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{{Short description|Welsh professional snooker player}}
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{{Infobox snooker player
| name              = Matthew Stevens
|image              = Matthew Stevens PHC 2016-1.jpg
|caption            = Stevens at the [[2016 Paul Hunter Classic]]
|birth_date         = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1977|9|11|df=yes}}}}
|birth_place        = [[Carmarthen]], Wales
| Sport country     = {{WAL}}
| Professional      = 1994–present
| High ranking      = 4 ([[Snooker world rankings 2005/2006|2005/06]])
| Official maximums = 1
| Ranking wins      = 1
| World champ       =
}}

'''Matthew John Stevens''' (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional [[snooker]] player.<ref name="Profile on World Snooker">{{Cite web
| url = https://wst.tv/players/matthew-stevens
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200220174524/https://wst.tv/players/matthew-stevens/
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 20 February 2020
| title = Profile on World Snooker
| publisher = World Snooker Association
| year = 2010
| access-date = 13 December 2021
}}</ref> He has won two of the game's [[Triple Crown (snooker)|Triple Crown]] events, the [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]] in [[2000 Masters (snooker)|2000]] and the [[UK Championship]] in [[2003 UK Championship|2003]]. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other triple crown event, the [[World Snooker Championship]], in [[2000 World Snooker Championship|2000]] and [[2005 World Snooker Championship|2005]]. Stevens reached a career high [[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] of No. 4 for the [[Snooker world rankings 2005/2006|2005/2006]] season. Stevens has compiled more than 350 [[century break]]s during his career.

==Career==
===Early career===
Stevens became a professional snooker player in 1994; in [[1995–96 snooker season|his second season]], he won the [[Masters Qualifying Event|Benson & Hedges Championship]] to qualify for the [[1996 Masters (snooker)|Masters]], where he beat [[Terry Griffiths]] 5–3 but lost 5–6 to [[Alan McManus]]. He also showed potential the following season by beating [[Stephen Hendry]] 5–1 in the [[World Open (snooker)|Grand Prix]]. In the [[1997–98 snooker season|1997–98 season]], he reached the semi-finals of both the Grand Prix and the [[1997 UK Championship|UK Championship]], achieving the highest break of the tournament at the latter. He also reached the quarter-finals on his debut at the [[Crucible Theatre|Crucible]] in the [[1998 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]], beating [[Alain Robidoux]] and [[Mark King (snooker player)|Mark King]] before losing to [[Ken Doherty]]. In 1998, he reached his first ranking final at the [[1998 UK Championship|UK Championship]], losing 6–10 to [[John Higgins]].

===2000–2005===
In the [[1999–2000 snooker season|1999–00 season]] Stevens got to all three finals of the [[Triple Crown (snooker)|Triple Crown]] events. In the final of the [[1999 UK Championship]] he lost to [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]] 8–10. He won the [[2000 Masters (snooker)|2000 Masters]] title, with a 10–8 win over [[Ken Doherty]] in the final. At the [[2000 World Snooker Championship|2000 World Championship]], he reached the first of his two world championship finals to date. After victories over [[Tony Drago]], [[Alan McManus]], [[Jimmy White]], and [[Joe Swail]], he faced Mark Williams in the final, losing 16–18, after 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. He has also been beaten in a world championship semi-final on four occasions: in [[2001 World Snooker Championship|2001]], [[2002 World Snooker Championship|2002]], [[2004 World Snooker Championship|2004]], and [[2012 World Snooker Championship|2012]]. In 2002, he looked certain to have won a place in the final, leading [[Peter Ebdon]] 16–14 in their semi-final tie, and just needing a relatively simple red in the 31st frame to leave his opponent requiring snookers. When Stevens missed the pot, Ebdon made an impressive clearance to win the frame and went on to take the next two frames to win the match 17–16.<ref name="Brave Ebdon sinks Stevens">{{cite news
| url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/world_champs_2002/1965134.stm
| title = Brave Ebdon sinks Stevens
| work = [[BBC Sport]]
| date = 4 May 2002
| access-date = 3 September 2010
}}</ref>

Stevens won the [[2003 UK Championship]], after beating Stephen Hendry in the final. He trailed Hendry 0–4 at the first interval, but remarkably he reeled off the next five frames; Hendry found his form again to lead 7–5, but Stevens was not to be denied and clinched a 10–8 victory. This remains the only [[Snooker world ranking tournaments|ranking tournament]] victory of his career.<ref name="Stevens clinches UK crown">{{cite news
| url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/3251450.stm
| title = Stevens clinches UK crown
| work = BBC Sport
| date = 30 November 2003
| access-date = 2 August 2008
 }}</ref> However, 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 Snooker Championship|2004 World Championship]].

He was again runner-up at the [[2005 World Snooker Championship|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 again relinquished a four frame overnight lead to lose in the final, only the third time this had ever happened in world championship history. The turning point was arguably the 22nd frame, in which he had a shot at the final blue to leave Murphy needing snookers; Stevens elected to play the shot left-handed rather than use the rest and, when he missed the shot, Murphy then cleared the table to level the match at 11–11. Despite the disappointment of losing the final, Stevens insisted that Murphy had simply been the "better player" and that he would himself eventually win the championship.{{Citation needed|reason=Important match in Stevens' career: 22nd frame turning point? Stevens post-match interview?|date=April 2019}}

The following year, Stevens was beaten by Ken Doherty 8–13 in the second round of the [[2006 World Snooker Championship|2006 World Championship]], having gone into the final session level at 8–8.

