Summary
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]
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 16–21 November 2015 |
| Venue | General Snooker Club |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Format | Non-ranking event |
| Winner's share | $120,000 |
| Highest break |  Marco Fu (136) Martin Gould (136) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Marco Fu |
| Runner-up |  Mark Williams |
| Score | 7–3 |
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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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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Group B edit
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Knock-out stage edit
| Semi-finals (Best of 11 frames) 20 November | Final (Best of 13 frames) 21 November | ||||||||
| Michael White
| 1 | ||||||||
| Mark Williams
| 6 | ||||||||
| Mark Williams
| 3 | ||||||||
| Marco Fu
| 7 | ||||||||
| Marco Fu
| 6 | ||||||||
 Zhang Anda
| 3 | ||||||||
| Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Stanley Cheung. General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 21 November 2015. | ||
| Mark Williams Wales
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3–7 | Marco Fu Hong Kong
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| 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 edit
- 136, 128, 124, 119, 111, 101 – Marco Fu
- 136, 135 – Martin Gould
- 109, 107, 104 – Mark Davis
- 108 – Michael White