2016 Riga Masters

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. 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.

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: €3,000
 * Last 32: €1,400
 * Last 64: €700


 * Non-televised highest break: €200
 * Televised highest break: €2,000
 * Total: €200,000

The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000.

Qualifying
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

Qualifying stage centuries
Total: 15


 * 135, 111 – John Higgins
 * 131 – Mark King
 * 124, 100 – Stuart Carrington
 * 121 – Anthony Hamilton
 * 111 – Li Hang
 * 110, 108 – Mark Williams


 * 110 – John Astley
 * 110 – Peter Ebdon
 * 108 – Zhang Anda
 * 104 – Mike Dunn
 * 103 – Mark Selby
 * 101 – Joe Perry

Televised stage centuries
Total: 31


 * 138 – Martin O'Donnell
 * 135 – Zhao Xintong
 * 134, 102 – Jimmy Robertson
 * 132 – Zhou Yuelong
 * 130 – Ian Burns
 * 125 – Mark Davis
 * 124 – Gary Wilson
 * 123 – Mark Williams
 * 118 – Michael Holt
 * 117, 110, 107 – John Astley
 * 115 – Stuart Bingham
 * 112, 107 – Anthony McGill


 * 108, 104, 100, 100 – Neil Robertson
 * 108 – Li Hang
 * 106 – Stuart Carrington
 * 105, 100 – Sean O'Sullivan
 * 105 – Fergal O'Brien
 * 105 – Jack Lisowski
 * 103 – Yan Bingtao
 * 103 – Judd Trump
 * 102 – Xiao Guodong
 * 101 – Jamie Cope
 * 100 – Marco Fu