2017 Riga Masters Explained

Tournament Name:Riga Masters
Venue:Arena Riga
Location:Riga
Country:Latvia
Organisation:World Snooker
Format:Ranking event
Total Prize Fund:£227,000
Winners Share:£50,000
Highest Break: (140)
Score:5–2
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 25 June 2017 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia.[1] It was the first ranking event of the 2017/2018 season.[2] The tournament was broadcast by Eurosport.

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round to Lukas Kleckers.[3]

Ryan Day claimed the first ranking title of his career by defeating Stephen Maguire 5–2 in the final.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[4]

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

Final

Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Ben Williams.
Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 25 June 2017.
Stephen Maguire
2–5Ryan Day
33–78 (59), 50–76,,,,,
119Highest break77
1Century breaks0
150+ breaks3

Qualifying

These matches were played between 31 May and 2 June 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.[5]

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3–4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Michael Georgiou 4–1 Sanderson Lam
0–4 Stuart Carrington
Anthony McGill 4–0[6] Tatjana Vasiljeva[7]
3–4 Kurt Maflin
William Lemons 1–4 Alan McManus
3–4 Eden Sharav
Jimmy White 4–3 Jak Jones
Gary Wilson 4–2 Hu Hao
Ken Doherty 4–2 Peter Lines
0–4 Robin Hull
Rodion Judin[8] 4–0[9] Chen Zhe
Alex Borg w/o–w/d Mark Selby
Zhang Anda 4–2 Allan Taylor
w/d–w/o Hammad Miah
Tom Ford 4–2 Hamza Akbar
Jimmy Robertson 4–2 Martin O'Donnell
Declan Brennan 3–4 John Astley
3–4 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
2–4 Andrew Higginson
Stuart Bingham 4–1 Li Hang
0–4 Mark Davis
Sam Craigie 4–3 Soheil Vahedi
Jamie Jones 4–2 Fergal O'Brien
3–4 Matthew Stevens
Jack Lisowski 4–3 Mark Allen
Daniel Ward 2–4[10] Neil Robertson
Lukas Kleckers w/o–w/d Li Yuan
Oliver Lines 4–3 Yuan Sijun
3–4 Christopher Keogan
Stephen Maguire 4–0 Ian Burns
Gerard Greene 4–1 Zhang Yong
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3–4 Hossein Vafaei
0–4 Mark King
Paul Davison w/o–w/d Niu Zhuang
Zhou Yuelong 4–0 Kurt Dunham
Charlie Walters w/d–w/o David Gilbert
3–4 Joe Perry
Tian Pengfei 4–2 Scott Donaldson
Ben Jones 4–1 Mike Dunn
Wang Yuchen w/o–w/d Rod Lawler
Robert Milkins 4–1 Aditya Mehta
Barry Hawkins 4–2 Michael Holt
1–4 Ryan Day
Craig Steadman 4–1 Lyu Haotian
Chen Zifan 4–2 Ross Muir
1–4 Ben Woollaston
0–4 Kyren Wilson
Nigel Bond 4–1 Dominic Dale
James Silverwood 1–4 Jackson Page
0–4 Xiao Guodong
Mark Joyce 4–1 Fang Xiongman
1–4 Noppon Saengkham
0–4 Cao Yupeng
3–4 Sam Baird
Michael White 4–1 Rhys Clark
0–4 Alexander Ursenbacher
Elliot Slessor 4–0 Jamie Clarke
Robbie Williams 4–2 Xu Si
1–4 Ashley Carty
Mark Williams w/o–w/d Yu Delu
0–4 Peter Ebdon
2–4 Luca Brecel
Lee Walker 4–1 Mei Xiwen
Notes

Century breaks

Main stage centuries

Total: 24

Qualifying stage centuries

Total: 14

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaspersky Riga Masters 2017 . . 30 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Calendar 2017/2018. Snooker.org. 30 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Robertson Rules in Riga. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 June 2016.
  4. Web site: Indicative Prize Money Rankings Schedule 2017/2018 Season. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. PDF. 14 July 2017. 14 July 2017.
  5. Web site: 2017 Riga Masters Qualifying. Snooker.org. 30 May 2017.
  6. Match held over and played in Riga.
  7. Wildcard
  8. Wildcard
  9. Match held over and played in Riga.
  10. Match held over and played in Riga.