===2006–2010===
In 2007, Stevens lost 12–13 to [[Shaun Murphy]] in the quarter-finals of the [[2007 World Snooker Championship|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 [[2008 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] for the first time in his career, by defending champion [[John Higgins]], and he finished ranked outside the top 16 for the second consecutive season. The only highlight of the [[2008–09 snooker season|2008–09 season]] was a run to the final of the [[2008 Bahrain Championship|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 [[2009 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] after a defeat to [[Martin Gould]]. He finished the season with a drop of nine places to world number 26.

Stevens enjoyed a solid [[2009–10 snooker season|2009–10 season]]. He qualified for the [[2010 Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]] by beating [[Barry Pinches]] 5–4. In the first round, he caused an upset by defeating Shaun Murphy 5–4. He then faced Northern Ireland's [[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]] in the second round but, despite making two century breaks, he lost the match 2–5. He also lost a close match 9–10 to [[Marcus Campbell]] in the [[2010 World Snooker Championship|2010 World Championship]] qualifiers, and thus did not make it to the main draw at The Crucible for the second year in succession.

===2010/2011===
Stevens made a promising start to the [[2010–11 snooker season|2010–11 season]] by qualifying for the [[2010 Shanghai Masters|Shanghai Masters]] with a 5–2 victory over [[Anda Zhang]]. In the first round, he defeated [[Liang Wenbo]] 5–3, and he caused another upset in the last 16 by beating Shaun Murphy 5–2. He played [[Ali Carter]] in the quarter-finals, but lost 4–5 on the final black despite an earlier lead of 4–1.

He continued his solid form by reaching the quarter-finals at the [[2011 Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]], where he qualified by defeating Anthony Hamilton 4–2. He whitewashed number 5 seed Shaun Murphy 4–0 in the last 32, and in the last 16 he beat fellow Welshman and close friend [[Ryan Day (snooker player)|Ryan Day]] 4–3. Stevens was drawn against [[John Higgins]] in the quarter-finals, but was edged out 3–5. Despite these performances, he was still not ranked in the top 16, so did not automatically qualify for the [[2011 World Snooker Championship|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 Mark 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 [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]] 3–1 in the semi-final, and Shaun Murphy 3–1 in the final, to qualify for the [[2011 Premier League Snooker|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.<ref name="ranking his">{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp | title=Ranking History | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref>

===2011/2012===
After losing in the first round of the [[2011 Australian Goldfields Open|Australian Goldfields Open]] to [[Liang Wenbo]], Stevens reached the quarter-finals of the [[2011 Shanghai Masters|Shanghai Masters]] by defeating [[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]] and [[Martin Gould]]. However, his run was ended by compatriot [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]], who whitewashed him 0–5.<ref name="2011/12">{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=9&season=2011 | title=Matthew Stevens 2011/2012 | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref> 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 [[2012 German Masters|German Masters]] courtesy of 5–1 victories over both [[Craig Steadman]] and [[Neil Robertson]]. He then lost to [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] 3–5.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16877955 | title=Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Matthew Stevens to reach German Masters semis | work=[[BBC Sport]] | date=3 February 2012 | access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

Due to being ranked inside the top 16, Stevens played in his first [[2012 Masters (snooker)|Masters]] tournament since [[2007 Masters (snooker)|2007]] during the season and was beaten by [[John Higgins]] 2–6 in the first round.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/16598794 | title=Masters snooker: Neil Robertson & John Higgins through to quarter-finals | work=[[BBC Sport]] | date=17 January 2012 | access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> His first [[2011 Premier League Snooker|Premier League]] campaign since [[2002 Premier League Snooker|2002]] saw Stevens win 3 and lose 3 of the 6 matches he played to finish 7th in the 10-man [[2011 Premier League Snooker#Table|league]] and therefore fail to make it to the play-offs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=107 | title=PartyCasino.com Premier League Finals | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref>
Stevens finished runner-up to O'Sullivan in [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 7|Event 7]] of the minor-ranking [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012|Players Tour Championship]] series and with last 16 finishes coming in [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 9|Event 9]] and [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 11|Event 11]], he was ranked 17th in the [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012#Order of Merit|Order of Merit]], inside the top 24 who qualified for the [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Finals|Finals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=10&season=2011|title=Order of Merit|publisher=Snooker.org|date=23 May 2012|access-date=8 January 2012}}</ref> There he played [[Ricky Walden]] in the last 24 and lost 0–5 in 50 minutes.<ref name="2011/12"/>

Stevens was defeated in the second round of the [[2012 Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]] and had successive first round losses in the [[2012 World Open (snooker)|World Open]] and [[2012 China Open (snooker)|China Open]] to go into the [[2012 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] in less than auspicious form.<ref name="2011/12"/> However, Stevens had an excellent run as he reached his sixth semi-final in the event, and first since 2005.<ref name="WC12">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/17918430 | title=World Snooker 2012: Matthew Stevens crushes Ryan Day | work=[[BBC Sport]] | date=2 May 2012 | access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref> 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).<ref name="2011/12"/><ref name="WC12"/> He played Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-final and lost 10–17, meaning Stevens has not beaten his opponent in almost a decade.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/17944229 | title=World Snooker 2012: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Matthew Stevens | work=[[BBC Sport]] | date=5 May 2012 | access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref> Stevens finished the season ranked world number 10, the highest he has ended the year since 2005.<ref name="ranking his"/>

