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Matthew Stevens

Matthew John Stevens is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events—the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other triple crown event, the World Snooker Championship, in 2000 and 2005. Stevens reached a career high ranking of No. 4 for the 2005/2006 season. Stevens has compiled more than 350 century breaks during his career.

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Matthew Stevens
Stevens at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1977-09-11) 11 September 1977
Carmarthen, Wales
Sport country Wales
NicknameThe Welsh Dragon1
Professional1994–present
Highest ranking4 (2005/06)
Current ranking 49 (as of 16 July 2026)
Maximum breaks1
Century breaks367 (as of 15 July 2026)
Tournament wins
Ranking1

Matthew John Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player.2 He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events—the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other triple crown event, the World Snooker Championship, in 2000 and 2005. Stevens reached a career high ranking of No. 4 for the 2005/2006 season. Stevens has compiled more than 350 century breaks during his career.

Career

Early career

Stevens became a professional snooker player in 1994; in his second season, he won the Benson & Hedges Championship to qualify for the Masters, where he beat Terry Griffiths 5–3 but lost 5–6 to Alan McManus. The following season, he beat Stephen Hendry 5–1 in the Grand Prix. In the 1997–98 season, he reached the semi-finals of both the Grand Prix and the UK Championship, achieving the highest break of the tournament at the latter. He also reached the quarter-finals on his debut at the Crucible in the World Championship, beating Alain Robidoux and Mark King before losing to Ken Doherty. In 1998, he reached his first ranking final at the UK Championship, losing 6–10 to John Higgins.

2000–2005

In the 1999–00 season Stevens got to all three finals of the Triple Crown events. In the final of the 1999 UK Championship he lost to Mark Williams 8–10. He won the 2000 Masters title, with a 10–8 win over Doherty in the final. At the 2000 World Championship, he achieved victories over Tony Drago, McManus, Jimmy White, and Joe Swail, before facing Williams in the final. Stevens lost 16–18, having led 10–6, 13–7, and then 14–10, with the final session to play. Stevens became only the second player in the history of the world championship to lose in the final from holding a four frame overnight lead. In 2002, he came within one frame from securing a place in the final, leading Peter Ebdon 16–14 in their semi-final tie, and requiring a red in the 31st frame to leave his opponent requiring snookers. When Stevens missed the pot, Ebdon made a clearance to win the frame and went on to take the next two frames to win the match 17–16.3

Stevens won the 2003 UK Championship, after beating Hendry in the final. He trailed Hendry 0–4 at the first interval, before winning the next five frames; Hendry fought back to lead 7–5, but Stevens responded and clinched a 10–8 victory. This was the first ranking tournament victory of his career.4 He followed this achievement with a run of nine successive first round defeats in best-of-nine matches, only interrupted by a run to the semi-final of the 2004 World Championship.

He was runner-up at the 2005 World Championship, losing 16–18 to Shaun Murphy in the final, having been up 10–6, and then 12–11 with only the final session to play. He relinquished a four frame overnight lead to lose in the final, the third time this had happened in world championship history. Stevens insisted that Murphy had simply been the "better player" and that he believed he would eventually win the championship himself.

The following year, Stevens was beaten by Doherty 8–13 in the second round of the 2006 World Championship.

2006–2010

In 2007, Stevens lost 12–13 to Murphy in the quarter-finals of the World Championship, having led 11–5 and 12–7 earlier in the match, making him the first person to ever lose a best-of-25 match from a 12–7 lead. The defeat left him ranked outside the top 16 for the first time in eight years. In 2008, he was defeated in the first round of the World Championship for the first time in his career, by defending champion Higgins, and he finished ranked outside the top 16 for the second consecutive season. During the 2008–09 season, he reached the final of the Bahrain Championship, in which he was given a top 16 seeding due to the unavailability of three leading players. He only reached the last 16 of one other event, and failed to qualify for the World Championship after a defeat to Martin Gould. He finished the season with a drop of nine places to world number 26.

2010/2011

In the 2010–11 season, Stevens reached the quarter-finals of both the Shanghai Masters, losing to Ali Carter 4–5 on the final black, and at the Welsh Open, where he exited following a defeat by Higgins. He was not ranked in the top 16, so did not automatically qualify for the World Championship; in the fifth round of qualifying, he overcame Fergal O'Brien 10–9 on the final black to qualify for the first time since 2008. He was eliminated by Allen in the first round of the main draw, losing four consecutive frames after leading 9–6. He then won the 2011 Championship League, beating Williams 3–1 in the semi-final, and Murphy 3–1 in the final, to qualify for the Premier League.

