 Cope akatanga mwaka wa201112 nekurasikirwa mumutambo wekutanga muAustralia Goldfields Open uye kukundwa mumutambo wechipiri muShanghai Masters, zvichimutadzisa kuwana nzvimbo yake pakati pevakuru gumi nevatanhatu mushure mekutanga kudonha mumatanho muna Gumiguru, sezvo akaiswa nhamba 18. Nekudaro, Cope aifanira kuhwina mutambo wekukodzera kuti asvike pakudonha kukuru kwezviitiko zvepamusoro. Akatadza kuita izvi mumakwikwi matatu akatevera, achirasikirwa naJoe Jogia, Yu Delu naKen Doherty, mukuyedza kukwikwidza kuUK Championship, German Mastersuye Welsh Open. Cope akamisa kuora kwacho nokukunda Jamie Burnett kuti awane nzvimbo muWorld Open, yakaitwa muHaikou, China. Akatamba naMartin Gould mumutambo wekutanga uye, mushure mekuzviwana ari pasi ne2x4, akaburitsa kudzoka kuti akunde mafuremu matatu ekupedzisira kuti agadzire kupokana kwekupedzisira-16 naJohn Higgins. Cope haana kukwanisa kuenderera mberi nekumhanya kwake mumakwikwi, zvisinei, achicheneswa 05 nemutambi wepasi rose anotonga. Cope akakwanisawo kuenda kuChina Open, asi nguva ino akanga ari pamugumo wakashata we 45 scoreline, sezvo akabudiswa naNeil Robertson mumutambo wokutanga. Mwaka waCope wakapera nokukurumidza pashure peizvi, sezvo akarasikirwa mumakwikwi eWorld Championship kuna Liu Chuang. Akanga ari nhamba yechi27 munyika yose, zvichireva kuti akanga adonha nzvimbo 12 mukati megore racho, nhamba huru pane dzose dzevatambi vakapedza mwaka vari pakati pevatambi 32 vokutanga. 