2018 Riga Masters
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27–29 July 2018 |
| Venue | Arena Riga[1] |
| City | Riga |
| Country | Latvia[1] |
| Organisation | WPBSA |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £259,000 |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break |  Liang Wenbo (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Neil Robertson |
| Runner-up |  Jack Lisowski |
| Score | 5–2 |
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The 2018 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27–29 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.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000
Main draw
Final
Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee:  Paul Collier.Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 29 July 2018. | ||
| Neil Robertson Australia
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5–2 | Jack Lisowski England
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| 60–21, 73–59, 122–0 (117), 45–73, 81–66, 32–72, 72–37 | ||
| 117 | Highest break | 38 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 1 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
Qualifying
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]
- Notes
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
Total: 31
- 140, 110
Liang Wenbo - 133
Peter Lines - 128, 122, 115, 115 Zhao Xintong
- 125, 104, 101 Joe Perry
- 122
Marco Fu - 121
Jamie Jones - 120 Shaun Murphy
- 120 Zhang Yong
- 117, 114, 113, 110, 110, 101
Neil Robertson - 115
Fergal O'Brien - 115 Chris Wakelin
- 114 Alfie Burden
- 110, 109 Stuart Carrington
- 110 Ben Woollaston
- 106 Mark King
- 105 Kyren Wilson
- 103 Ricky Walden
- 102
Stephen Maguire - 101 Jack Lisowski
Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 18
- 140 Michael White
- 137 Scott Donaldson
- 137 Li Yuan
- 137
Noppon Saengkham - 133
Kurt Maflin - 123, 107 Neil Robertson
- 118, 111 David Lilley
- 112 Mark Joyce
- 109 Tom Ford
- 107 Rod Lawler
- 106 Ali Carter
- 106 Stephen Maguire
- 105 Liang Wenbo
- 104 Mark Davis
- 102 Yan Bingtao
- 100 Zhang Jiankang
References
- ^ a b c "Kaspersky Riga Masters 2018". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "World Records - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
- ^ "Kapersky Riga Masters 2018 Qualifiers Draw" (pdf). worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
- ^ Årdalen, Hermund. "Kaspersky Riga Masters (2018) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-06-07.