Hawkins, who was crushed by John Higgins within the 2018 last, took management early on, profitable the opening body with a break of 105.
And though Lisowski drew degree within the second body, Hawkins would then go on to win six in a row.
One other century break within the fourth body got here in between three half-century breaks of 67, 76 and 88.
The afternoon ended with one other Hawkins body, as he led Lisowski 7-1 going into the event’s last session.
Lisowski, who was enjoying in his first Welsh Open last, confirmed nice battle when the sport restarted, placing collectively back-to-back century breaks to remind his opponent there was nonetheless work to do.
The 34-year-old then got here out on high of a 40-minute body which swung each methods to cut back Hawkins’ result in 7-4.
However Lisowski’s momentum was ended within the following body, as a protracted security shot from Hawkins resulted in a crimson ball discovering the underside left pocket of the desk.
And Hawkins made the a lot of the alternative, placing collectively a break of 68 to place him on the cusp of victory.
Lisowski managed to win another body, with a break of 53, earlier than Hawkins clinched the Welsh Open title within the 14th body of the ultimate.
“I used to be very poor regardless of attempting my finest,” mentioned Lisowski.
“Barry was by far the higher participant at the moment and he deserves his win.
“He is been nice to me my complete profession, even after I was very younger. He is at all times given me the time of day so I am very completely happy for him.”
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