The 2015 General Cup was a professional non-

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tournament that took place between 16 and 21 November 2015 at the General Snooker Club in

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was the defending champion but he withdrew from the tournament.

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withdrew as well and they were replaced by Michael Holt and Mark Davis. Zhang Anda won the General Cup Qualifying Event. Anda beat

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5–4 in the final. This was an invitational event with the winner receiving the final place in the General Cup.

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beat Mark Williams 7–3 in the final, making 3 centuries while doing so.

Prize fund

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

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

* Martin Gould 4–3 Zhang Anda * Joe Perry 2–4 Zhang Anda * Michael White 4–0 Martin Gould * Joe Perry 4–1 Martin Gould * Michael White 2–4 Zhang Anda * Joe Perry 2–4 Michael White

Group B

* Marco Fu 4–0 Mark Williams * Marco Fu 1–4 Mark Davis * Mark Williams 4–0 Michael Holt * Mark Davis 1–4 Michael Holt * Mark Williams 4–1 Mark Davis * Marco Fu 4–2 Michael Holt

Knock-out stage

Century breaks

* 136, 128, 124, 119, 111, 101

* 136, 135 Martin Gould * 109, 107, 104 Mark Davis * 108 Michael White

Notes

References

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