4–0, 6–2, and 9–5, Hawkins eventually lost 13–11. 2019/2020 in August 2019, Hawkins won the invitational tournament Paul Hunter Classic after defeating the likes of Gary Wilson, Mark King, Joe Perry, and Kyren Wilson. In November 2019, Hawkins made his third maximum break in his 6-2 first round victory against Gerard Greene at the UK Championship. But he suffered a shocking 6–4 defeat in the next round against Alan McManus, despite leading 4–1 at one point. In January 2020, Hawkins had an early exit at the Masters, losing 6–1 to John Higgins in the first round. In August 2020, Hawkins faced Alexander Ursenbacher in the first round of the World Snooker Championship, in which he comfortably won by 10–2. He lost 13–9 to Neil Robertson in the next round. 2020/2021 At the UK Championship, Hawkins advanced to the last 16 after beating the likes of Riley Parsons, Robbie Williams and Robert Milkins, but was knocked out of the tournament after losing 6–3 to Mark Selby. In January 2021, Hawkins did not participate in the Masters, but he did reach the semi final of the German Masters at the end of the month, his first appearance in the last four of a ranking event since 2019, and faced Judd Trump. Despite leading 5–1, Hawkins lost five straight frames and lost 6–5 at the end. In February, he reached another semi final, this time at the Players Championship, but he lost 6–4 to Ronnie O'Sullivan after taking a 3–0 lead. Hawkins qualified for the 2021 Tour Championship and beat Judd Trump 10–7 after leading 7–3 to reach the semi-finals. There, he was 9–6 ahead against O'Sullivan, but would ultimately lose 9–10. He lost 10–13 in the second round of the World Championship to Kyren Wilson, after winning five consecutive frames to level at 9–9. 2021/2022 Hawkins reached the semi-finals of the UK Championship for the first time, losing 1–6 to eventual winner Zhao Xintong. At the second Triple Crown event of the season, the Masters, he defeated reigning world champion Mark Selby and come back from 4–5 down against Judd Trump to win 6–5, reaching the final of the event for the second time. He lost to Neil Robertson 4–10. Hawkins also reached the final of the Players Championship where he was the lowest seed, but lost to Robertson again by a 5–10 scoreline. He failed to progress past the first round