2019 Riga Masters

The **2019 Riga Masters** (also known as the **2019 Kapersky Riga Masters** due tae sponsorship) wis a professional rankin snooker toornament haudit fae 26 til 28 July 2019 a the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia. It wis the saxt Riga Masters event, wae the first beein held i 2013, an the first rankin event o the 2019/2020 snooker season. The defendin champion, Neil Robertson, previously defeatit Jack Lisowski i the 2018 feenal. Houaniver, Robertson an seevral ither pleyers wis forced tae withdraw fae qualifyin round matches owin tae flight cancellations, an coudna compete in the event.

Yan Bingtao defeatit Mark Joyce 5–2 i the feenal, winnin the event an earnin his first career rankin title. Yan becam the first pleyer born efter 2000 tae win a rankin event, as weel as the first teenager tae win a rankin event in 13 year since Ding Junhui won the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy aged 19. No pleyers fae the tap 20 i the warld reached the quarter-feenals. Lisowski scored the highest brak o the toornament, a 145. The event had a total prize fund o £278,000, wi the winner receivin £50,000. Qualifyin fae the event wis haudit atween the 10 an 13 Juin 2019 a the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, Ingland.

## Format
The tournament wis played frae 26 to 28 July 2019 a the Arēna Rīga i Riga, Latvia. The event wis organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, and sponsored by Kaspersky Lab. Matches wae played as best-o-seven  until the semi-feenals, which wae best-o-nine frames.  The quarter-feenals, semi-feenals, an feenal wae all played o 28 July. The event wis broadcast on Eurosport Player (Pan-Europe); NowTV (Hong Kong); Truesport Thailand; an Superstars Online, Youku, an Zhibo.tv (China).

### Prize fund
The prize fund wis slightly increased frae the 2018 event. The champion still received £50,000, but the total prize fund increased frae £259,000 to £278,000, as follows:

* Winner: £50,000
* Runner-up: £25,000
* Semi-feenal: £15,000
* Quarter-feenal: £6,000
* Last 16: £4,000
* Last 32: £3,000
* Last 64: £2,000
* Highest break: £5,000
* Total: £278,000

## Main draw
The main draw for the toornament featured 64 players. Certain players had to withdraw frae the competition due to flight difficulties, and are denoted belaw with a bye to thae opponent. A w/d indicates a withdrawn player, whilst a w/o indicatit a walkover. Players listed i bold denote match winners.

### Feenal

## Qualifying
Qualifyin matches wae held atween 10 an 13 June 2019 at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre i Sheffield, England. Matches involvin Neil Robertson, Kishan Hirani, Mark Selby, Duane Jones, and Mark Williams, wae planned to be played i Riga. All matches wae best-o-seven frames.

## Century braks

### Televised stage centuries

A total o 19 centuries wae made durin the event. Jack Lisowski scored a 145, the highest brak of the event.

* 145, 140, 119 Jack Lisowski
* 143 Graeme Dott
* 137 Liam Highfield
* 137 Mark Williams
* 127 Daniel Wells
* 126, 112, 109, 103 Mark Joyce
* 120 Mei Xiwen
* 112 Kurt Maflin
* 110 Gary Wilson
* 109, 104 Tom Ford
* 106 Ricky Walden
* 106 Rod Lawler
* 101 Yan Bingtao

### Qualifying stage centuries
During the pre-tournament qualification round, 23 centuries wae made. Dominic Dale scores the highest of these, with a brak of 141.

* 141 Dominic Dale
* 138 Lu Ning
* 136 Yuan Sijun
* 132, 112 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
* 131 David Grace
* 131 Oliver Lines
* 131 Ricky Walden
* 129 Anthony Hamilton
* 128, 109 Alan McManus
* 125 Michael Holt
* 124 Scott Donaldson
* 120, 101 Jamie O'Neill
* 119 Mei Xiwen
* 112 Jackson Page
* 112 Qingtian Yang
* 109 Chris Wakelin 
* 109 Riley Parsons 
* 105 Kurt Maflin 
* 103 Joe O'Connor
* 101 Ian Burns

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