Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Higginson ya lashe wasan zagaye na farko a karon farko tun daga Gasar Burtaniya ta 2014 ta hanyar kawar da Mitchell Mann 4<unk>1 a 2016 Indian Open, amma ya rasa 4<unk>2 a kan Oliver Lines a zagaye na biyu. Higginson ya cancanci zuwa Masters na Turai
ta hanyar kayar da Stephen Maguire 4<unk>3 da Ashley Hugill 4<unk>1 kuma sun isa 16 na karshe na cikakken jerin abubuwan da suka faru a karo na farko a cikin shekaru uku ta hanyar wanke Marco Fu 4<unk>0, amma sai ya rasa 4<unk>0 ga Judd Trump. An fitar da shi 6<unk>5 bayan ya kasance 5<unk>2 a kan Joe Perry a zagaye na farko na Gasar Duniya. Bayan ya fitar da David Gilbert 5<unk>3 da Ricky Walden 5<unk>4 a China Open, Higginson ya kusa shiga wasan kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na kusa da na gaba, amma ya ci gaba da rasa 5<unk>4.