2015 General Cup
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 16–21 November 2015 |
| Venue | General Snooker Club |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | $120,000 |
| Highest break | Hong Kong Marco Fu (136) England Martin Gould (136) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Hong Kong Marco Fu |
| Runner-up | Wales 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
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Group B
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Knock-out stage
[edit | edit source]| Semi-finals (Best of 11 frames) 20 November | Final (Best of 13 frames) 21 November | ||||||||
| Wales Michael White | 1 | ||||||||
| Wales Mark Williams | 6 | ||||||||
| Wales Mark Williams | 3 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong Marco Fu | 7 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong Marco Fu | 6 | ||||||||
| China Zhang Anda | 3 | ||||||||
| Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Stanley Cheung. General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 21 November 2015. | ||
| Mark Williams File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
3–7 | Marco Fu File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg 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
[edit | edit source]- 136, 128, 124, 119, 111, 101 – Marco Fu
- 136, 135 – Martin Gould
- 109, 107, 104 – Mark Davis
- 108 – Michael White