Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Disemba 2017, Hawkins gbagoro na agba nke atọ nke UK Championship mgbe ọ meriri Kurt Dunham na Hammad Miah, mana Akani Songsermsawad kụrụ ya mgbe ọ meriri 6 <unk> 0. Mgbe egwuregwu ahụ gasịrị, Hawkins kwuru na ọ nọ "n'ọnọdụ ujo" maka arụmọrụ ya. N'ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 2018, onye ga-emecha bụrụ onye ikpeazụ bụ Kyren Wilson meriri Hawkins na agba nke mbụ nke Masters, ọ tụfuru 6<unk>4. N'ọnwa Machị, Hawkins ruru agba nke ikpeazụ nke Welsh Open mgbe o merisịrị ndị Tom Ford, Martin Gould, Yan Bingtao, na Noppon Saengkham. O zutere John Higgins na ngwụcha. N'agbanyeghi na o mere narị atọ, o mechara tufuo 9<unk>7. N'ọnwa Eprel, Hawkins ruru agba nke ikpeazụ ọzọ n'asọmpị ọkwa, n'oge a, ọ zutere Mark Selby na agba nke ikpeazụ nke
China emeghe. Mana Selby, onye na-agbachitere onye mmeri, gosipụtara na ọ siri ike karịa Hawkins n'ụbọchị ahụ, Hawkins tụfuru site na 11 <unk> 3. N'ọnwa Mee, Hawkins nọgidere na-enwe ọmarịcha ihe ndekọ ya na Crucible, mgbe ọ merisịrị Stuart Carrington, Lyu Haotian, na Ding Junhui, ọ ruru ọkara ikpeazụ ọzọ na World Snooker Championship wee chee ihu Mark Williams. Egwuregwu ahụ bụ ihe egwu egwu egwu, na ngụkọta nke 20 ezumike karịa 50 n'etiti ndị egwuregwu abụọ ahụ, Williams mechara merie 17 <unk> 15.