Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan wasan hat-trick dinsa, Ding ya kai lamba ta uku a duniya a karon farko a cikin aikinsa, kafin ya kai lamba biyu a bayan Neil Robertson. Ding ya lashe wasu lakabi biyu; Masanan Jamus, ya doke Judd Trump 9<unk>5 a wasan karshe, da kuma China Open
ta hanyar doke Robertson 10 zuwa 5 a wasan karshe don daidaita rikodin Hendry na kakar wasanni biyar. Ya kuma zama na biyu a gasar Welsh Open zuwa Ronnie O'Sullivan. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, duk da haka, Ding ya ci nasara da lambar 75 ta duniya Michael Wasley 10<unk>9 a zagaye na farko, wanda Ding ya jagoranci 6<unk>3 da 9<unk>8. Ding ya gama kakar wasa a matsayin mai lamba biyu a duniya - mafi girma a cikin aiki - kuma Mark Selby, wanda ya lashe Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, ya riƙe shi daga lambar farko. An ci tarar Ding £ 5,000 kuma WSL ta tura shi zuwa Kwamitin ladabtarwa na WPBSA saboda rashin halartar bikin karramawar su.