page_title: 2018 Paul Hunter Classic
section_title: Prize fund
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 Paul Hunter Classic / Prize fund
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kyren Wilson und Peter Ebdon vor dem Finale des Paul Hunter Classic 2018English: Kyren Wilson and Peter Ebdon before the final of the Paul Hunter Classic 2018
context_page_description: The 2018 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in August 2018 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany. It was the third ranking event of the 2018/2019 season. The tournament is named in honour of former snooker professional, Paul Hunter.
  Michael White was the defending champion, however he lost 1–4 to Zhang Anda in the last 32.
  Kyren Wilson won his second ranking tournament, beating Peter Ebdon 4–2 in the final after Ebdon had taken a two-frame lead. Ebdon reached his 18th ranking final at the age of 47 a day before his birthday. It was his first ranking final since 2012. He was the oldest player to reach a ranking event final since 48-year-old Steve Davis reached the final of the 2005 UK Championship.
  Michael Georgiou made the 140th official maximum break in the third frame of his last 128 match against Umut Dikme. It was Georgiou's first professional maximum break. Later on the same day Jamie Jones made the 141st official maximum break in the third frame of his last 64 match against Lee Walker. It was also Jones' first professional maximum break.
context_section_description: The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
  Winner: £20,000
  Runner up: £10,000
  Semifinals: £4,500
  Quarterfinals: £3,000
  Last 16: £1,725
  Last 32: £1,000
  Last 64: £600
  Total: £100,000
  The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000, and was split by both Michael Georgiou, in the last 128 round against Umut Dikme, and Jamie Jones in his last 64 match against Lee Walker. This was both players' first maximum break.
caption: Finalists
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