Adam Stefanów (born 22 March 1994 in Nowa Sól, Lubuskie) is a Polish former professional snooker player. Stefanów lives in Sheffield, England. He received an Invitational Tour Card after finishing runner-up in the 2018 WSF Championship. His two-year card started in the 2018/2019 season.[1]
Career
Stefanów was high enough in the Q School Order of Merit after the 2016 Q School to be given a place in a number of ranking tournaments in the 2016/17 season as an amateur. He recorded wins against Ben Woollaston in the Riga Masters, James Cahill in the Scottish Open and Michael Wild in the 2017 Welsh Open.[2]
He was largely unsuccessful at the 2017 Q School in comparison to the previous year and therefore wasn't able to compete in any professional tournaments of note in the 2017/18 season, however, he finished runner-up in the 2018 WSF Championship in March 2018 which saw him receive a place in both the qualifying draw in the 2018 World Championship and a full tour card for the following two seasons. He won his first round tie at 2018 World Championship qualifying 10–8 against Gary Wilson, before losing out 4–10 against Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
His first full season on tour was relatively quiet, winning just two matches all season, one however of which was quite a notable 6-4 win against Shaun Murphy in qualifying for the China Open. Over in China in the venue stages he was defeated in the Last 64 1-6 by Andrew Higginson.
In the 2019/20 season he defeated former two-time ranking event winner Michael White 4-0 to qualify for the Riga Masters but was defeated 1-4 by Liam Highfield in Riga. His final professional win that season was a 4-1 win over Luca Brecel in the English Open.
He dropped off the tour at the end of the season. He entered the 2020 Q School to try and regain his tour card, but withdrew from each tournament before it began, possibly due to Covid-19 travel restrictions at the time and has since not entered any amateur or professional snooker tournament.
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[3][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 90 | |||||||||||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Riga Masters | 1R | A | LQ | 1R | |||||||||||||||
| International Championship | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||
| China Championship | NR | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||
| English Open | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||
| World Open | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||
| UK Championship | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||
| Scottish Open | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||
| European Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||
| German Masters | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| Welsh Open | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||
| Shoot-Out | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| Gibraltar Open | LQ | A | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||
| Tour Championship | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | LQ | A | Non-Rank. | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | LQ | 1R | 1R | NR | |||||||||||||||
| Indian Open | LQ | A | LQ | NH | |||||||||||||||
| China Open | LQ | A | 1R | NH | |||||||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. | |||
Career finals
Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2015 | Polish Amateur Championship |  Mateusz Baranowski
|
7–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | WSF Championship |  Luo Honghao
|
0–6 |
References
- ^ "Poland's Stefanów to Join Main Tour". WPBSA.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Welsh Open 2017: Scores & schedule of play". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External links
- Adam Stefanów at the World Snooker Tour (archived)
- Adam Stefanów at snooker.org
This page was last edited on 28 April 2024, at 09:54