The 2018 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in August 2018 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany.

[4] Michael Georgiou made the 140th official maximum break in the third frame of his last 128 match against Umut Dikme.

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.

13 year old amateur Ben Mertens made his debut at a professional ranking tournament with a 4–1 win over Adam Stefanow.

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: 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.