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.

Mark Selby was the defending champion, 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. Greene reached his first final at an event carrying ranking points.

Prize fund and ranking points The breakdown of prize money and ranking points of the event is shown below: Prize fund Ranking points1 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 – 1 Only professional players can earn ranking points.

Main draw

Preliminary rounds

Round 1 Best of 7 frames

Sebastian Lahruis 0–4 Olivier Vandenboheede

Zack Richardson 4–0 Max Kribbe

Round 2 Best of 7 frames

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 Joe Delaney w/d–w/o Sanjin Kusan Florian Werres 2–4 Ryan Causton Jeff Jacobs 2–4 Alain Van Der Steen Diana Schuler 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

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 Ryan Thomerson 3–4 Damian Wilks Gareth Allen 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 Christopher Keogan 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 Reanne Evans 0–4 Martin Ball

Round 3 Best of 7 frames

Kevin Vandevoort 3–4 Peter Wagner Saqib Nasir 4–0 Andreas Hartung Sanderson Lam 4–0 Daniel Dieudonne Michael Wild 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 Phil Barnes 1–4 Oliver Lines Mathijs Bokken 0–4 Sydney Wilson Dominik Scherübl 4–1 Pascal Camenzind Kilian Bauer-Pantoulier 1–4 Marc Davis Kevin Van Hove 1–4 Ben Jones

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 Ashley Carty 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

Peter Wagner 0–4 Saqib Nasir Sanderson Lam 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 Marc Davis 1–4 Ben Jones

Wan Chooi Tan 4–1 Stefan Schenk Zack Richardson 1–4 Darren Cook Oliver Brown 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 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Finals

Century breaks

133, 116 Ricky Walden 133, 108 Ian Burns 127 Oliver Brown 126 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 123 Darren Cook 122 Stuart Bingham 121 Kurt Maflin 119, 104 Michael White 118 Mark Selby 116, 101 Joe Swail 111 Anthony McGill 110 Ronnie O'Sullivan 108 Marcus Campbell

104 Alfie Burden 103 David Grace 103 Alan McManus 103 David Gilbert 102, 100 Ali Carter 101, 101 Martin Gould 101 Jamie Clarke 101 Fergal O'Brien 100 Ashley Carty 100 Marco Fu 100 Mark Joyce 100 Gerard Greene 100 Sam Baird

References

External links

2013 Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic – Pictures by Sandy Giet at Facebook