Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da cewa ya yi rashin nasara a zagaye na farko na Masters na Shanghai da kuma cancantar shiga gasar zakarun duniya, Hawkins ya hau cikin manyan 16 a watan Nuwamba wanda ke nufin zai kasance a cikin babban zane a Masters a karon farko tun 2007. Neil Robertson ya doke shi 6<unk>2 a Gasar Burtaniya kuma a Masters ya kasance 5<unk>4 a kan Judd Trump amma ya rasa tukwane biyu lokacin da aka sanya shi don cin nasarar wasan kuma a maimakon haka ya rasa 5<unk>6, sakamakon da ya bar Hawkins "ɓatacce". Ya sake dawowa a taron da ya biyo baya, Masters na Jamus, ta hanyar ganin Dechawat Poomjaeng 5<unk>2, Mark Allen 5<unk>1 da Mark Selby 5<unk>1 don isa wasan kusa da na karshe. Ya rasa 4-6 ga Marco Fu a cikin dogon wasa wanda ya ƙare bayan tsakar dare agogon gida kuma ya haɗa da haɗarin aminci wanda ya ɗauki kusan awa ɗaya. Hawkins ya kasa wuce zagaye na biyu a gasar cin kofin duniya, China Open
ko kuma Welsh Open. Ya taka leda a wasanni takwas na 'yan wasa na' yan wasa na 'yan wasa tare da kyakkyawan sakamako shine nasarar da Joe Swail ya yi a wasan karshe a gasar farko ta Turai. Sauran kashi biyu na wasan kusa da na karshe ya gan shi ya gama 15th a kan Dokar Merit don cancanta zuwa wasan karshe, inda ya rasa 1 <unk> 4 zuwa Robertson a zagaye na biyu.