Cika wannan jumla: Xiao ya cancanci zuwa
Australian Goldfields Open da German Masters a lokacin kakar 2012<unk>13, sun yi rashin nasara a zagaye na farko a duka Barry Hawkins da Kurt Maflin. Ya yi amfani da sabon gasar zakarun Turai ta Asiya ta hanyar shiga cikin uku daga cikinsu. Ya sami kyakkyawan sakamako a cikin taron na biyu ta hanyar kayar da irin su Marco Fu da Barry Hawkins don isa wasan kusa da na karshe, inda ya yi rashin nasara 2 × 4 ga Stephen Lee. Ayyukansa sun taimaka masa ya zama na takwas a kan Dokar Asian PTC na Merit, wanda ya isa ya cancanci zuwa wasan karshe. A can, Xiao ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe a karo na biyu a jere tare da cin nasara akan Graeme Dott da Alfie Burden, kafin ya rasa 1<unk>4 ga Neil Robertson. Lokacin Xiao ya ƙare lokacin da ya rasa 4<unk>10 ga Jimmy White a zagaye na uku na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, amma ya gama shekara a matsayin mai lamba 37 a duniya, a lokacin da yake matsayi mafi girma.