Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Carter ya ci nasara zuwa zagaye na uku na Wuxi Classic, kafin David Morris ya fitar da shi 5 × 4 a cikin 16 na karshe. Bayan rashin nasarar da ya yi a zagaye na farko da Mark Davis a Masters na Shanghai, an tilasta Carter ya janye daga abubuwan da suka faru na gaba biyu saboda matsalolin kiwon lafiya da aka rubuta a kasa. Ya koma gasar zakarun Burtaniya kuma ya fadi frame daya kawai a wasanninsa biyu na farko, kafin ya rasa 3<unk>6 ga Graeme Dott. Carter ya fita daga cikin manyan 16 a cikin jerin sunayen duniya a cikin shekara don ya rasa yin wasa a Masters a karon farko tun 2006, amma ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe a wasan karshe a cikin sama da shekara guda a gasar zakarun Turai.
China Open, ta yi rashin nasara 2 zuwa 6 ga Neil Robertson. Carter ya ci Mark Selby da 13 zuwa 9 a zagaye na biyu na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya kuma ya koka da salon wasan abokin hamayyarsa, yana mai cewa shi kadai ne yake kokarin yin abubuwa yayin wasan.