Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Hamilton ya fara kakar 2012 <unk> 13 a matsayin mai lamba 32. Ba zai iya cancanci shiga cikin abubuwan da suka faru na farko ba, kamar yadda ya rasa 4<unk>5 a kan Michael White a Wuxi Classic, 3<unk>5 a kan Jimmy Robertson a Shanghai Masters, 3<unk>6 a kan Ryan Day a Gasar Duniya kuma ya janye daga gasar.
Australian Goldfields Open.&lt;ref name="WWWS 2012/2013"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Ya yi rashin nasara 2<unk>6 ga Ian Burns a matakin cancantar gasar zakarun Burtaniya, amma daga baya ya ci Burns 5<unk>2 da Jamie Cope 5<unk>0 don kai wa 32 na ƙarshe na 2013 German Masters. Ya yi nasarar cin nasara 5 zuwa 4 a kan Judd Trump, sannan ya rasa 2 zuwa 5 ga Ali Carter. Hamilton ya kuma cancanci shiga gasar Welsh Open, amma ya yi rashin nasara 2-4 ga Stephen Maguire a cikin 32 na karshe. Hamilton ya buga wasanni tara daga cikin gasar zakarun Players Tour goma a wannan kakar, tare da kyakkyawan sakamako da ya zo a cikin Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy, inda ya ci George Marter, Ryan Causton, Andrew Higginson, Michael Wasley da Mark Selby, kafin ya rasa 3 × 4 ga John Higgins a wasan kusa da na karshe. Wannan wasan kwaikwayon ya taimaka masa ya gama 34th a kan PTC Order of Merit, a waje da manyan 26 da suka cancanci shiga gasar. Lokacin Hamilton ya ƙare lokacin da ya rasa 4<unk>10 ga Dechawat Poomjaeng a zagaye na uku na gasar zakarun duniya.