 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Dotts yekutanga quarter-fainari yemwaka yakauya kuShanghai Masters mushure mekunge akunda Yan Bingtao 52 naShaun Murphy 53, asi akarasikirwa ne25 kuna Ding Junhui. Akatambura 16 wokutanga rwakapoteredza kurasikirwa Craig Steadman panguva International Championship, asati whitewashing Robert Milkins 60 kutarisana Neil Robertson muchikamu chechina 2014 UK ChampionshipAkaenda 50 kumusoro, chete kuti Robertson aenzane pa55, Dott asati akunda sarudzo yekusvika kumaquarter-fainari echiitiko kekutanga kubvira 2006. Dott akati akanga adzokera kunzira yaakatamba nayo muna 2010, aine nzira isina hanya nemutambo iyo yaaifunga kuti yakabatsira chimiro chake chakanaka mumutambo. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, akaregazve kutungamira kwake kuchipera asi panguva ino haana kukwanisa kuzvidzorera sezvo Stuart Bingham akadzoka kubva pa14 pasi kuti amukunde 65. PaWorld Grand Prix yekutanga, Dott akapfuura nemumafirimu maviri akasarudzika achipesana naJohn Higgins naLiang Wenbo, vasati varasikirwa 14 naRonnie OSullivan mumakwikwi ekupedzisira. 