Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Na farko da duniya ranking taron na kakar shi ne inaugural
Australian Goldfields Open inda Ford ya kai matakin karshe ta hanyar doke Gerard Greene. Daga nan sai ya doke lambar duniya ta 15 Jamie Cope 5<unk>3 kafin a yi masa farin fata 0<unk>5 daga mai nasara Stuart Bingham a cikin 16 na karshe. Ya sanya shi zuwa na uku na gasar zakarun Burtaniya a jere inda ya buga tsohon zakaran duniya Neil Robertson, amma an doke shi cikin kwanciyar hankali 1<unk>6. Ford ya lashe taken PTC na biyu a Taron 11 a watan Disamba ta hanyar kayar da Martin Gould 4<unk>3. Ya gama na goma sha biyu a cikin Tsarin Kyauta don cancanta don wasan karshe na 2012, inda ya rasa Mark Davis 1<unk>4 a cikin 24 na ƙarshe. Daga nan ya cancanci zuwa zagaye na wildcard na Masters na Jamus tare da 5<unk>0 na Anthony Hamilton kuma ya doke Irishman Philip Arnold 5<unk>1 don isa zuwa 32 na ƙarshe, inda ya sadu da Mark Allen. Ford ya jagoranci 3 zuwa 0, amma ya ci gaba da rasa wasan 4 zuwa 5. Ya cancanci shiga gasar Welsh Open kuma ya doke Graeme Dott 4<unk>2 a zagaye na farko, kafin ya yi rashin nasara ga Stephen Lee 1<unk>4. Ford kuma ya kai zagaye na biyu na Open Open, godiya ga janyewar Ronnie O'Sullivan, amma ya fita daga gasar a wasan karshe na yanke hukunci da Mark King. Daga nan sai ya sake shan kashi a hannun Lee, a wannan karon a zagaye na farko na China Open, kafin ya kasa samun cancantar zuwa Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya bayan Cao Yupeng ya fitar da shi 9<unk>10. Ford ya gama kakar wasa a matsayin mai lamba 26 a duniya, ma'ana ya tashi matsayi takwas a cikin shekara.