 Carter akaita kutanga kunononoka kusvika 2009-10 mwaka, kurasikirwa 05 kuna Liang Wenbo muna 16 okupedzisira Shanghai Masters uye kurasikirwa mumutambo wokutanga panguva Grand Prix, asati asvika kota-fainari UK Championship. Somunhu anodzivirira mukwikwidzi paWelsh Open akafambira mberi kusvika kumagumo asi akarohwa naJohn Higgins, mukwikwidzi wenyika ari kutonga panguva iyoyo. Akapedza mwaka uyu nesimba nekusvika kuma semi fainari kuChina Open neWorld Championship, vachirasikirwa mune yokupedzisira kune aizova shasha, Neil Robertson, ne 1217. Pakati pemakwikwi matanhatu ekuronga akaitwa mumwaka wa20092010, mishandirapamwe yaCarter yakapedzwa nemukundi wekupedzisira pazviitiko zvina, uye pane imwe nemumhanyi. Carter akapedza mwaka nekukwira kunzvimbo yepamusoro yebasa rechina muWorld Rankings. 