 White akatanga mwaka 2012-13 nekukunda mitambo mitatu kuti ikwanise kuenda kuWuxi Classic uye mitambo miviri kuti ikwanise kuenda kuInternational Championship asi yakarasikirwa mu wildcard kamwe chete panzvimbo dzeChina mune zvese, kuna Zhou Yuelong 45 uye Lü Haotian 56 zvichiteerana. ref name201213ref White akarova Craig Steadman naKen Doherty kuti vakwanise kuenda kuUK Championship, nguva yokutanga yaakanga apinda mumutambo wokutanga wechiitiko chokuronga. Mumutambo wake wekutanga wepamhepo muterevhizheni mumutambo wepamusoro, White akatamba nhamba yechipiri yepasi rose Mark Selby uye akapora kubva pa02 kudzika kusvika pa33 asati atambura nekukundwa ne36, naWhite achitaura mushure meizvozvo kuti aizodzokazve. Akachengeta shoko rake nekurova Zhang Anda 105 naAndrew Higginson 104 aive 13 asi akahwina mapfumbamwe emafuremu gumi anotevera kuti akwanise kuenda kunharaunda yekutanga yemutambo mukuru mu snooker, World Championship. Akakunda mumwe wake uye akahwina mutambo uyu kaviri Mark Williams mumutambo wokutanga 106, Williams achibvuma kuti akanga apfuurwa mumatambo ose emutambo. Akakunda mumwe mukwikwidzi Dechawat Poomjaeng 133 mumakwikwi gumi nematanhatu ekupedzisira uye akatarisana naRicky Walden mumutambo wake wekutanga wepamusoro-soro, achirasikirwa ne613. White akakwidza chinzvimbo chake kuenda kunhamba 34 yepasi rose, kukwira kwematanho makumi maviri mumwaka uyu kwaive kwakanyanya kune chero mutambi ari parwendo. 