2009 General Cup International

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]

General Cup

Tournament information
Dates	13–17 July 2009
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
← 2004 2011 →

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

1. "Results". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. "Snooker: Ricky Walden wins General Cup International". The Flintshire Chronicle. Archived from the original on 29 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
3. "General Cup International (2009)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
4. "General Cup International, Group 1 (2009)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
5. "General Cup International, Group 2 (2009)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 September 2013.