| Tournament Name: | European Tour 2015/2016 Event 1 |
| Venue: | Arena Riga |
| Location: | Riga |
| Country: | Latvia |
| Organisation: | World Snooker |
| Format: | Minor-ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | €125,000 |
| Winners Share: | €25,000 |
| Highest Break: | (142) |
| Score: | 4–1 |
| Previous: | First event ← 2014 Riga |
| Next: | ET Event 2 → 2016 Riga |
The European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 1 (also known as the 2015 Kaspersky Lab Riga Open[1]) was a professional minor-ranking snooker tournament which took place between 29 July and 2 August 2015 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia.[2]
Mark Selby was the defending champion, but he lost 1–4 to Ken Doherty in the Last 32.
Barry Hawkins won the tournament, defeating Tom Ford 4–1 in the final.
The breakdown of prize money of the event is shown below:[3]
| width=110px | ! | width=110px align="right" | Prize fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | €25,000 | ||
| Runner-up | €12,000 | ||
| Semi-finalist | €6,000 | ||
| Quarter-finalist | €4,000 | ||
| Last 16 | €2,300 | ||
| Last 32 | €1,200 | ||
| Last 64 | €700 | ||
| Total | €125,000 |
Best of 7 frames
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| Simon Dent | 4–0 | ||||
| Samuel Thistlewhite | 4–1 |  Hans Blanckaert | |||
 Antonis Poullous | 0–4 | Kishan Hirani | |||
| w/d–w/o |  Vilius Schulte-Ebbert | ||||
 Arpat Pulat | 1–4 | Josh Mulholland | |||
 Tetyana Volovelska | 0–4 | Christopher Keogan | |||
| 2–4 | Anna Prisjaznuka | ||||
 Aleksandr Kurgankov | 4–3 | Andrew Urbaniak | |||
| Ben Jones | 3–4 | Jurian Heusdens | |||
 Shannon Dixon | w/o–w/d | Michael Williams | |||
| Conor McCormack | 2–4 | Richard Beckham | |||
 Keishin Kamihasi | w/o–w/d | Adam Duffy | |||
| Julian Mills | w/o–w/d | Chris Norbury | |||
| Maris Volajs | 4–3 | Tatjana Vasiljeva | |||
| Thomas Rees | 4–2 |  Mateusz Baranowski | |||
| Darren Cook | w/d–w/o | Jake Nicholson | |||
| Lieven Vanthournout | 0–4 | Zack Richardson | |||
 Walter Theuma | 0–4 | Sascha Lippe | |||
| Bhavesh Sodha | w/d–w/o | Lukas Kleckers |
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 Andreas Ploner | 4–1 | Louis Heathcote | |||
| Joe O'Connor | 4–1 | Adam Edge | |||
| Tomasz Skalski | 4–0 | Maxim Maximov | |||
| Charlie Walters | w/d–w/o | Ryan Causton | |||
| 3–4 | Roman Dietzel | ||||
| William Lemons | w/d–w/o | Callum Lloyd | |||
| Anthony Jeffers | 4–1 | Thomas Barton | |||
| John Parkin | 2–4 | Jamie Clarke | |||
 Daniel O'Regan | 2–4 | Alex Borg | |||
 Chris Mason | 0–4 | Jeff Cundy | |||
| Heath Williams | 4–3 | Freddie Blunden | |||
| Jeff Jacobs | 1–4 |  Shachar Ruberg | |||
| Joe Steele | 4–2 | Jack Bradford | |||
| w/d–w/o | Sascha Breuer | ||||
| Dessie Sheehan | 4–1 | Arsen Balishyan | |||
| Ejler Hame | 1–4 | Robin Otto | |||
| Lewis John Calcutt | 4–0 | Dana Amir | |||
| Saqib Nasir | 4–1 | Kacper Filipiak |
Best of 7 frames
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| Sam Harvey | 4–3 | Simon Dent | |||
| Alex Taubman | 1–4 | Samuel Thistlewhite | |||
| Patrick Whelan | 1–4 | Kishan Hirani | |||
| Vilius Schulte-Ebbert | 1–4 | Josh Mulholland | |||
| Gunars Puce | 0–4 | Christopher Keogan | |||
| Arturs Klindzans | 1–4 | Anna Prisjaznuka | |||
 Andres Petrov | 4–2 | Aleksandr Kurgankov | |||
| Jurian Heusdens | 4–1 | Shannon Dixon | |||
| Mario Brincat | 1–4 | Richard Beckham | |||
| Phil O'Kane | 4–0 | Keishin Kamihashi | |||
| Nico Elton | 1–4 | Julian Mills | |||
| Rodion Judin | 4–3 | Maris Volajs | |||
| Corina Maracine | 0–4 | Thomas Rees | |||
| Jake Nicholson | 0–4 | Zack Richardson | |||
| Sascha Lippe | 1–4 | Lukas Kleckers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Sultana | 0–4 | Andreas Ploner | |||
| Michael Collumb | 0–4 | Joe O'Connor | |||
| Tony Corrigan | 2–4 | Tomasz Skalski | |||
| Hammad Miah | 4–0 | Ryan Causton | |||
| George Parkin | 0–4 | Roman Dietzel | |||
| Matthew Glasby | 1–4 | Callum Lloyd | |||
| Anthony Jeffers | 0–4 | Jamie Clarke | |||
| 1–4 | Alex Borg | ||||
| Kobi Mates | n/s–w/o | Jeff Cundy | |||
| Joe Roberts | 4–1 | Heath Williams | |||
| Shachar Ruberg | 3–4 | Joe Steele | |||
| Damian Wilks | 4–3 | Sascha Breuer | |||
| 3–4 | Robin Otto | ||||
| w/d–w/o | Lewis John Calcutt | ||||
| Ashley Hugill | 4–0 | Saqib Nasir |
| Final: Best of 7 frames. Referee: Milosz Olborski. Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 2 August 2015. | |||
| Tom Ford | 1–4 | Barry Hawkins | |
| 72–30 (67), 0–73 (65),,, | |||
| 67 | Highest break | 65 | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 3 | |