Aaron Hill (snooker player)
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Born | Cork City, County Cork | 28 February 2002
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Sport country | Ireland |
Nickname | De Breeze[1] |
Professional | 2020–present |
Highest ranking | 80 (August 2021) |
Current ranking | 90 (as of 20 December 2021) |
Best ranking finish | Last 16 (x1) |
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]
Performance and rankings timeline[]
Tournament | 2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2021/ 22 | |||||
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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 | ||||||
Welsh Open | A | A | 2R | ||||||
Tournament Not Held | |||||||||
Gibraltar Open | A | A | 2R | ||||||
Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||
Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
WST Pro Series | Not Held | WD | NH |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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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. | |||
VF / Variant Format Event | means an event is/was a variant format event. |
Career finals[]
Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)[]
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships | Ben Mertens | 3–4 |
Winner | 1. | 2019 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships | 4–3 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 2019 | Challenge Tour - Event 4 | Ashley Hugill | 1–3 |
Winner | 2. | 2020 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships | Sean Maddocks | 4–1 |
Winner | 3. | 2020 | EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships | 5–2 |
References[]
- ^ "Aaron Hill: 'It wasn't a once-off to beat Ronnie'". Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Aaron Hill". snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "SNOOKER CONTINUES TO LEAD SPORT'S RETURN WITH TOUR STRUCTURE PLANS". World Snooker Tour. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "'Speechless' - Ronnie O'Sullivan shocked by Cork teenager Aaron Hill at European Masters". RTE Sport. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Cork teen stuns six-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan at European Masters". The 42. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Irish snooker players