Hammad Miah
Ben Woollaston 2-4 Dominic Dale
Yan Bingtao 4-3 Alfie Burden
Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn v Ian Glover (w/o)
Michael Holt 4-1 Felix Frede
(w/o) Boonyarit Keattikun v Robert Milkins
Anthony Hamilton 0-4 Ricky Walden
Liam Highfield 4-3 Sean Harvey
Mark Davis 4-2 Sanderson Lam
Ryan Day 2-4 James Cahill
Lee Walker 4-1 Adam Duffy
Mark Selby 4-0 Elliot Slessor
Zhao Xintong 2-4 Liang Wenbo
Gary Wilson 1-4 Sam Baird

Evening Session (1930 local, 1830 BST)
Zhang Anda v Michael White (w/o)
Mark Joyce 3-4 Ali Carter
Boonyarit Keattikun v Michael Holt (w/o)
Rod Lawler 4-1 Stuart Carrington
Xiao Guodong 2-4 Jimmy White
Mei Xi Wen 4-2 Kurt Dunham
Scott Donaldson 3-4 Yan Bingtao
Dominic Dale 4-1 Ian Glover
Ricky Walden 3-4 Liam Highfield
Mark Davis 4-2 Lee Walker
James Cahill 3-4 Mark Selby
Liang Wenbo 2-4 Sam Baird
Michael Holt 2-4 Dominic Dale
Michael White 4-2 Mei Xi Wen
Jimmy White 4-1 Rod Lawler
Ali Carter 3-4 Yan Bingtao

Saturday August 27
First, Second & Third Round Games
Morning Session (0930 local, 0830 BST)
(best of seven frames)
Oliver Lines 1-4 Kurt Maflin
Anthony McGill 4-0 George Pragnall
Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-2 Martin Gould
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-0 Lyu Chenwei
Fergal O'Brien 4-0 Ashley Beale
Li Hang 4-2 Jamie Cope
Joe Swail 4-0 Matthew Glasby
Jack Lisowski 4-1 Matthew Day
Matthew Stevens 4-2 Patrick Einsle
Sean O'Sullivan 0-4 David Grace
Zhang Yong 2-4 Mark Allen
Jimmy Robertson 0-4 Kyren Wilson
Andrew Higginson 4-1 Allan Taylor
Robin Hull v Rhys Clark (w/o)
Joe Perry 4-2 Michael Collumb
Robbie Williams 4-1 Simon Lichtenberg
David Gilbert 4-0 Daniel Devlin
Michael Georgiou 4-1 Fraser Patrick
Hatem Yassen 0-4 Gerard Greene
Cao Yupeng 4-3 Barry Pinches

Afternoon Session (1230 local, 1130 BST)
Nigel Bond 3-4 Craig Steadman
Michael Wild 1-4 Peter Lines
Paul S Davison 0-4 Zack Richardson
Rory McLeod 4-2 Brandon Sergeant
Sydney Wilson 1-4 Stuart Bingham
Jamie Jones 4-0 Tian Pengfei
(w/o) John J Astley v Hamza Akbar
David John 1-4 Mark King
Thor Chuan Leong 0-4 Christopher Keogan
Alan McManus 4-1 Andy Hicks
Ian Burns 2-4 Tom Ford
Chen Zhe 2-4 Chris Wakelin
Jamie Jones 4-1 Cao Yupeng
David Grace 4-3 Matthew Stevens

Evening session (1700 local, 1600 BST)
Tom Ford 4-3 Chris Wakelin
Alan McManus 4-1 Christopher Keogan
Zach Richardson 4-2 Rory McLeod
Kurt Maflin 1-4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Jack Lisowski 0-4 David Grace
Stuart Bingham 3-4 Gerard Greene
Jamie Jones 4-1 Peter Lines
Zack Richardson 4-1 John Astley
Andrew Higginson 3-4 Robbie Williams
Li Hang 2-4 Mark Allen
Alan McManas 2-4 Tom Ford

Sunday July 28
Afternoon Session
Last 16 (best of seven frames)
Tom Ford 4-1 Zack Richardson
Jimmy White 4-2 Michael White
David Grace 4-0 Robbie Williams
Jamie Jones 4-0 Gerard Greene
Dominic Dale 4-1 Yan Bingtao
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-3 Mark Allen
Mark Selby 4-2 Sam Baird
Mark Davis 4-3 Liam Highfield

Quarter-Finals (best of seven frames)
Tom Ford 4-1 Jamie Jones
Dominic Dale 4-2 Jimmy White
Mark Selby 4-1 Mark Davis
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-3 David Grace

Evening Session
Semis-Finals
Tom Ford 4-2 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Dominic Dale 2-4 Mark Selby

Final (best of seven frames)
Tom Ford 2-4 Mark Selby