 Dott akapenya mu2006 UK Championship zvakare, achisvika kuma semi-finals, uko akarasikirwa ne79 kuna Stephen Hendry mutambi uyo Dott asina kumbokwanisa kukunda mumutambo wepamusoro mushure mekutungamira 75. Akakurumidza kuva nhamba yekutanga yenyika yepasi rose mumutambo wekuronga mushure mekukunda Jamie Cope 95 kuti akunde 2007 China Open, yake yechipiri kukunda mutambo. Izvi zvisati zvaitika, akanga asingadi kuenda kuChina, asina kubatsirwa nomutambo wakaipa muna 2002. Zvisinei, kupinda mu2007 World Championshipsemutambi anodzivirira, akatambura nekukundwa kunokatyamadza 7-10 muchikamu chekutanga kuna Ian McCulloch mumutambo wekuvhura wemutambo, uyo wakadzikisira tarisiro yake yekusara nhamba 1 yenyika. Akanga achangobva kugadzwa shasha yenyika John Higgins akamukunda. Kurasikirwa naMcCulloch kwakachengetedzawo kutuka kweCrucible, sezvo Dott akava mukwikwidzi wegumi nemanomwe akateedzana wekutanga kurasikirwa nemutambo wake gore rakatevera. 