 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekurasikirwa mumutambo wekutanga wezviitiko zviviri zvekutanga zvegore, Allen akakunda mudiki-anotungamira Ruhr Open muMülheim, Germany, nekurova Ding Junhui 41 mufainari. Akakundawo chiitiko chinotevera cheEuropean Tour, iyo Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup nekurwisa vaimbove shasha dzenyika Neil Robertson naGraeme Dott mumakota-fainari uye semis. Akakunda Judd Trump 41 mumutambo wekupedzisira kuti ave mutambi wekutanga kuhwina back-to-back zviitiko kubva zvavakatanga muna 2010. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira gumi nematanhatu eUK Championship, Allen naJudd Trump vese vakatambura kuti varambe vachiwirirana mumutambo wavo, naAllen achipa Trump kumbundira apo vaviri vacho vakarasikirwa nemabhora akareruka. Allen akaenderera mberi kuhwina 64 kuti asvike kwake kwekutanga kukuru kwekota-fainari yemwaka, kwaakarasikirwa ne62 kuna Ricky Walden. Allen akasvika pedyo nokurekodha hat-trick yeWorld Openmazita sezvaakakunda kusvika kumasemi-fainari, asi akarohwa 64 naShaun Murphy. Mazita ake maviri ekutanga mumwaka uyu zvaireva kuti Allen aive nhamba yekutanga mbeu yePTC Finals kwaakarasikirwa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira 42 naGerard Greene. Allen akanga ari 97 shure kweNeil Robertson mushure mechikamu chechipiri chemutambo wake wekupedzisira 16 paWorld Championship uye akarasikirwa nemapuranga mana mumutambo unotevera kuti akunde 137. Pashure pacho, Allen akapa Robertson chipo chomutambo wacho achiti akanga atarisana nesnooker yakakwana kubva kuAustralia. 