===2012/2013===
[[File:Matthew Stevens at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2013-01-30 03.jpg|thumb|2013 German Masters]]
Stevens withdrew from the [[2012–13 snooker season|season's]] opening ranking event, the [[2012 Wuxi Classic|Wuxi Classic]] due to a bad back and could not advance beyond the second round in any of the next three events.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2819551,00.html | title=Stevens Withdraws From Wuxi Classic | publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] | access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="2012/13">{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=9&season=2012 | title=Matthew Stevens 2012/2013 | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> At the [[2012 UK Championship]] he beat [[Dominic Dale]] 6–1 and [[Marco Fu]] 6–4 to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since lifting the trophy in 2003. In a scrappy game versus [[Mark Davis (snooker player)|Mark Davis]], Stevens was beaten 4–6.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/snooker-matthew-stevens-defeat-ends-2013100 | title=Snooker: Matthew Stevens defeat ends Welsh influence in UK Championships | work=Wales Online | access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> Stevens missed a simple brown at 4–1 up against [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]] in the first round of the [[2013 Masters (snooker)|Masters]] and then made a series of errors during the rest of the match to lose 4–6.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www1.skysports.com/snooker/news/12243/8401428/Mark-Williams-beat-Matthew-Stevens-to-book-his-place-in-the-Masters-quarter-finals | title=Mark Williams beat Matthew Stevens to book his place in the Masters quarter-finals | publisher=[[Sky Sports]] | access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> His second quarter-final of the season came at the [[2013 German Masters|German Masters]], where he was defeated 3–5 by [[Marco Fu]], before losing 2–4 to [[Stephen Maguire]] in the second round of the [[2013 Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]].<ref name="2012/13"/>

Stevens travelled to [[Haikou]], China, for the [[2013 World Open (snooker)|World Open]], but his cue failed to arrive on time for his first round match against [[David Gilbert (snooker player)|David Gilbert]]. However, he beat Gilbert 5–4 with a borrowed cue and [[Shaun Murphy]] 5–3 with Mark Williams' cue before his own finally arrived for his quarter-final against [[Judd Trump]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/21640568|title=Stevens to face Allen in China|work=BBC Sport |date=2 March 2013 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/8531579/stevens-on-cue-for-success | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630090101/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/article/663/8531579/stevens-on-cue-for-success | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 June 2013 | title=Stevens on cue for success | newspaper=Sporting Life | access-date=10 May 2013 }}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/21640568 | title=World Open: Matthew Stevens & Mark Allen reach China final | work=[[BBC Sport]] | access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> He faced [[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]] in the final and, despite making two centuries, he was comfortably beaten 4–10.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/21647451 | title=Mark Allen beats Matthew Stevens to retain World Open title | work=[[BBC Sport]] | access-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> Stevens' season finished in disappointment as he lost in first round of the [[2013 China Open (snooker)|China Open]] 2–5 to [[Rory McLeod (snooker player)|Rory McLeod]] and 7–10 to [[Marco Fu]] in the [[2013 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]], which saw him finish the year ranked world number 14.<ref name="2012/13"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/49/bc/0,,13165~179273,00.pdf |title=Snooker Rankings for the 2013/2014 Season |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] |access-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611202605/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/49/bc/0%2C%2C13165~179273%2C00.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2013 }}</ref>

===2013/2014===
At the [[2013–14 snooker season|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 (snooker player)|David Morris]] 5–2, to advance to the semi-finals.<ref name="2013/14">{{cite web|title=Matthew Stevens 2013/2014|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2013&player=9|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref> He threatened a brief comeback against [[John Higgins]] from 0–5 down, but lost 2–6.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/23020260|title=Robertson beats Higgins in China|work=BBC Sport |date=23 June 2013 }}</ref> He gained some revenge over Higgins at the [[2013 International Championship|International Championship]] by beating him 6–2, before being eliminated by [[Ding Junhui]] 1–6 in the third round.<ref name="2013/14"/> He was beaten in the last 32 of both the [[2013 UK Championship|UK Championship]] (2–6 by [[Robert Milkins]]) and the [[2014 German Masters|German Masters]] (4–5 by [[Shaun Murphy]], after Stevens had led 4–1).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Matthew-Stevens-crashes-UK-Snooker-Championship/story-20253350-detail/story.html | title=Matthew Stevens crashes out of UK Snooker Championship | newspaper=[[South Wales Evening Post]] | access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www1.skysports.com/snooker/news/12243/9142310/german-masters-neil-robertson-and-mark-selby-suffer-shock-exits | title=German Masters: Neil Robertson and Mark Selby suffer shock exits | publisher=[[Sky Sports]] | access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref> He also lost deciding frames in the last 32 of the [[2014 Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]] and [[2014 World Open (snooker)|World Open]] to [[Joe Perry (snooker player)|Joe Perry]] and [[Judd Trump]] respectively.<ref name="2013/14"/> He failed to qualify for the [[2014 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] this year as he lost 8–10 to [[Tom Ford (snooker player)|Tom Ford]] in the final qualifying round.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/welsh-snooker-stars-mark-williams-6994053 |title=Welsh snooker stars Mark Williams and Matthew Stevens miss out on World Championships |newspaper=[[Western Mail (Wales)|Wales Online]] |access-date=5 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418213832/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/welsh-snooker-stars-mark-williams-6994053 |archive-date=18 April 2014 }}</ref> Stevens dropped out of the top 16 and ended the year as world number 19.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0,,13165~180593,00.pdf |title=World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] |access-date=9 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030740/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0%2C%2C13165~180593%2C00.pdf |archive-date=8 May 2014 }}</ref>

