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 the first ranking event of the 2018/2019 season.
Ryan Day was the defending champion, however he lost 3âÂÂ4 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.
Neil Robertson won the event for the second time in three years, winning his 14th ranking title, defeating Jack Lisowski 5âÂÂ2 in the final. This was Lisowski's first ranking event final.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at ã10,000
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.
Total: 31
Total: 18