 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Carter akaita kutanga kunononoka kumwaka wa2009-10, achirasikirwa ne0-5 naLiang Wenbo mu16 yekupedzisira yeShanghai Mastersuye kurasikirwa mumutambo wokutanga paGrand Prix, vasati vasvika kumaquarter-fainari eUK Championship. Somunhu anodzivirira mukwikwidzi paWelsh Open akafambira mberi kusvika kumagumo asi akarohwa naJohn Higgins, mukwikwidzi wenyika ari kutonga panguva iyoyo. Akapedza mwaka uyu nesimba nekusvika kuma semi-fainari kuChina Open neWorld Championship, achirasikirwa neakazove mukwikwidzi, Neil Robertson ne1217. Pakati pemakwikwi matanhatu ekuronga akaitwa mumwaka wa20092010, mishandirapamwe yaCarter yakapedzwa nemukundi wekupedzisira pazviitiko zvina, uye pane imwe nemumhanyi. Carter akapedza mwaka nekukwira kunzvimbo yepamusoro yebasa rechina muWorld Rankings. 