Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Cope ya rasa 5<unk>2 a zagaye na farko da Joe Perry yayin da ya fara kakar 2013<unk>14 a Wuxi Classic. Sannan ya doke Martin Gould 5<unk>4 a gasar Australian Goldfields Open
, kafin mai son gida Neil Robertson ya fitar da shi 5<unk>3 a zagaye na biyu.&lt;ref name="2013/14"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; A cikin abubuwan da suka faru na gaba hudu da suka faru ya rasa a zagaye na farko na gasar zakarun Burtaniya zuwa David Morris kuma ya kasa cancanta ga wasu. A watan Fabrairu, bayan Cope ya yi farin ciki da Gareth Green 5<unk>0 don cancanta zuwa China Open kuma ya doke Ryan Clark 4<unk>1 a zagaye na farko na Welsh Open, ya bayyana cewa yana aiki tare da masanin halayyar motsa jiki a ƙoƙarin taimaka masa da yips a hannunsa wanda ya shafi sakamakon sa a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Wasannin da ya buga a wasannin da suka biyo baya ba su da kyau kamar yadda ya yi rashin nasara 5<unk>1 ga Ding Junhui a zagaye na gaba, dan wasan da ya riga ya lashe wasanni hudu a wannan kakar, da kuma 5<unk>1 ga Shaun Murphy a China, wanda ya lashe gasar Open World makonni biyu da suka gabata.