Kammala wannan jumla: Tian ya cancanci zuwa babban yawon shakatawa na 2011 <unk> 12 a matsayin dan wasan kusa da na karshe daga taron Q School na biyu. A matsayin dan wasa mara daraja, Tian zai buƙaci cin nasara wasanni huɗu don cancanta don babban zanawa na wasannin gasa. Ya kasa yin wannan a cikin kakar wasa, ya zo kusa da shi a farkonsa,
Gasar Australian Goldfields Open. Ya ci wasanninsa biyu na farko da Aditya Mehta da Anthony McGill (ya zira kwallaye uku a nasara 5 <unk> 1) kafin a ba shi izinin shiga zagaye na karshe saboda janyewar Anthony Hamilton. A zagaye na karshe Tian ya yi rashin nasara 4/5 ga Mark Davis. Tian ya gama shekara a matsayin mai lamba 78 a duniya, daga cikin manyan 64 da suka tabbatar da wuraren su na kakar 2012-13. Koyaya, an ba shi lambar yabo ta farko daga hukumar gudanarwa ta kasar Sin don samun wuri a yawon shakatawa, wanda ya tabbatar masa da shiga cikin dukkan wasannin da suka cancanta a kakar wasa mai zuwa.