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Tournament information | |
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Dates | 22–24 June 2016 |
Venue | Arena Riga |
City | Riga |
Country | Latvia |
Organisation | World Snooker |
Format | Ranking event |
Total prize fund | €200,000[1] |
Winner's share | €50,000 |
Highest break | Martin O'Donnell (ENG) (138) |
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Champion | Neil Robertson (AUS) |
Runner-up | Michael Holt (ENG) |
Score | 5–2 |
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The 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22–24 June 2016 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia.[1] It was the first ranking event of the 2016/2017 season.[2]
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,[3] 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.[4]
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:[5]
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The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.
Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Desislava Bozhilova. Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 24 June 2016.[8][9] | ||
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.[8][10][11]
Total: 15
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Total: 31
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