Doherty wuxuu bilaabay xilli ciyaareedkii 2012-13 isagoo 4<unk>5 kaga badiyay Stuart Bingham wareegga labaad ee Wuxi Classic iyo 3<unk>5 Martin Gould wareegga koowaad ee Australian Goldfields Open. Wuxuu sii waday inuu gaaro wareega afar dhamaadka dhacdada, isagoo 0-4 ka badiyay Mark Selby. Doherty waxaa laga badiyay isreebreebka Shanghai Masters iyo 2012 UK Championship waxaana uu ku guuldareystay inuu ka gudbo wareega wildcard ee tartanka caalamiga ah. Tartanka shanaad ee tartanka Yurub, tartanka Scottish Open
, wuxuu ka adkaaday kooxaha Luca Brecel iyo Ryan Day si uu u gaaro semi-finalka halkaas oo uu ku lumiyay 2 x 4 ka dhanka ah Ding Junhui. Doherty waxaa laga saaray wareega koowaad ee Masters-ka Jarmalka Peter Lines, laakiin wuxuu lahaa orodkiisii ugu fiicnaa xilli ciyaareedkii Wales Open. Wuxuu ka adkaaday afar jeer oo horyaal adduunka ah John Higgins 4<unk>1 iyo Tom Ford 4<unk>3 si uu u gaaro wareega afar dhamaadka. Wuxuu hogaaminayay Stuart Bingham 2<unk>0, laakiin taxane ah dheriyo la seegay ayaa arkay Doherty oo luminaya kalsoonidiisa wuxuuna sii waday inuu lumiyo 3<unk>5. Guushiisii aan kor ku soo sheegnay ee semi-finalka ee Scottish Open waxay ka caawisay inuu ku dhammeeyo kaalinta 16-aad ee PTC Order of Merit si uu ugu qalmo mid ka mid ah 26-ka ciyaaryahan ee ugu sareeya Finalka, laakiin wuxuu ku lumay 2<unk>4 Kurt Maflin wareegga koowaad. Doherty wuxuu ku dhawaaday inuu ka soo baxo mid ka mid ah soo noqoshadiisa sumcadda leh ee ka dhanka ah Matthew Selt wareegga ugu dambeeya ee isreebreebka Koobka Adduunka markii laga soo bilaabo 4<unk>9 hoos ayuu u dhigay 9<unk>9, laakiin wuxuu lumiyay qaab go'aan qaadasho ah. Natiijada waxay ka dhigan tahay in tani ay ahayd xilli ciyaareedkii ugu horreeyay ee Doherty uusan ka soo muuqan mid ka mid ah dhacdooyinka Snooker ee Triple Crown. Doherty wuxuu sare u qaaday qiimeyntiisa siddeed dhibcood inta lagu gudajiray xilli ciyaareedkii si uu ugu dhammeeyo kaalinta 27aad ee adduunka.