His performances during the season were enough to see Stevens return to the elite top 16 in the world rankings for the first time since 2006, meaning he would no longer need to play qualifying matches to reach the main stage of the ranking events.5

2011/2012

Stevens reached the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters. His run was ended by Williams, who whitewashed him 0–5.6 A last 16 exit in the 2011 UK Championship to Ding Junhui followed, before Stevens reached his second ranking event quarter-final of the season in the German Masters. He lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan 3–5.7

Due to being ranked inside the top 16, Stevens played in his first Masters tournament since [2007, and was beaten by Higgins 2–6 in the first round.8 His first Premier League campaign since 2002 saw Stevens win 3 and lose 3 of the 6 matches he played to finish seventh in the ten-man league and therefore fail to make it to the play-offs.9 Stevens finished runner-up to O'Sullivan in Event 7 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship series and with last 16 finishes coming in Event 9 and Event 11, he was ranked 17th in the Order of Merit, inside the top 24 who qualified for the Finals.10 There he played Ricky Walden in the last 24 and lost 0–5 in 50 minutes.6

Stevens was defeated in the second round of the Welsh Open and had successive first round losses in the World Open and China Open prior to entering the World Championship.6 Stevens reached his sixth semi-final in the event, and first since 2005.11 He reached the last four with wins over Marco Fu (10–3), Barry Hawkins (13–11) and Ryan Day (13–5, having won 11 consecutive frames).611 He played O'Sullivan in the semi-final and lost 10–17.12 Stevens finished the season ranked world number 10.5

2012/2013

2013 German Masters source ↗

Stevens withdrew from the season's opening ranking event, the Wuxi Classic due to a bad back and could not advance beyond the second round in any of the next three events.1314 At the 2012 UK Championship he beat Dominic Dale 6–1 and Fu 6–4 to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since lifting the trophy in 2003. In his game versus Mark Davis, Stevens was beaten 4–6.15 Stevens missed a brown at 4–1 up against Williams in the first round of the Masters and eventually lost 4–6.16 He also progressed to the quarter-final at the German Masters, where he was defeated 3–5 by Fu, before losing 2–4 to Stephen Maguire in the second round of the Welsh Open.14

Stevens travelled to Haikou, China, for the World Open, but his cue failed to arrive on time for his first round match against David Gilbert. He beat Gilbert 5–4 with a borrowed cue and Murphy 5–3 with Mark Williams' cue before his own arrived for his quarter-final against Judd Trump.17 It was Trump this time who suffered cue troubles as his tip became damp during the match and Stevens took full advantage to triumph 5–3.18 He then came back from 4–5 against Neil Robertson in the semi-finals to win 6–5 and reach his first ranking event final since the 2008 Bahrain Championship.19 He faced Mark Allen in the final and was beaten 4–10.20 Stevens' season finished after he lost in first round of the China Open 2–5 to Rory McLeod and 7–10 to Fu in the World Championship, which saw him finish the year ranked world number 14.1421

2013/2014

At the season's opening ranking event, the 2013 Wuxi Classic, Stevens beat Lu Ning 5–1, Liang Wenbo and Peter Lines both 5–3, and David Morris 5–2, to advance to the semi-finals.22 He lost 2–6 to Higgins.23 At the International Championship, he defeated Higgins 6–2, before being eliminated by Ding 1–6 in the third round.22 He was beaten in the last 32 of the UK Championship 2–6 by Robert Milkins.24 He also lost deciding frames in the last 32 of the Welsh Open and World Open to Joe Perry and Trump respectively.22 He failed to qualify for the World Championship this year as he lost 8–10 to Tom Ford in the final qualifying round.25 Stevens dropped out of the top 16 and ended the year as world number 19.26

2014/2015

At the 2014 Australian Goldfields Open, Stevens reached his first quarter-final in a year by knocking out Luca Brecel 5–3 and O'Brien 5–3, but lost 2–5 to Xiao Guodong.27 He was eliminated 2–6 by Higgins in the third round of the UK Championship, but reached the last 16 of the Welsh Open by recording his first victory over O'Sullivan in twelve years, recovering from 0–2 down to win 4–3.28 He lost 2–4 against Fu in the fourth round.27 He overcame Williams 10–2 at the World Championship,29 before suffering a heavy 5–13 defeat to O'Sullivan in the second round.30

2015/2016

Stevens was eliminated at the first round stage of the International Championship and UK Championship, before achieving his first successes at a ranking event this season when he ousted Morris and Martin O'Donnell at the Welsh Open.31 In the third round against Gould, he lost 3–4.32 He reached the final round of qualifying for the World Championship, but was beaten 6–10 by Kyren Wilson.31

