Aaron Hill (snooker player)

Aaron Hill
Born	28 February 2002 (age 22); Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Sport country	Ireland
Nickname	The Breeze
Professional	2020–present
Highest ranking	60 (May 2024)
Current ranking	63 (as of 8 September 2024)
Best ranking finish	Quarter-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	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	A	A	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ
British Open	Not Held			1R	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
German Masters	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R
Welsh Open	A	A	2R	LQ	2R	2R
World Open	A	A	Not Held			1R
World Grand Prix	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Tour Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Pro Series	Not Held		WD	Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters	Not Held			1R	Not Held
Gibraltar Open	A	A	2R	3R	Not Held
WST Classic	Tournament Not Held				1R	Not Held
European Masters	A	A	4R	1R	1R	1R	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship	A	A	Not Held		LQ	Not Held

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
^ ^a ^b He was an amateur
^ New players don't have a ranking
^ 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	Ben Mertens	3–4	^[8]
Winner	1.	2019	EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships	Dylan Emery	4–3	^[9]
Runner-up	2.	2019	Challenge Tour - Event 4	Ashley Hugill	1–3	^[10]
Winner	2.	2020	EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships (2)	Sean Maddocks	4–1	^[11]
Winner	3.	2020	EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships	Hayden Staniland	5–2	^[12]

References

^ "Aaron Hill". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ "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.
^ Branigan, Peter (18 October 2022). "Hill shocks Trump at Northern Ireland Open". RTE.ie. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ "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.