===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 [[Fergal O'Brien]] 5–3, but lost 2–5 to [[Xiao Guodong]].<ref name="2014/15">{{cite web|title=Matthew Stevens 2014/2015|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2014&player=9|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> He was eliminated 2–6 by [[John Higgins]] in the third round of the [[2014 UK Championship|UK Championship]], but reached the last 16 of the [[2015 Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]] by recording his first victory over [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] in twelve years, recovering from 0–2 down to win 4–3.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/snooker-star-matthew-stevens-beats-8674105 | title=Snooker star Matthew Stevens beats Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Welsh Open | work=Wales Online | access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> However, he lost 2–4 against [[Marco Fu]] in the fourth round.<ref name="2014/15"/> He was beaten in the first round of the next two ranking events, but thrashed [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]] 10–2 at the [[2015 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/matthew-stevens-beats-mark-williams-9097040 | title=Matthew Stevens beats Mark Williams to reach second round of World Snooker Championship | work=Wales Online | access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> before suffering a heavy 5–13 defeat to O'Sullivan in the second round.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/32485903 | title=World Snooker Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan through | work=[[BBC Sport]] | access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref>

===2015/2016===
Stevens was eliminated at the first round stage of the [[2015 International Championship|International Championship]] and [[2015 UK Championship|UK Championship]], before achieving his first successes at a ranking event this season when he ousted [[David Morris (snooker player)|David Morris]] and [[Martin O'Donnell (snooker player)|Martin O'Donnell]] at the [[2016 Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]], winning both matches 4–2.<ref name="2015/16">{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2015&player=9 | title=Matthew Stevens 2015/2016 | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> He made three half centuries in the third round against [[Martin Gould]], but lost 3–4.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/matthew-stevens-remains-upbeat-despite-welsh-open/story-28754086-detail/story.html | title=Matthew Stevens remains upbeat despite Welsh Open exit | newspaper=[[South Wales Evening Post]] | access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> He reached the final round of qualifying for the [[2016 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]], but was beaten 6–10 by [[Kyren Wilson]].<ref name="2015/16"/>

===2016/2017===
[[File:Matthew Stevens PHC 2016-2.jpg|thumb|2016 Paul Hunter Classic]]
Stevens lost 1–4 to [[Neil Robertson]] in the last 16 of the [[2016 Riga Masters|Riga Masters]]. At the [[2016 UK Championship|UK Championship]], he beat [[James Cahill (snooker player)|James Cahill]] 6–1, [[Michael White (snooker player)|Michael White]] 6–4, and [[Joe Perry (snooker player)|Joe Perry]] 6–2,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/sport/joe-perry-is-knocked-out-of-betway-uk-snooker-championship-1-4798044|title=Joe Perry is knocked out of Betway UK Snooker Championship|date=29 November 2016 |publisher=Cambridge Independent|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> but his run ended with a 2–6 loss to [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.co.uk/snooker/uk-championship/2016-2017/ronnie-o-sullivan-eases-into-uk-championship-quarter-finals-with-win-over-matthew-stevens_sto5966575/story.shtml|title=Ronnie O'Sullivan eases into UK Championship quarter-finals with win over Matthew Stevens|publisher=[[Eurosport]]|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> He was knocked out 2–5 by [[Daniel Wells (snooker player)|Daniel Wells]] in the second round of the [[2017 China Open (snooker)|China Open]], and failed to qualify for the [[2017 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] for the second year in a row, after falling 8–10 to [[Lee Walker]] in the first qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=9&season=2016|title=Matthew Stevens 2016/2017|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> His end of season ranking of 55 is the lowest he has finished a season since 1996.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp | title=Ranking History | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref>
===After 2017===

Stevens reached the semifinal of the [[2018 International Championship]], having beaten [[Ding Junhui]] in the last sixteen. He lost the semifinal 9-6 to [[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]]. In the [[2019 UK Championship]], Stevens beat [[Mark Selby]] in the last 16 before losing to [[Stephen Maguire]] in the quarterfinals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hafez |first1=Shamoon |title=UK Championship: Mark Allen beats veteran Nigel Bond for a place in the semi-finals |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/50694444 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=21 April 2025 |date=6 December 2019}}</ref>

Stevens reached the Fourth Round of the [[2020 English Open (snooker)|2020 English Open]], where he lost 4-3 to [[Jak Jones]]. He had a 4-1 win over [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] in the Third Round. 

