The 2009
General Cup
The General Cup was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which was held sporadically from 2004 until 2015 at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong.
History
Established in 2004 under the "General Cup International" name, the tournament ...
was an invitational professional
snooker
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tournament that took place between 13 and 17 July 2009 at the
General Snooker Club in
Hong Kong
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.
Ricky Walden
Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester.
Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
won in the final 6–2 against
Liang Wenbo
Liang Wenbo ( zh, s=梁文博; born 5 March 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. During his playing career, he won one ranking title at the 2016 English Open, twice won the World Cup for China in 2011 and 2017 with teammate ...
.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
*Winner:
$20,000
*Runner-up: $10,000
*Semi-final: $7,500
*Players 5–7: $5,000
*Highest break: $5,000
*
Maximum break
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: $100,000
Group stage
Group 1
* Liang Wenbo 4–2 Chan Wai Kei
* Ricky Walden 4–3 Chan Wai Kei
* Ricky Walden 1–4 Liang Wenbo
Group 2
* Marco Fu 4–2 Li Yan
* Tian Pengfei 2–4 Li Yan
* Marco Fu 1–4 Tian Pengfei
Preliminary round
* Zhang Anda 2–4 Li Yan
Knock-out stage
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Final
Century breaks
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*116, 104 ]Liang Wenbo
Liang Wenbo ( zh, s=梁文博; born 5 March 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. During his playing career, he won one ranking title at the 2016 English Open, twice won the World Cup for China in 2011 and 2017 with teammate ...
*111, 104 Ricky Walden
Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Chester.
Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi ...
*105, 100 Li Yan
References
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2009
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2009 in Hong Kong sport
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