Kammala wannan jumla: Davis ya cancanci zuwa gasar zakarun Turai ta 2013 godiya ga tsarinsa wanda ya ba shi wuri a cikin manyan 16. A farkon fitowarsa a gasar tsawon shekaru 13 ya fuskanci lamba ta tara ta duniya Mark Allen a zagaye na farko kuma ya rasa 2<unk>6. Wannan ya fara raguwa a cikin tsari ga Davis yayin da ya rasa a zagaye na farko na Welsh Open, zagaye na farko na duka Open Open da Players Tour Championship Finals da kuma a zagaye na biyu na
Kasar Sin ta bude. Koyaya, har yanzu yana matsayi na 16 a duniya a lokacin yankewa don Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2013, amma an tilasta masa cancanta saboda lambar duniya ta 28 kuma zakara mai mulki Ronnie O'Sullivan ya yanke shawarar kare taken sa bayan ya ɗauki shekara ɗaya daga ƙwararrun masu wasan snooker. Saboda haka O'Sullivan shine lambar farko, ma'ana Davis ya fita daga cikin manyan 16 waɗanda aka tabbatar da su a cikin taron. Davis ya doke Liang Wenbo 10 zuwa 6 a cikin cancantar. Ya fuskanci zakaran zakarun duniya sau hudu John Higgins a zagaye na farko kuma ya yi ikirarin mafi kyawun nasarar aikinsa ta hanyar cin nasara 10<unk>6 kuma ya buga Stuart Bingham a cikin 16 na karshe. Wasan ya tabbatar da cewa yana da matukar damuwa, amma daga 10 zuwa 10 Bingham ya janye ya lashe 13<unk>10 tare da Davis ya ce bayan haka ya yi kyau ya lashe 10 frames irin wannan shi ne takaici a hanyar da ya yi. Koyaya, ya gama kakar wasan a cikin manyan 16 a karon farko, a lamba ta 13 a duniya.