Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I hinga a Davis i te 4<unk>1 ki a Mark Selby i te hauwhā o te Paul Hunter Classic. I nga Kaiwhakaako o Europi i wikitoria ia i a Shaun Murphy 4<unk>1 me Liang Wenbo 4<unk>3 kia eke ki tetahi atu hauwhā whakamutunga ka hinga ia 4<unk>1 na Ronnie O'Sullivan. Ko tōna hauwhā whakamutunga tuatoru o te tau i te Scottish Open
i muri i tana whiu i a Mark Williams 4<unk>3, engari i whiua ia e 5<unk>1 e Marco Fu.&lt;ref name="2016/17"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; I patu a Davis i a Ronnie O'Sullivan 4<unk>3 i te rauna tuarua o te Welsh Open i muri i te 3<unk>0 i raro, ana ka eke ki te huihuinga nui o te 144 i a ia e whakakore ana i a Fergal O'Brien 4<unk>2. I hinga a Davis 4-3 ki a Scott Donaldson i te rauna tuawha. Kaore i taea e ia te eke ki te Whakataetae o te Ao mo te tau tuarua i muri mai i tana whiu 10 × 7 i nga tohu a Yan Bingtao.