Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nekuda kwekusa-kupinda pakati pevatambi gumi nevatanhatu vepamusoro, Higginson akaiswa otomatiki mumatanho enzvimbo yemitambo mikuru miviri yekutanga ye2012 / 13 mwaka, Wuxi Classic neAustralia Open, kungokundwa pazviitiko zviviri naRobert Milkins naRyan Day zvichiteerana. Akabva akundwa naSteve Davis mumakwikwi ekupedzisira eShanghai Masters, zvichiita kuti akundwe katatu mumutambo wokutanga. Higginson akaputsa mutsetse nekurova David Gilbert kuti asvike kukweva kukuru kweInternational Championship, asi akarohwa 0<unk>6 naShaun Murphy mumutambo wekutanga panzvimbo muChengdu, China. Akatamburazve imwe whitewash muUK Championship qualifying, achirasikirwa ne0<unk>6 kuna Liang Wenbo, uye semhedzisiro akawira kuNhamba 29 munyika. Higginson akabudirira zvikuru mumakwikwi madiki evatambi veTour Championship, achisvika kuma semi-fainari muChiitiko Chekutanga neEuropean Tour Chiitiko Chechishanu
; mumutambo wokupedzisira akarasikirwa ne3<unk>4 kuna Anthony McGill pablack yakadzoserwa, pasinei nokuti akanga ari 3<unk>1 mberi pane imwe nguva uye muvengi wake akanga achida snookers mbiri mukusarudza. Higginson akaenderera mberi nekupedza 13th paPTC Order of Merit kuti akwanise kuenda kuGrand Final kwegore rechitatu rakateedzana.