Steve Mifsud Explained

Steve Mifsud
Birth Date:1972 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Australia
Professional:1991–1994, 1998/1999, 2003/2004, 2007/2008, 2014–2016, 2019–2021
High Ranking:93 (June 2015)
Best Finish:Last 32 (x1)

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

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

Tournament1991/
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] [6] [7] 210200[8] 9398
Ranking tournaments
European Masters[9] LQ1RLQALQLQAATournament Not HeldAA
UK ChampionshipLQLQLQALQLQALQAAAAAA
Scottish Open[10] NHLQLQALQLQTournament Not HeldAA
World Grand PrixTournament Not HeldNRDNQDNQDNQ
Welsh OpenLQLQLQALQLQALQAAAAAA
Players Championship[11] Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQ
World ChampionshipLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAAAAAA
Non-ranking tournaments
The MastersLQLQAAALQALQAAAAAA
Former ranking tournaments
ClassicLQTournament Not Held
Strachan Open[12] LQMRNRTournament Not Held
Dubai ClassicLQLQLQATournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[13] LQLQLQALQTournament Not Held
British OpenLQLQLQALQLQATournament Not Held
Northern Ireland TrophyTournament Not HeldLQTournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields OpenTournament Not Held1RWRAANot Held
Shanghai MastersTournament Not HeldLQAAAANRNH
China Open[14] Tournament Not HeldLQAALQAAAANot Held
China ChampionshipTournament Not HeldLQNH
World Open[15] LQLQLQALQLQALQAANot HeldANH
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
DQdisqualified 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.

Career finals

Amateur finals: 34 (21 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.1987Australian Under-23 Championship Paul Balzer5–3
Runner-up1.1987Australian Under-18 Championship Len Hill2–4
Runner-up2.1988Australian Under-18 Championship Wayne Turpin4–5
Winner2.1988Australian Under-23 Championship Paul Balzer5–3
Winner3.1989Australian Under-21 Championship Philip Reilly8–7
Winner4.1997Australian Open Championship Stan Gorski8–3
Runner-up3.1998Australian Amateur Championship Shawn Budd3–6
Winner5.1998Oceania Championship Shawn Budd8–5
Runner-up4.1999Australian Open Championship Shawn Budd4–8
Runner-up5.2000Australian Amateur Championship Shawn Budd2–5
Winner6.2000Australian Open Championship Tony Kook8–3
Winner7.2001Australian Amateur Championship Neil Robertson6–1
Winner8.2001Australian Open Championship Paul Bunt8–4
Winner9.2002Australian Amateur Championship Quinten Hann6–3
Winner10.2002IBSF World Snooker Championship Tim English11–6
Runner-up6.2002Australian Open Championship Neil Robertson0–8
Winner11.2003Australian Amateur Championship Johl Younger6–1
Winner12.2004Australian Amateur Championship Shawn Budd6–0
Runner-up7.2004IBSF World Snooker Championship Mark Allen6–11
Winner13.2006Australian Open Championship Dene O'Kane8–7
Runner-up8.2009Australian Open Championship Shawn Budd2–6
Winner14.2010Australian Amateur Championship Shawn Budd6–3
Winner15.2010Australian Open Championship Vinnie Calabrese6–5
Runner-up9.2011Oceania Championship Joe Minici4–6
Winner16.2011Australian Amateur Championship Joe Minici6–3
Winner17.2013Australian Amateur Championship Johl Younger5–4
Winner18.2013Australian Open Championship Alan McCarthy6–3
Winner19.2014Oceania Championship Charlie Chafe6–2
Runner-up10.2016Australian Open Championship Roger Farebrother0–6
Runner-up11.2017Australian Amateur Championship Adrian Ridley3–6
Runner-up12.2017Australian Open Championship Ryan Thomerson3–6
Winner20.2018Australian Amateur Championship Charlie Chafe6–5
Winner21.2019Oceania Championship Kurt Dunham6–4
Runner-up13.2019Australian Open Championship Moh Keen Hoo5–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Another defeat for Malta team as Steve Mifsud beats Drago and Borg . 22 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315084154/http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=128675 . 15 March 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: Australian Billiards & Snooker Council website article 'Steve Mifsud Accepts Main Tour Nomination' accessed 20-Apr-2014 . 20 April 2014 . 21 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050732/http://absc.com.au/snookersite/absc1/news-detail.aspx/196 . dead .
  3. Web site: Result Detail. ABSC. en-AU. 2020-02-18.
  4. Web site: STEVE MIFSUD (AUS) . 16 July 2020 . 16 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200716232844/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Players/PlayerDetails/14092/939/steve-mifsud/China%20Championship%202019%20Qualifiers . live .
  5. Web site: Ranking History. Snooker.org. 6 February 2011.
  6. From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  7. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  8. He was an amateur.
  9. 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)
  10. The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1994/1995 and 1998/1999) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  11. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Finals (2011/2012–2013/2014)
  12. The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
  13. The event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1994/1995)
  14. The event was called the China International (1998/1999)
  15. The event was called the Grand Prix (1991/1992–1994/1995, 1998/1999, 2004/2005 and 2007/2008) and the LG Cup (2003/2004)

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