Aaron Hill (snooker player)

{{Infobox snooker player

| name = Aaron Hill

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2002|2|28}}

| birth_place = Cork, County Cork, Ireland

| Sport country = {{IRL}}

| Professional = 2020–present

| High ranking = 55 (February 2025)

| Official maximums =

| Best finish = Quarter-final (x2)

| World champ =

}}

Aaron Hill (born 28 February 2002) is an Irish professional snooker player.{{cite web|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=2470|title=Aaron Hill|publisher=snooker.org|accessdate=14 June 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926125515/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=2470|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|date=2020-06-08|title=SNOOKER CONTINUES TO LEAD SPORT'S RETURN WITH TOUR STRUCTURE PLANS|url=https://wst.tv/snooker-continues-to-lead-sports-return-with-tour-structure-plans/|accessdate=14 June 2020|publisher=World Snooker Tour|archive-date=2020-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608151208/https://wst.tv/snooker-continues-to-lead-sports-return-with-tour-structure-plans/|url-status=dead}}

On 24 September 2020, Hill defeated the World Champion at that time Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–4 in the last 64 of the European Masters.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2020/0924/1167345-ronnie-osullivan-shocked-by-cork-teenager-aaron-hill/|title='Speechless' - Ronnie O'Sullivan shocked by Cork teenager Aaron Hill at European Masters|date=25 September 2020|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=25 September 2020|archive-date=6 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006095825/https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2020/0924/1167345-ronnie-osullivan-shocked-by-cork-teenager-aaron-hill/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/cork-aaron-hill-beats-ronnie-osullivan-european-masters-5214255-Sep2020/|title=Cork teen stuns six-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan at European Masters|date=25 September 2020|work=The 42|accessdate=25 September 2020|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925000149/https://www.the42.ie/cork-aaron-hill-beats-ronnie-osullivan-european-masters-5214255-Sep2020/|url-status=live}}

At the 2022 Northern Ireland Open, Hill defeated ranking world number 2 Judd Trump 4–1 to advance to the last 32.{{cite web | last=Branigan | first=Peter | title=Hill shocks Trump at Northern Ireland Open | website=RTE.ie | date=18 October 2022 | url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2022/1018/1330012-aaron-hill-shocks-judd-trump-at-northern-ireland-open/ | access-date=18 October 2022}}

Performance and rankings timeline

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! Tournament

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=17 June 2019|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219070820/http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/history.asp|url-status=live}}It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season

|align="center"|He was an amateur

|align="center"|

|align="center"|New players don't have a ranking

|align="center"|79

|align="center"|Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points

|align="center"|73

|align="center"|60

colspan="10"|Ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Championship League

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Xi'an Grand Prix

|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Saudi Arabia Masters

|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|English Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuhan Open

|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|International Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot Out

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tour Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

colspan="10" |Former ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Pro Series

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD

|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Turkish Masters

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Gibraltar Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Classic

|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

colspan="10" |Former non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Six-red World Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

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! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ

| lost in the qualifying draw

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R

| lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| lost in the quarter-finals

align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

| lost in the semi-finals

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

| lost in the final

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W

| won the tournament

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ

| did not qualify for the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A

| did not participate in the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD

| withdrew from the tournament

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NH / Not Held	means an event was not held.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NR / Non-Ranking Event	means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|R / Ranking Event	means an event is/was a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|MR / Minor-Ranking Event	means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

Career finals

= Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles) =

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!width="67"|Outcome

!width="20"|No.

!width="30"|Year

!width="350"|Championship

!width="200"|Opponent in the final

!width="30"|Score

!width="30"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 2018

| World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Ben Mertens

| 3–4

| {{cite magazine |title=IBSF world under 16 championships |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=November 2018|page=36}}

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 1.

| 2019

| EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Dylan Emery

| 4–3

| {{cite web|title=European Snooker Championships U18 - Eilat / Israel 2019|url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2019/me18/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=250&size=24|website=EBSA|accessdate=19 February 2019|archive-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901041838/http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2019/me18/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=250&size=24|url-status=live}}

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 2.

| 2019

| Challenge Tour - Event 4

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Hugill

| 1–3

| {{cite web |title=Hugill Best In Bruges |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/hugill-best-in-bruges/ |work=World Snooker Tour |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association |date=20 October 2019 |access-date=27 October 2019 |archive-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020190833/http://www.worldsnooker.com/hugill-best-in-bruges/ |url-status=live}}

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 2.

| 2020

| EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships (2)

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sean Maddocks

| 4–1

| {{cite web |title=European Snooker Championships U18 - Albufeira / Portugal 2020 |url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2020/me18/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=302&size=48 |publisher=EBSA |access-date=6 April 2022 |archive-date=6 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406134205/http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2020/me18/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=302&size=48 |url-status=live }}

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 3.

| 2020

| EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Hayden Staniland

| 5–2

| {{cite web |title=European Snooker Championships U21 - Albufeira / Portugal 2020 |url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2020/me21/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=303&size=64 |publisher=EBSA |access-date=6 April 2022 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929172354/http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2020/me21/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=303&size=64 |url-status=live }}

References

External links

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Category:2002 births

Category:Living people

Category:Irish snooker players

Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen