2014 General Cup
| File:2014 General Cup logo.png | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12–18 October 2014 |
| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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 |
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| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo (CHN) | 6–4 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Yongzhi (CHN) |
Round robin stage
[edit | edit source]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
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Group B
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Knock-out stage
[edit | edit source]| Semi-finals (Best of 11 frames) 17 October | Final (Best of 13 frames) 18 October | ||||||||
| Mark Davis
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| 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
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7–6 | Shaun Murphy England
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| 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- ^ The maximum break prize money contained $147,000 and a diamond encrusted cue worth approximately $220,000.
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