Steve Mifsud

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Steve Mifsud
Steve Mifsud PHC 2014-4.jpg
Born (1972-08-25) 25 August 1972 (age 51)
Australia
Sport countryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Professional1991–1994, 1998/1999, 2003/2004, 2007/2008, 2014–2016, 2019–2021
Highest ranking 93 (June 2015)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (x1)

Steve Mifsud (born 25 August 1972 in Australia) is a Maltese Australian professional snooker player. [1]

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Career

He was a winner of the IBSF World Amateur Championship in Cairo, Egypt in 2002, beating Tim English 116 in the final which enabled him to get on the main tour for the 2003–04 season, although he later dropped off. He was runner-up to Mark Allen in the same event two years later.[ citation needed ]

He got back onto the main tour for the 2007–08 season by finishing top of the Australian rankings. Again he dropped off immediately, winning just one match in the six knockout tournaments.[ citation needed ]

Steve was Neil Robertson's partner in the 2011 World Cup where he helped Australia reach the quarter-finals. He, along with his brother James, was given a wildcard for Australian Open, where he lost 2–5 to Dominic Dale.[ citation needed ]

In 2014 Mifsud won the Oceania Snooker Championship, regaining his Main Tour place for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. [2] He only competed in one event, losing 4–0 to Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh at the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic.[ citation needed ]

In 2018, Mifsud won the Reventon Masters, the premium event in Reventon Triple Crown, after beating Kurt Dunham in the final game 6–2. [3]

In 2019 Mifsud again won the Oceania Snooker Championship, regaining his Main Tour place for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. As he had in previous years, Mifsud entered only one tournament during the 2019–20 season, the China Championship, where he lost 3–5 in qualifying to Martin O'Donnell. [4]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1991/
92
1992/
93
1993/
94
1994/
95
1998/
99
2003/
04
2004/
05
2007/
08
2011/
12
2013/
14
2014/
15
2015/
16
2019/
20
2020/
21
Ranking [5] [nb 1] [nb 2] 210 200 [nb 3] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 2] 93 [nb 2] 98
Ranking tournaments
European Masters [nb 4] LQ 1R LQALQLQAATournament Not HeldAA
UK Championship LQLQLQALQLQALQAAAAAA
Scottish Open [nb 5] NHLQLQALQLQTournament Not HeldAA
World Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldNRDNQDNQDNQ
Welsh Open LQLQLQALQLQALQAAAAAA
Players Championship [nb 6] Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQ
World Championship LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAAAAAA
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQLQAAALQALQAAAAAA
Former ranking tournaments
Classic LQTournament Not Held
Strachan Open [nb 7] LQMRNRTournament Not Held
Dubai Classic LQLQLQATournament Not Held
Thailand Masters [nb 8] LQLQLQALQTournament Not Held
British Open LQLQLQALQLQATournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not HeldLQTournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open Tournament Not Held 1R WR AANot Held
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not HeldLQAAAANRNH
China Open [nb 9] Tournament Not HeldLQAALQAAAANot Held
China Championship Tournament Not HeldLQNH
World Open [nb 10] LQLQLQALQLQALQAANot HeldANH
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
DQdisqualified from the tournament
NH / Not Heldevent was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventevent is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  3. 1 2 3 4 He was an amateur.
  4. The event was called the European Open (1991/1992–1994/1995 and 2003/2004), Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005 and 2007/2008)
  5. The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1994/1995 and 1998/1999) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  6. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Finals (2011/2012–2013/2014)
  7. The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
  8. The event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1994/1995)
  9. The event was called the China International (1998/1999)
  10. The event was called the Grand Prix (1991/1992–1994/1995, 1998/1999, 2004/2005 and 2007/2008) and the LG Cup (2003/2004)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 34 (21 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.1987Australian Under-23 Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Balzer 5–3
Runner-up1.1987Australian Under-18 Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Len Hill 2–4
Runner-up2.1988Australian Under-18 Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Turpin 4–5
Winner2.1988Australian Under-23 Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Balzer 5–3
Winner3.1989Australian Under-21 Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Philip Reilly 8–7
Winner4.1997Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stan Gorski 8–3
Runner-up3.1998Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shawn Budd 3–6
Winner5.1998Oceania Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shawn Budd 8–5
Runner-up4.1999Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shawn Budd 4–8
Runner-up5.2000Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shawn Budd 2–5
Winner6.2000Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Kook 8–3
Winner7.2001Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 6–1
Winner8.2001Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Bunt 8–4
Winner9.2002Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Quinten Hann 6–3
Winner10.2002 IBSF World Snooker Championship Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Tim English 11–6
Runner-up6.2002Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 0–8
Winner11.2003Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johl Younger 6–1
Winner12.2004Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shawn Budd 6–0
Runner-up7.2004 IBSF World Snooker Championship Ulster Banner.svg Mark Allen 6–11
Winner13.2006Australian Open Championship Flag of New Zealand.svg Dene O'Kane 8–7
Runner-up8.2009Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shawn Budd 2–6
Winner14.2010Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shawn Budd 6–3
Winner15.2010Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vinnie Calabrese 6–5
Runner-up9.2011Oceania Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Minici 4–6
Winner16.2011Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Minici 6–3
Winner17.2013Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johl Younger 5–4
Winner18.2013Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan McCarthy 6–3
Winner19.2014Oceania Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie Chafe 6–2
Runner-up10.2016Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roger Farebrother 0–6
Runner-up11.2017Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Ridley 3–6
Runner-up12.2017Australian Open Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Thomerson 3–6
Winner20.2018Australian Amateur Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie Chafe 6–5
Winner21.2019Oceania Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kurt Dunham 6–4
Runner-up13.2019Australian Open Championship Flag of Malaysia.svg Moh Keen Hoo 5–6

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