Aaron Hill (snooker player)

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Aaron Hill
birthday 28th February 2002 (age 18)
nationality IrelandIreland Ireland
professional from 2020
Prize money £ 1000
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Best results
Ranked tournaments Last 32 ( Snooker Shoot-Out 2020 )

Aaron Hill (born February 28, 2002 ) is an Irish snooker player from Cork. In 2020 he became the U21 European champion and was authorized to take part in the professional tour .

Career

From a young age, Aaron Hill was an outstanding player. At the age of 14 he won a national U-18 tournament and was one of the best players of his year nationally and internationally. In 2017 he competed in the U18 age group at the European Championships and reached the semi-finals, where he was eliminated against the eventual winner Jackson Page . The following year he was in the final of the U16 World Cup and lost just under 3: 4 to Belgian Ben Mertens. At his second U18 European Championship he lost to Florian Nüßle in the round of 16 this year , but in 2019 he retaliated against the Austrian in the semifinals and then won the title 4: 3 against Welsh Dylan Emery. Then he tried it in the U21 tournament , but again stopped him in a tournament debut Jackson Page in the semifinals. Finally, he also competed with the seniors and at least reached the round of 32.

The professional association became aware of him through his successes and gave him a wildcard for qualifying for the 2019 World Snooker Championship . Against long-time professional Gerard Greene , he was long ahead in his first round match, he led 5: 3 and 7: 6. With all his experience, the Northern Irishman secured four frames in a row in the decisive phase and won 10: 7. The subsequent attempt to qualify for the professional tour via the Q School was disappointing with only two wins in three tournaments. The second attempt on the Challenge Tour also brought him many early defeats. In the 4th tournament he reached the final once, but that alone was not enough in the overall tour. The next attempt was the youth tournament of the World Snooker Federation in early 2020. He reached the semi-finals, but lost 0: 4 to Englishman Sean Maddocks .

At the Snooker Shoot-Out 2020 in February, he was once again allowed to take part in a professional tournament as an invited amateur and play in front of TV cameras for the first time. Surprisingly, he threw the world number 8. Kyren Wilson out of the tournament in a one-frame match, but then lost the next match. A month later, the Irishman went to the U18 European Championship to defend his title and, like his predecessor Jackson Page, won the tournament for the second time. With 4: 0 and 4: 1 he clearly defeated Ben Mertens in the semifinals and Sean Maddocks in the final. Mertens was also left behind in the semi-finals of the subsequent U21 tournament and with a 5-2 win against Hayden Staniland, Aaron Hill became the first player to win the title in both junior classes. Shortly after his 18th birthday, the U21 victory also brought him qualification for the Snooker Main Tour and professional status for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons .

successes

Amateur tournaments:

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  1. ↑ Profile of Aaron Hill on CueTracker (as of June 16, 2020)
  2. ↑ Hill wins RIBSA Under 18 Event 2nd European Billiards and Snooker Association , October 1, 2016, accessed June 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ World IBSF U-16 finalist. 147Academy, October 7, 2018, accessed June 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Derek Kiely: Cork's rising snooker star Aaron Hill is the U18 European champion. EchoLive.ie, February 21, 2019, accessed June 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Dylan O'Connell: Cork teenage snooker sensation in action in the World Championship semi-finals this afternoon. CorkBeo, January 8, 2020, accessed June 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Champion Hill Records Unique European Double. World Snooker Federation , March 15, 2020, accessed June 17, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Hill, Aaron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 2002