Aaron Hill (snooker player)

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Aaron Hill
Born (2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22)
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Sport countryFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
NicknameThe Breeze [1]
Professional2020–present
Highest ranking 55 (February 2025)
Current ranking 55 (as of 2 February 2025)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (x2)

Aaron Hill (born 28 February 2002) is an Irish professional snooker player. [2]

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Career

In March 2020, Hill won the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, as a result, he was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2020–21 and 2021–22. [3]

On 24 September 2020, Hill defeated the World Champion at that time Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–4 in the last 64 of the European Masters. [4] [5]

At the 2022 Northern Ireland Open, Hill defeated ranking world number 2 Judd Trump 4–1 to advance to the last 32. [6]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2018/
19 		2019/
20 		2020/
21 		2021/
22 		2022/
23 		2023/
24 		2024/
25
Ranking [7] [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 79 [nb 4] 73 60
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking RR RR 2R RR RR
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 1R
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 2R
English Open AA 1R LQLQLQ 1R
British Open Not Held 1R LQLQ 1R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held QF 1R
Northern Ireland Open AA 1R LQ 2R 3R LQ
International Championship AANot HeldLQ 1R
UK Championship AA 1R 1R LQLQLQ
Shoot Out A 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R 3R
Scottish Open AA 1R LQLQ 2R LQ
German Masters AALQLQLQ 1R QF
Welsh Open AA 2R LQ 2R 2R LQ
World Open AANot Held 1R
World Grand Prix DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Players Championship DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour Championship DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship LQLQLQLQLQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Pro Series Not HeldWDTournament Not Held
Turkish Masters Not Held 1R Not Held
Gibraltar Open AA 2R 3R Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R Not Held
European Masters AA 4R 1R 1R 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship AANot HeldLQNot Held
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 1 2 He was an amateur
  3. ↑ New players don't have a ranking
  4. ↑ Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points

Career finals

Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreRef.
Runner-up1.2018 World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ben Mertens 3–4 [8]
Winner1.2019 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Dylan Emery 4–3 [9]
Runner-up2. 2019 Challenge Tour - Event 4 Flag of England.svg Ashley Hugill 1–3 [10]
Winner2.2020 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships (2) Flag of England.svg Sean Maddocks 4–1 [11]
Winner3.2020 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships Flag of England.svg Hayden Staniland 5–2 [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Aaron Hill". World Snooker Tour . Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Aaron Hill". snooker.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "SNOOKER CONTINUES TO LEAD SPORT'S RETURN WITH TOUR STRUCTURE PLANS". World Snooker Tour. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "'Speechless' - Ronnie O'Sullivan shocked by Cork teenager Aaron Hill at European Masters". RTE Sport. 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Cork teen stuns six-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan at European Masters". The 42. 25 September 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Branigan, Peter (18 October 2022). "Hill shocks Trump at Northern Ireland Open". RTE.ie. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "IBSF world under 16 championships". Snooker Scene. November 2018. p. 36.
  9. ↑ "European Snooker Championships U18 - Eilat / Israel 2019". EBSA. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Hugill Best In Bruges". World Snooker Tour. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "European Snooker Championships U18 - Albufeira / Portugal 2020". EBSA. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "European Snooker Championships U21 - Albufeira / Portugal 2020". EBSA. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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