Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Carter's 2011<unk>12 kakar ya tashi zuwa wani matalauta fara kamar yadda ya fita na farko biyu ranking events na shekara, da
Australian Goldfields Open da Shanghai Masters, a zagaye na farko. A gasar zakarun Burtaniya ya doke Robert Milkins, amma sai ya yi rashin nasara 2-6 ga Mark Allen a wasan karshe na 16. Bayan wasan Carter ya bayyana a shafin Twitter: "Zan yi ritaya a karshen kakar wasa! Kuma ba zan iya jira ba!" kuma cewa yana "da gaske" game da barazanar. Daga baya ya yarda da cewa an yi maganganun ne "a lokacin zafi" amma cewa yana da wasu "tunani mai mahimmanci da zai yi a ƙarshen kakar". Barazanar yin ritaya ya zama mai yiwuwa yayin da ya rasa a zagaye na farko a Masters da kuma abubuwan da suka faru na gaba biyu, sannan ya janye daga Open Open a China saboda dalilai na kiwon lafiya. Ko da yake ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe na China Open tare da nasara a kan Dominic Dale da Lu Ning kafin ya rasa 2<unk>5 ga Ding Junhui, Carter ya sami kansa daga cikin manyan 16 na duniya a karon farko tun 2005.