Despite his good season, Higginson failed to qualify for the 2007 World Championship, losing 9–10 to Ricky Walden in the third qualifying round. His performance in the Welsh Open and Malta Cup brought him to 44th in the &lt;a href="Snooker%20world%20rankings%202007/2008"&gt;2007/2008&lt;/a&gt; rankings, and 24th on the one-year list.