Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Higgins malitere oge 2012<unk>13 nke ọma, na-emeri aha ya nke 25 na Shanghai Masters mgbe ọ laghachiri site na 2<unk>7 iji merie Judd Trump 10<unk>9 na njedebe. O mere nnukwu ezumike n'oge ikpeazu, wee chịkọta 147 ọzọ na agba nke abụọ ya megide Mark Davis na 2012 UK Championship. O merikwara Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy, meriri Trump 4<unk>2 na ngwụcha, wee ruo ngwụcha nke obere Bulgarian Open, ebe ọ tụfuru 0<unk>4 na Trump. Agbanyeghị, oge na-esote bụ ihe ọzọ na-akụda mmụọ maka Higgins, onye tụfuru 3 <unk> 4 na onye na-enweghị ọkwa Jordan Brown na obere ọkwa Scottish Open
wee ruo naanị otu ọkara ikpeazụ nke ihe omume ọkwa dị mkpa, World Open, nke ọ tụfuru 2 × 6 na Mark Allen. Ọ hapụrụ asọmpi World Championship na agba nke mbụ, ebe ọ meriri Mark Davis 6<unk>10. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, o kwetara na obi abụọ o nwere banyere ma ọ̀ ga-anọgide n'ọkwá kasị elu n'egwuregwu ahụ mgbe ọ nọsịrị afọ 20 dị ka onye na-agba bọl nke ọma emetụtawo ọdịdị ya. O mechiri oge nke iri na otu, na-apụ n'elu 10 maka oge mbụ na oge 17.