 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 0. Pashure pomutambo wacho, Hawkins akati akanga achivhunduka zvikuru nezvaakanga aita. Muna Ndira 2018, Hawkins akakundwa nemutambi wekupedzisira Kyren Wilson mumutambo wekutanga weMasters, akarasikirwa ne64. 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 ne97. 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 113. Muna Chivabvu, Hawkins akachengetedza rekodhi yake yakanaka kuCrucible, mushure mekukunda Stuart Carrington, Lyu Haotian, naDing Junhui, akasvika kune imwe semi-fainari kuWorld Snooker Championshipuye akatarisana naMark Williams. Mutambo wacho wakanga uri wekare, nehuwandu hwe20 hunopera pamusoro pe50 pakati pevatambi vaviri, Williams akazopedzisira akunda 1715. 