At the 2014 Australian Goldfields Open, Stevens reached his first quarter-final in a year by knocking out Luca Brecel 5–3 and Fergal O'Brien 5–3, but lost 2–5 to Xiao Guodong.&lt;ref name="2014/15"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; He was eliminated 2–6 by John Higgins in the third round of the UK Championship, but reached the last 16 of the Welsh Open by recording his first victory over Ronnie O'Sullivan in twelve years, recovering from 0–2 down to win 4–3. However, he lost 2–4 against Marco Fu in the fourth round. He was beaten in the first round of the next two ranking events, but thrashed Mark Williams 10–2 at the World Championship, before suffering a heavy 5–13 defeat to O'Sullivan in the second round.