 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Zhang akatamba purogiramu yakaderedzwa yezviitiko muhafu yekutanga yegore ra2014 15. Akasangana naAli Carter, uyo akanga achitamba mumutambo wake wokutanga kubva pakurapwa kwekenza yemapapu, mumutambo wokutanga weUK Championshipuye akadzoka kubva pa53 pasi kuti amurove 65. Zhang akarasikirwa ne65 naRory McLeod mumutambo wechipiri. Akanga whitewashed 40 kubudikidza Gary Wilson rokutanga rwakapoteredza Welsh Open uye narrowly akarasikirwa 54 kuna Peter Ebdon rokutanga rwakapoteredza China Open. Zhang akakunda Anthony Hamilton 103, Mark Joyce 109 uye akakunda okupedzisira mafuremu matatu pamusoro Liang Wenbo kumurova 109 uye vanokodzera kuti World Championship. Nhamba yenyika 98 ndiye mutambi akaderera kwazvo kuti akodzere uye mukuonekwa kwake kwechipiri muchiitiko ichi akawira 81 pasi kuna Joe Perry muchikamu chekutanga. Zhang akakunda mafuremu matatu ekutanga echikamu chinotevera icho chaisanganisira kuputsa 132, asi Perry akaenderera mberi nekupedzisa kukunda 10 4. 