Cika wannan jumla:
Australian Goldfields Open, Xiao ya sami nasara a kan Liam Highfield, Peter Ebdon da Matthew Stevens don kaiwa wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya a karo na biyu, inda Judd Trump ya doke shi 6<unk>3. Ya doke Eden Sharav da Noppon Saengkham a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, amma ya yi rashin nasara 6<unk>4 ga Robert Milkins a zagaye na uku kuma an fitar da shi ta hanyar layi daya a zagaye na biyu na Gasar Burtaniya da Matthew Selt. Bayan ya yi nasara da Highfield 5<unk>4 a zagaye na farko na Masters na Jamus, Neil Robertson ya doke Xiao 5<unk>0. Xiao ya lashe wasanni biyar a wasan da aka yi, inda ake yanke hukunci a kowane wasa ta hanyar minti goma, don kaiwa wasan karshe. Xiao ya rasa jagorancinsa tare da sauran sa'o'i shida da suka rage da Michael White. Ya ci gaba zuwa zagaye na karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya kuma wasan da ya yi da Jimmy Robertson ya shiga cikin yanke shawara wanda Robertson ya ci nasara a wasan karshe.