Aaron Hill (snooker player)
Aaron Hill (born 28 February 2002) is an Irish professional snooker player.[2]
| Born | 28 February 2002 Cork City, County Cork |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Ireland |
| Nickname | De Breeze[1] |
| Professional | 2020–2022 |
| Highest ranking | 80 (August 2021) |
| Current ranking | 93 (as of 3 May 2022) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (x1) |
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 current World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–4 in the last 64 of the European Masters.[4][5]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2021/ 22 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[6][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 79 | |||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking | RR | RR | ||||||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | 1R | LQ | |||||
| English Open | A | A | 1R | LQ | |||||
| UK Championship | A | A | 1R | 1R | |||||
| Scottish Open | A | A | 1R | LQ | |||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
| Shoot-Out | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | |||||
| German Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
| European Masters | A | A | 4R | 1R | |||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | 2R | LQ | |||||
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | 1R | |||||||
| Gibraltar Open | A | A | 2R | 3R | |||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| WST Pro Series | Not Held | WD | NH | ||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. | |||
- It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
- He was an amateur.
- New players don't have a ranking.
Career finals
Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref. |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ben Mertens |
3–4 | [7] |
| Winner | 1. | 2019 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships |  Dylan Emery |
4–3 | [8] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2019 | Challenge Tour - Event 4 |  Ashley Hugill |
1–3 | [9] |
| Winner | 2. | 2020 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships | Sean Maddocks |
4–1 | [10] |
| Winner | 3. | 2020 | EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships | Hayden Staniland |
5–2 | [11] |
References
- "Aaron Hill: 'It wasn't a once-off to beat Ronnie'". Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- "Aaron Hill". snooker.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- "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.
- "'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.
- "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.
- "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- "IBSF world under 16 championships". Snooker Scene. November 2018. p. 36.
- "European Snooker Championships U18 - Eilat / Israel 2019". EBSA. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- "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.
- "European Snooker Championships U18 - Albufeira / Portugal 2020". EBSA. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- "European Snooker Championships U21 - Albufeira / Portugal 2020". EBSA. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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