Stevens qualified for the [[World Snooker Championship]] in 2018, 2020 and 2022, but lost in qualifying all other years to 2025, including the [[2025 World Snooker Championship|2025 World Championship]], after a 9{{nbnd}}10 defeat in the final round of qualifying to [[Wu Yize]].<ref>{{cite web |title=World Snooker Championship qualifying results: Wu Yize denies former Crucible runner-up Matthew Stevens |url=https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/world-snooker-championship-qualifying-results-wu-yize-denies-former-crucible-runner-up-matthew-stevens/224975 |website=Sporting Life |access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Stevens was born in [[Carmarthen, Wales|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. Stevens took a 2–1 victory on the black.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

His father Morrell, who was also his manager, died unexpectedly in 2001.<ref name="Snooker player profile – Matthew Stevens">{{cite news
| url = http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/season01-02/profiles/mstevens/
| title = Profile on Sporting Life 2001/2002
| newspaper = Sporting Life
| date = 2002
| access-date = 2 August 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605013022/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/season01-02/profiles/mstevens/
| archive-date = 5 June 2011
}}</ref> He was a close friend of [[Paul Hunter]] and was a [[pallbearer]] at his funeral.<ref name="BBC-HGHF">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/england/west_yorkshire/6066570.stm|title=Hundreds gather at Hunter funeral|access-date=20 April 2007|publisher=BBC News / West Yorkshire| date=19 October 2006 }}</ref> He is also a celebrity [[Texas hold 'em]] poker player and in 2004 won the UK's richest poker tournament at just 27 years old, beating 16-time [[World Professional Darts Championship|World Darts champion]] [[Phil Taylor (darts player)|Phil Taylor]] to first place. Stevens had only been playing poker for 18 months before his victory.<ref name="bbcpoker">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4091481.stm|title=Snooker star wins poker's big pot|access-date=20 April 2007|work=BBC News| date=13 December 2004 }}</ref><ref name="pokerdb">{{Cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=28026|title=Matthew Stevens: Hendon Mob Poker Database|access-date=20 April 2007|publisher=The Hendon Mob.com}}</ref>

In 2015, Stevens was declared bankrupt and got divorced around the same time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/32467912|title=World Snooker Championship: Matthew Stevens has 'nothing to lose'|first=Owen|last=Phillips|date=25 April 2015|work=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=28 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/32418524 | title=World Snooker: Happiness helped me win says Matthew Stevens | work=[[BBC Sport]] | access-date=22 April 2015}}</ref>

