 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Higgins akatanga mwaka wa2012 13 zvakanaka, achikunda zita rake re25th chinzvimbo paShanghai Masterspashure pokudzoka kubva pa 27 pasi kuti akunde Judd Trump 109 mumutambo wokupedzisira. Akaita kuputsa kwakanyanya panguva yekupedzisira, uye akaunganidza imwe 147 kuputsa mumutambo wake wechipiri-kutenderera kurwisa Mark Davis pa2012 UK Championship. Akakundawo mudiki-chinzvimbo Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy, achikunda Trump 42 mufainari, uye akasvika kumagumo ediki-chinzvimbo cheBulgarian Open, kwaakarasikirwa ne04 kuna Trump. Zvisinei, mwaka wakazotevera wakanga uri mumwe wakaodza mwoyo kuna Higgins, uyo akarasikirwa ne3 4 kune amateur asina kurongwa Jordan Brown paScottish Open uye akasvika imwe chete semi-fainari yechiitiko chikuru chinzvimbo, World Open, iyo yaakarasikirwa ne2 6 kuna Mark Allen. Akabuda muWorld Championship mumutambo wokutanga, achirasikirwa ne610 kuna Mark Davis. Pashure pacho, akabvuma kuti kusava nechokwadi kwake kuti aigona kuramba ari pamusoro pemutambo uyu pashure pemakore 20 ari nyanzvi kwakanga kwakanganisa chimiro chake. Akapedza mwaka ari pachinzvimbo chegumi nerimwe, achibuda muzvikwata gumi zvepamusoro kekutanga mumwaka gumi nemanomwe. 