Steve Mifsud

Steve Mifsud

Born	(1972-08-25) 25 August 1972 (age 51) Australia
Sport country	Australia
Professional	1991–1994, 1998/1999, 2003/2004, 2007/2008, 2014–2016, 2019–2021
Highest ranking	93 (June 2015)
Best ranking finish	Last 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 11–6 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	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	Tournament Not Held				A	A
UK Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	A
Scottish Open^[nb 5]	NH	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held						A	A
World Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held										NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	A
Players Championship^[nb 6]	Tournament Not Held								DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held												DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	A
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	LQ	A	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open^[nb 7]	LQ	MR	NR	Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters^[nb 8]	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
British Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	A	Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy	Tournament Not Held							LQ	Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open	Tournament Not Held								1R	WR	A	A	Not Held
Shanghai Masters	Tournament Not Held							LQ	A	A	A	A	NR	NH
China Open^[nb 9]	Tournament Not Held				LQ	A	A	LQ	A	A	A	A	Not Held
China Championship	Tournament Not Held												LQ	NH
World Open^[nb 10]	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	A	A	Not Held		A	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
DQ	disqualified from the tournament

NH / Not Held				event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				event is/was a minor-ranking event.

^ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d He was an amateur.
^ 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)
^ The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1994/1995 and 1998/1999) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Finals (2011/2012–2013/2014)
^ The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
^ The event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1994/1995)
^ The event was called the China International (1998/1999)
^ 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)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1987	Australian Under-23 Championship	Paul Balzer	5–3
Runner-up	1.	1987	Australian Under-18 Championship	Len Hill	2–4
Runner-up	2.	1988	Australian Under-18 Championship	Wayne Turpin	4–5
Winner	2.	1988	Australian Under-23 Championship	Paul Balzer	5–3
Winner	3.	1989	Australian Under-21 Championship	Philip Reilly	8–7
Winner	4.	1997	Australian Open Championship	Stan Gorski	8–3
Runner-up	3.	1998	Australian Amateur Championship	Shawn Budd	3–6
Winner	5.	1998	Oceania Championship	Shawn Budd	8–5
Runner-up	4.	1999	Australian Open Championship	Shawn Budd	4–8
Runner-up	5.	2000	Australian Amateur Championship	Shawn Budd	2–5
Winner	6.	2000	Australian Open Championship	Tony Kook	8–3
Winner	7.	2001	Australian Amateur Championship	Neil Robertson	6–1
Winner	8.	2001	Australian Open Championship	Paul Bunt	8–4
Winner	9.	2002	Australian Amateur Championship	Quinten Hann	6–3
Winner	10.	2002	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Tim English	11–6
Runner-up	6.	2002	Australian Open Championship	Neil Robertson	0–8
Winner	11.	2003	Australian Amateur Championship	Johl Younger	6–1
Winner	12.	2004	Australian Amateur Championship	Shawn Budd	6–0
Runner-up	7.	2004	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Mark Allen	6–11
Winner	13.	2006	Australian Open Championship	Dene O'Kane	8–7
Runner-up	8.	2009	Australian Open Championship	Shawn Budd	2–6
Winner	14.	2010	Australian Amateur Championship	Shawn Budd	6–3
Winner	15.	2010	Australian Open Championship	Vinnie Calabrese	6–5
Runner-up	9.	2011	Oceania Championship	Joe Minici	4–6
Winner	16.	2011	Australian Amateur Championship	Joe Minici	6–3
Winner	17.	2013	Australian Amateur Championship	Johl Younger	5–4
Winner	18.	2013	Australian Open Championship	Alan McCarthy	6–3
Winner	19.	2014	Oceania Championship	Charlie Chafe	6–2
Runner-up	10.	2016	Australian Open Championship	Roger Farebrother	0–6
Runner-up	11.	2017	Australian Amateur Championship	Adrian Ridley	3–6
Runner-up	12.	2017	Australian Open Championship	Ryan Thomerson	3–6
Winner	20.	2018	Australian Amateur Championship	Charlie Chafe	6–5
Winner	21.	2019	Oceania Championship	Kurt Dunham	6–4
Runner-up	13.	2019	Australian Open Championship	Moh Keen Hoo	5–6