2016/2017

2016 Paul Hunter Classic source ↗

At the UK Championship, he beat James Cahill 6–1, Michael White 6–4, and Perry 6–2,33 but his run ended with a 2–6 loss to O'Sullivan.34 He failed to qualify for the World Championship for the second year in a row, after falling 8–10 to Lee Walker in the first qualifying round.35 His end of season ranking of 55 is the lowest he has finished a season since 1996.36

After 2017

Stevens reached the semifinal of the 2018 International Championship, having beaten Ding in the last sixteen. He lost the semifinal 9-6 to Allen. In the 2019 UK Championship, Stevens beat Mark Selby in the last 16 before losing to Maguire in the quarter-finals.37

Stevens qualified for the World Snooker Championship in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2026, but lost in qualifying all other years to date, including the 2025 World Championship, after a 9–10 defeat in the final round of qualifying to Wu Yize.38

Stevens qualified for the 2026 World Championships, where he exited in the first round following a defeat to Hawkins.39

Personal life

Stevens was born in Carmarthen, Wales. He attended an all-Welsh-speaking school, Bro Myrddin Welsh Comprehensive School, and is fluent in the Welsh language. His career took off after beating Martyn Holloway in the Regal Welsh under 16s regional tournament in Morriston.

His father Morrell, who was also his manager, died unexpectedly in 2001.40 He was a close friend of Paul Hunter and was a pallbearer at his funeral.41 He is also a celebrity Texas hold 'em poker player and in 2004 won the UK's richest poker tournament, beating 16-time World Darts champion Phil Taylor to first place. Stevens had been playing poker for 18 months before his victory.4243

In 2015, Stevens was declared bankrupt and got divorced around the same time.4445

