 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 200809 Hamilton haana kusvika gumi nematanhatu ekupedzisira mune chero yemitambo mishanu yekutanga. Akarasikirwa mumutambo wokutanga 35 naAndrew Higginson kuNorthern Ireland Trophy, 25 naMarco Fu kuShanghai Masters, uye 05 naJohn Higgins kuGrand Prix, apo aisakwanisa kukwanisa kuenda kuBahrain Championship neUK Championship, sezvo akarasikirwa mumutambo wekukwanisa 25 kurwisa Mark Davis uye 49 kurwisa Higginson. Zvisinei akakwanisa kumhanyira kuma semi fainari e2009 Welsh Open. Ari munzira akarova Peter Ebdon, Michael Judge naMark Selby. Mumutambo we semi-final akatungamira Ali Carter 30 uye zvaitaridzika sekunge aigona kusvika pakupedzisira kwake kwechitatu asi pakupedzisira akarasikirwa ne56 achipesana nemukundi wekupedzisira. Hamilton akakwanisa kuenda kuChina Open, nekukunda Patrick Wallace 51, asi akarasikirwa ne45 kurwisa John Higgins, uye haana kukwanisa kupinda muWorld Championship, sezvo akarasikirwa ne510 kuna Ricky Walden mumutambo wekupedzisira. Pakupera kwemwaka iye akarasikirwa nenzvimbo yake pakati penyika yepamusoro 32, uye akaiswa nhamba 33 mumwaka unotevera. 