Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ding bai ci gaba ba bayan zagaye na biyu na abubuwan da suka faru na farko na jerin abubuwan da suka faru na kakar 2012 <unk> 13 kuma ya sami kansa a matsayin mai lamba 11 a duniya a watan Disamba.
Scottish Open, ta doke Anthony McGill a wasan karshe. Tsarin Ding ya inganta; a gasar Welsh Open, ya doke Mark King, Mark Allen da Robert Milkins don kaiwa wasan kusa da na karshe, inda Stuart Bingham ya doke shi 5<unk>6. A Wasannin Open na Duniya, John Higgins ya doke shi 0<unk>5 a wasan kusa da na karshe. Sunansa a Scottish Open ya kasance wani ɓangare na Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasanni; Ding ya gama na shida a kan tsari na cancanta don cancanta zuwa wasan karshe.