Craig Steadman

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Craig Steadman
Born (1982-07-14) July 14, 1982
Farnworth, England
Sport country  England
Professional 2001–2005, 2009/10, 2012–
Highest ranking 78 (July 2012)[1]
Current ranking 82 (as of 10 February 2014)
Career winnings UK£ 27,679
EU€ 4,800
A$ 750[2]
Highest break 143 (2010 Welsh Open Qualifying)
Century breaks 31[2]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2012 German Masters, 2013 Welsh Open)

Craig Steadman (born July 14, 1982) is an English professional snooker player.

Career

Early career

Steadman began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2001, at the time the second-level professional tour.[3] He reached the quarter final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Manan Chandra 6–3. He reached the final of the 2008 European Snooker Championships but was defeated 7–6 by David Grace. He first entered Main Tour for the 2009/10 season, after finishing the 2008/09 PIOS rankings on the rank 8. On 23 May 2009 he won the English Team Championship with Manchester.[4]

2011/2012 season

He made it to the main draw of a ranking event for the first time in 2012, by beating Mike Dunn 5–3 in the wildcard round for the German Masters. He played Matthew Stevens in the first round, but was comfortably beaten 5–1.[5] Despite not being on the main snooker tour Steadman played in all 12 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, reaching the last 32 on four occasions. These performances were enough to see him earn a place back on the tour for the 2012/2013 season.[6]

2012/2013 season

Steadman took advantage of a new flatter structure used in the qualifiers for the 2013 Welsh Open, whereby he would only need to win two matches to reach the venue by defeating Yu Delu and Jamie Burnett with the loss of only one frame.[7] However, in Newport he was whitewashed 0–4 by Stuart Bingham.[8] Steadman played in all ten PTC's this season, with his best results being three last 32 defeats to finish 65th on the Order of Merit.[9] His season ended when he lost 6–10 to Kurt Maflin in the second round of World Championship Qualifying to finish the year ranked world number 83.[10][11]

2013/2014 season

In his opening match, Steadman defeated Marcus Campbell 5–3 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China where he faced Lu Haotian in the first round, but lost 3–5.[12]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1999/
00		 2000/
01		 2001/
02		 2002/
03		 2003/
04		 2004/
05		 2009/
10 		2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14
Ranking[13][nb 1] UR UR UR[nb 2][nb 3] UR[nb 3] UR[nb 3] UR[nb 3] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 2] 83
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking LQ 1R
Australian Goldfields Open Not Held A LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters Not Held LQ A A LQ LQ
Indian Open Not Held LQ
International Championship Not Held LQ 1R
UK Championship A A A A A A LQ A A LQ 1R
German Masters Not Held A 1R LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A A A A A LQ A A 1R
World Open[nb 5] A A A A A A LQ A A LQ
Players Tour Championship Final Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A A Not Held A LQ A A LQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A A LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters A A LQ LQ A A LQ A A A A
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 Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 New players don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 He was not on the Main Tour.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 He was an amateur.
  5. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (1999/2000-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004)

References

  1. ↑ "Rankings after 2012 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Craig Steadman - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 19 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Craig Steadman - Season 2001/2002". Retrieved 5 January 2013. 
  4. ↑ Global Snooker: 2009 Jury's English Finals Weekend
  5. ↑ "PartyPoker.net German Masters". WPBSA. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Order of Merit". Snooker.org. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Craig Steadman 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Stuart Bingham shows his class at Welsh Open". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Issued after Munich Open 2013 (ET6)" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Betfair World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season". World Snooker. Retrieved 24 May 2013. 
  12. ↑ "Craig Steadman 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2013. 
  13. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 

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