Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Saboda rashin shiga cikin manyan 'yan wasa 16, Higginson an sanya shi kai tsaye a cikin matakan wuri na manyan manyan abubuwan da suka faru na farko na kakar 2012/13, Wuxi Classic da Australian Open
, kawai don a doke shi a lokuta biyu da Robert Milkins da Ryan Day bi da bi. Daga nan Steve Davis ya goge shi a wasannin neman shiga gasar Shanghai Masters, wanda hakan ya sa ya sha kashi uku a jere a zagaye na farko. Higginson ya karya layin ta hanyar doke David Gilbert don isa babban zane na Gasar Duniya, amma Shaun Murphy ya doke shi 0<unk>6 a zagaye na farko a wurin da ke Chengdu, China. Ya sha wahala har yanzu wani farar fata a cikin cancantar Gasar Burtaniya, ya rasa 0<unk>6 ga Liang Wenbo, kuma sakamakon haka ya sauka zuwa lamba 29 a cikin jerin duniya. Higginson ya sami nasara sosai a cikin abubuwan da suka faru na 'yan wasa na' yan wasa, inda ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe a taron na daya da kuma taron Turai na Turai na biyar; a gasar ta karshe ya rasa 3 × 4 ga Anthony McGill a kan baƙar fata, duk da cewa ya kasance 3 × 1 a gaba a wani lokaci kuma abokin hamayyarsa yana buƙatar snookers biyu a cikin yanke shawara. Higginson ya ci gaba da kammala na 13 a kan PTC Order of Merit don cancanta don Babban Karshe a shekara ta uku a jere.