Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Zvita 2017, Hawkins akaenderera mberi kunhanho yechitatu yeUK Championship mushure mekurova Kurt Dunham naHamad Miah, asi akaburitswa naAkani Songsermsawad mushure mekutambura kukundwa ne6 <unk> 0. Pashure pomutambo wacho, Hawkins akati akanga "achivhunduka zvikuru" nezvaakanga aita. Muna Ndira 2018, Hawkins akakundwa nemutambi wekupedzisira Kyren Wilson mumutambo wekutanga weMasters, akarasikirwa ne6<unk>4. Muna Kurume, Hawkins akasvika kumagumo eWelsh Open mushure mekukunda Tom Ford, Martin Gould, Yan Bingtao, naNoppon Saengkham. Akatarisana naJohn Higgins mumutambo wokupedzisira. Pasinei nokuita mazana matatu, pakupedzisira akarasikirwa ne9<unk>7. Muna Kubvumbi, Hawkins akasvika kune imwe yekupedzisira mumutambo wepamusoro, panguva ino akatarisana naMark Selby mumutambo weChina Open
. Asi Selby, mukwikwidzi anodzivirira, akaratidzirwa kuva akasimba zvikuru nokuda kwaHawkins pazuva iroro, Hawkins akarasikirwa na 11<unk>3. Muna Chivabvu, Hawkins akachengetedza rekodhi yake yakanaka paCrucible, mushure mekurova Stuart Carrington, Lyu Haotian, naDing Junhui, akasvika kune imwe semi-fainari kuWorld Snooker Championship ndokutarisana naMark Williams. Mutambo wacho wakanga uri wekare, nehuwandu hwe20 hunopera pamusoro pe50 pakati pevatambi vaviri, Williams akazopedzisira akunda 17<unk>15.