 Allen akatanga mwaka nekurasikirwa kwechipiri kutenderera kuna Mark Williams kuWuxi Classic naJudd Trump muShanghai Masters. zita rake rekutanga regore rakakurumidza kuteverwa pachikamu chidiki cheAntwerp Open, nekugadzira mazana matatu mukukunda 41 pamusoro paMark Selby mumutambo wekupedzisira. Allen akabva akunda Robert Milkins naCao Yupeng vose vari 62 mumutambo wekutanga weInternational Championship, vasati vakundwa naTrump 56 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira. Marco Fu muUK Championship akakunda Allen 63. PaMasters Allen akapfuura Mark Davis 62, asi akabva arohwa zvishoma 56 naNeil Robertson mumusangano wepamusoro-soro mumakwikwi ekupedzisira. PaSnooker Shoot-Out, mutambo umo mutambo mumwe nomumwe unogadziriswa nefremu yemaminiti gumi, Allen akakunda kusvika kumagumo uko akarasikirwa naMartin Gould. Akatambura kukunda kwakatevedzana kwechipiri kutenderera kuGerman Masters uye Welsh Open kuna Barry Hawkins naDing Junhui zvichiteerana, asati aenda kuChina mukuyedza kudzivirira zita rake reWorld Open kubva muna 2012. Allen akakunda mutambo wese waakatamba pachiitiko ichi sezvo akarova Ryan Day 52, Robert Milkins 52, Ricky Walden 51, John Higgins 62 naMatthew Stevens 104 mufainari kuti atore zita rake rechipiri. Kukunda kwaAllen kuAntwerp Open kubva pakutanga kwemwaka kwakamubatsira kuti apedze wechisere paMutambo weVatambi veMutambo weMutambo kuti akwanise kuenda kuFinal uko akarasikirwa ne3 × 4 mumakwikwi ekupedzisira kuna Ding, uyo akaita 147 uye mamwe mazana maviri mumutambo. Robertson akakunda Allen 51 muchikamu chechipiri cheChina Open, uye ipapo Allen akabatwa nedambudziko rekutanga rekutyisa paWorld Championship kwegore rechipiri mumutsara sezvo akarasikirwa nenhamba ye30 yenyika Mark King 810, achitungamirira 86. Pasinei naizvozvo, akakwira nzvimbo shanu mumatanho mukati megore kuti apedze iri nhamba yechinomwe yenyika. 