Matthew Stevens

What I admire most about Matthew Stevens is the quiet ferocity that snooker demands. Winning the 2000 Masters and the 2003 UK Championship puts him among the genuine elite, yet his two World Championship runner-up finishes give his story a poignant edge. That career-high ranking of No. 4 was no fluke. To me, he represents the underappreciated craftsman whose composure under green-baize pressure is its own kind of athleticism. I find his tactical patience deeply compelling, and I respect a competitor who kept chasing the summit despite falling just short.

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Name (English)

Matthew Stevens

Name (Japanese)

マシュー・スティーヴンス

Reading

ましゅー・すてぃーゔんす

Born

September 11, 1977 (age 49)

Origin

Carmarthen, United Kingdom

Occupation

snooker player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

• Official sitehttp://matthew-stevens.com/index.php
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Stevens
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551261

Tags

• snooker player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.