Riga Masters (snooker)

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Riga Masters, also known as Riga Open until 2016 and sponsored as the Kaspersky Riga Masters, was a professional snooker ranking tournament held in Riga, Latvia. It started in 2014 as part of the Players Tour Championship and was played at Arena Riga. It became a ranking event in 2016 and ran until 2019, with a total prize fund of £278,000. The final edition was won by Yan Bingtao, who defeated Mark Joyce in 2019. Bingtao is banned from the World Snooker Tour until December 2027 and remains the defending champion from the 2019 event.