Aaron Hill
Born (2002-02-28) 28 February 2002
Cork, County Cork
Sport country Ireland
NicknameDe Breeze[1]
Professional2020–present
Highest ranking66 (October 2023)
Current ranking 66 (as of 18 December 2023)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (2023 Wuhan Open)

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

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]

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
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 79 [nb 4] 73
Ranking tournaments
Championship League NR RR RR 2R RR
European Masters A A 4R 1R 1R 1R
British Open Not Held 1R LQ LQ
English Open A A 1R LQ LQ LQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held QF
Northern Ireland Open A A 1R LQ 2R 3R
International Championship A A Not Held LQ
UK Championship A A 1R 1R LQ LQ
Shoot Out A 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R
Scottish Open A A 1R LQ LQ 2R
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
German Masters A A LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A 2R LQ 2R
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Open A A Not Held
Tour Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship A A Not Held LQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Pro Series Not Held WD Not Held
Turkish Masters Not Held 1R Not Held
Gibraltar Open A A 2R 3R Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R 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 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)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Runner-up 1. 2018 World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships Belgium Ben Mertens 3–4 [8]
Winner 1. 2019 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships Wales Dylan Emery 4–3 [9]
Runner-up 2. 2019 Challenge Tour - Event 4 England Ashley Hugill 1–3 [10]
Winner 2. 2020 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships (2) England Sean Maddocks 4–1 [11]
Winner 3. 2020 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships England Hayden Staniland 5–2 [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Aaron Hill". wst.tv. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  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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