 Nyorai kuenderera kwechikamu chino - Trump akachinja mamiriro ake ezvinhu mumwaka wa2008-09 paakasvika pamatanho enzvimbo yemitambo mina yekutanga. PaGrand Prix, akabatsirwa nekubviswa kwaGraeme Dott asati akunda Joe Perry 52 mumakwikwi gumi nematanhatu ekupedzisira, kunyangwe Perry achinzwa kuti akange arova Trump, uyo iye pachake akabvuma kuti haana kutamba zvakanaka. Ipapo kwakauya kukunda kukuru kwebasa rake kusvika ikozvino, paakakunda Ronnie OSullivan 5 4 kuti asvike kumagumo, umo iye pachake akakundwa 4 6 naJohn Higgins. Akakunda mukwikwidzi wepasi rose kaviri Mark Williams kuti akwanise kuenda ku2008 Bahrain Championship. Akakunda mutambo unokodzera muna 2008 kuti awane kupinda muMasters ya2009 semunhu chete anokodzera, asi akakundwa naMark Allen mumutambo wekutanga. Akakundikana zvakare kusvika padanho guru reWorld Championship, achirasikirwa ne810 kuna Stephen Lee mumutambo wekupedzisira wekugadzirisa, achitungamirira 63. Lee akataura kuti Trump haana kutevera tsika yekukumbira ruregerero nekuda kwekupfura zvisina kunaka panguva yemutambo, uye akapedzisa achiti zvese zvandakanzwa pamusoro pemakore mashanu apfuura munzvimbo yangu ndezvekuti akanaka sei, uye akanaka.. asi akarova 63 anotungamira nhasi uye ndinovimba kuti acharamba aine iye kwechinguva. Trump akapedza mwaka ari muTop 32 yezvikwata kwenguva yokutanga. Akadzidziswa kwenguva pfupi naTony Chappel. 