In July 2013, Mehta won the singles event at the World Games by beating Liang Wenbo 3–0. The 2013–14 season saw the introduction of the Indian Open, the first ranking event held in India. Mehta reached the event for it by defeating Xiao Guodong 4–2 in qualifying.&lt;ref name="2013/14"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt; In the first round of the event held he made a break of 127 in the deciding frame against Peter Ebdon to win 4–3 and then beat Hammad Miah 4–1 to reach the last 16 for the second time in his career. Mehta defeated two-time world champion Mark Williams 4–2 to face compatriot Pankaj Advani. Mehta defeated Advani to reach the semi-finals. He then me Stephen Maguire who he defeated on a 4–3 to reach the final. In his first ranking event final, Mehta played Ding Junhui, but was unable to win a frame, losing 0–5. As the tournament runner-up, Mehta won £25,000. A month later he was beaten in the quarter-finals of the minor-ranking Antwerp Open 4–0 by Jack Lisowski and finished 29th on the Order of Merit, just outside the top 25 who reached the PTC finals. Mehta's was unable to advance beyond the first round of a ranking event for the remainder of the season. He increased his ranking by 24 places during the season to end it as the world number 49, retaining his place on Tour.