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SNOOKER · 2018-08-26 · FÜRTH, GERMANY

2018 Paul Hunter Classic snooker prize money

The 2018 Paul Hunter Classic paid £120,000 to 64 players. Kyren Wilson won £20,000. Peter Ebdon took £10,000 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£120k
WINNER£20k
PLAYERS PAID64
PAYOUT BANDS8

Every cheque

64 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
Winner Kyren Wilson England £20,000£20k
Runner-up Peter Ebdon England £10,000£10k
Semi-final Peter Lines England £4,500£5k
Semi-final Scott Donaldson Scotland £4,500£5k
Quarter-final Daniel Wells Wales £3,000£3k
Quarter-final Jack Lisowski England £3,000£3k
Quarter-final Lee Walker Wales £3,000£3k
Quarter-final Zhang Anda China £3,000£3k
Last 16 Billy Joe Castle England £1,725£2k
Last 16 Chris Wakelin England £1,725£2k
Last 16 Hammad Miah England £1,725£2k
Last 16 Harvey Chandler England £1,725£2k
Last 16 Jackson Page Wales £1,725£2k
Last 16 Jimmy Robertson England £1,725£2k
Last 16 Mark Davis England £1,725£2k
Last 16 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Thailand £1,725£2k
Last 32 Alfie Burden England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Andrew Higginson England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Craig Steadman England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Joe O'Connor England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Jordan Brown Northern Ireland £1,000£1k
Last 32 Liam Highfield England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Lu Ning China £1,000£1k
Last 32 Luca Brecel Belgium £1,000£1k
Last 32 Mark Joyce England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Mark King England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Michael White Wales £1,000£1k
Last 32 Noppon Saengkham Thailand £1,000£1k
Last 32 Rod Lawler England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Sam Baird England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Tom Ford England £1,000£1k
Last 32 Zhang Yong China £1,000£1k
Last 64 Aaron Busuttil Malta £600£600
Last 64 Alexander Ursenbacher Switzerland £600£600
Last 64 Allan Taylor England £600£600
Last 64 Andreas Ploner Austria £600£600
Last 64 Andrew Pagett Wales £600£600
Last 64 Ben Mertens Belgium £600£600
Last 64 Ben Woollaston England £600£600
Last 64 Brian Cini Malta £600£600
Last 64 Chen Zifan China £600£600
Last 64 Dominic Dale Wales £600£600
Last 64 Eden Sharav Israel £600£600
Last 64 Fergal O'Brien Ireland £600£600
Last 64 Gary Wilson England £600£600
Last 64 Gerard Greene Northern Ireland £600£600
Last 64 Ian Burns England £600£600
Last 64 Jack Bradford Wales £600£600
Last 64 Jake Nicholson England £600£600
Last 64 Jamie Jones Wales £600£600
Last 64 Joe Swail Northern Ireland £600£600
Last 64 Kishan Hirani Wales £600£600
Last 64 Kurt Maflin Norway £600£600
Last 64 Lukas Kleckers Germany £600£600
Last 64 Matthew Selt England £600£600
Last 64 Michael Georgiou Cyprus £600£600
Last 64 Niu Zhuang China £600£600
Last 64 Reggie Edwards England £600£600
Last 64 Robert Milkins England £600£600
Last 64 Ross Muir Scotland £600£600
Last 64 Ryan Davies England £600£600
Last 64 Simon Lichtenberg Germany £600£600
Last 64 Xiao Guodong China £600£600
Last 64 Zhang Jiankang China £600£600
High break Jamie Jones Wales £10,000£10k
High break Michael Georgiou Cyprus £10,000£10k

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
Winner 1 £20,000£20k £20,000£20k
Runner-up 1 £10,000£10k £10,000£10k
Semi-final 2 £4,500£5k £9,000£9k
Quarter-final 4 £3,000£3k £12,000£12k
Last 16 8 £1,725£2k £13,800£14k
Last 32 16 £1,000£1k £16,000£16k
Last 64 32 £600£600 £19,200£19k
High break 2 £10,000£10k £20,000£20k

Where the money went, band by band

Winner £20k
Runner-up £10k
Semi-final £9,000
Quarter-final £12k
Last 16 £14k
Last 32 £16k
Last 64 £19k
High break £20k

The rest of 2018

Every other snooker tournament we hold from 2018

Other snooker tournaments in 2018.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
2018 Scottish Open Mark Allen £386,000£386k
2018 Betway UK Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan £850,000£850k
2018 Northern Ireland Open Judd Trump £366,000£366k
2018 Champion Of Champions Ronnie O'Sullivan £370,000£370k
2018 International Championship Mark Allen £775,000£775k
2018 English Open Stuart Bingham £381,000£381k
2018 European Masters Jimmy Robertson £398,500£399k
2018 China Championship Mark Selby £725,000£725k
2018 Shanghai Masters Ronnie O'Sullivan £725,000£725k
2018 6-Reds World Championship Kyren Wilson £235,794£236k
2018 World Open Mark Williams £735,000£735k
2018 Riga Masters Neil Robertson £259,000£259k
2018 Betfred World Championship Mark Williams £1,978,000£2.0m
2018 China Open Mark Selby £1,040,000£1.0m
2018 Championship League John Higgins £180,300£180k
2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan £380,000£380k
2018 Romanian Masters Ryan Day £176,800£177k
2018 Gibraltar Open Ryan Day £153,000£153k
2018 ManBetX Welsh Open John Higgins £367,250£367k
2018 World Grand Prix Ronnie O'Sullivan £375,000£375k
2018 Coral Snooker Shoot Out Michael Georgiou £145,750£146k
2018 German Masters Mark Williams £364,500£365k
2018 Masters Mark Allen £600,000£600k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic get?

Kyren Wilson took £20,000.

How much did the runner-up get?

Peter Ebdon took £10,000, 50% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic?

£120,000, paid to 64 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The 2017 Paul Hunter Classic paid £100,000, and the 2019 Paul Hunter Classic paid £10,000.

Where to next

Every edition is on the Paul Hunter Classic prize money page, and the whole year on snooker prize money in 2018. The edition before was the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic. The one after was the 2019 Paul Hunter Classic.