Performance and rankings timeline

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Rankingnb 1 nb 2 236 67 53 26 9 6 6 8 9 6 4 14 20 17 26 25 14 10 14 19 28 44 55 47 43 33 36 56 42 48 52 49
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event RR 2R RR 2R 2R 2R RR
China Opennb 3 Not Held NR 2R 2R QF 1R Not Held 1R 1R 2R 1R LQ LQ 1R 1R 1R LQ 1R 1R 2R 1R LQ Tournament Not Held LQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held LQ LQ 1R
British Open LQ 1R LQ 2R 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R SF 2R Tournament Not Held 1R 3R 2R LQ 1R
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R 3R 3R 1R 4R LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ
Shenzhen Opennb 4 Tournament Not Held 1R 2R
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 1R 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R LQ 1R 1R LQ
International Championship Tournament Not Held 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R LQ SF 1R Not Held 1R 2R 1R
UK Championship LQ 2R LQ SF F F 3R QF 3R W 2R 2R 3R LQ 2R 1R 1R 2R QF 3R 3R 1R 4R 1R 2R QF WD 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ
Shoot Out Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event 1R 3R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R
Scottish Opennb 5 LQ LQ LQ LQ 3R QF QF 2R 3R 2R Tournament Not Held MR Not Held 2R 1R 4R 2R 2R LQ 1R 1R LQ 2R
German Mastersnb 6 NH LQ LQ LQ NR Tournament Not Held 1R QF QF 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ
Welsh Open LQ 1R LQ 1R 3R QF 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R 2R QF 2R 2R 3R 4R 3R 1R 4R 1R 3R 2R 3R 1R 1R 3R LQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR DNQ DNQ DNQ 1R 2R DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Players Championshipnb 7 Tournament Not Held SF 1R DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Opennb 8 LQ 3R 2R SF 1R 2R 3R 3R 2R QF 1R 1R 2R RR LQ 1R 1R 1R F 2R Not Held 1R 1R WD 1R Not Held 2R 1R 1R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ QF QF F SF SF 2R SF F 2R QF 1R LQ LQ 1R SF 1R LQ 2R LQ LQ 1R LQ 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ 1R
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ W 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R WD LQ LQ A 1R 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A A
Championship League Tournament Not Held RR RR A W RR RR RR RR A A A A A A A A A A A
Former ranking tournaments
Asian Classicnb 9 LQ WR LQ Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Non-Ranking Event 2R NR Tournament Not Held
Thailand Mastersnb 10 LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R QF QF SF NR Not Held NR Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event QF 1R F NH NR Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held NR 3R 1R 1R Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held F Tournament Not Held
Wuxi Classicnb 11 Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event WD SF LQ Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Opennb 12 Non-Ranking Tournament Not Held 1R 2R A QF A Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held QF 1R 2R QF QF 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ 1R Non-Ranking Not Held Non-Ranking Event
Paul Hunter Classicnb 13 Tournament Not Held Pro-am Event Minor-Ranking Event 2R 3R A NR Tournament Not Held
Indian Open Tournament Not Held LQ 1R NH 2R LQ A Tournament Not Held
Riga Mastersnb 14 Tournament Not Held Minor-Rank 3R 1R LQ A Tournament Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not Held NR 3R LQ 2R Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not Held 2R Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR 1R 2R WD A 1R 2R Tournament Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 2R Tournament Not Held
European Mastersnb 15 LQ LQ 1R NH LQ Not Held 2R 2R 1R SF 1R 1R NR Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ 3R 1R 1R 1R Not Held
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 3R 4R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Belgian Masters NH W Tournament Not Held
China Masters NH SF Tournament Not Held
Pontins Professional A A A A F SF Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix A A A A A R RR Tournament Not Held
Champions Cupnb 16 A A A A A A RR A Tournament Not Held
Scottish Masters A A A A LQ W QF QF 1R Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held W Ranking Event Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters A A A A A QF QF SF Ranking Event NH RR Tournament Not Held
Pot Black Tournament Not Held W QF A Tournament Not Held
Masters Qualifying Eventnb 17 SF W QF 1R 2R A A A A A NH A A 1R SF QF Tournament Not Held
Wuxi Classicnb 11 Tournament Not Held A A A 1R Ranking Event Tournament Not Held
Power Snooker Tournament Not Held A 1R Tournament Not Held
Premier Leaguenb 18 A A A A A A A RR A A A A A A A A A RR A Tournament Not Held
Shoot Out Tournament Not Held 1R 2R 1R QF 1R 1R Ranking Event
Six-red World Championshipnb 19 Tournament Not Held A 2R A NH 2R 3R 2R RR A A A A Not Held LQ Tournament Not Held
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.
PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  3. The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  4. The event was called the Xi'an Grand Prix (2024/2025–2025/2026)
  5. The event was called the International Open (1994/1995–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  6. The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  7. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)
  8. The event was called the Grand Prix (1994/1995–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  9. The event was called the Dubai Classic (1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  10. The event was called the Thailand Open (1994/1995–1996/1997)
  11. The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  12. The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995–1995/1996) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)
  13. The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)
  14. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  15. The event was called the European Open (1994/1995–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004), the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
  16. The event run under different name as Charity Challenge (1994/1995–1998/1999)
  17. The event was called the Benson & Hedges Championship (1993/1994-2002/2003)
  18. The event was called the European League (1994/1995–1996/1997)
  19. The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 8 (1 title)

Legend
World Championship (0–2)
UK Championship (1–2)
Other (0–3)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 1998 UK Championship Scotland John Higgins 6–10
Runner-up 2. 1999 UK Championship (2) Wales Mark Williams 8–10
Runner-up 3. 2000 World Snooker Championship Wales Mark Williams 16–18
Winner 1. 2003 UK Championship Scotland Stephen Hendry 10–8
Runner-up 4. 2005 Irish Masters England Ronnie O'Sullivan 8–10
Runner-up 5. 2005 World Snooker Championship (2) England Shaun Murphy 16–18
Runner-up 6. 2008 Bahrain Championship Australia Neil Robertson 7–9
Runner-up 7. 2013 World Open Northern Ireland Mark Allen 4–10

Minor-ranking finals: 1

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2011 Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy England Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–4

Non-ranking finals: 8 (7 titles)

Legend
The Masters (1–0)
Other (6–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1995 Benson & Hedges Championship Scotland Paul McPhillips 9–3
Winner 2. 1996 Belgian Masters Belgium Patrick Delsemme 7–1
Runner-up 1. 1999 Pontins Professional England Jimmy White 5–9
Winner 3. 1999 Scottish Masters Scotland John Higgins 9–7
Winner 4. 2000 The Masters Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 10–8
Winner 5. 2005 Northern Ireland Trophy Scotland Stephen Hendry 9–7
Winner 6. 2005 Pot Black England Shaun Murphy 1–0
Winner 7. 2011 Championship League England Shaun Murphy 3–1

Pro-am finals: 1

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2004 Grand Prix Fürth England Paul Hunter 2–4

Team finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Team/partner Opponent(s) in the final Score
Winner 1. 1999 Nations Cup  Wales  Scotland 6–4
Runner-up 1. 2000 Nations Cup  Wales  England 2–6
References

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