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2016 Riga Masters
The 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 and 24 June 2016 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. It was the first ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
| Tournament information |
|---|
| 22–24 June 2016 (2016-06-22 – 2016-06-24) |
| Arena Riga |
| Riga |
| Latvia |
| World Snooker |
| Ranking event |
| €200,000 |
| €50,000 |
| Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (138) |
| Neil Robertson (AUS) |
| Michael Holt (ENG) |
| 5–2 |
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The 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 and 24 June 2016 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. It was the first ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.
This was the first time for which the event was a ranking tournament, having previously been a minor-ranking event of the Players Tour Championship.
Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he decided not to defend his title.
Neil Robertson won the 12th ranking title of his career, defeating Michael Holt 5–2 in the final, from trailing 1–2.
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova.Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 24 June 2016. | ||
| Neil Robertson Australia | 5–2 | Michael Holt England |
| 87–56 (Robertson 56), 40–72, 6–60, 63–19, 89–0 (79), 57–20, 70–31 (69) | ||
| 79 | Highest break | 39 |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 |
| 3 | 50+ breaks | 0 |
These matches were held between 3 and 4 June 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Notes
Total: 15
Total: 31
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