The 2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 and 25 June 2017 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. It was the first ranking event of the 2017/2018 season. The tournament was broadcast by Eurosport.
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round to Lukas Kleckers.
Ryan Day claimed the first ranking title of his career by defeating Stephen Maguire 5–2 in the final.
Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £50,000 Runner-up: £25,000 Semi-final: £15,000 Quarter-final: £6,000 Last 16: £4,000 Last 32: £2,000 Last 64: £1,000
Highest break: £2,000 Total: £227,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £10,000
Main draw
Final Final: Best of 9 frames. Referee: Ben Williams.Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia, 25 June 2017. Stephen Maguire 2–5 Ryan Day 33–78 (59), 50–76, , , , , 119 Highest break 77 1 Century breaks 0 1 50+ breaks 3
Qualifying These matches were played between 31 May and 2 June 2017 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 7 frames.
Ian Preece 3–4 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Michael Georgiou 4–1 Sanderson Lam Ashley Hugill 0–4 Stuart Carrington Anthony McGill 4–0Match held over and played in Riga. Tatjana VasiljevaWildcard Martin Gould 3–4 Kurt Maflin William Lemons 1–4 Alan McManus Thor Chuan Leong 3–4 Eden Sharav Jimmy White 4–3 Jak Jones Gary Wilson 4–2 Hu Hao Ken Doherty 4–2 Peter Lines Josh Boileau 0–4 Robin Hull Rodion JudinWildcard 4–0Match held over and played in Riga. Chen Zhe Alex Borg w/o–w/d Mark Selby Zhang Anda 4–2 Allan Taylor Liam Highfield w/d–w/o Hammad Miah Tom Ford 4–2 Hamza Akbar Jimmy Robertson 4–2 Martin O'Donnell Declan Brennan 3–4 John Astley Duane Jones 3–4 Jamie Curtis-Barrett Yan Bingtao 2–4 Andrew Higginson Stuart Bingham 4–1 Li Hang Zhao Xintong 0–4 Mark Davis Sam Craigie 4–3 Soheil Vahedi Jamie Jones 4–2 Fergal O'Brien Chris Wakelin 3–4 Matthew Stevens Jack Lisowski 4–3 Mark Allen Daniel Ward 2–4Match held over and played in Riga. Neil Robertson Lukas Kleckers w/o–w/d Li Yuan Oliver Lines 4–3 Yuan Sijun Sean O'Sullivan 3–4 Christopher Keogan Stephen Maguire 4–0 Ian Burns Gerard Greene 4–1 Zhang Yong
Anthony Hamilton 3–4 Hossein Vafaei Chris Totten 0–4 Mark King Paul Davison w/o–w/d Niu Zhuang Zhou Yuelong 4–0 Kurt Dunham Charlie Walters w/d–w/o David Gilbert Graeme Dott 3–4 Joe Perry Tian Pengfei 4–2 Scott Donaldson Ben Jones 4–1 Mike Dunn Wang Yuchen w/o–w/d Rod Lawler Robert Milkins 4–1 Aditya Mehta Barry Hawkins 4–2 Michael Holt David John 1–4 Ryan Day Craig Steadman 4–1 Lyu Haotian Chen Zifan 4–2 Ross Muir Mitchell Mann 1–4 Ben Woollaston Alfie Burden 0–4 Kyren Wilson Nigel Bond 4–1 Dominic Dale James Silverwood 1–4 Jackson Page Rory McLeod 0–4 Xiao Guodong Mark Joyce 4–1 Fang Xiongman Adam Duffy 1–4 Noppon Saengkham Ricky Walden 0–4 Cao Yupeng Matthew Selt 3–4 Sam Baird Michael White 4–1 Rhys Clark Billy Joe Castle 0–4 Alexander Ursenbacher Elliot Slessor 4–0 Jamie Clarke Robbie Williams 4–2 Xu Si David Grace 1–4 Ashley Carty Mark Williams w/o–w/d Yu Delu Daniel Wells 0–4 Peter Ebdon Shaun Murphy 2–4 Luca Brecel Lee Walker 4–1 Mei Xiwen
Notes
Century breaks
Main stage centuries Total: 24
140 Andrew Higginson 139, 119, 112 Stephen Maguire 139 Alexander Ursenbacher 137, 109 Neil Robertson 135 Robin Hull 134 Mark Davis 130 Mark Williams 129 Joe Perry 129 Eden Sharav 129 Robbie Williams
126 Ken Doherty 119, 100 Ryan Day 119 Barry Hawkins 113 Zhang Anda 112 Kurt Maflin 112 Tian Pengfei 107 Mark Joyce 102 Stuart Carrington 102 Jack Lisowski 102 Kyren Wilson
Qualifying stage centuries Total: 14
132, 127 Xiao Guodong 132, 109 Jimmy Robertson 127 Kurt Maflin 124 Matthew Selt 124 Zhang Anda 123 Ben Woollaston
121 Declan Brennan 116 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 115 Gary Wilson 104 Graeme Dott 102 Peter Ebdon 101 Craig Steadman
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