Riga Masters (snooker) explained

Tournament Name:Riga Masters
Venue:Arena Riga
Location:Riga
Country:Latvia
Establishment:2014
Organisation:World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association
Format:Ranking event
Prizefund:£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, currently banned from the World Snooker Tour, remains the defending champion having defeated Mark Joyce in the 2019 edition.

Winners

YearWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreSeason
Riga Open (minor-ranking)
2014[1] Mark Selby Mark Allen4–32014–15
2015[2] Barry Hawkins Tom Ford4–12015–16
Riga Masters (ranking)
2016[3] Neil Robertson Michael Holt5–22016–17
2017[4] Ryan Day Stephen Maguire5–22017–18
2018[5] Neil Robertson Jack Lisowski5–22018–19
2019[6] Yan Bingtao Mark Joyce5–22019–20

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Selby Takes Riga Title. 10 August 2014. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Hawkins Rules in Riga. 2 August 2015. worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Robertson Rules in Riga. worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 June 2016.
  4. Web site: Kaspersky Riga Masters (2017). Snooker.org. 15 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Robertson Rules in Riga. 29 July 2018. worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 31 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Yan Beats Joyce In Riga Final. https://web.archive.org/web/20200205170623/https://wst.tv/yan-beats-joyce-in-riga-final/. dead. February 5, 2020. 28 July 2019. wst.tv . World Snooker Tour. 4 April 2020.