Career
He qualified for the World Championship in 2002, knocking out Steve Davis in the final qualifying round. In the first round proper, he lost 6–10 to Graeme Dott. He twice reached ranking event quarter-finals — the 2003 Welsh Open and the 2006 Malta Cup.
Hull is a solid break-builder and has compiled 115 competitive centuries during his career — as of 23 October 2011, this is the 3rd highest amount for a player who has never featured in the elite top 16, behind Andy Hicks (134) and Dominic Dale (117). However, he once missed the final black during a 147 attempt.
A potentially-fatal viral infection kept him out of much of the 2003/2004 season. He was forced to pull out of qualifying for the 2007 World Championship, due to an irregular heartbeat thought to be linked to his past illness. After a similar problem in 2008, he decided to retire from professional competition.
Hull returned to competition in 2011, taking part in the Q School tournaments as he attempted to qualify for the 2011/2012 main tour. He qualified for the main tour as one of the semi-finalists from the first Q School event. He only played in a handful of events during the season with his best run coming in qualifying for the UK Championship in November where he beat Lucky Vatnani and Yu Delu, before losing to Peter Lines 4–6. Hull did not enter another tournament after this and finished the season ranked world number 84, outside of the top 64 who retain their places for the 2012/2013 season and will therefore not have a spot on the main tour.
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