<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-2015, u-Allen waphumelela e-Q School futhi wathola ikhadi lokuvakasha le-2015 16 kanye ne-2016 17 izinkathi ngokushaya u-Alex Taubman 4 2 emdlalweni wakhe wokugcina we-Event 2. Unqobe umdlalo wakhe wokuqala njengomdlali oqeqeshiwe ngokushaya u-Adam Edge ngo-53 e-Australian Goldfields Open qualifying, kodwa wahlulwa ngo-51 kuJamie Burnett emzuliswaneni wesibili. U-Allen walwa noBarry Pinches no-Aditya Mehta bobabili ngo-5-1 emidlalweni yokulungiselela i-Shanghai Masters, ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa ukuguqulwa kwalesi sibalo kuLi Hang. Wenza i-debut yakhe esigabeni somcimbi wokulinganisa e-York we-UK Championship futhi wanqotshwa ngo-61 nguLiang Wenbo. U-Allen wabe eselahlekelwa yimidlalo elandelanayo engu-15 kusukela ngo-Agasti 2015 kuze kube sekuqaleni kwesizini ka-2016-17, lapho ehlula uKurt Maflin ngo-4-3 ukuze afanelekele i-Riga Masters. U-Allen wanqoba umdlalo esigabeni sendawo yomcimbi wokulinganisa okokuqala ngokudlula uRoss Muir 43 emzuliswaneni wokuvula weScottish Open  <response>: futhi yabe isilahleka ngo-4-3 kuMike Dunn. Ukunqoba kukaRobin Hull ngo-5 kuya ku-4 kwamenza wakwazi ukungena eChina Open, lapho anqotshwa khona ngo-5 kuya ku-0 nguRonnie OSullivan emzuliswaneni wesibili. U-Allen wehla kulolu hambo ekupheleni kwesizini njengoba abekwe endaweni yama-110 ohlwini lomhlaba. 