Hawkins, Barry

Barry Hawkins became a professional in 1996.

In the 2004/05 season, he first reached the quarter finals of the ranking tournament - ( Wales Championship ). In the same season, he several times participated in the 1/8 finals and, as a result, for the first time took a place in the Top 32.

In 2005, Hawkins made at that time the highest break for himself in the Grand Prix tournament (145 points), and then reached the semifinals. In the same season, but already in 2006, he again reaches this stage, this time at the Wales Championship. At the final competition, the World Cup , he first came out in the 1/16 finals, having won Ding Junhui in the qualification. According to the results of that season, he took the highest place for himself, 12th .

The Englishman spent the 2006/07 season not in the best way. Only at the very end, at the China Open 2007 , he reached the semifinals, and at the next world championship in the first match he lost to Fergal O'Brien , because of which he lost his place in the Top 16.

In 2007, he won the Masters Qualification Tournament, defeating Norwegian Kurt Maflin in the finals. In addition, he reached the 1/8 Grand Prix finals, the UK Championship and China Open . At the 2008 World Cup, he lost to the future finalist, Alistair Carter , in the 1/16 final, with a score of 9:10 after the leadership of 9: 6. Hawkins took 26th place for the 2008/09 season .

In the 2008/09 season, Hawkins reached the quarter finals of the Northern Ireland Trophy tournament, losing only to Ronnie O'Sullivan . In 2010, he won the 5th stage of the Pro Challenge Series tournament , defeating Michael Holt in the final with a score of 5: 1.

In the 2010/11 season, at the 3rd stage of the RTS series, in the last frame of the match with Jamie McGuran, Hawkins made his first official maximum . At the 2011 World Cup, Barry reached the 1/8 finals - the best result for himself in Crucible . But he did not manage to return to the Top-16, having taken 22nd place in the ranking at the end of the season.

The first major success came to Barry in July 2012 with a victory at the Australian Open 2012 . On his way, he broke the resistance of Xiao Godun , Matthew Stevens, Matthew Celt, who got an excellent form of Mark Davis and in the final - Peter Ebdon with a surprisingly large score - 9: 3. For the victory, Barry received 70 thousand Australian dollars and 5000 rating points. ^{[10] [11]}

Hawkins sometimes plays sparring matches with another professional snooker player - Matthew Day .

Although Barry Hawkins is right-handed, he almost always plays snooker with his left hand. He also plays well with the rest.

• World Cup Final 2013
• Australian Open 2012 Champion
• Qualification Masters Champion - 2007
• Shoot-Out Champion 2012
• Pro Challenge Series (5th draw) champion - 2010
• Players Tour Championship champion - 2014
• 2018 Chinese Open Final
• Shanghai Masters Final 2018
• Grand Prix Semifinal 2005
• Wales Open Semifinal 2006
• UK Championship Quarter Final 2013
• Northern Ireland Trophy Quarter Final - 2008

• World Snooker Profile
• Profile on 147.ru (Russian)