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.
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 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 qualified 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
Player1 Michael White321106+422 Zhang Anda321118+323 Joe Perry31289–114 Martin Gould312511–61
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
Player1 Marco Fu32196+322 Mark Williams32185+323 Michael Holt 31269–314 Mark Davis31269–31
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
Final: Best of 13 frames. Referee: Stanley Cheung.General Snooker Club, Hong Kong, 21 November 2015. Mark Williams 3–7 Marco Fu 3–60, 55–74, 102–17 (72), , , , , , , 82 Highest break 136 0 Century breaks 3 3 50+ breaks 3
Century breaks 136, 128, 124, 119, 111, 101 Marco Fu 136, 135 Martin Gould 109, 107, 104 Mark Davis 108 Michael White
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