2014 General Cup

General Cup

Tournament information
Dates	12–18 October 2014 (2014-10-12 – 2014-10-18)
Venue	General Snooker Club
Country	Hong Kong
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	$120,000
Highest break	Shaun Murphy (144)
Final
Champion	Ali Carter
Runner-up	Shaun Murphy
Score	7–6
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The 2014 General Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 12 and 18 October 2014 at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong.[1]

Barry Hawkins was to take part in the tournament, but he was replaced by Liang Wenbo due to a neck injury.[2]

The General Cup marked the return of Ali Carter, who was playing in his first event since his chemotherapy treatment, having been diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs in May. Carter intended to take part in the Bulgarian Open, but he was forced to withdraw.[3][4]

Mark Davis was the defending champion,[5] but he lost 2–6 against Ali Carter in the semi-final.[6]

Carter won his sixth professional title by defeating Shaun Murphy 7–6 in the final.[7][8]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[2][9]

• Winner: $120,000
• Runner-up: $60,000
• Semi-final: $40,000
• Third in group: $25,000
• Fourth in group: $20,000
• Wildcard round: $20,000
• Per century break: $2,000
• Highest break: $20,000
• Maximum break: $367,000[n 1]

Wildcard round

The wildcard match was played on 12 October, was the best of 11 frames and decided the fourth player in group B.[2][10][11]

Player 1	Score	Player 2
Liang Wenbo (CHN)	6–4	Lin Yongzhi (CHN)

Round robin stage

The top two players from both groups qualified for the knock-out stage. All group matches were held between 13 and 16 October and were the best of 7 frames.[2][9][10]

Group A

[12]

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Mark Davis 3 2 11 5 +6 2 2 Joe Perry 3 2 8 7 +1 2 3 Jimmy White 3 1 9 11 −2 1 4 Ricky Walden 3 1 5 10 −5 1

Joe Perry 0–4 Mark Davis Ricky Walden 4–2 Jimmy White Mark Davis 3–4 Jimmy White Joe Perry 4–0 Ricky Walden Ricky Walden 1–4 Mark Davis Joe Perry 4–3 Jimmy White

Group B

[13]

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Shaun Murphy 3 3 12 4 +8 3 2 Ali Carter 3 2 9 7 +2 2 3 Liang Wenbo 3 1 7 11 −4 1 4 Marco Fu 3 0 6 12 −6 0

Shaun Murphy 4–1 Liang Wenbo Marco Fu 1–4 Ali Carter Shaun Murphy 4–1 Ali Carter Marco Fu 3–4 Liang Wenbo Ali Carter 4–2 Liang Wenbo Shaun Murphy 4–2 Marco Fu

Knock-out stage

[2][9][10]

	Semi-finals (Best of 11 frames) 17 October					Final (Best of 13 frames) 18 October
	Mark Davis		2
	Ali Carter		6
						Ali Carter		7
						Shaun Murphy		6
	Shaun Murphy		6
	Joe Perry		5

Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Anthony Lau. General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 18 October 2014.
Ali Carter  England	7–6	Shaun Murphy  England
70–15, 81–61 (68, 61), 42–65, 28–62 (59), 115–0 (112), 0–90 (90), 6–66, 46–68, 75–14 (69), 99–0 (99), 29–59 (54), 101–25 (101), 77–26
112	Highest break	90
2	Century breaks	0
5	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

[9][10]

• 144, 101 – Shaun Murphy
• 139, 112, 105, 101 – Ali Carter
• 136, 115, 104 – Joe Perry
• 120, 107 – Liang Wenbo
• 110, 104 – Mark Davis
• 108 – Jimmy White

Notes

1. The maximum break prize money contained $147,000 and a diamond encrusted cue worth approximately $220,000.

References

1. "Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
2. Yang Hui, Wang (10 October 2014). 香港名将杯：巴里霍金斯因颈伤退赛 梁文博受邀出战 (in Chinese). my147.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
3. "Ali Carter makes winning return to snooker from cancer". BBC Sport. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
4. Hendon, Dave (13 October 2014). "Carter makes winning return in Hong Kong". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
5. "Another Trophy For Davis". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
6. "Ali Carter reaches General Cup final on return from cancer". BBC Sport. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
7. Hendon, Dave (18 October 2014). "Carter completes comeback triumph". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
8. "Ali Carter wins General Cup on return from cancer". BBC Sport. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
9. "General Cup (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
10. "Captain Flies Again". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
11. "General Cup Wildcard Round (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
12. "General Cup, Group A (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
13. "General Cup, Group B (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 September 2014.