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.