Everything about Barry Hawkins totally explained
Barry Hawkins (born
23 April 1979,
Kent,
England) is an
English professional
snooker player.
Career
Before taking up snooker professionally he was an office clerk.
He reached the Top 32 in
the rankings in 2004/2005, having reached the semi-finals of 2005's
Welsh Open, as well as the last sixteen of three other tournaments.
In 2005/2006, he reached the semi-finals of the
Grand Prix (External Link
) and the Welsh Open again, and also beat the high-ranked
Ding Junhui to qualify for the
World Championship for the first time
(External Link). This cemented Hawkins' place in the Top 16 of the
rankings for the 2006/2007 season.
At the World Championship in
Sheffield, however, Barry faced former Champion
Ken Doherty in the first round, and in the intimidating
Crucible Theatre lost 10-1. He told the
BBC that "I just couldn't perform and I don't know why... I'm gutted after such a good season to have performed like that."
(External Link)
The 2006/2007 season saw Hawkins disappointed following two strong seasons. He reached the final of the non-ranking Kilkenny Irish Masters
(External Link), however his only run past the last 16 in a ranking event was at the
China Open, when he reached the semi-finals, again beating Ding along the way. A first-round defeat to
Fergal O'Brien at the World Championship
(External Link) cost him his Top 16 place, and left him outside the Top 32 on the
single-year rankings.
Early in the 2007/2008 season, Hawkins won the qualifying tournament for the
2008 Masters, beating
Kurt Maflin (External Link). He won five other matches, also beating top-32 players
Nigel Bond and
Jamie Cope. He also reached the last 16 at the Grand Prix
(External Link), UK Championship and
China Open.
So far, Hawkins's record at the World Championship has been relatively miserable. As well as the aforementioned one-sided defeat to Doherty, Hawkins lost in the first round the following two years as well, to O'Brien and
Ali Carter respectively. On both occasions, Barry was defeated 10-9 having recovered from 9-6 behind. It means that he's a win/loss record at the Crucible of 0-3.
Although Hawkins plays
left-handed, he plays shots requiring a with his right hand, and is actually right-handed outside of snooker.
Tournement wins
Non ranking
Further Information
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