28 Facts About Barry Hawkins

Barry Hawkins was born on 23 April 1979 and is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent.

Barry Hawkins has spent twenty successive seasons ranked inside the top 32.

Barry Hawkins played in the televised stages of every World Championship between his Crucible Theatre debut in 2006 and his failure to qualify in 2023.

Barry Hawkins lost in the first round on his first five appearances but reached the second round in 2011 and 2012.

Barry Hawkins has since reached the semi-finals of the World Championship in 2014,2015,2017 and 2018.

Barry Hawkins was runner-up in the Masters in 2016 and 2022 and in the UK Championship of 2024.

Barry Hawkins reached the last 16 at the Grand Prix, UK Championship and China Open.

Barry Hawkins then won at least his opening match in the next four ranking events, reaching the provisional top 16.

However, Barry Hawkins held his nerve in the deciding frame to finally end his losing run at the World Championship.

Barry Hawkins finished 22nd on the Order of Merit, inside the top 24 who qualified.

Barry Hawkins won the non-ranking Snooker Shoot-Out, a tournament where the winner of each round is determined by a single 10-minute frame.

Barry Hawkins's next ranking event was the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo, where he defeated Xiao Guodong, Matthew Stevens, Matthew Selt and Mark Davis to reach the first ranking event final of his 16-year professional career.

Barry Hawkins made three centuries in the final and climbed to world number 20 thanks to the win, as well as earning praise from Ebdon himself.

Barry Hawkins bounced back at the next ranking event, the German Masters, by beating Selby to reach the semi-finals.

Barry Hawkins failed to get past the second round in the World Open, China Open or the Welsh Open.

Barry Hawkins played in all eight European Tour events during the season with his best result being a semi-final defeat at the Bulgarian Open, which helped him finish 25th on the Order of Merit and claim a spot for the Finals.

However, Barry Hawkins then made breaks of 66 and 65 to win the last two frames and move into the semi-finals, where he faced O'Sullivan in a rematch of the previous year's final.

Barry Hawkins was the world number five at the end of the campaign, the highest he had ever finished a season.

The tie would eventually go into a deciding frame which Barry Hawkins won with a 61 break to reach the semi-finals for the third year in a row.

Barry Hawkins took two months off at the beginning of the season and said he would be more selective with the events he enters in order to remain fresh for the entire year.

Barry Hawkins conceded only a total of seven frames in his seven matches during the event.

Barry Hawkins met O'Sullivan in the second round of the 2016 World Snooker Championship, a player who he had not beaten in 10 attempts stretching back 14 years.

The next Home Nations event was the Northern Ireland Open and Barry Hawkins won through to the final by beating Anthony Hamilton in the last four.

Barry Hawkins had a good run at the 2017 Masters, needing only one frame to reach the final for a second consecutive time.

In May, Barry Hawkins furthered his good record at the Crucible, after beating Stuart Carrington, Lyu Haotian and Ding Junhui, he reached the semi-finals at the 2018 World Snooker Championship and faced Mark Williams.

In September 2018, Barry Hawkins reached the final of the invitational Shanghai Masters after victories against Stephen Maguire, Mark Williams and Ding Junhui, setting up a final with defending champion O'Sullivan.

In January 2021, Barry Hawkins did not participate in the Masters, but he did reach the semi-finals of the German Masters at the end of the month, his first appearance in the last four of a ranking event since 2019.

Barry Hawkins has been with his partner Tara since 2001; in January 2009 they had a son together.