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| Sport country = {{IRL}}
| Sport country = {{IRL}}
| Professional = 2020–present
| Professional = 2020–present
| High ranking = 62 (March 2024)
| High ranking = 60 (May 2024)
| Official maximums =
| Official maximums =
| Best finish = Quarter-final ([[2023 Wuhan Open (snooker)|2023 Wuhan Open]])
| Best finish = Quarter-final ([[2023 Wuhan Open (snooker)|2023 Wuhan Open]])
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== Performance and rankings timeline ==
== Performance and rankings timeline ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
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! Tournament
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
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! '''Tournament'''
! [[2018–19 snooker season|2018/<br/>19]]
! [[2018–19 snooker season|2018/<br/>19]]
! [[2019–20 snooker season|2019/<br/>20]]
! [[2019–20 snooker season|2019/<br/>20]]
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! [[2022–23 snooker season|2022/<br/>23]]
! [[2022–23 snooker season|2022/<br/>23]]
! [[2023–24 snooker season|2023/<br/>24]]
! [[2023–24 snooker season|2023/<br/>24]]
! [[2024–25 snooker season|2024/<br/>25]]
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref name="Ranking history">{{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}}</ref><ref group="nb">It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season</ref>
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref name="Ranking history">{{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}}</ref><ref group="nb">It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season</ref>
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|align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="QS">Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points</ref>
|align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="QS">Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points</ref>
|align="center"|[[Snooker world rankings 2023/2024|73]]
|align="center"|[[Snooker world rankings 2023/2024|73]]
|align="center"|[[Snooker world rankings 2024/2025|60]]
|-
|-
|colspan="10"|'''Ranking tournaments'''
|colspan="10"|'''Ranking tournaments'''
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Championship League]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Championship League]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Championship League (ranking)|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Championship League (ranking)|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Championship League (ranking)|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Championship League (ranking)|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Championship League (ranking)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Championship League (ranking)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Championship League (ranking)|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Championship League (ranking)|RR]]
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Championship League (ranking)|RR]]
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[European Masters (snooker)|European Masters]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Xi'an Grand Prix]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
⚫
|
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
⚫
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 European Masters (2020–21 season)|4R]]
⚫
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 European Masters (2021–22 season)|1R]]
⚫
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 European Masters (2022–23 season)|1R]]
⚫
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 European Masters|1R]]
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[British Open (snooker)|British Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters|Saudi Arabia Masters]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 British Open|1R]]
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[English Open (snooker)|English Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[English Open (snooker)|English Open]]
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|
|-
⚫
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[British Open (snooker)|British Open]]
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|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 British Open|1R]]
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Wuhan Open (snooker)|Wuhan Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Wuhan Open (snooker)|Wuhan Open]]
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2023 Wuhan Open (snooker)|QF]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2023 Wuhan Open (snooker)|QF]]
|
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Northern Ireland Open (snooker)|Northern Ireland Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Northern Ireland Open (snooker)|Northern Ireland Open]]
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Northern Ireland Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Northern Ireland Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Northern Ireland Open|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Northern Ireland Open|3R]]
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[International Championship]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[International Championship]]
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|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[UK Championship]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[UK Championship]]
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker Shoot Out|Shoot Out]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker Shoot Out|Shoot Out]]
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Snooker Shoot Out (2022–23 season)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Snooker Shoot Out (2022–23 season)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Snooker Shoot Out (2023–24 season)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Snooker Shoot Out (2023–24 season)|1R]]
|
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|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]]
|-
|
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Grand Prix (snooker)|World Grand Prix]]
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[German Masters]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[German Masters]]
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 German Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 German Masters|1R]]
|
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]]
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Open (snooker)|World Open]]
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|
|-
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Grand Prix (snooker)|World Grand Prix]]
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Players Championship (snooker)|Players Championship]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Players Championship (snooker)|Players Championship]]
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|-
|
⚫
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Open (snooker)|World Open]]
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
⚫
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|-
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Tour Championship (snooker)|Tour Championship]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Tour Championship (snooker)|Tour Championship]]
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|
|-
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]]
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|
|-
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|colspan="10" |'''Former ranking tournaments'''
|colspan="10" |'''Former ranking tournaments'''
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|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Turkish Masters]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Turkish Masters]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Turkish Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Turkish Masters|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Gibraltar Open]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Gibraltar Open]]
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Gibraltar Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Gibraltar Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Gibraltar Open|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 Gibraltar Open|3R]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|-
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[WST Classic]]
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[WST Classic]]
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 WST Classic|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 WST Classic|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[European Masters (snooker)|European Masters]]
⚫
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 European Masters (2020–21 season)|4R]]
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 European Masters (2021–22 season)|1R]]
⚫
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 European Masters (2022–23 season)|1R]]
⚫
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 European Masters|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|-
|-
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|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend
! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend
|-
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=== Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles) ===
=== Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles) ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="67"|Outcome
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|width="67"|'''Outcome'''
!width="20"|No.
|width="20"|'''No.'''
!width="30"|Year
|width="30"|'''Year'''
!width="350"|Championship
|width="350"|'''Championship'''
!width="200"|Opponent in the final
|width="200"|'''Opponent in the final'''
!width="30"|Score
|width="30"|'''Score'''
!width="30"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|width="30"|'''{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}'''
|-
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

Revision as of 00:26, 17 June 2024

Aaron Hill
Born (2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22)
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Sport country Ireland
NicknameThe Breeze[1]
Professional2020–present
Highest ranking60 (May 2024)
Current ranking 64 (as of 28 October 2024)
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 		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
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
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.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ a b 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". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  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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