==Performance and rankings timeline==
<div style="width:auto; overflow:scroll">
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
! Tournament
! [[1994–95 snooker season|1994/<br/>95]]
! [[1995–96 snooker season|1995/<br/>96]]
! [[1996–97 snooker season|1996/<br/>97]]
! [[1997–98 snooker season|1997/<br/>98]]
! [[1998–99 snooker season|1998/<br/>99]]
! [[1999–2000 snooker season|1999/<br/>00]]
! [[2000–01 snooker season|2000/<br/>01]]
! [[2001–02 snooker season|2001/<br/>02]]
! [[2002–03 snooker season|2002/<br/>03]]
! [[2003–04 snooker season|2003/<br/>04]]
! [[2004–05 snooker season|2004/<br/>05]]
! [[2005–06 snooker season|2005/<br/>06]]
! [[2006–07 snooker season|2006/<br/>07]]
! [[2007–08 snooker season|2007/<br/>08]]
! [[2008–09 snooker season|2008/<br/>09]]
! [[2009–10 snooker season|2009/<br/>10]]
! [[2010–11 snooker season|2010/<br/>11]]
! [[2011–12 snooker season|2011/<br/>12]]
! [[2012–13 snooker season|2012/<br/>13]]
! [[2013–14 snooker season|2013/<br/>14]]
! [[2014–15 snooker season|2014/<br/>15]]
! [[2015–16 snooker season|2015/<br/>16]]
! [[2016–17 snooker season|2016/<br/>17]]
! [[2017–18 snooker season|2017/<br/>18]]
! [[2018–19 snooker season|2018/<br/>19]]
! [[2019–20 snooker season|2019/<br/>20]]
! [[2020–21 snooker season|2020/<br/>21]]
! [[2021–22 snooker season|2021/<br/>22]]
! [[2022–23 snooker season|2022/<br/>23]]
! [[2023–24 snooker season|2023/<br/>24]]
! [[2024–25 snooker season|2024/<br/>25]]
! [[2025–26 snooker season|2025/<br/>26]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref group="nb">It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season</ref>
|align="center"|<ref group="nb">New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking</ref>
|align="center"|[[1995–96 snooker world rankings|236]]
|align="center"|[[1996–97 snooker world rankings|67]]
|align="center"|[[1997–98 snooker world rankings|53]]
|align="center"|[[1998–99 snooker world rankings|26]]
|align="center"|[[1999–2000 snooker world rankings|9]]
|align="center"|[[2000–01 snooker world rankings|6]]
|align="center"|[[2001–02 snooker world rankings|6]]
|align="center"|[[2002–03 snooker world rankings|8]]
|align="center"|[[2003–04 snooker world rankings|9]]
|align="center"|[[2004–05 snooker world rankings|6]]
|align="center"|[[2005–06 snooker world rankings|4]]
|align="center"|[[2006–07 snooker world rankings|14]]
|align="center"|[[2007–08 snooker world rankings|20]]
|align="center"|[[2008–09 snooker world rankings|17]]
|align="center"|[[2009–10 snooker world rankings|26]]
|align="center"|[[2010–11 snooker world rankings|25]]
|align="center"|[[2011–12 snooker world rankings|14]]
|align="center"|[[2012–13 snooker world rankings|10]]
|align="center"|[[2013–14 snooker world rankings|14]]
|align="center"|[[2014–15 snooker world rankings|19]]
|align="center"|[[2015–16 snooker world rankings|28]]
|align="center"|[[2016–17 snooker world rankings|44]]
|align="center"|[[2017–18 snooker world rankings|55]]
|align="center"|[[2018–19 snooker world rankings|47]]
|align="center"|[[2019–20 snooker world rankings|43]]
|align="center"|[[2020–21 snooker world rankings|33]]
|align="center"|[[2021–22 snooker world rankings|36]]
|align="center"|[[2022–23 snooker world rankings|56]]
|align="center"|[[2023–24 snooker world rankings|42]]
|align="center"|[[2024–25 snooker world rankings|48]]
|align="center"|[[2025–26 snooker world rankings|52]]
|-
|colspan="40"|'''Ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Championship League]]
|align="center" colspan="13" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="13" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Championship League (ranking)#Group 2|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Championship League (ranking)#Group D|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Championship League (ranking)#Group 21|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Championship League (ranking)#Group B|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Championship League (ranking)#Group H|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Championship League (ranking)#Group H|2R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters|Saudi Arabia Masters]]
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters|4R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Wuhan Open (snooker)|Wuhan Open]]
|align="center" colspan="29" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Wuhan Open (snooker)|1R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[English Open (snooker)|English Open]]
|align="center" colspan="22" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 English Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 English Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 English Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 English Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 English Open (snooker)|4R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 English Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[British Open (snooker)|British Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 British Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 British Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 British Open (1998/1999)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 British Open (1999/2000)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 British Open|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 British Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 British Open|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2003 British Open|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 British Open|2R]]
|align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 British Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 British Open|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 British Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 British Open|1R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Xi'an Grand Prix]]
|align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Xi'an Grand Prix|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Xi'an Grand Prix|2R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Northern Ireland Open (snooker)|Northern Ireland Open]]
|align="center" colspan="22" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Northern Ireland Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Northern Ireland Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 Northern Ireland Open|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 Northern Ireland Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Northern Ireland Open|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Northern Ireland Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Northern Ireland Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Northern Ireland Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[International Championship]]
|align="center" colspan="18" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 International Championship (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 International Championship (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 International Championship (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 International Championship (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 International Championship (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2018 International Championship (snooker)|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 International Championship (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 International Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 International Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 International Championship|1R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[UK Championship]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 UK Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[1997 UK Championship|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:thistle;"|[[1998 UK Championship|F]]
|align="center" style="background:thistle;"|[[1999 UK Championship|F]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 UK Championship|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2001 UK Championship|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 UK Championship|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[[2003 UK Championship|'''W''']]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 UK Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 UK Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 UK Championship|3R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 UK Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 UK Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 UK Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 UK Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2012 UK Championship|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 UK Championship|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 UK Championship|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 UK Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 UK Championship|4R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 UK Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 UK Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2019 UK Championship|QF]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 UK Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 UK Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker Shoot Out|Shoot Out]]
|align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Snooker Shoot Out|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 Snooker Shoot Out|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 Snooker Shoot Out|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Snooker Shoot Out|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Snooker Shoot Out|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Snooker Shoot Out|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Snooker Shoot Out (2022–23 season)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Snooker Shoot Out (2023–24 season)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Snooker Shoot Out|2R]]
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the International Open (1994/1995–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)</ref>
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 Scottish Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2000 Scottish Open (snooker)|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2001 Scottish Open (snooker)|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 Scottish Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Players Championship (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Scottish Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 Scottish Open (snooker)|4R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Scottish Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Scottish Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[German Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)</ref>
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="11" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 German Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2012 German Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2013 German Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 German Masters|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 German Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 German Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 German Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Grand Prix (snooker)|World Grand Prix]]
|align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 World Grand Prix|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season)|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Players Championship (snooker)|Players Championship]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)</ref>
|align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2011 Players Tour Championship Grand Final|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Final|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 Welsh Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2000 Welsh Open (snooker)|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Welsh Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2011 Welsh Open (snooker)|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Welsh Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 Welsh Open (snooker)|4R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Welsh Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 Welsh Open (snooker)|4R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Welsh Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Welsh Open (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Welsh Open (snooker)|3R]]
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Open (snooker)|World Open]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Grand Prix (1994/1995–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)</ref>
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 Grand Prix (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[1997 Grand Prix (snooker)|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 Grand Prix (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 LG Cup (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 LG Cup (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2003 LG Cup (snooker)|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Grand Prix (snooker)#Group 2C|RR]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:thistle;"|[[2013 World Open (snooker)|F]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 World Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 World Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Tour Championship (snooker)|Tour Championship]]
|align="center" colspan="24" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1998 World Snooker Championship|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1999 World Snooker Championship|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|[[2000 World Snooker Championship|F]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2001 World Snooker Championship|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2002 World Snooker Championship|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 World Snooker Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2004 World Snooker Championship|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|[[2005 World Snooker Championship|F]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 World Snooker Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2007 World Snooker Championship|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2012 World Snooker Championship|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 World Snooker Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|
|-
|colspan="40"|'''Non-ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Masters (snooker)|The Masters]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1996 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[[2000 Masters (snooker)|'''W''']]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Masters (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Championship League]]
|align="center" colspan="13" style="color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Championship League#Group one|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Championship League#Group seven|RR]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[[2011 Championship League|'''W''']]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Championship League#Group four|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Championship League#Group one|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Championship League#Group four|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 Championship League#Group four|RR]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|
|-
|colspan="40"|'''Former ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Dubai Classic|Asian Classic]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Dubai Classic (1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)</ref>
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1995 Thailand Classic|WR]] 
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Malta Grand Prix]]
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 Malta Grand Prix|2R]] 
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Thailand Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Thailand Open (1994/1995–1996/1997)</ref>
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 Thailand Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2000 Thailand Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2001 Thailand Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2002 Thailand Masters|SF]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Irish Masters]]
|align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2003 Irish Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 Irish Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:thistle;"|[[2005 Irish Masters|F]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Northern Ireland Trophy]]
|align="center" colspan="11" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Northern Ireland Trophy|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Northern Ireland Trophy|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Northern Ireland Trophy|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Bahrain Championship]]
|align="center" colspan="14" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:thistle;"|[[2008 Bahrain Championship|F]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Wuxi Classic]]<ref group="nb" name="WUC">The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)</ref>
|align="center" colspan="14" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2013 Wuxi Classic|SF]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Australian Goldfields Open]]<ref group="nb" name="AUS">The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995–1995/1996) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)</ref>
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking
|align="center" colspan="15" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Australian Goldfields Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Australian Goldfields Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2014 Australian Goldfields Open|QF]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Shanghai Masters (snooker)|Shanghai Masters]]
|align="center" colspan="13" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2007 Shanghai Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Shanghai Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Shanghai Masters|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2010 Shanghai Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2011 Shanghai Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Shanghai Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Shanghai Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Shanghai Masters|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Paul Hunter Classic]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)</ref>
|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Pro-am Event
|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Minor-Ranking Event
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Paul Hunter Classic|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Paul Hunter Classic|3R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Indian Open (snooker)|Indian Open]]
|align="center" colspan="19" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 Indian Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Indian Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[China Open (snooker)|China Open]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)</ref>
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 China International|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 China Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2000 China Open (snooker)|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 China Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 China Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 China Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Riga Masters (snooker)|Riga Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)</ref>
|align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Minor-Rank
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Riga Masters|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Riga Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[China Championship (snooker)|China Championship]]
|align="center" colspan="22" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 China Championship (snooker)|3R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 China Championship|2R]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[WST Pro Series]]
|align="center" colspan="26" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 WST Pro Series#Group M|RR]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Turkish Masters]]
|align="center" colspan="27" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Turkish Masters|2R]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Gibraltar Open]]
|align="center" colspan="21" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Gibraltar Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 Gibraltar Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Gibraltar Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Gibraltar Open|2R]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[WST Classic]]
|align="center" colspan="28" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[WST Classic|2R]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[European Masters (snooker)|European Masters]]<ref group="nb">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)</ref>
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1997 European Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 European Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 European Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 European Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2005 Malta Cup|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 Malta Cup|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Malta Cup|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 European Masters (2020–21 season)|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 European Masters (2021–22 season)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 European Masters (2022–23 season)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 European Masters|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|-
|colspan="40"|'''Former non-ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Belgian Masters]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[[1996 Belgian Masters|'''W''']]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[China Masters (snooker)|China Masters]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[1996 China Masters|SF]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Pontins Professional]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:thistle;"|[[1999 Pontins Professional|F]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2000 Pontins Professional|SF]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Malta Grand Prix]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 Malta Grand Prix|RR]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Champions Cup (snooker)|Champions Cup]]<ref group="nb">The event run under different name as Charity Challenge (1994/1995–1998/1999)</ref>
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2000 Champions Cup|RR]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Scottish Masters]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[[1999 Scottish Masters|'''W''']]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2000 Scottish Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2001 Scottish Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 Scottish Masters|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Northern Ireland Trophy]]
|align="center" colspan="11" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[[2005 Northern Ireland Trophy|'''W''']]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Ranking Event
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Irish Masters]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2000 Irish Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2001 Irish Masters|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2002 Irish Masters|SF]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Ranking Event
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Irish Masters|RR]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Pot Black]]
|align="center" colspan="11" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[[2005 Pot Black|'''W''']]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2006 Pot Black|QF]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Masters Qualifying Event]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Benson & Hedges Championship (1993/1994-2002/2003)</ref>
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[1995 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[[1996 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|'''W''']]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1997 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1998 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1999 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|[[2009 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2010 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|QF]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Wuxi Classic]]<ref group="nb" name="WUC"/>
|align="center" colspan="14" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Wuxi Classic|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Ranking Event
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Power Snooker]]
|align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Power Snooker Masters Trophy|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Premier League Snooker|Premier League]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the European League (1994/1995–1996/1997)</ref>
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2002 Premier League Snooker|RR]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Premier League Snooker|RR]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker Shoot Out|Shoot Out]]
|align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Snooker Shoot-Out|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Snooker Shoot-Out|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Snooker Shoot-Out|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2014 Snooker Shoot-Out|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 Snooker Shoot-Out|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Snooker Shoot-Out|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Ranking Event
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|{{nowrap|[[Six-red World Championship]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)</ref>}}
|align="center" colspan="14" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Six-red World Grand Prix|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Six-red World Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Six-red World Championship|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Six-red World Championship|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 Six-red World Championship#Group F|RR]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"
! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend
|-
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ
| lost in the qualifying draw
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R
| lost in the early rounds of the tournament<br />(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| lost in the quarter-finals
|-
| align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
| lost in the semi-finals
| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
| lost in the final
| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
| won the tournament
|-
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ
| did not qualify for the tournament
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A
| did not participate in the tournament
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD
| withdrew from the tournament
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || means an event was not held.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || means an event is/was a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|PA / Pro-am Event || means an event is/was a pro-am event.
|}
{{Reflist|group=nb}}
</div>

