Steve Mifsud

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

Steve Mifsud
Born (1972-08-25) 25 August 1972
Australia
Sport country Australia
Professional1991–1994, 1998/1999, 2003/2004, 2007/2008, 2014–2016, 2019–
Highest ranking93 (June 2015)
Current ranking 127 (as of 8 February 2021)
Career winnings£13,480
Highest break129:
2003 UK Championship (qualifying)
Century breaks7
Best ranking finishLast 32 (2011 Australian Goldfields Open)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
English Open Tournament Not Held A A
Championship League Tournament Not Held A A A A A A A
Northern Ireland Open 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
German Masters Tournament Not Held NR Tournament Not Held A A A A A A
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event A A
Welsh Open LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ A LQ A A A A A
Players Championship[nb 6] Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR A
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held A
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 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
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
World Open[nb 10] LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ A LQ A A Not Held A NH
Australian Goldfields Open Tournament Not Held 1R WR A A Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not Held LQ 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 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. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. 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, 13 runners-up)
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

References
  1. "Another defeat for Malta team as Steve Mifsud beats Drago and Borg". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. Australian Billiards & Snooker Council website article 'Steve Mifsud Accepts Main Tour Nomination' accessed 20-Apr-2014
  3. "Result Detail". ABSC. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Players/PlayerDetails/14092/939/steve-mifsud/China%20Championship%202019%20Qualifiers
  5. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.