After this, Hamilton failed to qualify for two of the next three ranking events; he lost 2–5 against Mark Joyce at the Shanghai Masters, and 3–6 against Paul Davison at the International Championship. He qualified for the Indian Open by defeating Michael Wasley 4–2, but withdraw from his last 64 match against Michael White. Hamilton also lost 4–6 against Sean O'Sullivan in the first round of the UK Championship. He then qualified for the televised stages of the German Masters, the World Open and the China Open with 5–3 wins against Ross Muir, Andrew Norman, and Alex Borg. He reached the last 16 of the German Masters and the Welsh Open, where he lost 3–5 against Ryan Day 2–4 against Ricky Walden respectively; Hamilton lost in the first round of the World Open and the China Open 3–5 against Mark Selby and 4–5 against Neil Robertson. Hamilton played in all European Tour events this season, and reached the fourth round at four of them. This performance helped him to finish 23rd on the European Tour Order of Merit, and qualified for the Finals, where he reached the last 16, but lost 3–4 against Gerard Greene, despite leading 3–0. Hamilton's season ended when he lost 7–10 to Joe Swail in the second qualifying round of the World Championship. 2014–2015 Hamilton qualified for the 2014 Wuxi Classic, the first ranking event of the 2014–15 season, by beating Andrew Pagett 5–2. He defeated Kurt Maflin 5–1 in the first round, but from 4–2 ahead of Stuart Bingham in round two, he went on to lose 5–4. He failed to qualify for the Shanghai Masters and International Championship, but knocked out Craig Steadman 6–5 in the first round of the UK Championship, despite Hamilton being docked a frame for arriving late. Hamilton said afterwards, "It was rubbish - seriously. I can't play any worse. It was a good attitude but rubbish snooker. I am rubbish now a lot of the time. I am getting old basically. It's no fun but it's better than working". He reiterated these sentiments after he lost 6–4 to Graeme Dott in the second round stating, "I don't practice much anymore. I only play because it is better than working. I will have to work for a long time so I just want to swerve it for as long as possible". Hamilton qualified for the Indian Open and China Open,