Carter ya fara kakar wasa a cikin wani nau'i mai ban sha'awa kamar yadda ya rasa a zagaye na farko na Wuxi Classic da kuma
Australian Goldfields Open. Ya lashe wasan farko a cikin jerin abubuwan da suka faru a kakar wasa ta hanyar doke Robert Milkins 5<unk>4 a Masters na Shanghai sannan ya yi farin Stephen Maguire 5<unk>0 don ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe. Ya buga John Higgins kuma a 1 <unk> 4 ƙasa ya yi barazanar dawowa ta hanyar cin nasara biyu, amma ya rasa na gaba don fita daga gasar, ya rasa 3 <unk> 5. An ci nasara a zagaye na farko a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya kafin ya ga Steve Davis da Mark Joyce a Gasar Burtaniya duka ta hanyar 6<unk>2 da Stuart Bingham 6<unk>4 don shiga wasan kusa da na karshe a karon farko tun 2008. Carter ya kasance wanda aka azabtar da shi a kan Shaun Murphy a cikin wasan kusa da na karshe yayin da ya jagoranci 8<unk>4 amma Murphy ya daidaita a 8<unk>8 kuma lokacin da Carter ya karya a kan hutu na 32 a cikin yanke shawara, Murphy ya shiga don lashe 9<unk>8. Carter ya doke Higgins 3 zuwa 6 a zagaye na farko na Masters.