hai ▁Masters ▁and ▁International ▁Championship , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁failing ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁Indian ▁Open . ▁In ▁November , ▁he ▁reached ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁minor - ran king ▁Kay ▁Su z anne ▁Memorial ▁Cup ▁but ▁lost ▁ 1 – 4 ▁to ▁Mark ▁Allen . ▁Later ▁that ▁month , ▁he ▁made ▁the ▁first ▁official ▁maximum ▁break ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁the ▁Ant werp ▁Open ▁during ▁a ▁last - 3 2 ▁defeat ▁against ▁Mark ▁Sel by . ▁He ▁reached ▁the ▁fourth ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁Championship , ▁where ▁Allen ▁defeated ▁him ▁ 6 – 4 , ▁and ▁he ▁lost ▁ 5 – 6 ▁to ▁Marco ▁Fu ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁Masters . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁German ▁Masters , ▁he ▁dropped ▁just ▁four ▁frames ▁in ▁winning ▁five ▁matches ▁to ▁reach ▁his ▁first ▁ranking ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁season ▁where ▁he ▁played ▁D ing ▁Jun hui . ▁Trump ▁was ▁two ▁frames ▁ahead ▁twice ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁session ▁but ▁ended ▁it ▁level ▁at ▁ 4 – 4 ; ▁he ▁then ▁lost ▁five ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁six ▁frames ▁upon ▁res umption ▁of ▁play ▁to ▁be ▁defeated ▁ 5 – 9 . ▁At ▁the ▁Wel sh ▁Open , ▁he ▁was ▁defeated ▁ 3 – 4 ▁by ▁John ▁H igg ins ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁ 1 6 . ▁H igg ins ▁was ▁again ▁the ▁vict or ▁when ▁the ▁two ▁met ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁ 1 6 ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁Open , ▁winning ▁ 5 – 4 ▁after ▁Trump ▁had ▁taken ▁a ▁ 4 – 0 ▁lead .