 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Dott akapfuurira kunharaunda yechitatu yeInternational Championship nenyasha dzekukunda Jamie Burnett naPeter Ebdon, asi akakundwa 16 naNeil Robertson. Akarasikirwa muchikamu chechipiri che2015 UK Championship56 kuna Jack Lisowski.ref name201516ref PaGerman Masters, akarova Tian Pengfei 50, Barry Hawkins 53, naStephen Maguire 51, kuti atambe mu semi-fainari yake yekutanga mumakore anopfuura maviri. Akanga ari pasi pemutambo wake wakanakisisa kurwisana naMartin Gould sezvo akarasikirwa nemapikicha mana okutanga emutambo uye akakundwa 26. Dott akabviswa mumutambo wechitatu weWelsh Open neChina Open, 24 kuna Marco Fu uye 15 kuna Noppon Saengkham zvichiteerana. Kukunda katatu kwakamubatsira kuti akodzere kuenda kuWorld Championship, asi akarasikirwa ne4×10 kuna Mark Williams mumutambo wokutanga. 