==Career finals==
===Ranking finals: 8 (1 title)===
{| class="wikitable"
! Legend
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb"
|  World Championship (0–2)
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9"
|  UK Championship (1–2)
|- bgcolor=
|  Other (0–3)
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!width="80"|Outcome
!width="20"|No.
!width="50"|Year
!width="250"|Championship
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="50"|Score
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| [[1998 UK Championship|1998]]
| [[UK Championship]]
| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|John|Higgins|John Higgins}}
| align="center"| 6–10
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2.
| [[1999 UK Championship|1999]]
| [[UK Championship]] <small>(2)</small>
| {{flagicon|WAL}} {{sortname|Mark|Williams|Mark Williams (snooker player)}}
| align="center"| 8–10
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 3.
| [[2000 World Snooker Championship|2000]]
| [[World Snooker Championship]]
| {{flagicon|WAL}} {{sortname|Mark|Williams|Mark Williams (snooker player)}}
| align="center"| 16–18
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9"
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| [[2003 UK Championship|2003]]
| [[UK Championship]]
| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Stephen|Hendry}}
| align="center"| 10–8
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 4.
| [[2005 Irish Masters|2005]]
| [[Irish Masters]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Ronnie|O'Sullivan}}
| align="center"| 8–10
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 5.
| [[2005 World Snooker Championship|2005]]
| [[World Snooker Championship]] <small>(2)</small>
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Shaun|Murphy}}
| align="center"| 16–18
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 6.
| [[2008 Bahrain Championship|2008]]
| [[Bahrain Championship]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} {{sortname|Neil|Robertson|Neil Robertson (snooker player)}}
| align="center"| 7–9
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 7.
| [[2013 World Open (snooker)|2013]]
| [[World Open (snooker)|World Open]]
| {{flagicon|NIR}} {{sortname|Mark|Allen|Mark Allen (snooker player)}}
| align="center"| 4–10
|}

