Craig Steadman
| Born |
14 July 1982 Farnworth, England |
|---|---|
| Sport country |
 England
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| Nickname | Rock-Steady |
| Professional | 2009/2010, 2012– |
| Highest ranking | 69 |
| Current ranking | 113 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £92,363 |
| Highest break | 143 (2010 Welsh Open qualifying) |
| Century breaks | 45 |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (2014 China Open, 2017 Welsh Open) |
Craig Steadman (born 14 July 1982) is an English professional snooker player.
Steadman began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2001, at the time the second-level professional tour. He reached the quarter final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Manan Chandra 6–3. He reached the final of the 2008 European Snooker Championships but was defeated 7–6 by David Grace. He first entered Main Tour for the 2009/10 season, after finishing the 2008/09 PIOS rankings on the rank 8. On 23 May 2009 he won the English Team Championship with Manchester.
He made it to the main draw of a ranking event for the first time in 2012, by beating Mike Dunn 5–3 in the wildcard round for the German Masters. He played Matthew Stevens in the first round, but was comfortably beaten 5–1. Despite not being on the main snooker tour Steadman played in all 12 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, reaching the last 32 on four occasions. These performances were enough to see him earn a place back on the tour for the 2012/2013 season. Steadman decided to accept the invitiation back on to the main tour only at the very last minute, as he felt snooker was distracting him from his main career as a professional artist.
Steadman took advantage of a new flatter structure used in the qualifiers for the 2013 Welsh Open, whereby he would only need to win two matches to reach the venue by defeating Yu Delu and Jamie Burnett with the loss of only one frame. However, in Newport he was whitewashed 0–4 by Stuart Bingham. Steadman played in all ten PTC's this season, with his best results being three last 32 defeats to finish 65th on the Order of Merit. His season ended when he lost 6–10 to Kurt Maflin in the second round of World Championship Qualifying to finish the year ranked world number 83.
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