_2014-01-29_03.jpg) Hawkins at the 2014 German Masters | |
| Born | 23 April 1979 Ditton, Kent, England |
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| Sport country |  England |
| Nickname | The Hawk[1] |
| Professional | 1996/1997, 2000–present |
| Highest ranking | 4 (March–July 2014) |
| Current ranking | 15 (as of 16 July 2024) |
| Maximum breaks | 3 |
| Century breaks | 466 (as of 3 August 2024) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 4 |
| Minor-ranking | 1 |
Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season, when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship, the quarter-finals of the 2004 British Open and the semi-finals of the 2005 Welsh Open. He has now spent twelve successive seasons ranked inside the top 32. Hawkins reached his first ranking final and won his first ranking title at the 2012 Australian Goldfields Open.
Hawkins played in the televised stages of every World Championship between his Crucible Theatre debut in 2006, and his failure to qualify in 2023. He lost in the first round on his first five appearances, but reached the second round in 2011 and 2012. Rated an 80–1 outsider for the 2013 World Snooker Championship before the tournament began, he defeated opponents including world number 1 Mark Selby and top Chinese player Ding Junhui to reach the final, which he lost to defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.[2] Hawkins has since reached the semi-finals of the World Championship in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018, and he was runner-up in the Masters in 2016 and 2022.
- ^ "Barry Hawkins". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Dirs, Ben (6 May 2013). "Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Barry Hawkins to retain World title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2013.