2014 General Cup
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 12–18 October 2014 |
| Venue | General Snooker Club |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | $120,000 |
| Highest break | Template:Flagicon Shaun Murphy (144) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Template:Flagicon Ali Carter |
| Runner-up | Template:Flagicon 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
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
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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| Template:Flagathlete | 6–4 | Template:Flagathlete |
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.[2][9][10]
Group A
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Group B
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Knock-out stage
| Semi-finals (Best of 11 frames) 17 October | Final (Best of 13 frames) 18 October | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Mark Davis | 2 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Ali Carter | 6 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Ali Carter | 7 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Shaun Murphy | 6 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Shaun Murphy | 6 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Joe Perry | 5 | ||||||||
| Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Anthony Lau. General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 18 October 2014. | ||
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7–6 | Shaun Murphy Script error: No such module "flag". |
| 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
- 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
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- ^ The maximum break prize money contained $147,000 and a diamond encrusted cue worth approximately $220,000.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Calendar 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Yang Hui, Wang (10 October 2014). 香港名将杯：巴里霍金斯因颈伤退赛 梁文博受邀出战 (in Chinese). my147.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ali Carter makes winning return to snooker from cancer". BBC Sport. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hendon, Dave (13 October 2014). "Carter makes winning return in Hong Kong". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Another Trophy For Davis". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ali Carter reaches General Cup final on return from cancer". BBC Sport. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hendon, Dave (18 October 2014). "Carter completes comeback triumph". Inside Snooker. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ali Carter wins General Cup on return from cancer". BBC Sport. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."General Cup (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Captain Flies Again". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."General Cup Wildcard Round (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."General Cup, Group A (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."General Cup, Group B (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
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