2009 General Cup International

General Cup

Tournament information
Dates	13–17 July 2009 (2009-07-13 – 2009-07-17)
Venue	General Snooker Club
Country	Hong Kong
Format	Non-ranking event
Winner's share	$20,000
Highest break	116
Final
Champion	Ricky Walden
Runner-up	Liang Wenbo
Score	6–2
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The 2009 General Cup was an invitational professional snooker tournament that took place between 13–17 July 2009 at the General Snooker Club in Hong Kong.^[1]

Ricky Walden won in the final 6–2 against Liang Wenbo.^[2]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:^[1]

• Winner: $20,000
• Runner-up: $10,000
• Semi-final: $7,500
• Players 5–7: $5,000
• Highest break: $5,000
• Maximum break: $100,000

Group stage

^[1][3]

Group 1

^[4]

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Liang Wenbo 2 2 8 3 +5 2 2 Ricky Walden 2 1 5 7 −2 1 3 Chan Wai Kei 2 0 5 8 −3 0

Liang Wenbo 4–2 Chan Wai Kei Ricky Walden 4–3 Chan Wai Kei Ricky Walden 1–4 Liang Wenbo

Group 2

^[5]

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS 1 Tian Pengfei 2 1 6 5 +1 1 2 Li Yan 2 1 6 6 0 1 3 Marco Fu 2 1 5 6 −1 1

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

^[1][3]

	Semi-finals Best of 9 frames					Final Best of 11 frames
	Liang Wenbo		5
	Li Yan		2
						Liang Wenbo		2
						Ricky Walden		6
	Tian Pengfei		1
	Ricky Walden		5

Final

Final: Best of 11 frames. General Cup International, Hong Kong, 17 July 2009.[1][3]
Liang Wenbo  China	2–6	Ricky Walden  England
7–62 (56), 39–56, 70–8, 61–66 (Walden 58), 117–1 (116), 6–68, 34–67 (52), 0–68 (62)
116	Highest break	62
1	Century breaks	0
1	50+ breaks	4

Century breaks

^[1][3]

• 116, 104 – Liang Wenbo
• 111, 104 – Ricky Walden
• 105, 100 – Li Yan

References