Adam Stefanów
Paul Hunter Classic 2018
Born (1994-03-22) 22 March 1994
Nowa Sól, Lubuskie
Sport country Poland
Professional2018–2020
Highest ranking88 (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 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

Tournament 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19		 2019/
20
Ranking[3][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 90
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters 1R A LQ 1R
International Championship A A LQ LQ
China Championship NR A LQ LQ
English Open 1R A 2R 2R
World Open LQ A LQ LQ
Northern Ireland Open 1R A 1R 1R
UK Championship 1R A 1R 1R
Scottish Open 2R A 1R 1R
European Masters A A LQ LQ
German Masters LQ A LQ LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open 2R A 1R 1R
Shoot-Out 1R A 1R 1R
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open LQ A 1R 1R
Tour Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters LQ A Non-Rank.
Paul Hunter Classic LQ 1R 1R NR
Indian Open LQ A LQ NH
China Open LQ A 1R 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
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

Career finals

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2015 Polish Amateur Championship Poland Mateusz Baranowski 7–2
Runner-up 1. 2018 WSF Championship China Luo Honghao 0–6

References

  1. ↑ "Poland's Stefanów to Join Main Tour". WPBSA.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Welsh Open 2017: Scores & schedule of play". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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