 Burns mutambo wokutanga somunhu nyanzvi yaiva 35 kukundwa Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon muna Qualifying nokuda 2012 Wuxi Classic. ref name201213ref Burns akasvika yokupedzisira Qualifying kumativi kokutanga apo vachiedza kusvika UK Championship. akakunda Michael Leslie, Kurt Maflin uye Anthony Hamilton asati arohwa 26 kubudikidza Dominic Dale. Burns akapfuura mumakwikwi mana okutanga kuti atambe mumutambo mukuru wechiitiko chepamusoro-soro kwenguva yokutanga paWorld Open, muHaikou, China. Akakunda Saleh Mohammad 51 mumutambo we wildcard, asati arasikirwa nemutambo mumwe chete kune mutambi wepamusoro 16 Barry Hawkins mumakumi matatu nemaviri ekupedzisira. 