<prompt> Tlatša polelwana ye e latelago: Ka Desemere 2017, Hawkins o tšwetše pele go ya mothalading wa boraro wa Sebjana sa UK ka morago ga go fenya Kurt Dunham le Hammad Miah, eupša o ile a bethwa ke Akani Songsermsawad ka morago ga go fenywa ka 60. Ka morago ga papadi, Hawkins o ile a bolela gore o be a maketše kudu ka baka la go bapala ga gagwe. Ka Pherekgong 2018, Hawkins o ile a fenywa ke mofenyi wa mafelelo Kyren Wilson ka mothalading wa mathomo wa Masters, o lahlegetšwe ke 64. Ka March, Hawkins o ile a fihla makgaolakgannyeng a Welsh Open ka morago ga go fenya Tom Ford, Martin Gould, Yan Bingtao le Noppon Saengkham. O ile a lebeletšana le John Higgins makgaolakgannyeng. Go sa šetšwe go dira nywaga-kgolo e meraro, mafelelong o ile a lahlegelwa ke 97. Ka April, Hawkins o ile a fihlelela makgaolakgang a mangwe a tiragalo ya go bewa maemong, mo nakong ye o ile a lebeletšana le Mark Selby makgaolakgannyeng a phadišano ya  <response>: China e Bulegile. Eupša Selby, e lego nkgwete ya mehleng, o ile a ipontšha e le yo matla kudu go Hawkins letšatšing leo, gomme Hawkins o ile a lahlegelwa ke 11 go 3. Ka May, Hawkins o ile a kgomarela pego ya gagwe e botse kua Crucible, ka morago ga go fenya Stuart Carrington, Lyu Haotian le Ding Junhui, o ile a fihla makgaolakgannyeng a mangwe a Sebjana sa Lefase sa Snooker gomme a lebeletšana le Mark Williams. Papadi e be e le ya kgale, ka palomoka ya makga a 20 go a 50 magareng ga bapadi ba babedi, mafelelong Williams o ile a fenya ka 1715. 