 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pa2013 Shanghai Masters, Holt akasvika kuma semi-fainari emutambo wenhabvu kekutanga mumakore ake gumi nemanomwe ebasa. Akatanga chiitiko ichi nekukunda Judd Trump mu5x1 kuhwina nekuputsa 115 uye 97. Mutambo wake wechipiri wakatarisana naMartin Gould wakaenda kune mavara muhurongwa hwekusarudza naGould achishaya bhuruu rekupedzisira, Holt asati aisa bhuruu nepingi kuti akunde 5 4. Akabva apfuura nhamba 100 yenyika Kyren Wilson 51 kuti atarisana neimba yaidiwa Xiao Guodong mumasemi-fainari. Holt akarohwa 63 naXiao mukukwikwidza kwemhando yepamusoro. Chimiro chake chakaramba chichienda muZhangjiagang Open svondo rakatevera nekukunda mitambo mitanhatu kuti asvike kumagumo ake echitatu madiki-anotungamira kwaakarasikirwa ne41 kuna Ju Reti. PaGermany Masters, Holt akatamba Trump mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, naTrump achitsiva kukundwa kwake pakutanga kwemwaka nekuchenesa Holt 50. Holt akakwanisa kuenda kuWorld Championship, achirasikirwa ne104 kuna Mark Allen mumutambo wekutanga, asi mwaka wake wakabudirira wakamuona achipedzisa senhamba yepasi rose 22, yakakwirira kwazvo yaakange ave mumakore masere. 