 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mushure mekunge vasapfuura chikamu chechitatu mukutanga kwegore ra2016 17 mwaka, Hawkins akasvika kuma semi-fainari eEnglish Open, kwaakarasikirwa ne62 kuna Judd Trump.ref name201617ref Chiitiko chinotevera cheMusha weNyika chaive Northern Ireland Open uye Hawkins akakunda zvakare kusvika kuma semi-fainari. Anthony Hamilton akadzoka kubva pa4x2 uye 5x3 pasi kuti atumire mutambo muhurongwa hwekusarudza umo akafukidza chena paakaiswa zvakanaka kuti ape Hawkins mukana wemutambo waakatora. Hawkins akanga ari 5-1 mberi kwaMark King mufainari, King asati akunda mafuremu mashanu mumutsara. Hawkins akahwina re-spotted black kuita kuti ive 88 uye akabva arasikirwa nefremu yekusarudza. Mumutambo wechipiri weUK Championship, Fergal OBrien akazova mutambi wekutanga kuita mazana mashanu mumutambo wakanakisa-we-11, paakakunda Hawkins 65. Hawkins akafamba zvakanaka paMasters, achingoda mufananidzo mumwe chete kuti asvike mufainari kechipiri akatevedzana. Akanga ane 52 mukana mumutambo wake we semi-final kurwisana naJoe Perry, Perry asati awana snooker yaaifanira kuderedza kutungamira kusvika ku53. Perry akaenderera mberi kuhwina mafuremu matatu akasara, achibata mutambo uye nekuramba Hawkins rematch kurwisa anodzivirira mukwikwidzi Ronnie OSullivan. 