<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - NgoDisemba 2018, uMurphy wanqotshwa yinombolo yomhlaba engu-124 u-Chen Feilong emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-UK Championship. Naphezu kokuthatha ukuhola okusheshayo ngo-3-1, uMurphy walahlekelwa amafreyimu amahlanu alandelayo futhi walahlekelwa ngumdlalo ngo-3-6. Wabuyela emuva kamuva ngaleyo nyanga futhi wafinyelela kowamanqamu weScottish Open  <response>: ngemva kokunqoba abadlali abanjengoMichael Holt, uKyren Wilson, noJudd Trump ukuze babhekane noMark Allen emdlalweni wokugcina. Ngemuva kokulandela ngo-36, uMurphy wanqoba amafreyimu amane kwayisihlanu alandelayo ukuze alinganise umdlalo ngo-77, kodwa u-Allen wagcina ethathe isicoco ngokuwina ngo-97. NgoJanuwari 2019, uMurphy wahlulwa nguBarry Hawkins ngo 26 emzuliswaneni wokuqala weMasters. Emqhudelwaneni we-World Snooker Championship, uMurphy wanqoba umdlalisi wokuqala uLuo Honghao emzuliswaneni wokuqala, wanqoba ngo-100, okuwukwehluleka okukhulu emlandweni we-Crucible. Kodwa wakhululwa emqhudelwaneni nguNeil Robertson emzuliswaneni olandelayo, walahlekelwa 6-13. 