Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wasan farko na Williams na kakar 2012 <unk> 13 shine Wuxi Classic, inda ya doke Tom Ford da Mark Allen, kafin ya rasa 3 <unk> 5 ga Marcus Campbell a wasan kusa da na karshe. &lt;ref name="2012/13"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; Ya tafi daya mafi kyau a Shanghai Masters ta hanyar ganin Mark Davis, Ricky Walden da Joe Perry don fuskantar Judd Trump a wasan kusa da na karshe. Trump ya kasance 5<unk>1 kuma a hutu na 53 don wasan, amma Williams ya dawo ya bi hanyar 4<unk>5 kafin ya rasa frame na gaba don ya zo ba tare da kammala dawowa ba, kuma Trump ya doke Williams 6<unk>4. Williams ya sha wahala sosai a cikin tsari yayin da ya rasa a zagaye na farko na wasanni shida masu zuwa; bayan da ya yi rashin nasara ga Mark King a gasar zakarun Burtaniya ta 2012 ya nuna cewa yana tunanin yin ritaya. A lokacin da ya ci nasara ya ci nasara da Matthew Stevens a Masters wanda ba shi da daraja daga 1<unk>4 (Stevens kuma ya rasa tukunya don 5<unk>1), amma sai ya rasa 1<unk>6 ga zakara Mark Selby. A gasar China Open
a watan Maris Williams ya lashe wasan farko a cikin jerin abubuwan da suka faru tun watan Satumba tare da nasara 5<unk>2 a kan Lü Haotian kuma ya ci gaba da gudu ta hanyar kayar da Ali Carter 5<unk>4, kafin ya rasa 1<unk>5 zuwa Selby a wasan kusa da na karshe. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ya yi rashin nasara 6<unk>10 ga dan kasarsa Michael White a zagaye na farko kuma ya yarda daga baya cewa kakar wasan ta kasance daya zai yi fatan mantawa, amma ya himmatu wajen taka leda a shekara mai zuwa. Lokacinsa mara kyau ya gan shi ya sauka wurare 12 a cikin martaba zuwa lamba ta 15 a duniya.