2018 Riga Masters

Kaspersky Riga Masters

Tournament information
Dates	27–29 July 2018 (2018-07-27 – 2018-07-29)
Venue	Arena Riga [1]
City	Riga
Country	Latvia [1]
Organisation	World Snooker
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£259,000
Winner's share	£50,000
Highest break	Liang Wenbo  (CHN) (140)
Final
Champion	Neil Robertson  (AUS)
Runner-up	Jack Lisowski  (ENG)
Score	5–2
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The 2018 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 and 29 July 2018 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. ^[1] It was the first ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.

Ryan Day was the defending champion, however he lost 3–4 to Ali Carter in the last 64.

Liang Wenbo made the highest break of the tournament with 140 in the second round against Neil Robertson. Liang potted all blacks with reds during the break but this was not a maximum break as he potted 13th and 14th reds in the same shot. ^[2]

Neil Robertson won the event for the second time in three years, winning his 14th ranking title, defeating Jack Lisowski 5–2 in the final. This was Lisowski's first ranking event final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:

Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £15,000 Quarter-final: £6,000 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £3,000 Last 64: £1,500

Highest break: £2,000 Total: £259,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000

Main draw

	Last 64 Best of 7 frames				Last 32 Best of 7 frames				Last 16 Best of 7 frames				Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames				Semi-finals Best of 9 frames				Final Best of 9 frames
	Jamie Jones	4
	Rod Lawler	2
					Jamie Jones	0
					Chris Wakelin	4
	Chris Wakelin	w/o
	Sam Craigie	w/d
									Chris Wakelin	4
									Mark King	3
	Robbie Williams	3
	Lukas Kleckers	4
					Lukas Kleckers	2
					Mark King	4
	Xu Si	2
	Mark King	4
													Chris Wakelin	2
													Stuart Carrington	4
	Mei Xiwen	2
	Joe Swail	4
					Joe Swail	3
					Stuart Carrington	4
	Stuart Carrington	4
	Fergal O'Brien	3
									Stuart Carrington	4
									Zhao Xintong	1
	David Lilley	0
	Shaun Murphy	4
					Shaun Murphy	0
					Zhao Xintong	4
	Nigel Bond	0
	Zhao Xintong	4
																	Stuart Carrington	0
																	Neil Robertson	5
	Scott Donaldson	4
	Robin Hull	3
					Scott Donaldson	3
					Craig Steadman	4
	Zhou Yuelong	1
	Craig Steadman	4
									Craig Steadman	2
									Neil Robertson	4
	Kurt Maflin	2
	Liang Wenbo	4
					Liang Wenbo	3
					Neil Robertson	4
	Li Yuan	2
	Neil Robertson	4
													Neil Robertson	4
													Ricky Walden	2
	Barry Hawkins	3
	Li Hang	4
					Li Hang	0
					Ricky Walden	4
	Ricky Walden	4
	Jimmy White	0
									Ricky Walden	4
									Mark Allen	2
	Mark Allen	4
	Peter Lines	3
					Mark Allen	4
					Ali Carter	2
	Ali Carter	4
	Ryan Day	3
																				Neil Robertson	5
																					Jack Lisowski	2
	Michael White	4
	David Gilbert	3
					Michael White	1
					Joe Perry	4
	Joe Perry	4
	Robert Milkins	3
									Joe Perry	0
									Stephen Maguire	4
	Stephen Maguire	4
	Gerard Greene	1
					Stephen Maguire	4
					Joe O'Connor	2
	Lee Walker	1
	Joe O'Connor	4
													Stephen Maguire	4
													Kyren Wilson	2
	Luke Simmonds	0
	Kyren Wilson	4
					Kyren Wilson	4
					Simon Bedford	2
	Niu Zhuang	0
	Simon Bedford	4
									Kyren Wilson	4
									Anthony Hamilton	2
	Yan Bingtao	w/d
	Anthony Hamilton	w/o
					Anthony Hamilton	4
					Michael Holt	1
	Liam Highfield	1
	Michael Holt	4
																Stephen Maguire	1
																	Jack Lisowski	5
	Tian Pengfei	3
	Graeme Dott	4
					Graeme Dott	4
					Ashley Carty	0
	Ashley Carty	4
	Anthony McGill	2
									Graeme Dott	4
									Mark Davis	0
	Xiao Guodong	1
	Marco Fu	4
					Marco Fu	3
					Mark Davis	4
	Mark Davis	4
	Luca Brecel	2
													Graeme Dott	0
													Jack Lisowski	4
	Rory McLeod	0
	Zhang Yong	4
					Zhang Yong	4
					Mark Williams	3
	Mark Williams	4
	Ben Woollaston	2
									Zhang Yong	1
									Jack Lisowski	4
	Oliver Lines	4
	Alfie Burden	2
					Oliver Lines	0
					Jack Lisowski	4
	Ian Burns	2
	Jack Lisowski	4

Final

Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 29 July 2018.
Neil Robertson   Australia	5–2	Jack Lisowski   England
60–21, 73–59, 122–0 (117), 45–73, 81–66, 32–72, 72–37
117	Highest break	38
1	Century breaks	0

