2018 Riga Masters
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27–29 July 2018 |
| Venue | Arena Riga[1] |
| City | Riga |
| Country | Latvia[1] |
| Organisation | World Snooker |
| Format | Ranking event |
| Total prize fund | £259,000 |
| Winner's share | £50,000 |
| Highest break | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo (CHN) (140) |
| Final | |
| Champion | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Runner-up | Error creating thumbnail: Jack Lisowski (ENG) |
| Score | 5–2 |
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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.[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
[edit | edit source]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
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Final
[edit | edit source]| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Paul Collier. Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 29 July 2018. | ||
| Neil Robertson File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
5–2 | Jack Lisowski Error creating thumbnail: England |
| 60–21, 73–59, 122–0 (117), 45–73, 81–66, 32–72, 72–37 | ||
| 117 | Highest break | 38 |
| 1 | Century breaks | 0 |
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]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]
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- Notes
Century breaks
[edit | edit source]Televised stage centuries
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
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