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.
| 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 |
Winners
edit| 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
edit- ^ "Selby Takes Riga Title". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Hawkins Rules in Riga". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Robertson Rules in Riga". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "Kaspersky Riga Masters (2017)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Robertson Rules in Riga". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "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.