Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Hanuere, i takaro ia ki a Mark Williams i te rauna tuatahi o te Masters, i te whakahoutanga o te huihuinga o te tau o mua, i reira i wikitoria ai a Selby i ta raatau rauna tuatahi 6<unk>5. Heoi, i tenei wa ka hurihia te raina kaute mutunga na te mea i ngaro a Selby i te anga whakatau 5<unk>6. I mau tonu tana
China Open Championship i te Paenga-whāwhā, ka hinga i a Barry Hawkins 11 ki te 3 i te whiringa toa. Koinei te taitara tuatoru a Selby i te China Open i roto i nga tau e wha. I muri mai i taua marama, ka mutu tana rua tau hei Toa o te Ao i te rauna tuatahi o te Whakataetae o te Ao, i hinga ai ia ki a Joe Perry 4<unk>10, kaore i taea te whakaora mai i te 2<unk>7 hekenga i te waahanga tuatahi. I te wikitoria i te tukinga, ko Perry te kaitakaro tuatahi ki te patu i a Selby i te Whakataetae o te Ao mai i te wa i hinga ai a Anthony McGill i a ia i te rauna tuarua i te tau 2015. Ahakoa tenei ngoikoretanga, i mutu tonu a Selby i te waa hei nama tuatahi o te ao.