| Tournament Name: | Kaspersky Riga Masters |
| Venue: | Arena Riga |
| Location: | Riga |
| Country: | Latvia |
| Organisation: | World Snooker |
| Format: | Ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £259,000 |
| Winners Share: | £50,000 |
| Highest Break: | (140) |
| Score: | 5–2 |
| Previous: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
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.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 29 July 2018. | |||
| Neil Robertson | 5–2 | Jack Lisowski | |
| 60–21, 73–59, 122–0 (117),,,, | |||
| 117 | Highest break | 38 | |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 | |
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]
Total: 31
Total: 18
