Adam Stefanów (born 22 March 1994 in

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former professional

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player. Stefanów lives in

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, 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.

Career

Stefanów won enough matches at Q School in 2016 to be given a place in a number of ranking tournaments in the 2016/17 season as an amateur. He recorded wins against

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in the Riga Masters, James Cahill in the Scottish Open and

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in the 2017 Welsh Open. He was largely unsuccessful at Q School in 2017 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

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in qualifying for the China Open. Over in China in the venue stages he was defeated in the Last 64 1-6 by

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in Riga. His final professional win that season was a 4-1 win over

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in the

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. He dropped off the tour at the end of the season. He entered Q School in August 2020 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

Career finals

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stefanow, Adam 1994 births Living people Polish snooker players People from Nowa Sól Sportspeople from Lubusz Voivodeship