Riga Masters (snooker)

Riga Masters

Tournament information
Venue	Arena Riga
Location	Riga
Country	Latvia
Established	2014
Organisation(s)	World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format	Ranking event
Total prize fund	£278,000
Final year	2019
Final champion	Yan Bingtao

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, banned from the World Snooker Tour until December 2027, remains the defending champion having defeated Mark Joyce in the 2019 edition.

Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Final score	Season
Riga Open (minor-ranking)
2014 [1]	Mark Selby	Mark Allen	4–3	2014–15
2015 [2]	Barry Hawkins	Tom Ford	4–1	2015–16
Riga Masters (ranking)
2016 [3]	Neil Robertson	Michael Holt	5–2	2016–17
2017 [4]	Ryan Day	Stephen Maguire	5–2	2017–18
2018 [5]	Neil Robertson	Jack Lisowski	5–2	2018–19
2019 [6]	Yan Bingtao	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. "Kaspersky Riga Masters (2017)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
5. "Robertson Rules in Riga". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
6. "Yan Beats Joyce In Riga Final". wst.tv. World Snooker Tour. 28 July 2019. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2020.