Qualifying

These matches were held between 2 and 5 July 2018 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were the best of 7 frames. ^{[3] [4]}

Simon Lichtenberg	0–4	Jamie Jones
Rod Lawler	4–0	Martin O'Donnell
Kuldesh Johal	2–4	Chris Wakelin
Thor Chuan Leong	w/d–w/o	Sam Craigie
Robbie Williams	4–3	Alan McManus
Lukas Kleckers	4–1	Alexander Ursenbacher
Matthew Selt	3–4	Xu Si
Mark King	4–3	Peter Ebdon
Soheil Vahedi	1–4	Mei Xiwen
Joe Swail	4–1	Dechawat Poomjaeng
Stuart Carrington	w/o–w/d	Mitchell Mann
Fergal O'Brien	4–3	Eden Sharav
Hammad Miah	2–4	David Lilley
Shaun Murphy	4–2	Sanderson Lam
Nigel Bond	4–2	Mark Joyce
Zhao Xintong	4–0	Jimmy Robertson
Noppon Saengkham	3–4	Scott Donaldson
James Cahill	1–4	Robin Hull
Michael Georgiou	3–4	Zhou Yuelong
Craig Steadman	4–2	Yuan Sijun
Kurt Maflin	4–2	Lyu Haotian
Liang Wenbo	4–0	Adam Duffy
Paul Davison	1–4	Li Yuan
Neil Robertson	4–2	Luo Honghao
Barry Hawkins	4–0	Andy Lee
Li Hang	4–2	Duane Jones
Ricky Walden	4–1	John Astley
Rodion Judin	0–4 [nb 1]	Jimmy White
Mark Allen	4–2	Daniel Wells
Peter Lines	4–2	Shane Castle
Billy Joe Castle	0–4	Ali Carter
Jamie Cope	w/d–w/o	Ryan Day
Gary Wilson	1–4	Michael White
David Gilbert	4–1	Farakh Ajaib
Joe Perry	4–1	Lu Ning
Jak Jones	2–4	Robert Milkins
Stephen Maguire	4–0	Michael Judge
Gerard Greene	4–1	Chen Feilong
Lee Walker	4–0	Basem Eltahhan
Jordan Brown	1–4	Joe O'Connor
Zhang Jiankang	3–4	Luke Simmonds
Kyren Wilson	4–3	Dominic Dale
Niu Zhuang	4–0	Stuart Bingham
Mike Dunn	3–4	Simon Bedford
Yan Bingtao	4–1	Martin Gould
Anthony Hamilton	4–2	Chris Totten
Liam Highfield	4–0	Sean O'Sullivan
Michael Holt	4–0	Matthew Stevens
Zhang Anda	3–4	Tian Pengfei
Graeme Dott	4–0 [nb 1]	Maris Volajs
Harvey Chandler	1–4	Ashley Carty
Kishan Hirani	0–4	Anthony McGill
Xiao Guodong	4–3	Tom Ford
Elliot Slessor	1–4	Marco Fu
Andrew Higginson	2–4	Mark Davis
Allan Taylor	2–4	Luca Brecel
Rory McLeod	4–3	Adam Stefanow
Zhang Yong	4–1	Ross Muir
Rhys Clark	w/d–w/o	Mark Williams
Ben Woollaston	4–0	Sam Baird
Oliver Lines	4–3	Sunny Akani
Chen Zifan	2–4	Alfie Burden
Jamie Clarke	3–4	Ian Burns
Fan Zhengyi	1–4	Jack Lisowski

Notes

1. Match was held over and played in Riga.

Century breaks

Televised stage centuries

Total: 31

• 140, 110 – Liang Wenbo
• 133 – Peter Lines
• 128, 122, 115, 115 – Zhao Xintong
• 125, 104, 101 – Joe Perry
• 122 – Marco Fu
• 121 – Jamie Jones
• 120 – Shaun Murphy
• 120 – Zhang Yong
• 117, 114, 113, 110, 110, 101 – Neil Robertson
• 115 – Fergal O'Brien
• 115 – Chris Wakelin
• 114 – Alfie Burden
• 110, 109 – Stuart Carrington
• 110 – Ben Woollaston
• 106 – Mark King
• 105 – Kyren Wilson
• 103 – Ricky Walden
• 102 – Stephen Maguire
• 101 – Jack Lisowski

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 18

• 140 – Michael White
• 137 – Scott Donaldson
• 137 – Li Yuan
• 137 – Noppon Saengkham
• 133 – Kurt Maflin
• 123, 107 – Neil Robertson
• 118, 111 – David Lilley
• 112 – Mark Joyce
• 109 – Tom Ford
• 107 – Rod Lawler
• 106 – Ali Carter
• 106 – Stephen Maguire
• 105 – Liang Wenbo
• 104 – Mark Davis
• 102 – Yan Bingtao
• 100 – Zhang Jiankang

References

1. "Kaspersky Riga Masters 2018". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Retrieved 6 June 2018.
2. "World Records - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
3. "Kapersky Riga Masters 2018 Qualifiers Draw" (pdf). worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
4. Årdalen, Hermund. "Kaspersky Riga Masters (2018) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-06-07.