Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Cope ya rasa 5<unk>2 a zagaye na farko da Joe Perry yayin da ya fara kakar 2013<unk>14 a Wuxi Classic. Daga nan sai ya doke Martin Gould 5<unk>4 a gasar Australian Goldfields Open, kafin Neil Robertson da aka fi so a gida ya kawar da shi 5<unk>3 a zagaye na biyu. A cikin wasanni hudu masu zuwa ya rasa a zagaye na farko na gasar zakarun Burtaniya zuwa David Morris kuma ya kasa cancanta ga wasu. A watan Fabrairu, bayan Cope ya yi farin ciki Gareth Green 5<unk>0 don cancanta ga China Open
kuma ya doke Ryan Clark 4<unk>1 a zagaye na farko na Welsh Open, ya bayyana cewa ya kasance yana aiki tare da masanin ilimin motsa jiki a kokarin taimaka masa da yips a hannunsa wanda ya cutar da sakamakon sa a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Wasannin da ya buga a wasannin da suka biyo baya ba su da kyau kamar yadda ya yi rashin nasara 5<unk>1 ga Ding Junhui a zagaye na gaba, dan wasan da ya riga ya lashe wasanni hudu a wannan kakar, da 5<unk>1 ga Shaun Murphy a China, wanda ya lashe gasar Open World makonni biyu da suka gabata.