Aaron Hill | |
Birth Date: | 2002 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cork, County Cork, Ireland |
Professional: | 2020–present |
High Ranking: | 60 (May 2024) |
Best Finish: | Quarter-final (2023 Wuhan Open) |
Aaron Hill (born 28 February 2002) is an Irish professional snooker player.[1]
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.[2]
On 24 September 2020, Hill defeated current World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–4 in the last 64 of the European Masters.[3] [4]
At the 2022 Northern Ireland Open, Hill defeated ranking world number 2 Judd Trump 4–1 to advance to the last 32.[5]
Tournament | 2018/ 19 | 2019/ 20 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 | 2022/ 23 | 2023/ 24 | 2024/ 25 | |||||||
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Ranking[6] [7] | [8] | [9] | 79 | [10] | 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 | |||||||||||||
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 | ||||||
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LQ | lost in the qualifying draw |
| 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. |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | ||
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Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships | Ben Mertens | 3–4 | [11] | |
Winner | 1. | 2019 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships | Dylan Emery | 4–3 | [12] | |
Runner-up | 2. | 2019 | Challenge Tour - Event 4 | Ashley Hugill | 1–3 | [13] | |
Winner | 2. | 2020 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships (2) | Sean Maddocks | 4–1 | [14] | |
Winner | 3. | 2020 | EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships | Hayden Staniland | 5–2 | [15] |