2015 General Cup

General Cup
Tournament information
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
2014
2016

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.

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:

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
1Wales Michael White 321106+42
2China Zhang Anda 321118+32
3England Joe Perry 31289–11
4England Martin Gould 312511–61

  • 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
1Hong Kong Marco Fu 32196+32
2Wales Mark Williams 32185+32
3England Michael Holt 31269–31
4England Mark Davis 31269–31

  • 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
      
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
 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

Notes

    References

    1. "Calendar 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
    2. "General Cup". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, November 21, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.