Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwaka waCarter wa2011-12 wakatanga zvakashata paakasiya zviitiko zviviri zvekutanga zvegore, iyo Australian Goldfields Open
neShanghai Masters, mumutambo wokutanga. PaUK Championships akakunda Robert Milkins, asi akabva arasikirwa ne2 × 6 kuna Mark Allen mumutambo we16 wekupedzisira. Mushure memutambo Carter akataura pa Twitter: "Ndichaenda pamudyandigere pakupera kwemwaka! Uye handikwanisi kumirira!" uye kuti akanga "akashinga kwazvo" pamusoro pesimba racho. Gare gare akabvuma kuti kutaura kwacho kwakaitwa "mukupisa kwenguva" asi kuti akanga ane "kufunga kwakakomba kwokuita pakupera kwemwaka". Kutyisidzira kwake kuenda pamudyandigere kwakaratidzika kunge kwakanyanya sezvo akarasikirwa mumutambo wekutanga muMasters uye zviitiko zviviri zvinotevera zvepamusoro, uye akabva abva muWorld Open kuChina nekuda kwezvikonzero zvekurapa. Kunyangwe akasvika kumaquarter-fainari eChina Open nekukunda Dominic Dale naLu Ning asati atadza 2<unk>5 kuna Ding Junhui, Carter akazviwana ari kunze kwepamusoro 16 pasi rose kekutanga kubva muna 2005.