General Cup 2014

General Cup 2014
Attendees:	9
Venue:	General Snooker Club, Hong Kong
Opening:	October 12, 2014
Endgame:	October 18, 2014
Winner:	Allister Carter
Finalist:	Shaun Murphy
Highest Break:	144 ( Shaun Murphy )
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The General Cup 2014 was a snooker tournament that was held from October 12th to 18th, 2014 at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong .

Defending champion was the Englishman Mark Davis , who lost 6-2 to Allister Carter in the semifinals .

In the final, Carter beat Shaun Murphy 7-6 .

Prize money

	Prize money
winner	HK $ 120,000
finalist	HK $ 60,000
Semi-finalist	HK $ 40,000
Group third	HK $ 25,000
Group fourth	HK $ 20,000
Wildcard round	HK $ 20,000
Highest break	HK $ 20,000
Pro Century Break	HK $ 2,000

Wildcard round

The wildcard match was played in Best of 11 Frames mode on October 12 and determined the fourth player in Group B.

Player 1	Result	Player 2
Liang Wenbo	6 : 4	Lin Yongzhi

Group stage

The group stage was played from October 13th to 16th in two groups of 4 in round robin mode on best of 7 frames .

Legend

Sp.	Number of games played
SG	Number of games won
SV	Number of games lost
Fr.	Number of completed frames
FG	Number of frames won
FV	Number of frames lost
FD	Frame difference
Pt.	Points
	The two best players in each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Games

Player 1	Result	Player 2
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

table

rank	player	Sp.	SG	SV	Fr.	FG	FV	FD	Pt.
1	Mark Davis	3	2	1	16	11	5	+6	2
2	Joe Perry	3	2	1	15th	8th	7th	+1	2
3	Jimmy White	3	1	2	20th	9	11	−2	1
4th	Ricky Walden	3	1	2	15th	5	10	−5	1

Group B

Games

Player 1	Result	Player 2
Shaun Murphy	4 : 1	Liang Wenbo
Marco Fu	1: 4	Allister Carter
Shaun Murphy	4 : 1	Allister Carter
Marco Fu	3: 4	Liang Wenbo
Allister Carter	4 : 2	Liang Wenbo
Shaun Murphy	4 : 2	Marco Fu

table

rank	player	Sp.	SG	SV	Fr.	FG	FV	FD	Pt.
1	Shaun Murphy	3	3	0	16	12	4th	+8	3
2	Allister Carter	3	2	1	16	9	7th	+2	2
3	Liang Wenbo	3	1	2	18th	7th	11	−4	1
4th	Marco Fu	3	0	3	18th	6th	12	−6	0

Knockout phase

	Semi-finals (best of 11 frames) October 17th				Finale (best of 13 frames) October 18th
	Mark Davis	2
	Allister Carter	6th
					Allister Carter	7th
					Shaun Murphy	6th
	Shaun Murphy	6th
	Joe Perry	5

Final: Best of 13 Frames Referee: Anthony Lau General Snooker Club,  Hong Kong , October 18, 2014
Allister Carter	7 : 6	Shaun Murphy
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	-
5	50+ breaks	4th

Century Breaks

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} General Cup (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} General Cup 2014 - Tournament Information . my147.com. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Captain Flies Again . In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
4. ↑ General Cup Wildcard Round (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
5. ^ General Cup, Group A (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
6. ^ General Cup, Group B (2014) . Snooker.org. Retrieved September 29, 2014.