Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - McLeod ya cancanci zuwa Australian Goldfields Open da China Open a lokacin kakar 2012-13. A Ostiraliya ya yi rashin nasara 4<unk>5 a zagaye na farko ga Stephen Lee kuma a China ya yi nasararsa mafi kyau a wannan kakar, inda ya doke Hu Hao 5<unk>1 a zagaye na wildcard, Matthew Stevens 5<unk>2 a zagaye na farko, kafin ya yi rashin nasara 3<unk>5 ga Shaun Murphy a zagaye na 16.
, inda John Higgins ya shafe shi 0<unk>4 a wasan kusa da na karshe. Ya gama na 36 a kan PTC Order of Merit, a waje da manyan 26 da suka cancanci zuwa wasan karshe. McLeod ya ƙare kakar wasa ta hanyar rasa 9 zuwa 10 ga Sam Baird a zagaye na uku na gasar zakarun duniya, don a sanya shi a lamba 45 a cikin jerin duniya.