Tournament information | |
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Dates | 27β29 July 2018 (2018-07-27 β 2018-07-29) |
Venue | Arena Riga |
City | Riga |
Country | Latvia |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | Β£259,000 |
Winner's share | Β£50,000 |
Highest break | ![]() |
Final | |
Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Score | 5β2 |
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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. It was theββfirst ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
Ryan Day was the "defending champion," however he lost 3β4ββto 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."
Neil Robertson won the event for the second time in three years, "winning his 14th ranking title," defeating Jack Lisowski 5β2 in the final. This was Lisowski's first ranking event final.
Prize fundβ»
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 Β£10,000
Main drawβ»
Finalβ»
Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 29 July 2018. | ||
Neil Robertson![]() |
5β2 | Jack Lisowski![]() |
60β21, 73β59, 122β0 (117), 45β73, 81β66, 32β72, 72β37 | ||
117 | Highest break | 38 |
1 | Century breaks | 0 |
Qualifyingβ»
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.
- Notes
Century breaksβ»
Televised stage centuriesβ»
Total: 31
- 140, 110 β Liang Wenbo
- 133 β Peter Lines
- 128, "122," 115, 115 β Zhao Xintong
- 125, 104, 101 β Joe Perry
- 122 β Marco Fu
- 121 β Jamie Jones
- 120 β Shaun Murphy
- 120 β Zhang Yong
- 117, 114, 113, 110, 110, 101 β Neil Robertson
- 115 β Fergal O'Brien
- 115 β Chris Wakelin
- 114 β Alfie Burden
- 110, 109 β Stuart Carrington
- 110 β Ben Woollaston
- 106 β Mark King
- 105 β Kyren Wilson
- 103 β Ricky Walden
- 102 β Stephen Maguire
- 101 β Jack Lisowski
Qualifying stage centuriesβ»
Total: 18
- 140 β Michael White
- 137 β Scott Donaldson
- 137 β Li Yuan
- 137 β Noppon Saengkham
- 133 β Kurt Maflin
- 123, 107 β Neil Robertson
- 118, 111 β David Lilley
- 112 β Mark Joyce
- 109 β Tom Ford
- 107 β Rod Lawler
- 106 β Ali Carter
- 106 β Stephen Maguire
- 105 β Liang Wenbo
- 104 β Mark Davis
- 102 β Yan Bingtao
- 100 β Zhang Jiankang
Referencesβ»
- ^ "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.
- ^ Γ rdalen, Hermund. "Kaspersky Riga Masters (2018) - snooker.org". snooker.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-06-07.