2015 General Cup

General Cup

Tournament information
Dates	16–21 November 2015 (2015-11-16 – 2015-11-21)
Venue	General Snooker Club
Country	Hong Kong
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	$120,000
Highest break	Marco Fu (136) Martin Gould (136)
Final
Champion	Marco Fu
Runner-up	Mark Williams
Score	7–3
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The 2015 General Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 21 November 2015 at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong.[1][2]

Ali Carter was the defending champion but he withdrew from the tournament. Kyren Wilson withdrew as well and they were replaced by Michael Holt and Mark Davis.

Zhang Anda won the General Cup Qualifying Event. Anda beat Cao Yupeng 5–4 in the final. This was an invitational event with the winner receiving the final place in the General Cup.

Marco Fu beat Mark Williams 7–3 in the final, making 3 centuries while doing so.

Prize fund

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

• Winner: $120,000
• Runner-up: $60,000
• Semi-final: $40,000
• Third in group: $25,000
• Fourth in group: $20,000
• Per century break: $2,000
• Highest break: $20,000

Round robin stage

The top two players from both groups will qualify for the knock-out stage. All group matches being held between 16 and 19 November 2015 and is the best of 7 frames.

Group A

Pos. Player MP MW ML FW FL FD Pts 1 Michael White 3 2 1 10 6 +4 2 2 Zhang Anda 3 2 1 11 8 +3 2 3 Joe Perry 3 1 2 8 9 –1 1 4 Martin Gould 3 1 2 5 11 –6 1

Martin Gould 4–3 Zhang Anda Joe Perry 2–4 Zhang Anda Michael White 4–0 Martin Gould Joe Perry 4–1 Martin Gould Michael White 2–4 Zhang Anda Joe Perry 2–4 Michael White

Group B

Pos. Player MP MW ML FW FL FD Pts 1 Marco Fu 3 2 1 9 6 +3 2 2 Mark Williams 3 2 1 8 5 +3 2 3 Michael Holt 3 1 2 6 9 –3 1 4 Mark Davis 3 1 2 6 9 –3 1

Marco Fu 4–0 Mark Williams Marco Fu 1–4 Mark Davis Mark Williams 4–0 Michael Holt Mark Davis 1–4 Michael Holt Mark Williams 4–1 Mark Davis Marco Fu 4–2 Michael Holt

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals (Best of 11 frames) 20 November					Final (Best of 13 frames) 21 November
	Michael White		1
	Mark Williams		6
						Mark Williams		3
						Marco Fu		7
	Marco Fu		6
	Zhang Anda		3

Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Stanley Cheung. General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 21 November 2015.
Mark Williams  Wales	3–7	Marco Fu  Hong Kong
3–60, 55–74, 102–17 (72), 0–140 (136), 8–119 (119), 23–77, 86–0 (62), 62–63, 88–25 (82), 0–124 (124)
82	Highest break	136
0	Century breaks	3
3	50+ breaks	3

Century breaks

• 136, 128, 124, 119, 111, 101 – Marco Fu
• 136, 135 – Martin Gould
• 109, 107, 104 – Mark Davis
• 108 – Michael White

Notes

References

1. "Calendar 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
2. "General Cup". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 November 2015.