Adam Stefanów Explained

Adam Stefanów
Birth Date:22 March 1994
Birth Place:Nowa Sól, Lubuskie
Professional:2018–2020
High Ranking:88 (July–August 2019)

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

Tournament2016/
17
2017/
18
2018/
19
2019/
20
Ranking[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 90
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters1RALQ1R
International ChampionshipAALQLQ
China ChampionshipNRALQLQ
English Open1RA2R2R
World OpenLQALQLQ
Northern Ireland Open1RA1R1R
UK Championship1RA1R1R
Scottish Open2RA1R1R
European MastersAALQLQ
German MastersLQALQLQ
World Grand PrixDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Welsh Open2RA1R1R
Shoot-Out1RA1R1R
Players ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Gibraltar OpenLQA1R1R
Tour ChampionshipNot HeldDNQDNQ
World ChampionshipLQLQLQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai MastersLQANon-Rank.
Paul Hunter ClassicLQ1R1RNR
Indian OpenLQALQNH
China OpenLQA1RNH
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw
  1. R
lost 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
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)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2015Polish Amateur Championship Mateusz Baranowski7–2
Runner-up1.2018WSF Championship Luo Honghao0–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poland's Stefanów to Join Main Tour . WPBSA.com . . 17 May 2018.
  2. News: Welsh Open 2017: Scores & schedule of play . BBC Sport . 15 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Ranking History . Snooker.org . 6 February 2011.
  4. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  5. He was an amateur.
  6. He was an amateur.
  7. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.