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: Winner: $120,000 Runner-up: $60,000 Semi-final: $40,000 Third in group: $25,000 Fourth in group: $20,000 Wildcard round: $20,000 Per century break: $2,000 Highest break: $20,000 Maximum break: $367,000The maximum break prize money contained $147,000 and a diamond encrusted cue worth approximately $220,000.

Wildcard round The wildcard match was played on 12 October, was the best of 11 frames and decided the fourth player in group B.

Player 1 Score Player 2 6–4

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

POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Mark Davis32115+622 Joe Perry3287+123 Jimmy White31911−214 Ricky Walden31510−51

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

Group B

POSPlayerMPMWFWFLFDPTS1 Shaun Murphy33124+832 Ali Carter3297+223 Liang Wenbo31711−414 Marco Fu 30612−60

Shaun Murphy 4–1 Liang Wenbo Marco Fu 1–4 Ali Carter Shaun Murphy 4–1 Ali Carter Marco Fu 3–4 Liang Wenbo Ali Carter 4–2 Liang Wenbo Shaun Murphy 4–2 Marco Fu

Knock-out stage

Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Anthony Lau.General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 18 October 2014. Ali Carter 7–6 Shaun Murphy 70–15, 81–61 (68, 61), , , , , , , , , , , 112 Highest break 90 2 Century breaks 0 5 50+ breaks 4

Century breaks

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

Notes

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