The tournament started in 2004 as the
Grand Prix Fürth and was staged in
Fürth, Germany. After two years as the
Fürth German Open, it was renamed the
Paul Hunter Classic in
2007 in memory of the late player
Paul Hunter. In
2010 it became part of the
Players Tour Championship. There have been six official
maximum breaks in the history of the tournament. The first was made by
Ronnie O'Sullivan in
2011 against
Adam Duffy. The second was compiled by
Ken Doherty in
2012 against
Julian Treiber. This was Doherty's first 147. The third was made in
2014 by
Aditya Mehta against
Stephen Maguire. Mehta became the first Indian player to compile an official 147. The fourth was made by
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in
2016 The fifth and sixth were made by
Michael Georgiou and
Jamie Jones on same day in
2018. ==Winners==