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Barry Hawkins

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Barry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent, born in 1979. He turned professional in 1996 and rose to prominence in the 2004-05 season. He has spent twenty successive seasons ranked inside the top 32. He won his first ranking title at the 2012 Australian Goldfields Open and has since played in 13 ranking finals and won five titles. Rated an 80 to 1 outsider for the 2013 World Snooker Championship, he reached the final at the Crucible Theatre, and he has since reached the semi-finals in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. He was runner-up in the Masters in 2016 and 2022 and in the UK Championship in 2024.

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1979 1
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Male 1
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5+ 1
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is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent
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    (born 23 April 1979)
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    He turned professional in 1996
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    Hawkins has played in 13 ranking finals and won five ranking titles
  • Lead, nationality
    is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent
  • Plays: Snooker, Lead
    is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent
  • Competed In: World Snooker Championship, Lead, World Championship
    Hawkins has since reached the semi-finals of the World Championship in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018
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