Barry Hawkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English snooker player
Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1979
Place of Birth: Ditton, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Profession: snooker player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
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About Barry Hawkins
- Barry Hawkins (born 23 April 1979) is an English professional snooker player from Ditton in Kent.
- He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004/2005 snooker season, when he reached the last 16 of the 2004 UK Championship, the quarter-finals of the 2004 British Open, and the semi-finals of the 2005 Welsh Open.
- He has now spent twelve successive seasons ranked inside the top 32.
- He reached his first ranking final and won his first ranking title at the 2012 Australian Goldfields Open.
- Hawkins has played in the televised stages of every World Championship since he made his Crucible Theatre debut in 2006.
- He lost in the first round on his first five appearances, but reached the second round in 2011 and 2012.
- Rated an 80–1 outsider for the 2013 World Snooker Championship before the tournament began, he surprised many by defeating opponents including world number 1 Mark Selby and top Chinese player Ding Junhui to reach the final, which he lost to defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.
- Hawkins has since reached the semi-finals of the World Championship in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018, and reached the final of the Masters in 2016.
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