Dott's 2013/2014 season got off to a poor start, as he was whitewashed 0–5 by Jimmy Robertson in the last 64 of the season's first major ranking event, the 2013 Wuxi Classic. More disappointing results followed, including a 2–4 loss to Ratchayothin Yotharuck in the last 128 of the 2013 Indian Open, but he recovered to reach the semi-finals of the International Championship, where he lost 7–9 to eventual tournament winner Ding Junhui.&lt;ref name="2013/14"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; He reached the last 16 of the 2013 UK Championship, but was beaten 2–6 by Mark Selby. He advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Open and reeled off four frames in a row to level his match against Shaun Murphy, but the Englishman fluked the final black in the decider to defeat him 5–4. At the China Open, Dott reached another quarter-final but lost 3–5 to world number one Neil Robertson. He missed out on playing in the World Championship for the first time since 1999 as he was knocked out by Kyren Wilson 7–10 in the final qualifying round. Dott ended the season outside the top 16 for the first time in six years, as world number 17.