Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Disamba na 2017, Hawkins ya ci gaba zuwa zagaye na uku na gasar zakarun Burtaniya bayan ya doke Kurt Dunham da Hammad Miah, amma Akani Songsermsawad ya fitar da shi bayan ya sha wahala 6<unk>0. Bayan wasan, Hawkins ya ce yana "cikin damuwa" saboda aikinsa. A watan Janairun 2018, Hawkins ya ci nasara a hannun Kyren Wilson a zagaye na farko na Masters, ya rasa 6<unk>4. A watan Maris, Hawkins ya kai wasan karshe na Welsh Open bayan ya doke irin su Tom Ford, Martin Gould, Yan Bingtao, da Noppon Saengkham. Ya fuskanci John Higgins a wasan karshe. Duk da yin ƙarni uku, a ƙarshe ya rasa 9<unk>7. A watan Afrilu, Hawkins ya sake kaiwa karshe a gasar cin kofin duniya, a wannan karon ya fuskanci Mark Selby a wasan karshe na gasar zakarun Turai.
Kasar Sin ta bude. Amma Selby, mai kare zakara, ya tabbatar da cewa yana da karfi ga Hawkins a ranar, Hawkins ya rasa ta 11 zuwa 3. A watan Mayu, Hawkins ya ci gaba da kyakkyawan tarihinsa a Crucible, bayan ya doke Stuart Carrington, Lyu Haotian, da Ding Junhui, ya kai wani wasan kusa da na karshe a Gasar Snooker ta Duniya kuma ya fuskanci Mark Williams. Wasan ya kasance na yau da kullun, tare da jimillar hutu 20 sama da 50 tsakanin 'yan wasan biyu, Williams daga ƙarshe ya ci 17<unk>15.