Paul Mifsud

Paul Mifsud is a Maltese former professional snooker player.

Paul Mifsud

Born	1945 or 1946
Sport country	Malta
Professional	1983–1985
Highest ranking	49 (1983–1984)
Best ranking finish	Last 32 (x1)

Career

Mifsud turned professional in 1983, and in the primitive world rankings at this time, was placed 49th. He was relegated from the snooker tour two seasons later, and has since competed as an amateur.

Mifsud's most notable performance was in reaching the last 32 of the 1984 World Championship, where he lost 2–10 to Terry Griffiths. He was twice World Amateur champion, in 1985 and 1986, defeating Dilwyn John 11–6 in the former and Kerry Jones 11–9 in the latter, and had reached the final in 1976, where he lost 1–11 to the rising Doug Mountjoy.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1983/ 84	1984/ 85	1990/ 91	1995/ 96	1996/ 97
Ranking[1][nb 1]	[nb 2]	49	[nb 3]	[nb 3]	[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
International Open	A	LQ	NH	A	A
Grand Prix[nb 4]	LQ	LQ	A	A	A
World Championship	1R	A	A	A	A
Non-ranking tournaments
Malta Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held			1R	1R
Former ranking tournaments
Classic	LQ	A	A	Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Masters	Not Held		1R	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. He was an amateur.
4. The event was called the Professional Players Tournament (1983/1984)