 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hawkins akatamba mumatanho anotsanangurwa paterevhizheni eMakwikwi ose ePasi rose kubvira paakaita kutanga kwake muCrucible Theatre muna 2006. Akarasikirwa mumutambo wokutanga pamitambo yake yokutanga yechishanu, asi akasvika mumutambo wechipiri muna 2011uye 2012. Rated munhu wokune imwe nyika 801 nokuda 2013 World Snooker Championship pamberi mutambo akatanga, akashamisa vazhinji nokukunda vavengi kusanganisira nyika nhamba1 Mark Selby uye pamusoro Chinese mutambi Ding Junhui kusvika yokupedzisira, iyo akarasikirwa kudzivirira shasha Ronnie OSullivan. Hawkins kubvira ipapo akasvika kuma semi-fainari eWorld Championship muna 2014, 2015, 2017 na2018, uye akasvika kumagumo eMasters muna 2016. 