Aaron Hill (snooker player)

Aaron Hill (born 28 February 2002) is an Irish professional snooker player.^[2]

Aaron Hill

Born	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 23) Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Sport country	Ireland
Nickname	The Breeze[1]
Professional	2020–present
Highest ranking	49 (July 2025)
Current ranking	49 (as of 24 July 2025)
Best ranking finish	Quarter-final (x2)

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 the World Champion at that time 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	2025/ 26
Ranking[nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	79	[nb 4]	73	60	50
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking		RR	RR	2R	RR	RR	RR
Saudi Arabia Masters	Tournament Not Held						2R	4R
Wuhan Open	Tournament Not Held					QF	1R
English Open	A	A	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R
British Open	Not Held			1R	LQ	LQ	1R
Xi'an Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held						1R
Northern Ireland Open	A	A	1R	LQ	2R	3R	LQ
International Championship	A	A	Not Held			LQ	1R
UK Championship	A	A	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ
Shoot Out	A	3R	1R	3R	1R	1R	3R
Scottish Open	A	A	1R	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ
German Masters	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	QF
World Grand Prix	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	A	A	2R	LQ	2R	2R	LQ
World Open	A	A	Not Held			1R	2R
Tour Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Pro Series	Not Held		WD	Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters	Not Held			1R	Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open	A	A	2R	3R	Tournament Not Held
WST Classic	Tournament Not Held				1R	Not Held
European Masters	A	A	4R	1R	1R	1R	Not Held
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. 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	Ben Mertens	3–4	[7]
Winner	1.	2019	EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships	Dylan Emery	4–3	[8]
Runner-up	2.	2019	Challenge Tour - Event 4	Ashley Hugill	1–3	[9]
Winner	2.	2020	EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships (2)	Sean Maddocks	4–1	[10]
Winner	3.	2020	EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships	Hayden Staniland	5–2	[11]