In the latter part of the &lt;a href="2016%E2%80%9317%20snooker%20season"&gt;2016/2017 season&lt;/a&gt; Figueiredo had his best finishes on the tour to date. At the Welsh Open he secured wins over Alfie Burden, Anthony McGill and Dominic Dale, before falling 4–1 to Stuart Carrington. He also reached the fourth round of the Gibraltar Open by eliminating Sydney Wilson, Fraser Patrick and Thor Chuan Leong and lost 4–2 to Nigel Bond. He was relegated from the tour at the end of the year though due to being ranked 111th in the world.