Riga Masters (snooker)

The Riga Masters or Riga Open until 2016 (also known as the Kaspersky Riga Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ranking snooker tournament. The tournament started in 2014 as a part of the Players Tour Championship and was staged at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. It was the opening ranking event of the season after becoming a ranking event in 2016, until 2019. Yan Bingtao, currently banned from the World Snooker Tour, remains the defending champion having defeated Mark Joyce in the 2019 edition.

Riga Masters
Tournament information
VenueArena Riga
LocationRiga
CountryLatvia
Established2014
Organisation(s)World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatRanking event
Total prize fund£278,000
Final year2019
Final championChina Yan Bingtao

Winners
Year Winner Runner-up Final score Season
Riga Open (minor-ranking)
2014[1] England Mark Selby Northern Ireland Mark Allen 4–3 2014–15
2015[2] England Barry Hawkins England Tom Ford 4–1 2015–16
Riga Masters (ranking)
2016[3] Australia Neil Robertson England Michael Holt 5–2 2016–17
2017 Wales Ryan Day Scotland Stephen Maguire 5–2 2017–18
2018[4] Australia Neil Robertson England Jack Lisowski 5–2 2018–19
2019[5] China Yan Bingtao England Mark Joyce 5–2 2019–20

References
  1. "Selby Takes Riga Title". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. "Hawkins Rules in Riga". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. "Robertson Rules in Riga". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  4. "Robertson Rules in Riga". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  5. "Yan Beats Joyce In Riga Final". wst.tv. World Snooker Tour. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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