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Maltese Australian professional snooker player

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Steve Mifsud

Born	(1972-08-25)25 August 1972 (age 53) Australia
Sport country	Australia
Professional	1991–1994, 1998/1999, 2003/2004, 2007/2008, 2014–2016, 2019–2021
Highestranking	93 (June 2015)
Best ranking finish	Last 32 (x1)

Steve Mifsud (born 25 August 1972 inAustralia) is anAustralian former professionalsnooker player.^[1] TheWorld Snooker Federation has called Mifsud "the most successful player in the history of the Australian National Snooker Championship", winning the Australian National Snooker Championship a record 11 times, the most recent title won in 2024.^[2]Steve Mifsud is ranked number 1 in Australia for billiards and is at the top of ABSC rankings, and has won the Australian Billiards Championship 6 times.

Career

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Steve Mifsud has won 26 Australian snooker and billiards titles.^{[citation needed]} He has won the Australian National Snooker Championships a record-breaking 11 times in the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2022, 2023, and 2024.^[3]^[4]

Mifsud won the Australian Billiards Championships every year since 2022, totaling 6 Australian Billiards Championship wins in his billiards career to date, winning in 2003, 2012, and 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.^[5]

Steve Mifsud was the winner of the IBSF World Amateur Championship inCairo,Egypt in 2002, the only Australian to have ever won, beating Tim English 11–6 in the final which enabled him to get on the main tour for the2003–04 season. He was runner-up toMark Allen in the same event two years later.^{[citation needed]}

He got back onto the main tour for the2007–08 season by finishing top of the Australian rankings.

Steve wasNeil Robertson's partner in the2011 World Cup where he helpedAustralia reach the quarter-finals. He, along with his brother James, was given a wildcard forAustralian Open.

In 2014 Mifsud won the Oceania Snooker Championship, regaining his Main Tour place for the2014–15 and2015–16 seasons.^[6]

In 2018, Mifsud won the Reventon Masters, the premium event inReventon Triple Crown, after beatingKurt Dunham in the final game 6–2.^[7]

In 2019 Mifsud again won the Oceania Snooker Championship, regaining his Main Tour place for the2019–20 and2020–21 seasons.^[8]

Performance and rankings timeline

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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^[9]^{[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 ^fNew players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
^^a ^b ^c ^dHe 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

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Amateur snooker finals: 37 (25 titles)

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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
Winner	22.	2022	Australian Open Championship	Roger Farebrother	6–5
Winner	23.	2022	Australian National Championship	James Mifsud	6–1
Winner	24.	2023	Australian National Championship	Adrian Ridley	6–1
Winner	25.	2024	Australian National Championship	Shaun Dalitz	6–4