2014 General Cup


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.
Barry Hawkins was to take part in the tournament, but he was replaced by Liang Wenbo due to a neck injury.
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.
Mark Davis was the defending champion, but he lost 2–6 against Ali Carter in the semi-final.
Carter won his sixth professional title by defeating Shaun Murphy 7–6 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The wildcard match was played on 12 October, was the best of 11 frames and decided the fourth player in group B.
Player 1ScorePlayer 2
Liang Wenbo6–4 Lin Yongzhi

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

POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS
1 Mark Davis32115+62
2 Joe Perry3287+12
3 Jimmy White31911−21
4 Ricky Walden31510−51

POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS
1 Shaun Murphy33124+83
2 Ali Carter3297+22
3 Liang Wenbo31711−41
4 Marco Fu30612−60

Century breaks