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General Cup 2015 11 16 2015 11 21 y General Snooker Club Hong Kong Non-ranking event $120,000 HKG Marco Fu (136)ENG Martin Gould (136) HKG Marco Fu WAL Mark Williams 7–3 2014 Last
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.Calendar 2015/2016 http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2015 Snooker.org 3 November 2015General Cup http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=504 Snooker.org 3 November 2015
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 qualified 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. PositionPlayerMP Matches playedMW Matches wonML Matches lostFW Frames wonFL Frames lostFD Frame differencePts Points1WAL Michael White321106+422CHN Zhang Anda321118+323ENG Joe Perry31289–114ENG Martin Gould312511–61
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. PositionPlayerMP Matches playedMW Matches wonML Matches lostFW Frames wonFL Frames lostFD Frame differencePts Points1HKG Marco Fu32196+322WAL Mark Williams32185+323ENG Michael Holt 31269–314ENG Mark Davis31269–31
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 WAL Michael White 1 WAL Mark Williams 6 HKG Marco Fu 6 CHN Zhang Anda 3 WAL Mark Williams 3 HKG Marco Fu 7
Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Stanley Cheung.General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 21 November 2015. Mark Williams 3–7 Marco Fu 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
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