Steve Mifsud

Steve Mifsud (born 25 August 1972 in Australia) is an Australian former professional snooker player. The World 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. 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 Steve Mifsud has won 26 Australian snooker and billiards titles. 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.

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.

Steve Mifsud was the winner of the IBSF World Amateur Championship in Cairo, 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 the 2003–04 season. 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.

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.

In 2014 Mifsud won the Oceania Snooker Championship, regaining his Main Tour place for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.

In 2018, Mifsud won the Reventon Masters, the premium event in Reventon Triple Crown, after beating Kurt Dunham in the final game 6–2.

In 2019 Mifsud again won the Oceania Snooker Championship, regaining his Main Tour place for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.

Performance and rankings timeline Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournamentDQ 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.

Career finals Amateur snooker finals: 37 (25 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 1987 Australian Under-23 Championship Paul Balzer 5–3Runner-up 1. 1987 Australian Under-18 Championship Len Hill 2–4Runner-up 2. 1988 Australian Under-18 Championship Wayne Turpin 4–5Winner 2. 1988 Australian Under-23 Championship Paul Balzer 5–3Winner 3. 1989 Australian Under-21 Championship Philip Reilly 8–7Winner 4. 1997 Australian Open Championship Stan Gorski 8–3Runner-up 3. 1998 Australian Amateur Championship Shawn Budd 3–6Winner 5. 1998 Oceania Championship Shawn Budd 8–5Runner-up 4. 1999 Australian Open Championship Shawn Budd 4–8Runner-up 5. 2000 Australian Amateur Championship Shawn Budd 2–5Winner 6. 2000 Australian Open Championship Tony Kook 8–3Winner 7. 2001 Australian Amateur Championship Neil Robertson 6–1Winner 8. 2001 Australian Open Championship Paul Bunt 8–4Winner 9. 2002 Australian Amateur Championship Quinten Hann 6–3Winner 10. 2002 IBSF World Snooker Championship Tim English 11–6Runner-up 6. 2002 Australian Open Championship Neil Robertson 0–8Winner 11. 2003 Australian Amateur Championship Johl Younger 6–1Winner 12. 2004 Australian Amateur Championship Shawn Budd 6–0Runner-up 7. 2004 IBSF World Snooker Championship Mark Allen 6–11Winner 13. 2006 Australian Open Championship Dene O'Kane 8–7Runner-up 8. 2009 Australian Open Championship Shawn Budd 2–6Winner 14. 2010 Australian Amateur Championship Shawn Budd 6–3Winner 15. 2010 Australian Open Championship Vinnie Calabrese 6–5Runner-up 9. 2011 Oceania Championship Joe Minici 4–6Winner 16. 2011 Australian Amateur Championship Joe Minici 6–3Winner 17. 2013 Australian Amateur Championship Johl Younger 5–4Winner 18. 2013 Australian Open Championship Alan McCarthy 6–3Winner 19. 2014 Oceania Championship Charlie Chafe 6–2Runner-up 10. 2016 Australian Open Championship Roger Farebrother 0–6Runner-up 11. 2017 Australian Amateur Championship Adrian Ridley 3–6Runner-up 12. 2017 Australian Open Championship Ryan Thomerson 3–6Winner 20. 2018 Australian Amateur Championship Charlie Chafe 6–5Winner 21. 2019 Oceania Championship Kurt Dunham 6–4Winner 22. 2022 Australian Open Championship Roger Farebrother 6–5Winner 23. 2022 Australian National Championship James Mifsud 6–1Winner 24. 2023 Australian National Championship Adrian Ridley 6–1Winner 25. 2024 Australian National Championship Shaun Dalitz 6–4