Hawkins beat Graeme Dott, who was drawn against Matthew Selt, in the final last year.
Nigel Bond, who won the revived event in 2011, will play Chinese Cao Yupeng.
In other notable matches, Liang Wenbo faces Stephen Maguire while Mark Selby is up against Ken Doherty.
The Blackpool Tower Circus Arena hosts the tournament - which was contested on one other occasion, in 1990 - from January 25-27.
DRAW
Joe Perry v Michael White
Mark Williams v Mike Dunn
Adam Duffy v Jack Lisowski
Tom Ford v Mark Allen
David Gilbert v Ricky Walden
Mark Davis v Yu Delu
Aditya Mehta v Mark Joyce
Marcus Campbell v Matthew Stevens
Stuart Bingham v Anthony Hamilton
Jamie Jones v Mark King
Alan McManus v Fergal O'Brien
Rob Milkins v Ali Carter
Steve Davis v Barry Hawkins
Peter Ebdon v Dominic Dale
Jamie Burnett v Michael Holt
Mark Selby v Ken Doherty
Paul Davison v Ben Woollaston
Tian Pengfei v Jimmy Robertson
Kurt Maflin v Jamie Cope
Martin Gould v Rory McLeod
Graeme Dott v Matthew Selt
Dave Harold v Rod Lawler
Gerard Greene v Alfie Burden
Peter Lines v John Higgins
Shaun Murphy v Liu Chuang
Liang Wenbo v Stephen Maguire
Andy Hicks v Andrew Higginson
Jimmy White v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Anthony McGill v Barry Pinches
Nigel Bond v Cao Yupeng
Xiao Guodong v Ryan Day
Ding Junhui v Robbie Williams
