▁out ▁Martin ▁G ould ▁ 1 3 – 6 , ▁Gra eme ▁D ott ▁ 1 3 – 5 ▁and ▁D ing ▁Jun hui ▁ 1 7 – 1 5 ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁his ▁first ▁World ▁Championship ▁final . ▁He ▁lost ▁the ▁final ▁ 1 5 – 1 8 ▁to ▁John ▁H igg ins . ▁▁ 2 0 1 1 / 2 0 1 2 ▁Trump ▁started ▁the ▁season ▁with ▁a ▁ 3 – 5 ▁loss ▁to ▁Mark ▁Davis ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Australian ▁Gold fields ▁Open . ▁However , ▁this ▁disappoint ment ▁was ▁soon ▁forgotten ▁as ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁second ▁P TC ▁event ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁be ating ▁D ing ▁Jun hui ▁ 4 – 0 ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁at ▁a ▁virtual ▁home ▁ven ue ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁West ▁S no oker ▁Academy . ▁He ▁then ▁lost ▁ 1 – 5 ▁against ▁Stuart ▁B ingham ▁in ▁the ▁Shang hai ▁Masters ▁first ▁round . ▁Trump ▁finished ▁runner - up ▁to ▁Neil ▁Robert son ▁in ▁the ▁e ighth ▁P TC ▁event ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁but ▁he ▁immediately ▁redis cover ed ▁his ▁winning ▁touch ▁by ▁capt uring ▁Event ▁ 9 ▁when ▁he ▁over c ame ▁Ron nie ▁O ' S ull ivan ▁ 4 – 3 ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁in ▁Ant werp , ▁Belg ium , ▁in ▁just ▁over ▁an ▁hour ' s ▁worth ▁of ▁play . ▁He ▁would ▁later ▁top ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁Mer it ▁after ▁all ▁twelve ▁P TC ▁events ▁had ▁been ▁played