Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Carter ya ci nasara a kan Fraser Patrick, Anthony Hamilton da Michael Holt a Masters na Jamus sannan kuma ya yi amfani da mummunan wasan kwaikwayon daga Neil Robertson don isa karshe, inda ya buga Marco Fu. Carter ya dawo daga 3<unk>5 zuwa ƙasa don cin nasara 9<unk>6 don tabbatar da taken na uku a cikin aikinsa. Fu ya sami fansa a PTC Finals ta hanyar doke Carter 4-1 a zagaye na biyu, kafin Carter ya kai wasan karshe na gasar zakarun Turai da ba a tallata ba amma ya rasa 2-3 ga Martin Gould. An fitar da shi 4<unk>5 a zagaye na biyu na
China Open ta hannun Mark Williams. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya Carter ya lashe zane-zane bakwai a jere don ganin Ben Woollaston 10<unk>4 a zagaye na farko, kuma ya dawo daga 1<unk>5 a cikin 16 na karshe a kan Ronnie O'Sullivan don daidaitawa a 7<unk>7, kafin O'Sullivan ya haɓaka kaya don fitar da Carter 13<unk>8. Ya kammala kakar wasa a matsayin mai lamba 16 a duniya.