Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Higgins akatanga mwaka wa 2012-13 zvakanaka, achikunda zita rake re25th pamakwikwi eShanghai Masters mushure mekudzoka kubva pa2<unk>7 pasi kuti akunde Judd Trump 10<unk>9 mumutambo wekupedzisira. Akaita kuputsa kwakanyanya panguva yekupedzisira, uye akaunganidza imwe 147 kuputsa mumutambo wake wechipiri-kutenderera kurwisa Mark Davis pa2012 UK Championship. Akakundawo mudiki-chinzvimbo Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy, achikunda Trump 4<unk>2 mufainari, uye akasvika kumagumo ediki-chinzvimbo cheBulgarian Open, kwaakarasikirwa ne0<unk>4 kuna Trump. Zvisinei, mwaka wakazotevera wakanga uri mumwe wakaodza mwoyo kuna Higgins, uyo akarasikirwa ne3<unk>4 kune asina kuiswa mumutambo Jordan Brown pachikamu chiduku-chinzvimbo
Scottish Open uye akasvika imwe chete semi-fainari yechiitiko chikuru chinzvimbo, iyo World Open, iyo yaakarasikirwa 2<unk> 6 kuna Mark Allen. Akabuda muWorld Championship mumutambo wokutanga, achirasikirwa ne6<unk>10 kuna Mark Davis. Pashure pacho, akabvuma kuti kusava nechokwadi kwake kuti aigona kuramba ari pamusoro pemutambo uyu pashure pemakore 20 ari nyanzvi kwakanga kwakanganisa chimiro chake. Akapedza mwaka ari pachinzvimbo chegumi nerimwe, achibuda muzvikwata gumi zvepamusoro kekutanga mumwaka gumi nemanomwe.