Gould won three matches to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2014 Wuxi Classic and came from 0–57 down in the deciding frame against Stephen Maguire to beat him 5–4. In Gould's first ranking event semi-final since 2011 he was defeated 4–6 by Joe Perry. He was knocked out in the last 16 of both the Australian Goldfields Open and Shanghai Masters.&lt;ref name="2014/15"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;