Akatanga zvakanaka mwaka wa2012/13, achikunda Tony Drago naRobert Milkins kuti vakwanise kuenda kumatanho ekupedzisira eAustralia Goldfields Open
muBendigo; ikoko akakunda wildcard yemuno James Mifsud 5<unk>0, asati abuda mumutambo nechikamu chimwe chete naDing Junhui. Pa2013 Welsh Open, McManus akasvika kwake kwekutanga kota-fainari kubvira 2006 Grand Prix, aine 4<unk>2 kukunda pamusoro nhamba 16 mbeu Barry Hawkins, ichiteverwa nekudzoka kunoshamisa kukunda Joe Perry 4<unk>3, mushure mekunge asvika 0<unk>3. Akarohwa mu quarter-final 3<unk>5 na compatriot Stephen Maguire. Mutambo unotevera, Haikou World Open, wakaona McManus achikunda mitambo mitatu mukukodzera kusvika kumatanho ekupedzisira emutambo; akabva akunda wildcard yemuno Lin Shuai 5<unk>3, asati atarisana nemumwe wake John Higgins. McManus akaita zvakanaka; pakupedzisira akarasikirwa ne3 <unk> 5, asi akawana mapoinzi akakosha mumutambo.