In the second round of the 2013 Wuxi Classic, Ding lost 5–1 to Joe Perry. At the minor-ranking Bluebell Wood Open, he made a rare 146 break while beating Jimmy Robertson in the quarter-finals before losing 4–3 to Marco Fu in the semi-finals.&lt;ref name="2013/14"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; In September 2013, Ding won his seventh ranking event title at the Shanghai Masters. The final against Xiao Guodong was the first all-Chinese final of a ranking event in the history of snooker; Ding made a century break and seven more breaks above 50 to win 10–6. He then played at the Ruhr Open, a minor-ranking event, losing to Mark Allen 4–1 in the final.