2014 General Cup

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=General Cup

|logo=File:2014 General Cup logo.png

|dates={{Start and end dates|2014|10|12|2014|10|18|df=y}}

|venue=General Snooker Club

|country=Hong Kong

|organisation=

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share=$120,000

|highest_break={{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy (144)

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter

|runner_up={{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy

|score=7–6

|previous=2013

|next=2015

}}

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.{{cite web|title=Calendar 2014/2015|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=2&season=2014|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=29 September 2014}}

Barry Hawkins was to take part in the tournament, but he was replaced by Liang Wenbo due to a neck injury.{{cite web|last=Yang Hui|first=Wang|script-title=zh:香港名将杯：巴里霍金斯因颈伤退赛梁文博受邀出战|url=http://news.my147.com/2014/10/59256.html|publisher=my147.com|date=10 October 2014|accessdate=12 October 2014|language=Chinese}}

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.{{cite web|title=Ali Carter makes winning return to snooker from cancer|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/snooker/29606129|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 October 2014|date=13 October 2014}}{{cite web|last=Hendon|first=Dave|title=Carter makes winning return in Hong Kong|url=http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2014/10/13/carter-makes-winning-return-in-hong-kong|publisher=Inside Snooker|accessdate=13 October 2014|date=13 October 2014}}

Mark Davis was the defending champion,{{cite web|title=Another Trophy For Davis |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3460055,00.html |work=worldsnooker.com |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |accessdate=17 September 2013 |date=16 September 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017132927/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3460055%2C00.html |archivedate=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead }} but he lost 2–6 against Ali Carter in the semi-final.{{cite web|title=Ali Carter reaches General Cup final on return from cancer|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/snooker/29659790|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=17 October 2014|date=17 October 2014}}

Carter won his sixth professional title by defeating Shaun Murphy 7–6 in the final.{{cite web|last=Hendon|first=Dave|title=Carter completes comeback triumph |url=http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2014/10/18/carter-completes-comeback-triumph|publisher=Inside Snooker|accessdate=18 October 2014|date=18 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Ali Carter wins General Cup on return from cancer|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/snooker/29659790|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=18 October 2014|date=18 October 2014}}

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:{{cite web|title=General Cup (2014)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=383|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=29 September 2014}}

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: $367,000The maximum break prize money contained $147,000 and a diamond encrusted cue worth approximately $220,000.

Wildcard round

The wildcard match was played on 12 October, was the best of 11 frames and decided the fourth player in group B.{{cite web|title=Captain Flies Again |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~4214357,00.html |work=worldsnooker.com |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |date=17 October 2014 |accessdate=17 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018135406/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~4214357%2C00.html |archivedate=18 October 2014 }}{{cite web|title=General Cup Wildcard Round (2014)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=384|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=1 October 2014}}

Player 1	Score	Player 2
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
{{flagathlete\|Liang Wenbo\|CHN}}	align="center" \| 6–4	{{flagathlete\|Lin Yongzhi\|CHN}}

Round robin stage

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.

=Group A=

{{cite web|title=General Cup, Group A (2014)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=381|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=29 September 2014}}

width=20\|POS !width=165\|Player !width=20\|MP !width=20\|MW !width=20\|FW !width=20\|FL !width=20\|FD !width=20\|PTS
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Mark Davis \|3	2	11	5	+6	2
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Joe Perry \|3	2	8	7	+1	2
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jimmy White \|3	1	9	11	−2	1
4	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Ricky Walden \|3	1	5	10	−5	1

Joe Perry 0–4 Mark Davis
Ricky Walden 4–2 Jimmy White
Mark Davis 3–4 Jimmy White
Joe Perry 4–0 Ricky Walden
Ricky Walden 1–4 Mark Davis
Joe Perry 4–3 Jimmy White

=Group B=

{{cite web|title=General Cup, Group B (2014)|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=382|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=29 September 2014}}

width=20\|POS !width=165\|Player !width=20\|MP !width=20\|MW !width=20\|FW !width=20\|FL !width=20\|FD !width=20\|PTS
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|1	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Shaun Murphy \|3	3	12	4	+8	3
style="background:#aaffaa;" \|2	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Ali Carter \|3	2	9	7	+2	2
3	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Liang Wenbo \|3	1	7	11	−4	1
4	style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagicon\|HKG}} Marco Fu \|3	0	6	12	−6	0

Shaun Murphy 4–1 Liang Wenbo
Marco Fu 1–4 Ali Carter
Shaun Murphy 4–1 Ali Carter
Marco Fu 3–4 Liang Wenbo
Ali Carter 4–2 Liang Wenbo
Shaun Murphy 4–2 Marco Fu

Knock-out stage

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1=Semi-finals (Best of 11 frames)
17 October

| RD2=Final (Best of 13 frames)
18 October

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis

| RD1-score1=2

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter

| RD1-score2=6

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy

| RD1-score3=6

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry

| RD1-score4=5

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|ENG}} Ali Carter

| RD2-score1=7

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy

| RD2-score2=6

}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"

colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Anthony Lau.
General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 18 October 2014.

width="200" align="right" | Ali Carter
{{ENG}}

| width="100" align="center" | 7–6

| width="200" | Shaun Murphy
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | 70–15, 81–61 (68, 61), {{nowrap|42–65}}, {{nowrap|28–62 (59)}}, {{nowrap|115–0 (112)}}, {{nowrap|0–90 (90)}}, {{nowrap|6–66}}, {{nowrap|46–68}}, {{nowrap|75–14 (69)}}, {{nowrap|99–0 (99)}}, {{nowrap|29–59 (54)}}, {{nowrap|101–25 (101)}}, {{nowrap|77–26}}

align="right" | 112

| align="center" | Highest break

| 90

align="right" | 2

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

align="right" | 5

| align="center" | 50+ breaks

| 4

Century breaks

144, 101 {{ndash}} Shaun Murphy
139, 112, 105, 101 {{ndash}} Ali Carter
136, 115, 104 {{ndash}} Joe Perry
120, 107 {{ndash}} Liang Wenbo
110, 104 {{ndash}} Mark Davis
108 {{ndash}} Jimmy White

Notes

References

2014

Category:2014 in snooker

Category:2014 in Hong Kong sport

Category:October 2014 sports events in China