fellow snooker players stephen hendry, mark williams, jimmy white, matthew stevens and ken doherty led calls for the masters trophy to be named in hunter's memory. instead, then non-ranking german open in fürth was renamed the paul hunter classic in his honour; a event first won by hunter. also in 2007, the amateur english open tournament was renamed the paul hunter english open. on 20 april 2016, the masters trophy was indeed renamed in hunter's honour. world snooker chairman barry hearn said they had "messed up" by not doing so sooner.