===Minor-ranking finals: 1 ===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="80"|Outcome
!width="20"|No.
!width="50"|Year
!width="250"|Championship
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="50"|Score
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 7|2011]]
| [[Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup|Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Ronnie|O'Sullivan}}
| align="center"| 2–4
|}

===Non-ranking finals: 9 (8 titles)===
{| class="wikitable"
! Legend
|- style="background:#ffc;"
|  The Masters (1–0)
|-
|  Other (7–1)
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!width="80"|Outcome
!width="20"|No.
!width="50"|Year
!width="250"|Championship
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="50"|Score
|- 
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| [[1996 Masters (snooker)#Qualifying|1995]]
| [[Masters Qualifying Event|Benson & Hedges Championship]]
| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Paul|McPhillips}}
| align="center"| 9–3
|- 
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| [[1996 Belgian Masters|1996]]
| [[Belgian Masters]]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Patrick Delsemme]]
| align="center"| 7–1
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| [[1999 Pontins Professional|1999]]
| [[Pontins Professional]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Jimmy|White}}
| align="center"| 5–9
|- 
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner 
| 3.
| [[1999 Scottish Masters#Qualifying Event|1999]]
| [[1999 Scottish Masters#Qualifying Event|Scottish Masters Qualifying Event]]
| {{flagicon|HK}} [[Marco Fu]]
| align="center"| 5–1
|- 
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 4.
| [[1999 Scottish Masters|1999]]
| [[Scottish Masters]]
| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|John|Higgins}}
| align="center"| 9–7
|-style="background:#ffc;"
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 5.
| [[2000 Masters (snooker)|2000]]
| [[Masters (snooker)|The Masters]]
| {{flagicon|IRL}} {{sortname|Ken|Doherty}}
| align="center"| 10–8
|- 
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 6.
| [[2005 Northern Ireland Trophy|2005]]
| [[Northern Ireland Trophy]]
| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Stephen|Hendry}}
| align="center"| 9–7
|- 
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 7.
| [[2005 Pot Black|2005]]
| [[Pot Black]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Shaun|Murphy}}
| align="center"| 1–0
|- 
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 8.
| [[2011 Championship League|2011]]
| [[Championship League]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Shaun|Murphy}}
| align="center"| 3–1
|}

===Pro-am finals: 1 ===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="80"|Outcome
!width="20"|No.
!width="50"|Year
!width="250"|Championship
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
!width="50"|Score
|- 
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 2004
| [[Paul Hunter Classic|Grand Prix Fürth]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Paul|Hunter}}
| align="center"| 2–4
|}

===Team finals: 2 (1 title)===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="80"|Outcome
!width="20"|No.
!width="50"|Year
!width="250"|Championship
!width="120"|Team/partner
!width="200"|Opponent(s) in the final
!width="50"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| [[1999 Nations Cup (snooker)|1999]]
| [[Nations Cup (snooker)|Nations Cup]]
| {{flagcountry|WAL}}
| {{flagcountry|SCO}}
| align="center"|6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| [[2000 Nations Cup (snooker)|2000]]
| [[Nations Cup (snooker)|Nations Cup]]
| {{flagcountry|WAL}}
| {{flagcountry|ENG}}
| align="center"|2–6
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{portal|Cue sports}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517172146/http://www.matthew-stevens.com/ |date=dmy |title=Official website}}
* {{WPBSA player}}
* {{WST player}}
* {{Snooker.org player}}

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